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[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise as Bond Yields Halt Surge; Oil Tumbles: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Fluctuates as Russia Threat Vies With Dollar’s Strength [Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Sets Yuan Fix at Strongest Bias on Record as Losses Mount [Reuters] EU plans to cap Russian gas price as Putin threatens supply halt [CNBC] Mortgage demand drops further as interest […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US, European Stocks Rise; Pound Rebounds: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil’s OPEC+ Rally Cools With China Growth Worries Lingering [Reuters] Yen skids past 142 per dollar, sterling clings onto early gains [Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Sets Yuan Fix Weaker Than 6.9 a Dollar, Unseen Since 2020 [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed’s Long-Sought Neutral Goal Proves Elusive and Moving Target [AP] […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] European Stocks, Euro Sink as Energy Woes Worsen: Markets Wrap [Reuters] European stocks fall after gas pipeline shutdown [Reuters] Euro plunges to new 20-year low after Russian gas halt [Reuters] Oil prices jump more than 3% as OPEC+ agrees small oil output cut [Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s Currency Struggles Spell Trouble Across Emerging Markets [Reuters] EU […]

[Reuters] Ukraine’s Zelenskiy warns Europeans to brace for bleak winter [Reuters] Nuclear plant loses power line as Moscow, West energy row escalates [Yahoo/Bloomberg] California Faces Blackout Risks Through Labor Day Holiday [Yahoo/Bloomberg] No Escape From Biggest Bond Loss in Decades as Fed Keeps Hiking [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Surge in Real Rates Hits Every Asset on Wall Street […]

No Place for Pollyannas This week, financial markets acted decisively and with rare clarity. Essentially, for this ugly week, it was King Dollar up, virtually everything else down, and in most cases down big. Since the start of 2021, the U.S. dollar has certainly put on a show. It continues to deliver one of its […]

[Reuters] Russia’s Gazprom says Siemens Energy ready to fix Nord Stream fault [Reuters] Russia, West step up energy war as risk of nuclear disaster haunts Ukraine [AP] Ukraine’s nuclear plant goes offline amid fighting [Reuters] Shenzhen districts locked down as China battles COVID outbreaks [Reuters] Thousands of Russians bid farewell to last Soviet leader Mikhail […]
Global “Risk Off” gathers momentum by the week. Crisis Dynamics fester, as global central banks coalesce around a united front for battling inflation. The reality that central bankers will aggressively hike rates until something breaks has begun to sink in. Last Friday’s Jackson Hole selling pressure carried over into this week for U.S. equities. The […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise After Jobs Data Offer No Surprises: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen at Risk of Further Declines After Breaching Key 140 Level [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Rebounds After Three-Day Fall as Traders Focus on OPEC, Iran [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Bonds Tumble Into Their First Bear Market in a Generation [CNBC] Payrolls rose 315,000 in August as companies […]