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Market Pulse Oil stayed high. Brent held around $104–105 a barrel in morning trade as the market weighed attacks on Hormuz shipping against possible easing … Read more

Market Pulse Hot inflation print. US consumer prices rose 3.7% year on year in September (3.4% in August, 3.6% expected). Core inflation hit 2.6% year … Read more

Market Pulse No closing numbers today. I could not find reliable closing data for US indices, oil, gold, bitcoin or the dollar index, so I … Read more

Market Moment Oil whipsawed after the “energy ceasefire” claim. Trump announced an “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine overnight Sunday. Crude first fell more than … Read more

Market Moment Sunday, markets closed. Last close on Friday: S&P 500 around 7,811, Nasdaq around 27,366, Dow Jones around 51,655, 10-year US yield 5.24%. No … Read more

Market Moment The week ended in the green. At Friday’s close the S&P 500 rose 0.6% to 7,811, the Nasdaq 0.64% to 27,366 and the … Read more

Market Pulse Chips dragged the Nasdaq. At Thursday’s close the S&P 500 finished at 7,765 (-0.47%), the Nasdaq at 27,193 (-1.25%), while the Dow Jones … Read more

Market Pulse Chips drag the market down. As of the evening (US trading still open), the S&P 500 sits near 7,750 (-0.6%), the Nasdaq near … Read more

Market Moment Records reversed. As of the evening (US trading still under way) the S&P 500 stood around 7,800 points (-0.2%), the Nasdaq around 27,510 … Read more

Market Pulse Fresh records. As of the evening (US trading still open), the S&P 500 sits near 7,827 (+0.7%) and the Nasdaq near 27,650 (+0.6%). … Read more

Market moment Stocks up, bonds down. As of the evening (US trading still under way), the S&P 500 is around 7,775 (+0.7%), the Nasdaq around … Read more

Market moment Sunday, markets closed. US stocks ended the week near records: S&P 500 around 7,720, Nasdaq around 27,180. The 10-year Treasury yield holds at … Read more

Market moment Saturday, markets closed. US stocks ended the week near records: S&P 500 around 7,720, Nasdaq around 27,180, Dow Jones around 51,146. Friday’s bounce … Read more

Market Pulse Weak jobs, strong stocks. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% to 7,720, the Nasdaq gained 1.15% to 27,180 and the Dow added 0.43% to … Read more

Market Pulse October opens under price pressure. Midway through the session, the S&P 500 stood at 7,663 (+0.15%), the Nasdaq at 26,897 (+0.13%), while the … Read more

Market Pulse Softer inflation, but a nervous end to the quarter. The S&P 500 closed at 7,651.5 (−0.25%), the Dow Jones at 50,906 (−0.86%), while … Read more

Market Pulse Wall Street in the red for a second straight day. As of 21:00 Vilnius time (trading in New York still under way), the … Read more

Market Pulse The weekend’s rejection of Iran’s offer reached prices on Monday. The S&P 500 closed at 7,707.78 (−0.46%), the Nasdaq at 26,935.7 (−0.49%) and … Read more

Market Pulse Markets are closed on Sunday, so Friday remains the reference point. The S&P 500 closed at 7,743 (+0.51%), the Nasdaq at 27,069 (+0.5%) … Read more

Market Moment The week closed green even as bonds burned. On Friday the S&P 500 rose 0.51% to 7,743, the Nasdaq gained 0.5% to 27,069 … Read more

Market moment Bonds hit new highs again. The 10-year US Treasury yield rose to 5.225% on Friday, the highest since 2007. The 30-year reached 5.50%, … Read more

Market moment On Thursday bonds dragged stocks down and Hormuz pulled them back up. The 10-year US Treasury yield rose intraday to 5.17%, the highest … Read more

Market moment On Wednesday, bonds set the direction, not stocks. The US 10-year Treasury yield jumped from 4.96% on Tuesday evening to 5.07% at the … Read more

Market snapshot Tuesday was the day the indices split, while the real story happened in the oil pit. The S&P 500 held at 7,770.06, adding … Read more

Market Pulse The week opened as the last one closed, only in reverse. The S&P 500 climbed to 7,729.43, up 1.03 percent, the Nasdaq jumped … Read more

Market Pulse A quiet day before a loud one. The S&P 500 slipped 0.12%, the Dow 0.08% and the Nasdaq 0.16%. Tuesday’s close left the … Read more

Market Pulse Third straight week in the green, but Friday closed red. The S&P 500 finished at 7,785.76, down 13.23 points or 0.2%. The Nasdaq … Read more

Market Pulse Indexes split, and the reason is one word, Hormuz. Mid-session in New York the Dow was up about 0.9% near 54,550 and back … Read more

Market Pulse S&P 500 bounced. The index rose 0.8 percent Thursday after Wednesday’s slide down to 7,482. Money went right back to the AI trade, … Read more

Market snapshot The record lasted one day. On Thursday the S&P 500 closed above 7,800 for the first time, precisely at 7,798.99, the Nasdaq added … Read more

Weekly Review · W41 · 2026 Weekly Review · W41 · 2026 Two Markets Stocks hit a record this week. In the same week the … Read more

Weekly Review · W40 · 2026 Weekly Review · W40 · 2026 The Train In one week the odds of an October rate hike fell … Read more

Weekly Review · W39 · 2026 Weekly Review · W39 · 2026 Nineteen Years The 10-year US Treasury yield climbed to its highest level since … Read more

Weekly Review · W39 · 2026 Weekly Review · W39 · 2026 The Vice In nine days the world’s three largest central banks raised rates. … Read more

Weekly Review · W26 · 2026 Ebb Tide For the first time in three years the ECB is raising rates, the Fed’s dot plot has … Read more

Weekly Review · W22 · 2026 The Wheel Changes Hands With oil down 16 percent and gold circling 4,500 dollars, the most important event of … Read more

Weekly Review · W17 · 2026 · 2026-04-21 · Meška Hormuz ceasefire ends tomorrow. The oil shock is pushing global liquidity down – and central … Read more

Week’s Signal The Hormuz blockade remains essential: a security premium, not a geopolitical trick. The two-week US–Iran ceasefire is melting away, and fleet transit through … Read more

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Hormuz closed, BRICS Unit launched, the S&P falling for a fourth straight week, and the Fed doing what it always does: pretending it’s in control. … Read more