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Buybacks ahead

Treasury yields rebound, Bessent signals more Treasury buybacks ahead, Fed and Treasury appear at odds when it comes to the markets, the software buyout wave is upon us, and Walmart posts weakest sales growth in six years...

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Aug 20, 2026

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Doubling down

US national debt surpasses $40 trillion, Treasury doubles down, Bessent most interventionist Treasury Chief in decades, Moderna skyrockets, and Trump says US starting 'economic warfare' operation against Iran...

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Aug 19, 2026

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No end in sight

Nvidia, AMD, Micron lead chip stocks selloff, Wall Street sees no end in sight to global bond selloff, Unitree pops 542% in Shanghai debut, AI optimism fades among young adults, and Wall Street may have found its party pooper...

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Aug 18, 2026

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Bond selloff

Bond selloff drives 30-year yields to highest since 2007, Nvidia to provide up to $10B backstop for OpenAI data center, US awards Raytheon $22.9B deal, Nike hits 12-year low, and SpaceX's major investors are finally visible...

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Aug 17, 2026

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Flipping the script

Markets just flipped the script on Warsh's Fed, 20-yr bond sale to test demand, stock-picking funds are performing worse than ever, JPMorgan could soon be the first $1 trillion bank, and Trump family’s World Liberty Fi gets preliminary approval to launch a bank...]

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Aug 14, 2026

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AI comebacks

Costliest US bond sale since ’01, Musk and Zuck make AI comebacks, Ackman buys Netflix again four years after exit, Workday posts best day in 10 years on Silver Lake takeover, and CXMT becomes China’s most valuable company...

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Aug 13, 2026

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Too good to be true

Markets get inflation relief, cooler CPI bolsters case for Fed to hold rates, US sent back $33.4B in tariff refunds in July, CoreWeave stock surge gives the AI Trade a boost, and S&P earnings are so good investors are starting to worry...

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Aug 12, 2026

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Big Tech meets Friedman

Trump weighs capital gains tax cuts, US Treasury is paying $3B a day in interest on national debt, Nvidia is developing a new AI model family, older Americans are dropping out of the workforce, and Big Tech meets Milton Friedman...

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Aug 11, 2026

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S&P 8,000

Nvidia and Wall St. partner on $500B AI financing, Zuckerberg reveals AI plans in 6,500-word manifesto, Yen erases gains after US-Japan intervention, retail traders sell SpaceX for the first time, and JP Morgan lifts 2026-end target for S&P 500 to 8,000...

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Aug 10, 2026

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'Very little to like'

'Very little to like': Wall Street assesses July jobs report, analysts: weak jobs not cause for panic, China unleashes $28T to challenge US in AI, gold's breakout could force investors back in, and miner soars 29% after US War Dept investment...

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Aug 7, 2026

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Doubling down

Elon Musk rattles the telecom industry, shares of memory giants drop, Alphabet seeks up to $25B from its latest bond sale, gold at seven-week high, and Masa Son doubles down on AI bets...

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Aug 6, 2026

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Seismic shift

Trump admin refunds $100B in tariffs, Google falls amid seismic leadership shift, Yen steadies after intervention, Citadel posts best month in years, and SpaceX attracts retail buyers after post-earnings slide...

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