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US Market Wrap 9 October: All Five Indices Rise as the Dow Gains 0.83 Percent
All five US indices we track closed higher on Friday, led by the Dow Jones Industrial Average's 0.83 percent gain to 51,654.95. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.64 percent, the S&P 500 0.59 percent, the Nasdaq…
Read more →Nasdaq Falls 1.25 Percent as the Dow Edges 0.10 Percent Higher
Three of the five US indices we track closed lower on Thursday as chip stocks slid, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Read more →All Five Indices Fall as the Dow Drops 0.66 Percent
All five of the US indices we track closed lower on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.66 percent as…
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BofA Puts US Tech Atop Its 32-Category Bubble Risk Ranking
The Nasdaq 100's run to record highs rests on a handful of artificial intelligence stocks, Bloomberg reported on 6 October, and Bank…
Read more →S&P 500 Closes Above 7,800 as Nasdaq Sets Another Record
The S&P 500 rose 0.58 percent to 7,818.93 on Tuesday, its first close above 7,800 on CNBC's count, after setting a fresh…
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Skydance Closes Warner Bros. Deal, Revenue Near 70 Billion Dollars
Skydance, the company formerly called Paramount Skydance, completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on 6 October, creating a combined group with…
Read more →Nasdaq Rises 1.05 Percent to a Record Close as Yields Climb
The Nasdaq Composite rose 1.05 percent on Monday to 27,477.31, its first record close since 22 September on our records and a…
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US ETF Inflows Top 1.54 Trillion Dollars, Beating 2025's Record
Investors poured more than 1.54 trillion dollars into US listed exchange traded funds in the first 9 months of 2026, already above…
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Paramount Skydance to Become Skydance and Trade as SKYD
Paramount Skydance said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on 2 October that it intends to change its…
Read more →Nasdaq Rises 1.19 Percent After Payrolls Miss as Yields Rebound
Wall Street ended the week with a broad rally after the September payrolls miss, led from the technology heavy end. The Nasdaq…
Read more →Stocks Start October Higher as Treasury Yields Retreat From 2002 Highs
Stocks opened the fourth quarter higher and the bond market set the tone. The S&P 500 added 0.19 percent to close at…
Read more →US Wrap: Dow Falls 444 Points as the S&P 500 Fades
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 443.87 points, or 0.86 percent, to 50,906.05 on Wednesday, the S&P 500 lost 0.25 percent to…
Read more →US Wrap: Nasdaq 100 Alone Higher as the 10 Year Closes at 5.26 Percent
The Nasdaq 100 was the only index on our US board to close higher on Tuesday, up 0.21 percent at 30,339.33, as…
Read more →US Wrap: All Five Index Rows Fall as the 10 Year Closes at 5.24 Percent
Every index on our US board closed lower on Monday as the official 10 year Treasury par yield set a fresh highest…
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The Bond Market Nears Its Recession Signal at a 17 Basis Point Spread
The extra yield investors demand to hold ten year US Treasuries over two year notes shrank to as little as 17 basis…
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US 10 Year Yield Ends the Week at 5.17 Percent After a 2007 High
The US 10 year Treasury par yield closed at 5.17 percent on 25 September, up 16 basis points on the week and…
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US Jury Awards Taction More Than 5.7 Billion Dollars in Apple Case
A federal jury in San Diego awarded Taction Technology more than 5.7 billion dollars on 25 September after finding that Apple infringed…
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Goldman Sees 1.2 Trillion Dollars of Hyperscaler Capex in 2027
The 5 largest US hyperscalers are set to spend 1.2 trillion dollars on artificial intelligence infrastructure in 2027, above the Wall Street…
Read more →US Wrap: Stocks Rise as Oil Retreats and the Two Year Yield Falls
Every index on our US board closed higher on Friday and the market's fear gauge fell with it. The Dow Jones Industrial…
Read more →Fed Proposes Full Reserve and Capital Rules for Stablecoin Issuers
The Federal Reserve Board on 24 September requested public comment on two proposals that would set the regulatory framework for payment stablecoin…
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Japan Says Katayama and Bessent Share Concern Over the Yen
Japan's Finance Minister Katayama and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reaffirmed on 25 September that the undervaluation of the yen is a…
Read more →US Wrap: Nasdaq Ekes Out a Gain as the 30 Year Yield Hits a 2004 High
The Dow fell for a third straight session on Thursday, per the network's closing entry, and the rest of the board barely…
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