LogoMarket Briefing
Earnings Watch
Economic Calendar
Investing Tools
Authors
Login
Get Tomorrow's Briefing
Oliver Buchannon
Market Briefing

The briefing Wall Street & C-Suites are reading.

Latest 'scare trade'

Feb 12, 2026

•

11 min read

Latest 'scare trade'

Jobs report throws 'cold water' on Fed rate cuts, new AI worries end Dow’s 3-session win streak, Wall St’s top brass try to soothe investor jitters, Musk reorganizes xAI ahead of blockbuster IPO, and real estate services stocks sink in latest ‘AI scare trade’...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Wall Street's new trade

Feb 11, 2026

•

10 min read

Wall Street's new trade

The 'Super Bowl of jobs reports' on deck today, Wall St’s new trade is dumping any stock in AI’s crosshairs, Paramount sweetens hostile bid to stop Netflix-Warner Bros. deal, Lutnick admits travel to Epstein Island, and Microsoft’s data center in NC to be powered by Duke...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Chip crunch

Feb 10, 2026

•

10 min read

Chip crunch

Tech-stock recovery fuels Dow record, chip crunch ripples through markets, Alphabet lines up 100-year sterling bond sale, China urges banks to curb exposure to US Treasuries, and Meta, YouTube accused of designing platforms 'to addict' children...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Double whammy

Feb 9, 2026

•

11 min read

Double whammy

Stocks’ sharp rebound makes investors more nervous, Bessent: ‘unruly’ Chinese trading behind gold price swings, prediction markets steal Super Bowl bets, get ready for jobs and inflation double whammy, SpaceX to prioritise building self-growing city on moon...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Software‐Mageddon

Feb 6, 2026

•

10 min read

Software‐Mageddon

Bitcoin tanks to $60K, Strategy’s $12B loss headlines crypto’s worst day since ‘22 crash, WH launches direct-to-consumer drug site TrumpRx, Anthropic’s new model performs financial research, and investors hunt for bargains after ‘software‐mageddon’...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Buyers go missing

Feb 5, 2026

•

11 min read

Buyers go missing

Dip-buyers go missing as selloff slams stocks, hedge funds made $24B shorting software stocks, US proposes rare earth trading bloc with allies, Bessent rules out crypto bailout, and Elon’s bold new plan to put AI in orbit...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
'Get me out'

Feb 4, 2026

•

11 min read

'Get me out'

‘Get Me Out’: Traders dump software stocks as AI fears erupt, Trump signs bill to end short-lived shutdown, Walmart hits $1 trillion market value, Disney names new CEO, and gold, silver rally luring back dip buyers...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Mega IPO

Feb 3, 2026

•

11 min read

Mega IPO

Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquires xAI ahead of mega IPO, Trump cuts India tariffs in deal, stocks jump to kick off February, Strategy is unraveling, and gold and silver rebound after historic wipeout...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Historic plunge

Feb 2, 2026

•

10 min read

Historic plunge

Trump nominates Kevin Warsh as new Fed Chair, gold and silver extend sell-off after historic plunge, Wall St divide in tech stock performance after earnings, banks, crypto leaders to meet on landmark Clarity Act, and SpaceX wants to put 1 million data centers into orbit...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
New Fed Chair?

Jan 30, 2026

•

11 min read

New Fed Chair?

Trump to announce Fed Chair pick, Apple smashes earnings estimates, Microsoft earnings prompt tech selloff, Senate panel passes crypto regulation bill, and SpaceX considering merger with Tesla or xAI...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
S&P 7000

Jan 29, 2026

•

11 min read

S&P 7000

Fed holds interest rates steady, S&P breaches 7,000 pts for the first time, Tesla plots $20B spending spree, Gold soars above $5,400, and Coinbase rolls out prediction markets to all US customers...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Mother of all deals

Jan 28, 2026

•

11 min read

Mother of all deals

Wall Street's 2026 playbook already needs to be rewritten, silver surges most since 2008, US gov investing $1.6B in mining company, Volkswagen considers pulling out of US over tariffs, and natural gas surges 30% as arctic freeze grips US...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Rewriting 2026 playbook

Jan 27, 2026

•

11 min read

Rewriting 2026 playbook

Wall Street's 2026 playbook already needs to be rewritten, silver surges most since 2008, US gov investing $1.6B in mining company, Volkswagen considers pulling out of US over tariffs, and natural gas surges 30% as arctic freeze grips US...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Q1's big week

Jan 26, 2026

•

10 min read

Q1's big week

Gold tops $5,000 for the first time, investors get set for busiest week of Q1, energy stocks to watch as winter storm rips through the US, hedge funds are back on top, and US set to make its largest investment in rare earths...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Small caps for the win

Jan 23, 2026

•

8 min read

Small caps for the win

Small caps notch longest win streak since 1996, TikTok seals deal to create US venture, Intel stock plunges 13%, Amazon to ax thousands more corporate employees, and SpaceX lines up banks to lead mega-IPO...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
TACO Thursday

Jan 22, 2026

•

11 min read

TACO Thursday

Trump backs off Greenland tariffs—citing ‘framework’ deal, stocks set for TACO Thursday, Trump says inflation was ‘defeated’, Intel’s stock jumps 11%, and Goldman raises year-end gold price forecast to $5,400/oz...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
'This is sell America'

Jan 21, 2026

•

10 min read

'This is sell America'

Wall St. has worst session since April meltdown, the globe flees US assets, Japan bond crash unleashes turmoil, Amazon CEO says tariffs have started to ’creep’ into prices, and Nvidia’s Huang to visit China to reopen market...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Trump rocks Europe

Jan 20, 2026

•

9 min read

Trump rocks Europe

Trump rocks Europe with tariff threat over Greenland, CEOs at Davos brace for Trump, Trump threatens to sue JPMorgan Chase, gold and silver jump to record highs, and NYSE to launch 24/7 tokenized trading...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Make them pay

Jan 16, 2026

•

10 min read

Make them pay

Wall St powers nation’s biggest banks to record year, Trump to make tech giants pay for surging power costs, Taiwan/US reach trade deal tied to chips investment, Amazon blasts Saks funding deal over ‘worthless’ equity, and TSMC earnings draw investors’ eyes back to AI...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Buffett warns

Jan 15, 2026

•

11 min read

Buffett warns

China hits record $1tn trade surplus despite Trump tariffs, Buffett warns 'AI risks match nuclear weapons, strong retail sales showcase US economic resilience, Trump imposes 25% tariff on some computing chips, and gold, silver extend record-breaking rallies...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Shake-up

Jan 14, 2026

•

11 min read

Shake-up

Pentagon’s $1B stake to shake up defense industry, Wall Street scrambles to defuse Trump’s credit card onslaught, Nvidia, Eli Lilly to invest $1 billion in AI drug discovery lab, silver hits record, and global central bankers rally behind Fed's Powell...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
'Sell America'

Jan 13, 2026

•

10 min read

'Sell America'

‘Sell America’ trade revived by latest Fed attack, Wall Street shrugs, Alphabet’s $4 Trillion rise cements status as AI trade winner, Paramount sues Warner Bros. Discovery in takeover attempt, and Apple picks Google’s Gemini to run AI-powered Siri...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Fed under investigation

Jan 12, 2026

•

10 min read

Fed under investigation

Fed served with DOJ subpoenas, Trump weighing military options against Iran, Trump rattles America's CEOs with series of edicts, Magnificent 7’s dominance shows signs of cracking, and gold rises to all-time high...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Big decision

Jan 9, 2026

•

10 min read

Big decision

Trump announces $200B morgage bond buy, Wall Street braces for SCOTUS tariff decision, GM takes $6 billion hit, Trump Venezuela meeting shaping up to be a who's who of US oil, and billionaires are ramping up their California exits...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Wall Street banned

Jan 8, 2026

•

10 min read

Wall Street banned

Trump: No more dividends and buybacks for defense companies, Trump to ban Wall Street from buying houses, US to control Venezuela oil exports indefinitely, job openings slide to 'anemic' rate, and Warner Bros. rejects latest Paramount bid, favoring Netflix...

Market Briefing
Market Briefing
Load more
Market Briefing

Market Briefing

What Wall Street & C-Suites are Reading.


Home

Earnings Watch

Economic Calendar

Investing Tools

© 2026 Market Briefing, a Capital Media publication.
Report abusePrivacy policyTerms of use
beehiivPowered by beehiiv