[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Stocks Set for Longest Win Streak of 2024: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold climbs to fresh record high with focus on Jackson Hole [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Drift as Caution Reigns Before Jackson Hole: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen Rises More Than 1% Versus Dollar, Leads G-10 Currency [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed Chair Powell steps into the spotlight at Jackson Hole [Yahoo Finance] All eyes on the Fed at Jackson Hole amid market rebound: What to [...]

Ahead of the Game This week markets got a big dose of economic data. Ultimately, however, that data didn’t change the overarching narrative. Debt has become [...]

[Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead: S&P 500 rebounds as ‘soft landing’ hopes boost US stocks [Reuters] Short bets in five-year Treasury futures [...]

Markets are certainly Unstable. After trading at a record high of 42,427 on July 11th, Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index was 26.6% lower at August 5th lows. The [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Poised to Close Out Best Week of the Year: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Gold headed for weekly gain as Sept US rate cut views firm [...]

[Yahoo Finance] Stocks rise after retail sales, jobs data as Walmart surges [Reuters] Stocks recover some stability after weeks of turmoil [Yahoo/Bloomberg] [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Steady After CPI as UBS Boosts Europe: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Rises After Industry Report Points to US Stockpile Drawdown [...]

[Yahoo Finance] S&P 500, Nasdaq jump as key inflation data comes in cool [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Snaps Five-Day Rally With Mideast Tensions, OPEC in Focus [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Edge Higher at Start of Big Data Week: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Advances to Highest in a Week Ahead of US Inflation Data [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Traders Bet on Wild Swings With CPI Print Set to Test the Market [Yahoo Finance] Whipsaw week for stocks leaves markets ‘on edge’ [...]

[Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead: Rollercoaster week in US stocks leaves investors braced for bumps ahead [Reuters] Short bets in five-year Treasury futures [...]

Minsky Moments and the Butterfly Effect Three weeks ago, on July 16th, the S&P 500 closed at an all-time high within spitting distance of a truly [...]

For the week, the VIX declined three points to 20.37. The S&P500 was basically unchanged. The Nasdaq100 increased 0.4%. The KBW Bank Index added 0.2%. [...]