by Wesley Samson | Sep 27, 2026 | Newsletter
This week’s financial news brings a striking divergence. Meta Platforms is riding its best month in more than a decade, while long-term Treasury yields climbed to their highest levels in roughly two decades. Those two moves tell very different stories about AI,...
by Wesley Samson | Sep 20, 2026 | Newsletter
This week’s financial news is led by the Federal Reserve’s first rate hike in three years, a new SEC exemption for tokenized stock trading, and JPMorgan admitting it cannot model where oil goes next. Add a failed crypto bill in the Senate and a Bitcoin...
by Wesley Samson | Sep 13, 2026 | Newsletter
This week’s financial news arrives at a pivotal moment — the September FOMC meeting is here, the 30-year mortgage is the highest in more than a year and brushing 7%, diesel has cleared $6 a gallon nationally, and the Iran conflict is feeding wholesale inflation in...
by Wesley Samson | Sep 6, 2026 | Newsletter
This week’s financial news opens a high-stakes stretch of September: Labor Day markets are closed Monday, August inflation data arrives Thursday and Friday, and the FOMC meets September 15–16. The question is no longer whether a rate cut is imminent. After a...
by Wesley Samson | Aug 31, 2026 | Newsletter
The week is starting with markets still unpacking Friday’s message from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh. Gold sold off after a strong summer run, longer-term Treasury yields moved higher, and stocks split between companies with clear earnings momentum and those...
