Weekly Market Updates
Weekly Market Insights | AI Spending Doubts, $116 Brent and a Fed Decision Week
This week's financial news centers on a Federal Reserve decision, the busiest week of third-quarter earnings season, with Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon all reporting, and the first estimate of third-quarter economic growth. Stocks were mixed last week. For the week...
Weekly Market Insights | Oil Tops $100 as Hot Inflation and a Chip Selloff Hit Tech
This week's financial news starts with oil back above $100 a barrel, a hotter-than-expected inflation report, and the busiest stretch of third-quarter earnings season, with Tesla, Meta, Netflix and SpaceX all reporting. Stocks split sharply last week. For the week...
Weekly Market Insights | Real Yields Test Stocks as Bank Earnings and CPI Arrive
This week's financial news arrives with third-quarter earnings season kicking off in earnest, the September inflation report due Wednesday, and Treasury yields near their highest levels in more than two decades. Geopolitics is adding its own crosscurrents, from a...
Weekly Market Insights | Tesla, Nvidia, SpaceX Rally as OPEC+ Holds Steady: EV, AI, Space Investment Trends
This week's financial news arrives with Tesla charging higher, NVIDIA gaining momentum, SpaceX stock surging 7%, and crude oil holding above $91 a barrel — just as OPEC+ announced on Sunday that it will keep oil output steady for November. Markets are entering October...
Weekly Market Insights | AI Monetization Rally, Oil Surge, and Bond Market Pressure
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,...
Weekly Market Insights | Fed Hike, Tokenized Stocks and an Oil Market No One Can Model
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 rebound back...
Weekly Market Insights | Mortgage Rates near 7% – Housing Market Outlook
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...
Weekly Market Insights | September FOMC Preview: Rate Cut Bets Fade as Hike Odds Rise, Market Dynamics
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...
Weekly Market Insights | Fed Chair Remarks – Gold Pullback, Yields Rise
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...
Weekly Market Insights | Jackson Hole: Fed Policy and Yields Outlook
This week’s financial news enters late August with markets digesting elevated bond yields, a winding-down earnings season, and a Federal Reserve under Chair Kevin Warsh that continues to emphasize data dependence and resolve on inflation. The 30-year Treasury yield...