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A US jobs report that beat forecasts threefold spooked investors instead of cheering them, denting hopes for further Fed rate cuts, while renewed US-Iran fighting sent oil to its steepest weekly gain in months.
Read the article →Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh warned inflation has not cooled as hoped, sending bond yields to a two-year high. Yet stocks, gold and bitcoin all rallied anyway. Here is what that split verdict means for markets.
Read the article →Long-term US borrowing costs jumped to levels last seen before the 2008 financial crisis this week, forcing Washington to announce a bond buyback to calm the market. Here is what that meant for stocks, currencies and gold.
Read the article →Weak US jobs, retail sales and consumer confidence data lifted rate-cut hopes and pushed the S&P 500 to a fresh record, even as a historic yen intervention showed signs of fading.
Read the article →A shockingly weak US jobs report reshaped the week: stocks reached fresh records, bond yields fell and the dollar slid to a seven-week low, even as tensions in the Middle East kept oil elevated.
Read the article →Oil, bond yields and a cautious Fed spelled trouble, but blowout earnings from Amazon and Microsoft carried US stocks to record highs by Friday.
Read the article →Big Tech's AI spending spooked investors and Middle East tensions kept oil on edge this week — two worries that both eased by Friday.
Read the article →Geopolitics set the tone last week: escalating US–Iran hostilities pushed oil sharply higher and dragged technology shares lower, even as softer US inflation kept Treasury yields steady.
Read the article →A holiday-shortened week ended with a soft June jobs report — just 57,000 added — challenging the Fed's hawkish tilt and giving bonds and equities room to breathe.
Read the article →Investors' patience with AI capital spending snapped, driving a sharp rotation out of technology: the Nasdaq fell 4.6% even as the Dow rose.
Read the article →New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh delivered a 'hawkish hold' — rates unchanged but projections tilting toward tightening — as oil tumbled and the dollar firmed.
Read the article →Tech raced to records on a new Nvidia chip before a blowout jobs report revived rate-hike fears, triggering a classic 'good news is bad news' reversal.
Read the article →A 60-day US–Iran memorandum extended the ceasefire and pulled oil lower, unwinding the geopolitical premium and carrying Wall Street to record highs.
Read the article →Hotter-than-expected US inflation collided with the energy shock, sending Treasury yields to a one-year high and souring the mood despite a seventh straight weekly equity gain.
Read the article →A firmer jobs report, solid earnings and easing Middle East tensions extended the rally to a sixth week, lifting the S&P 500 to a fresh record even as oil retreated.
Read the article →Risk assets pushed to record highs despite the Middle East war, as strong earnings and easing Fed-hike fears outweighed oil above $110.
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