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The 10-year yield reached 4.944% as surging oil, rising producer prices, and Middle East escalation pushed the market’s 5% danger line within touching distance. What Today’s Tape Is Saying Thursday’s market message was not subtle. WTI crude climbed 1.47% to $103.99, while Brent rose 1.32% to $109.05. The 10-year Treasury yield surged to 4.944%, and […]
Oil Hit $109. The 10-Year Knocked on Heaven’s Door. Read More »
Brent crossed $100, Treasury yields climbed, and stocks fell across the globe. Wall Street is learning that geopolitical inflation doesn’t care about anyone’s rate-cut forecast. What Today’s Tape Is Saying Wednesday gave investors nowhere comfortable to hide. The Dow fell 0.77%, the Nasdaq lost 0.64%, the S&P 500 declined 0.48%, and the Russell 2000 dropped
Oil Broke $100. The Bond Market Broke the Mood. Read More »
Oil approached $100, Treasury yields climbed and stocks fell as geopolitical risk returned to the market’s most sensitive pressure point: inflation. What Today’s Tape Is Saying Wall Street returned from the holiday weekend and received an expensive reminder: geopolitics does not stay overseas when it reaches the oil market. The Dow fell 1.18%, the S&P
The Missiles Hit Saudi Arabia. Wall Street Got the Bill. Read More »
Washington says America can grow its way out of its debt. Central banks seem increasingly interested in something Washington cannot print. “Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.” — Leo Tolstoy There is a lot of noise around the dollar
$40 Trillion in Debt. And the World Is Buying Gold. Read More »
August delivered 162,000 new jobs—more than enough to weaken hopes for easier money. Stocks, bonds, gold and Bitcoin paid the bill while oil remained an inflationary threat. What Today’s Tape Is Saying Wall Street wanted a gentle jobs report on Friday. It got 162,000 new jobs instead. The S&P 500 fell 0.38%, the Dow lost
Payrolls Put Wall Street’s Punch Bowl Back in the Cupboard Read More »
Stocks, bonds and Bitcoin rallied after Christopher Waller kept a September rate hold in play. But oil approached $92, service-sector inflation accelerated, and two wars continued rewriting the economic map. What Today’s Tape Is Saying Wall Street heard one dovish word on Thursday: wait. Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he could support holding interest
Waller said, “Wait.” Wall Street Heard “Buy Everything.” Read More »
Wall Street rallied as fear subsided, but crude remained above $90, the 10-year yield held near 4.8%, and hiring weakened. Wednesday delivered relief—not an all-clear. What Today’s Tape Is Saying Wall Street rediscovered its nerve on Wednesday. The Dow gained 0.56%, the S&P 500 rose 0.46%, and the Nasdaq added 0.45%. The Russell 2000 led
Stocks Bounced. Oil, Yields and War Did Not Go Away. Read More »
US–Iran strikes pushed crude higher just as labor data weakened and Treasury yields approached dangerous territory. Wall Street was not pricing one problem. It was pricing several problems that normally require opposite solutions. What Today’s Tape Is Saying Monday delivered a warning. Tuesday sent the invoice by express mail. WTI crude jumped 1.81% to $91.85,
Oil Broke $90. The Soft Landing Hit an Oil Slick. Read More »
Oil climbed as US–Iran hostilities resumed. Treasury yields followed, stocks weakened, and Wall Street received another lesson in how quickly geopolitics becomes economics. What Today’s Tape Is Saying Wall Street began the week with an uncomfortable reminder: markets do not move in isolation. Renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran pushed oil higher. WTI
Iran Lit the Fuse. Bond Yields Handed Wall Street the Bill. Read More »