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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…
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US Market Wrap 3 September: Waller Opens the Door to a Hold and the Dow Jumps 624 Points
One conditional sentence did the day's heaviest lifting, on our reading. After Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he would be inclined…
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…
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Alphabet Shares Fall About 17 Percent From Their May Peak as an AI Leadership Reshuffle Meets a 205 Billion Dollar Spending Plan
Alphabet shares have fallen sharply from their spring peak as investors weigh a wave of senior AI departures at Google against a…
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 —…
Read more →US Market Wrap 26 August: Industrials Lead and Health Care Falls as Nvidia Beats After the Close
The S&P 500 closed Wednesday at 7,675.70, down 0.02 percent, effectively flat on a session that priced a sticky inflation reading against…
Read more →US Market Wrap 25 August: Technology Decides the Index for a Second Day, This Time Upward
One sector has now determined the direction of the S&P 500 on two consecutive sessions, in opposite directions. On Monday eight of…
Read more →US Market Wrap 24 August: Eight of Eleven Sectors Rise Yet the S&P 500 Falls 0.3 Percent
The S&P 500 fell 0.28 percent to 7,652.86 on Monday even though eight of its eleven sectors finished higher, an outcome that…
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Market Wrap US-Europe 21 August: Dow Climbs 518 Points but the Week Still Ends Lower
American stocks rebounded on Friday and took back most of Thursday's slide, but the bond market did not co-operate and the week…
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Treasury Doubled Its Long-End Buyback Capacity. The Thirty-Year Fell Nine Basis Points, Then Gave Some Back.
The United States Treasury announced on 19 August that it is at least doubling the size of its liquidity support buyback operations…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 20 August: Dow Sheds 700 Points as Treasury Buyback Relief Fades
Wall Street gave back Wednesday's bounce on Thursday as Treasury yields rebounded and the relief from the Treasury's buyback expansion faded, with…
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Market Wrap US-Europe 19 August: Treasury Buybacks Push 30 Year Yield Down 9 Basis Points
Wall Street snapped its three-session slide on Wednesday after the US Treasury Department said it would at least double the size of…
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US Debt Passed 40 Trillion Dollars, and the Latest Five Trillion Took 25 Months
Total United States public debt outstanding closed at 40.047 trillion dollars on 18 August, the first reading above 40 trillion in the…
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The SEC Has Proposed Crypto Fundraising Exemptions at 5, 20 and 75 Million Dollars, but Neither the Rule Nor the Senate Bill Is Final
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a framework titled Regulation Crypto Assets on 18 August, creating exemptions from securities registration…
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Markets Fully Price a September Fed Rise. The Fed’s Own Survey Sees No Move Until 2028.
The minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's 28 and 29 July meeting, released on 19 August, record a gap between what…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 18 August: Nasdaq Sheds 1.3 Percent as Health Care Outperforms
Wall Street fell for a third consecutive session on Tuesday with the selling concentrated in technology, per CNBC. The Nasdaq Composite lost…
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Market Wrap US-Europe 17 August: Stocks Slip as Oil Holds Near 91 and Yields Climb
Wall Street closed lower on Monday as oil held near 91 dollars following the expiry of the 60-day deadline between the United…
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Stripe Reportedly Agrees to Pay More Than 7 Billion Dollars for a Company Valued at 1.3 Billion in May
Stripe has agreed to acquire OpenRouter for more than 7 billion dollars, Bloomberg reported on 16 August. Neither company has confirmed the…
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- Asia Market Wrap 8 October: All Ten Indices Fall as Singapore Drops 3.49 Percent
- Asia Market Wrap 6 October: Nikkei Posts First Close Above 70,000 Since July as Kospi Falls
- Europe Market Wrap 9 October: All Nine Indices Rise as Basic Resources Jump 2.99 Percent