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US Market Wrap 4 September: The Jobs Shock Costs the Dow 272 Points While Small Caps Refuse to Follow
The strongest payrolls month since March, per our US jobs report of 4 September, gave Wall Street a selloff with an asterisk. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.51 percent, or 272 points, to 53,414.25…
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US Payrolls Rise 162,000 in August, More Than 3 Times the Consensus, and September Hike Odds Rebuild
The United States labor market showed no sign of the slowdown forecasters expected. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 162,000 in August, the Bureau…
Read more →US Market Wrap 2 September: Wall Street snaps a three-day slide as 10 of 11 sectors rise and small caps beat the megacaps
United States equities rose on Wednesday 2 September 2026, ending a three-session decline on a day when overseas equities fell broadly. Asian…
Read more →US Market Wrap 1 September: Nasdaq 100 Falls 1.29 Percent as WTI Jumps 5.88 Percent After Fresh US Strikes on Iran
US stocks fell across the board on Tuesday, the first trading day of September, after the United States carried out fresh strikes…
Read more →US Market Wrap 31 August: Dow Falls 0.70 Percent as Energy Jumps 2.10 Percent, PG&E and Edison Plunge After California Lawmakers Block Liability Proposal
US stocks fell Monday as crude extended its weekend jump following the strike on Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island and Iran's…
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Nvidia Reportedly Agrees to Acquire Hugging Face for 12.9 Billion Dollars, Nearly Triple Its 2023 Valuation
Nvidia has reportedly agreed to acquire open source artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for 12.9 billion dollars, a transaction that would extend…
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US Market Wrap 28 August: Two Year Yield Jumps 14 Basis Points as Warsh Puts September in Play
The two year Treasury yield rose 14 basis points to 4.34 percent on Friday, the largest move at any point on the…
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Nvidia Adds 442 Billion Dollars in a Day, Second Biggest Gain in Stock Market History
Nvidia added 442 billion dollars to its market value on Thursday, according to Bloomberg, which called it the second largest one-day gain…
Read more →US Market Wrap 27 August: Technology Stands Alone as Nvidia and Earnings Beats Lift the Nasdaq
Technology was the only one of the 11 S&P 500 sectors to close higher on Thursday, rising 3.40 percent while the other…
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Report: The $40 Trillion Era: How America’s Rising Interest Bill Is Reshaping Growth, Markets and the Global Economy
The United States crossed $40 trillion in total public debt outstanding on 18 August 2026, with the Treasury recording $40.047 trillion —…
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- Bureau of Labor Statistics: U.S. Annual Inflation Accelerates to 4.2% in May 2026, Driven by Sustained Energy Price Surge
- The Week Ahead: The Federal Reserve Decides on 29 July, US Growth and Inflation Data Land, and the Megacap Technology Earnings Peak
- Commodities Wrap 1 July: Precious Metals Rebound as Oil Drops Below US$70
- Market Wrap US-Europe 2 July: Dow Hits a Record and Europe Rallies as Soft US Jobs Data Reset Rate Expectations