Tag: Dow Jones

Investing • October 1, 2026

September Was Basically Two Stock Markets Wearing One Trench Coat

September was a good month for the stock market. September was also a terrible month for the stock market. Both statements can be defended with perfectly respectable numbers. The Nasdaq Composite gained about 1.9% during the month, extending the extraordinary run of technology and AI-linked stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went in the opposite […]

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Market Pulse • August 30, 2026

The Week Nvidia Delivered the Receipts and the Fed Raised the Difficulty

Last week, the market demanded receipts. This week, it got them. Nvidia delivered another absurd quarter, Bitcoin pushed through $80,000, CrowdStrike reminded Wall Street that AI can create software revenue as well as GPU bills, and the major US indices managed to finish higher. For about five minutes, everything looked beautifully simple. Then Kevin Warsh […]

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News • June 11, 2026

Trump Says He Loves Inflation. Markets Definitely Do Not

Inflation is supposed to be a number. A percentage. A line in a government report. Something economists argue about while everyone else checks whether groceries, rent, gas and subscriptions are still quietly eating the paycheck. But markets do not treat inflation like a boring spreadsheet cell. They treat it like the Demogorgon from Stranger Things: […]

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