Energy Reality vs. Goldilocks Fantasy As HAI has described several times, the Fed is trapped. Inflation hasn’t given the monetary maestros credible cause to [...]

[Reuters] US House leader McCarthy to test his Republican majority with funding vote-source [Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead US stock market’s powerhouses tested [...]

The 25-year anniversary of the Russia/LTCM collapse offers a timely reminder of the perils of leveraged speculation. A series of Wall Street Journal articles [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks, Bonds Rebound After a Quarter of Losses: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Edges Higher to End Blistering Quarter on Front Foot [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bonds Extend Losses as Rate Angst Sours September: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Touches $95 With Shrinking Inventories Fanning Fresh [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Stock Selloff Pauses as VIX Signals Calm: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Chinese Gold Bugs Lift Price Premium Over World Market to [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stock Markets in Retreat as Dollar Resumes Climb: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Dollar hits 10-month high as US yields spike, yen recovers from dip [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bonds Resume Selloff as Hawkish Fed Talk Sinks In: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Developers Drop Most in 9 Months on Evergrande Woes [...]

[Axios] House GOP plans last-ditch effort to pass spending bills [Axios] The history of government shutdowns and how long they last [AP] Auto workers still [...]

A Period of Consequences This was a very volatile week on Wall Street as asset prices whipped around at breakneck pace. Ultimately, however, the overall [...]

[Reuters] House Republicans try long-shot strategy to avoid US government shutdown [Reuters] US government shutdown: What is it and who would be affected? [...]

Mohamed El-Erian: “I worry that the economic and policy signals coming out of this Federal Reserve press conference may come across to many as both confused [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Futures Signal Some Respite After Bruising Week: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Yen falls after BOJ stands pat on easy policy; dollar elevated [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Drop on Hawkish Fed; Pound Falls: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Stocks Set for 10-Month Low as Economic Pessimism Persists [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Edge Higher Before Fed; Pound Falls: Markets Wrap [CNBC] 10-year Treasury yield retreats from high last seen in 2007 as Fed policy [...]