1. BONDS/FED: Treasury Yields Hit Multidecade Highs as Traders Price a 77.5% Chance of an October Hike
The world's two largest economies have chosen to keep talking rather than start counting down. On Wednesday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Fox News that Washington and Beijing had agreed to extend what he called the Busan Agreement, the economic detente between …
The US sector performance data for 23 September 2026 showed a significantReversalfrom the strong growth-orientedLeadershipseen earlier in the week. Energy was the only sector to finish higher, gaining 0.96%, while all other 10 major sectors declined. The session therefore reflected a sharply defensive and …
The latest US sector momentum visualization for 23 September 2026 shows that the rotational structure remains broadly unchanged from the previous session. Technology (XLK) remains in Leading, Industrials (XLI) stays in Improving, while Communication Services (XLC) and Energy (XLE) occupy Weakening. Seven sectors remain …
XRP's market capitalization moved back above USD 100 billion on the back of heavy buying activity, a psychologically significant threshold that the token had fallen below during an earlier pullback. The move was accompanied by reports of large holders, often called whales in crypto …
The preliminary University of Michigan consumer sentimentindexfor September 2026 fell 7.5 percent to a reading of 47.8, marking the second-lowest level the index has recorded. The sentiment index, which surveys consumers about their views on both current economic conditions and expectations for the future, …
Reports circulated on September 22, 2026 suggesting Iran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil shipping chokepoint, within seven days, prompting an immediate market reaction. WTI crude fell more than 2.5 percent to roughly USD 89 a barrel on the initial …
The Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed Regulation Crypto Assets is designed to create a dedicated regulatory framework specifically tailored to digital assets, including defined exemptions intended to address longstanding industry complaints that existing securities rules, written before crypto assets existed, do not fit the …
Spot SolanaExchange-traded fundsextended their run of net inflows to 12 consecutive weeks, a streak that continued uninterrupted even as spot Bitcoin ETFs went through one of their quietest weeks of the year for flows. The divergence drew attention because it suggested institutional allocators were …
The Nasdaq closed at a record level on September 22, 2026, while the S&P 500 finished the same session within 0.2 percent of its August high, a notable outcome given that both indexes were absorbing the Federal Reserve's rate hike from earlier the same …