Market Snapshot August 25th 2026
“Operation Economic Outcast” — Washington Declares Financial War on Iran as Chips Sink and the Market Waits for Nvidia Data: Main Theme: “An Economic D-Day, and a Market Holding Its Breath” — Treasury Secretary Bessent unveiled the most sweeping sanctions campaign of the war, sanctioning more than 60 entities and expanding secondary sanctions to any […]
Market Snapshot August 24th 2026
“US Business Is Booming” — Composite PMI Hits a 52-Month High With Selling Prices at a Ten-Month Low, but the Week Still Ends Lower Data: Main Theme: “Growth Accelerating, Prices Cooling” — The S&P Global flash composite PMI surged to 56.0 in August, its highest since April 2022, with services at a 20-month high of […]
Market Snapshot August 21st 2026
Walmart Breaks the Trade-Down Trade — Worst Day in Four Years as the Buyback Relief Evaporates and US Debt Passes $40 Trillion Data: Main Theme: “The Last Consumer Defence Fails” — Walmart missed on US comparable sales and guided cautiously, posting its worst session since May 2022 and dragging the Dow down 704 points. Treasury […]
Market Snapshot August 20th 2026
The Treasury Steps In — Buybacks Doubled to Break the Long-End Rout as Target Beats and the S&P Snaps a Three-Day Slide Data: Main Theme: “Fiscal Policy Answers a Fiscal Problem” — With the 30-year at a 19-year high and a buyers’ strike running since late June, the Treasury Department announced it will at least […]
Market Snapshot August 19th 2026
A Global Long-End Repricing — US, Japanese, German and French Yields All Hit Multi-Decade Highs as Chips Fall 5.5% Data: Main Theme: “The Term Premium Goes Global” — The US 30-year hit a fresh 19-year high above 5.34%, Japan’s 10-year reached a three-decade peak, Germany’s 30-year its highest since 2011 and France’s since 2008 — […]
Market Snapshot August 18th 2026
The Ceasefire Expires, Brent Returns to $90 and the 30-Year Yield Hits a 19-Year High — Manufacturing Surges Anyway Data: Main Theme: “The Deadline Passed and Nothing Was Signed” — The 60-day US–Iran ceasefire expired on Monday with no agreement, a senior Iranian official told Reuters Tehran may shift to an offensive posture, and Brent […]
Market Snapshot August 17th 2026
The Consumer Cracks — Retail Sales Fall 0.6% and Sentiment Drops to 51, but the S&P Still Books a Third Straight Weekly Gain Data: Main Theme: “The One Test the Rally Failed” — July retail sales fell 0.6% against expectations of a small gain, the worst monthly decline in more than a year, and preliminary […]
Market Snapshot August 14th 2026
PPI Comes In Flat and the S&P Clears 7,800 for the First Time — but Cisco, Cerebras and Coherent All Beat and Were Sold Data: Main Theme: “Cooler Wholesale Prices, Colder Earnings Reception” — July PPI came in flat against a +0.2% forecast, with annual producer inflation cooling to 4.7% from 5.5%. That drove the […]
Market Snapshot August 13th 2026
CPI Lands Exactly on Consensus and the AI Infrastructure Trade Takes Over — but Real Wages Are Now Negative Data: Main Theme: “In Line Is Enough” — July CPI printed at +0.1% headline and +0.2% core, matching consensus on every line, with annual core easing to 2.5% — the lowest since February. That was sufficient […]
Market Snapshot August 12th 2026
A Second Day of Losses as Trump Rebuffs Iran’s Reparations Demand — Then CoreWeave and Supermicro Deliver After the Bell Data: Main Theme: “Weary of the Standoff” — The S&P fell for a second consecutive session as the US–Iran impasse hardened, with Trump rebuffing Tehran’s demand for war reparations and Araghchi stating there is “no […]
