Market Strategy: When Hot Inflation Fails to Topple Stocks
Examines what a hot US CPI reading that fails to sink stocks might mean for traders, and how to interpret market resilience.
Examines what a hot US CPI reading that fails to sink stocks might mean for traders, and how to interpret market resilience.
As banks report earnings this week, the question is how much damage rising Treasury yields are doing to lending, funding costs and credit quality.
US bond markets are shut Monday for Columbus Day while stocks stay open, and the absence of Treasury yields raises thin-liquidity worries.
MUFG sees September US headline inflation at 3.6% and core easing to 0.2%, saying an upside surprise is needed to revive October Fed hike bets.
Citigroup forecasts the US Treasury will cut long-term bond sales and increase short-term bill issuance, potentially affecting crypto markets.
RBA minutes and September jobs data due this week will influence expectations for Australia's next rate move, with unemployment forecast to hold at 4.6%.
Holidays in Tokyo and US Treasuries slow Asia at week start; busy week ahead with CPI, banks, and Warsh.
Bank stocks across the US, Europe and Singapore slid after Treasury yields climbed, with US lenders' unrealized bond losses at $326.7 billion.
U.S. stocks rebounded Friday, but weak Canadian jobs data and higher inflation expectations weighed.
US inflation and retail sales numbers, along with central bank commentary, headline a busy economic calendar next week.
Bitcoin slid to about $80,300 as leveraged bets were wiped out, with the selloff tied to cycle timing, the 10/10 anniversary and AI cryptography fears.
Canada lost 68,300 jobs in September, far worse than the expected gain of 9,200, as the trade war hurt the economy.
Investors moved $166.4B into money market funds in a week, the most since April 2020, as bond yields hit 24-year highs.
Trump said the US would not strike Iran before midterms, lifting the S&P 500 and dragging oil, Treasury yields and the dollar lower.
European equities recovered and bond yields steadied after recent volatility. Gold rose, oil fell as markets took a breather.