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Markets
SEISMIC
Aug 266 min read
30-Year Treasury Yield Hits 5.34%, 19-Year High
U.S. 30-year yields hit a 19-year high of 5.34%, as fiscal deficit fears, hyperscaler debt supply, and inflation above 3% drove a historic bond selloff.
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Economy
MAJOR
Aug 266 min read
Jackson Hole 2026: Warsh's Debut Puts Rates in Focus
Kevin Warsh steps to the podium Friday as Fed Chair for the first time at Wyoming's annual symposium, with bond yields at multi-year highs and traders pricing roughly 40% odds of a September rate…
Economy
SEISMIC
Aug 266 min read
July PCE: Core at 3.3% Sets Warsh's Jackson Hole Script
The Fed's preferred July inflation gauge releases at 8:30 a.m. ET with core PCE seen at 3.3% and headline at 3.6%, the decisive input before September's rate vote and Warsh's Jackson Hole debut.
Business & Earnings
MAJOR
Aug 265 min read
Williams-Sonoma Q2 2026 EPS Beats by 7.3%
Williams-Sonoma posted $1.93 Q2 2026 EPS versus $1.80 expected, a 7.3% beat with operating margins up 240 basis points year-over-year, confirming premium home spending is holding firm under…
Policy & Regulation
MAJOR
Aug 266 min read
CLARITY Act Cloture Vote Locked for Sept. 15
Senate leaders have scheduled a cloture vote on the landmark CLARITY Act for September 15, though prediction markets assign only a 24-37% probability to the bill becoming law in 2026.
Healthcare
MAJOR
Aug 267 min read
Pharma's $134B M&A Wave: Buyout Freeze Declared Over
Barclays declares the biotech M&A freeze definitively over on CNBC as 2026 pharma dealmaking crosses $134B across 33 deals, led by AbbVie's $10.9B Apogee acquisition and Roche's Hanmi obesity bet.
Markets
SEISMIC
Aug 265 min read
TSLA Jumps 5% on Nevada Robotaxi Approval
Tesla shares surged more than 5% after Nevada approved 5,000 commercial robotaxi permits in Clark County while the Cybercab simultaneously launched for Austin employees -- the first US…
Technology
SEISMIC
Aug 266 min read
Alibaba's $10.2B AI Placement Closes 3x Oversubscribed
Alibaba's HK$80 billion Hong Kong share placement closed August 26 with nearly three times oversubscription and over HK$200 billion in total orders, with all proceeds directed to full-stack AI…
Economy
MAJOR
Aug 267 min read
Gold Surges 10% in August to $2,634 -- Best Month Since January
Gold posted its strongest monthly gain since January in August 2025, climbing 10% to $2,634 per troy ounce as record central bank purchases and a $100 trillion global debt backdrop drove…
Technology
SEISMIC
Aug 266 min read
Big Tech AI Capex Tracks $770B as Alphabet Burns Cash
Hyperscaler capex is on pace to hit $770 billion in 2026 as Alphabet posts its first-ever negative free cash flow quarter, reshaping corporate bond markets and competing with U.S. Treasury…
Economy
MAJOR
Aug 267 min read
Dollar at 3-Month Low as Warsh's Jackson Hole Debut Looms
The US Dollar Index fell to 98.96, a three-month low, as $40 trillion in federal debt, AI-driven Treasury supply competition, and Warsh rate uncertainty combine to pressure the greenback.
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Aug 266 min read
OPEC+ September Hike Hits Softening Crude Oil Price
OPEC+ finalizes its 188,000-bpd September hike as full output rollback completion and fading geopolitical risk converge to pressure crude oil prices.
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Aug 256 min read
Oil Slides as Iran Sanctions Reprice Supply Risk
WTI crude fell to a one-week low near $72.51 as markets concluded Bessent's Operation Economic Outcast poses less supply risk than military escalation.
Technology
MAJOR
Aug 258 min read
Beijing's Germanium Squeeze Throttles Taiwan Chip Supply
China is delaying customs approvals on germanium and quartz shipments to Taiwan, pushing delivery times into months-long territory and costing some manufacturers orders, Nikkei Asia reported on…
Markets
SEISMIC
Aug 257 min read
Hormuz Shutdown: Worst Maritime Insurance Crisis Since 1980s
The Strait of Hormuz has effectively closed to commercial shipping as war-risk premiums reach 40 times normal and six P&I clubs pull all tanker cover, marking the gravest disruption to global…
Markets
MAJOR
Aug 256 min read
SPCX Stock Slides Toward $135 IPO Price on Second Lockup
SpaceX SPCX stock fell nearly 5% on Aug. 20 as 319 million newly unlocked shares expanded the public float while Trump's newly disclosed personal stake intensifies conflict-of-interest scrutiny.
Geopolitics
SEISMIC
Aug 257 min read
China's Iran Defiance Tests Bessent's D-Day Threat
Beijing orders Chinese refiners to ignore U.S. Iran sanctions as Bessent's Operation Economic Outcast prepares to sanction a major financial institution.
Markets
MAJOR
Aug 256 min read
U.S. New Home Sales Fall to January Low in July
New single-family home sales plunged 10.5% in July to a 607,000 annual pace, the sharpest monthly drop of the year, as 6.77% mortgage rates keep prospective buyers on the sidelines and the median…
Markets
SEISMIC
Aug 256 min read
Lilly Cements Obesity Lead as Retatrutide Sweeps Phase 3
Eli Lilly's retatrutide cleared Phase 3 with near-surgical weight loss as Orforglipron prescribers surged from 8,000 to 36,000 since launch, setting up a Q1 2027 BLA filing.
Markets
MAJOR
Aug 255 min read
Jazz Pharma's Ziihera Earns FDA Nod for Gastric Cancer
Jazz Pharmaceuticals receives FDA approval for Ziihera (zanidatamab-hrii) as the first new HER2-targeted gastric cancer therapy in over 15 years, setting a new survival benchmark.
Geopolitics
SEISMIC
Aug 256 min read
Canada Declares Economic War, Hits U.S. With $100B Tariffs
Canada's PM Mark Carney declares economic war on the U.S. and unveils $100 billion in retaliatory tariffs taking effect September 8 after trade talks collapse over sovereignty demands.
Markets
NOTABLE
Aug 256 min read
Zoom Q2 FY2027: AI Companion Clears Enterprise Test
Zoom beats Q2 FY2027 consensus and raises full-year guidance, with AI Companion paid adoption accelerating as enterprise revenue outpaces the broader business for a second consecutive quarter.
Markets
MAJOR
Aug 257 min read
DAX and Stoxx 600 Hold Records as Global Selloff Bites
The Stoxx 600 and DAX held near all-time highs on August 25 as the Hang Seng slid 1.9% and the Nasdaq fell 0.76%, cementing Europe's strongest relative week against global peers in months.
Technology
MAJOR
Aug 255 min read
Salesforce Q2: Is Agentforce Monetizing at Scale?
Salesforce Q2 FY2027 earnings land August 26, with $1.2B Agentforce ARR becoming the market's definitive test for whether enterprise AI is monetizing or just being piloted.
Markets
MAJOR
Aug 255 min read
Intuit Q4 FY2026 Beats on AI-Driven Platform Gains
Intuit Q4 FY2026 EPS rose 30%-plus year over year, clearing consensus as Intuit Assist AI drove platform monetization across TurboTax and QuickBooks.
Business & Earnings
MAJOR
Aug 256 min read
DKS Q2 2026: Foot Locker Lift Hammers Margins
Dick's Sporting Goods Q2 2026 revenue surged ~55% to ~$5.65B on the Foot Locker acquisition, but EPS fell ~13% as tariff costs and thin Foot Locker margins squeezed profitability hard.
Business & Earnings
MAJOR
Aug 255 min read
LEGO H1 2026 Revenue Surges 21% to Record $6.5B
LEGO posted record H1 2026 revenue of $6.54 billion, up 21% year-over-year, as botanical sets and Formula 1 lines powered the season's strongest consumer discretionary earnings beat.
Economy
SEISMIC
Aug 256 min read
Bessent's Bond Buyback Falters as 30-Year Tops 5.20%
Bessent's $4B buyback couldn't hold the 30-year yield below 5.20%, exposing Washington's bind between $40 trillion in debt and AI infrastructure financing.
Markets
MAJOR
Aug 255 min read
Core PCE at 3.2% Kills September Rate-Cut Hope
Core PCE is on track for a 3.2% annual print in Wednesday's BEA release, cementing the Fed's rate hold and slashing September cut odds to below 31%, with Jackson Hole as the final wildcard.
Markets
MAJOR
Aug 257 min read
Conference Board Read Arrives as Consumer Cracks
The Conference Board releases its August consumer confidence index Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET -- the week's decisive macro reading -- after Michigan sentiment collapsed to 51.0 and July retail sales…