Market Snapshot October 14th 2026
The Kospi Falls 5.46% as CXMT Plans a Server-Memory Product by Year-End — Hock Tan Calls Sector Flows “Casino Gambling,” and Three Banks Beat and Fell Anyway Data: Main Theme: “The Competitor Named a Date” — ChangXin Memory Technologies is reported to be planning a server-memory product by year-end, taking South Korea’s Kospi down 5.46% […]
Market Snapshot October 8th 2026
The Highest 10-Year Auction Yield Since 2000 Draws Strong Demand — the Fed Minutes Show Most Saw Another Hike Coming, and the Russell 2000 Falls 1.31% Against the S&P’s 0.22% Data: Main Theme: “The Buyers Showed Up” — A $39 billion 10-year note auction cleared at roughly 5.3%, the highest for a 10-year auction since […]
Market Snapshot October 7th 2026
The S&P 500 Posts Its First Close Above 7,800 as the 30-Year Breaches 5.7% — a Second Session of Decoupling, and Small Caps Are Down 5.4% in Three Months Data: Main Theme: “Records at the Top, Erosion Underneath” — The S&P 500 closed at a record 7,818.93, its first close above 7,800 and its first […]
Market Snapshot October 5th 2026
Payrolls Come in at 29,000 With July and August Revised Down 60,000 — the Fed Goes “Definitely on Hold for October” and the Nasdaq Rallies 1.19% Data: Main Theme: “The Summer Contraction Is Back” — September payrolls rose just 29,000 against a consensus near 84,000–90,000, unemployment ticked up to 4.2%, and July and August were […]
Market Snapshot October 2nd 2026
ISM Prices Paid Jumps to 77.9 From 71.1 and the 10-Year Hits 5.33% — a Violent Afternoon Reversal Rescues a Flat Close, and Nike Beats on Falling Revenue Data: Main Theme: “The September Data Undid the August Relief in One Line” — ISM manufacturing prices paid surged to 77.9 from 71.1, the first survey to […]
Market Snapshot September 24th 2026
The 10-Year Hits 5.135%, Its Highest Since July 2007, on the Strongest Business Activity in Five Years — and Trump Backs a Diesel Export Ban Data: Main Theme: “Good News Became Bad News Again” — Flash PMIs showed US business activity expanding at its fastest pace since 2021, Governor Barr said further tightening is likely […]
Market Snapshot September 22nd 2026
Brent Falls Below $100 for a Fourth Straight Session and the 10-Year Drops Under 5% — Chips Surge 3%, AMD Touches $1 Trillion, and Trump Hosts Xi on Thursday Data: Main Theme: “The Energy Shock Starts to Unwind” — Hopes for diplomatic efforts to end the war in Iran pushed Brent and WTI below $100, […]
Market Snapshot September 21st 2026
The BoJ Hikes at the Fastest Pace in 36 Years and the Yen Falls Anyway — Two-Year Yields Reach 4.75% and the Curve Starts Flirting With Inversion Data: Main Theme: “Three Central Banks, and a Curve Beginning to Invert” — The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate 25 basis points to 1.25%, its fastest […]
Market Snapshot September 2nd 2026
Two Saudi Supertankers Struck Inside Hormuz — Brent Above $94, the 10-Year at 4.79%, and September Hike Odds Near Two-Thirds Data: Main Theme: “Higher Oil, Higher Inflation, Higher Rates, Higher Yields” — Two supertankers carrying Saudi oil were struck by unknown projectiles minutes apart while transiting outbound through the Strait of Hormuz, and the US […]
Market Snapshot August 10th 2026
Payrolls Go Negative, the Hike Trade Collapses and the S&P Sets a Record — Gold Adds 7% on the Week Data: Main Theme: “The Economy Lost Jobs and Wall Street Threw a Party” — July payrolls contracted by 23,000 against expectations of an 80,000–86,000 gain, with May and June revised down a combined 103,000. September […]