Market Snapshot August 11th 2026
Hormuz Hopes Fade, Crude Jumps and Yields Hit an August High — the Record Run Stalls Ahead of CPI Data: Main Theme: “Tehran Hardens, the Rally Stalls” — Iran ruled out direct talks with Washington and set six conditions for reopening the Strait, sending crude more than 3% higher and the 10-year Treasury yield to […]
Market Snapshot August 10th 2026
Payrolls Go Negative, the Hike Trade Collapses and the S&P Sets a Record — Gold Adds 7% on the Week Data: Main Theme: “The Economy Lost Jobs and Wall Street Threw a Party” — July payrolls contracted by 23,000 against expectations of an 80,000–86,000 gain, with May and June revised down a combined 103,000. September […]
Market Snapshot August 7th 2026
The Productivity Surprise Arrives — Unit Labour Costs Halve the Forecast, but Oil Rebounds and the Dow Snaps Its Record Streak Data: Main Theme: “The Best Data of the Year, and Stocks Still Fell” — Q2 productivity came in at 1.4% against 0.6% expected and unit labour costs at 1.3% against 2.1% — the single […]
Market Snapshot August 8th 2026
Dow Sets a Fifth Straight Record as ADP Collapses to 44,000, but ISM Services Prices Jump — Tech Gives Back, Gold jumps $200+ Data: Main Theme: “The Data Splits the Market” — The Dow logs a fifth consecutive advance and a record close on Disney, Eli Lilly and Amgen earnings, while the S&P snaps a […]
Market Snapshot August 5th 2026
S&P 500 and Dow Set Records as Brent Breaks $80, Palantir +29%, AMD and SpaceX Sold After the Bell Data: Main Theme: “Records on a Collapsing Oil Price” — The S&P 500 closes at its first record high in two months and the Dow tops 54,000 for the first time ever, as Brent falls below […]
Market Snapshot August 4th 2026
Oil Premium Deflates, Dow Sets a Record, Korea Gives Back the Squeeze Data: Main Theme: “The Oil Premium Comes Out” — The Dow closes at an all-time high as crude drops another 5% on the Iran de-escalation, ISM Manufacturing prints its strongest reading in four years, and the yields that dominated July finally pull back. […]
Market Snapshot August 3rd 2026
Citi recorded to short 8.6 billions on USDJPY, Trump opened to stop striking on Hormuz Data: Main Theme: “A Historic Short Squeeze in Asia, an Ugly Month in the Books — Then the Oil Trade Breaks Over the Weekend” — The KOSPI posts the largest single-day gain in its history (+17.91%), Amazon carries Wall Street […]
Market Snapshot July 31st 2026
Dollar Yen witnessed a 300 pips loss, liquidated time. Data: Main Theme: “Microsoft Saves the Tape — But the Bond Market Isn’t Buying It” — Technology stocks rebound sharply on Microsoft’s explosive Azure results, lifting the Nasdaq +2.78% and ending a six-session losing streak, while Meta is punished over AI spending and long-dated Treasury yields […]
Market Snapshot July 30th 2026
Good day for bearish DXY, good time. Data: Main Theme: “The Hawkish Hold & The Cloud Monetization Rescuer” — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell firmly dampens September rate-cut expectations, but Microsoft and Meta deliver soaring post-market earnings that rescue technology valuations after the bell. Wednesday, July 29th marked the single most consequential macro and micro […]
Market Snapshot July 29th 2026
Now time for FOMC. Data: Main Theme: “The Pre-FOMC Paralysis & The JOLTS Goldilocks Relief” — Wall Street enters a strictly controlled holding pattern on Day 1 of the Federal Reserve meeting, while a perfectly balanced labor report provides a sigh of relief for Treasury yields ahead of AMD’s after-hours earnings. The global cross-asset tape […]
