Latest Articles that tagged "Inflation"
SoftBank Finds the AI Boom's Financing Limit

SoftBank Finds the AI Boom's Financing Limit
— Margin Notes: 2026-10-20

SoftBank’s credit risk reached a four-year high as data-center company Elice plunged 33% in its debut, putting the financing side of the AI boom on the front page....

Nasdaq Prices a More Selective Recovery

Nasdaq Prices a More Selective Recovery
— Margin Notes: 2026-10-19

Crude oil fell 1.99% to $99.39 and Brent declined 2.40% to $107.30 as supply remained intact despite the fighting. Oil prices gave risk assets a little room to breathe, not because the geopolitical...

Warsh Gives Markets Permission to Be Selective

Warsh Gives Markets Permission to Be Selective
— Margin Notes: 2026-10-16

Kevin Warsh’s comments helped push the US 10-year Treasury yield to 5.07% while the S&P 500 gained 0.33% and the Nasdaq rose 0.08%. The important change was not a promise of easier money....

TSMC’s Beat Meets the Cost of Money

TSMC’s Beat Meets the Cost of Money
— Margin Notes: 2026-10-15

September US consumer prices rose 3.7% from a year earlier, a result that pushed the prospect of an October rate increase back into the market’s conversation....

ASML Prices the Bottleneck Behind the Boom

ASML Prices the Bottleneck Behind the Boom
— Margin Notes: 2026-10-14

A fire at an Aramco complex in Dhahran followed another Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia, while crude oil rose 0.25% to $94.38. The strike reached Saudi energy infrastructure without causing casualties,...

South Korea’s Chip Rout Finds the Market’s New Fault Lines

South Korea’s Chip Rout Finds the Market’s New Fault Lines
— Margin Notes: 2026-10-13

South Korea’s Kospi fell 10.91% to 739.22 as concerns over Chinese semiconductor competition turned a technology correction into a regional rout. Korean chip stocks lost their footing as investors...

The 5.24% Treasury Yield Keeps Relief on Probation

The 5.24% Treasury Yield Keeps Relief on Probation
— Margin Notes: 2026-10-12

The US 10-year Treasury yield held at 5.24% on Monday, even as the S&P 500 rose 0.59% and investors prepared for a week of inflation and earnings data. That is the market’s slightly contradictory...

Brent Makes Liquidity the Day’s Real Trade

Brent Makes Liquidity the Day’s Real Trade
— Margin Notes: 2026-10-08

Brent crude reached $103.35 after attacks around Saudi Arabia and renewed reports of possible strikes involving Iran. Brent crude jumped 3.14% as supply fears returned to the tape, and the move was...

Oil Tests Every Risk Premium

Oil Tests Every Risk Premium
— Margin Notes: 2026-10-07

Iranian forces increased attacks on shipping around the Strait of Hormuz as Brent crude climbed 0.84% to $101.42. Iran’s attacks have made the energy chokepoint a live market variable, even though...

Nasdaq Borrows Against the Bond Market

Nasdaq Borrows Against the Bond Market
— Margin Notes: 2026-10-06

The US 10-year Treasury yield stood at 5.30% while longer-dated bonds extended their decline toward levels last seen in 2002. Long-term Treasury yields reached fresh 24-year highs, and the move...

The Euro Tests the Rally's Foundation

The Euro Tests the Rally's Foundation
— Margin Notes: 2026-10-05

The euro fell 0.59% to roughly $1.12, its weakest level in 17 months, as investors marked down confidence in Europe’s fiscal and political direction. The euro slid as regional risk became a currency...

Treasuries Charge for the Unknown

Treasuries Charge for the Unknown
— Margin Notes: 2026-10-02

The United States added a carrier and 10,000 troops to the Middle East as commanders prepared for a possible escalation with Iran. The US military expanded its regional options as the conflict...