Market Pulse – October 19, 2026
🌏 Macro theme AI-spending doubts and energy-supply risks are driving sentiment. Chip stocks led Wall Street lower on Friday, and Asia opened sharply lower befo ...
Read More🌏 Macro theme AI-spending doubts and energy-supply risks are driving sentiment. Chip stocks led Wall Street lower on Friday, and Asia opened sharply lower befo ...
Read MoreMarkets enter the new week caught between an escalating oil shock and a Federal Reserve edging closer to another rate hike. Brent crude touched $110 on Friday f ...
Read More🏦 Fed Keeps Markets Guessing Fed Chair Warsh declined to signal the next move, saying the Fed won’t pre-judge meetings and will decide in October and December. ...
Read More🔥 Tech rout and hot US inflation 🌏 A deep chip and AI sell-off is hammering Asia after a hotter-than-expected US CPI. Fed rate-hike fears are back.🌏 Asian ma ...
Read More🌍 Geopolitics and Oil Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and tanker incidents in Hormuz keep supply risks high. Brent is holding above $106 and WTI is near $95. 🛢️ ...
Read More🌏 Asia: chip rout, mixed picture 🔻 Kospi –6.2% (≈5,990) | 🔻 Nikkei –2.0% (≈67,600) | 🔻 Taiwan –1.8% | ➖ Hang Seng –0.2% (≈24,230) | 🟢 Shanghai +0.2% (≈3,8 ...
Read More🌍 Geopolitics and oil 🛢️ Oil is sliding as Trump announced a deal for Russia to supply diesel, and the US Treasury waived sanctions on Russian diesel through A ...
Read MoreMarkets head into the new week with US Treasury yields near 5.24% (after touching 5.345% mid-week), a firm dollar (DXY about 102.03) and oil still hostage to Mi ...
Read More🌍 Macro and Geopolitics 🛢️ Oil is the key driver. Brent is down 1.2% at about $103 (WTI near $90.5) after Trump spoke of “productive discussions” with Iran, wh ...
Read More🛢️ Oil and geopolitics: Brent is up more than 2% to about $102.5, with WTI near $90. Reports say the Pentagon has been told to prepare for a possible resumption ...
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