MRKT Matrix

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, May 28th S&P 500 and Nasdaq close at new records, lifted by tech rally (CNBC) Core inflation hit an annual rate of 3.3% in April, as expected, Fed’s preferred gauge shows (CNBC) Americans’ savings rate falls to lowest level since 2022 as inflation outpaces paychecks (CNBC) Pressured Shoppers Keep Stretching Budgets, Aiding Retailers (Bloomberg) Americans Are Sick of High Pr...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, May 27th Dow rises 200 points to record as oil declines, but a pause in the chip rally weighs on the S&P 500 (CNBC) Goldman raises its S&P 500 year-end forecast. It’s for one simple reason (CNBC) Bank of America says prepare for a ‘summer correction’ after rally to record highs (CNBC) Americans Are About to Pay Even More at the Grocery Store (Bloomberg) Mortgage refinance...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, May 26th S&P 500, Nasdaq catapulted to new highs by Micron and tech as traders monitor shaky Iran negotiations (CNBC) Treasury Curve Flashes Higher-for-Longer Warning Under Warsh (Bloomberg) Bond markets' worldwide warning (Axios) Corporate Bonds Are a Great Deal if You Don’t Look Too Closely (WSJ) Venture Capitalist John Doerr Says AI Is the Biggest Tech ‘Tsunami’ Ever (WSJ...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, May 22nd Dow jumps more than 300 points to record as Wall Street heads for winning week, Treasury yields ease (CNBC) Consumer sentiment hits fresh record low in May as Iran war fuels inflation worries (CNBC) Egg prices are plunging due to oversupply — and producers say margins are taking a hit as costs rise (CNBC) Key Moments from Kevin Warsh’s Swearing-In Ceremony (WSJ) “Mag...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, May 21st S&P 500 wavers in volatile trading for oil, Nvidia declines after earnings (CNBC) The Dangerous Brew That’s Rattling Bond Markets (WSJ) Ignore This Bond Market Slump at Your Own Peril (Bloomberg) SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI’s Sprint to Go Public Defines the AI Boom’s Big Day (WSJ) How to make sense of SpaceX’s nonsensical valuation (FT) Oura Files Confidentially f...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, May 20th Stocks rally into the close with the Dow up 600 points as oil and bond yields dive (CNBC) Fed Minutes Show More Officials Warned of Rate-Hike Scenario (Bloomberg) The AI Boom Is Making Warsh’s Bond-Market Bind Even Worse (Bloomberg) US Economy Is Now a ‘Levered Bet on AI,’ Lazard CEO Orszag Says (Bloomberg) OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Very Soon (WSJ) Th...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, May 19th U.S. stocks slide under pressure from higher rates (CNBC) The Bond Market Is Forcing a Reckoning Trump Isn’t Able to Stop (Barron’s) Mortgage rates surge to highest level since July (CNBC) Big Tech Is Cutting Back on Buybacks. Nvidia Could Be the Exception. (WSJ) Wall Street prepares for boom in tech IPOs after Cerebras’ success (FT) Amazon’s Nvidia Alternative Star...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, May 18th Nasdaq drops for a second day as tech pullback picks up steam, Micron shares slide 7% (CNBC) For Retailers, It’s One Battle After Another (WSJ) The Economy Kevin Warsh Is Inheriting Is Not the One He Wanted (WSJ) The Fed will have to raise interest rates in July to appease ‘bond vigilantes,’ Yardeni says (CNBC) Jury Rejects Musk’s Claims Against OpenAI (WSJ) Musk’s x...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, May 15th S&P 500 and Nasdaq fall, strained by tech pullback and yields spike (CNBC) Bond Futures at Risk From Rapid Hedging Overhaul as Yields Climb (Bloomberg) Traders now see next Fed interest rate move as a hike following inflation surge (CNBC) S&P 500 Reporting Highest Revenue Growth Since 2022 (FactSet) Nvidia’s Future in China Remains Unclear After Trump-Xi Summit (NYT)...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, May 14th Dow surges more than 300 points to retake 50,000 level as Cisco shares jump (CNBC) Cisco Stock Soars on Plan to Cut Staff in Favor of AI Spending (WSJ) Dot-com-era computer stocks are one of the hottest areas of the market again (Business Insider) Nvidia Gains 20% in Seven Days, Nearing $6 Trillion Market Value (Bloomberg) Cerebras Shares Soar in Hotly Anticipated...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, May 13th S&P 500 hits another record driven by tech alone as most stocks decline on the day (CNBC) Wholesale inflation jumps 6% in April on annual basis, biggest increase since 2022 (CNBC) Wall Street Is Getting More Anxious About Long-Term Inflation (WSJ) Treasury Buyers Get 5% Long Bond for First Time Since 2007 (Bloomberg) Kevin Warsh Is Confirmed as Fed Chair in 54–45...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, May 12th S&P 500 retreats from record as tech rally cools off, inflation flares up (CNBC) Prices at the Pump Are Wiping Out Wage Gains (WSJ) Traders believe inflation could near 5% this year (CNBC) Trump Says Trade, Not Iran, Will Be Priority in Summit With Xi (Bloomberg) Jamie Dimon Warns of ‘Stupid’ Trade Issues Between US, Europe (Bloomberg) CME Group and Silicon Data Par...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, May 11th S&P 500 rises to fresh record, Micron leads Nvidia and chipmakers higher (CNBC) Trump Says He Supports Suspending the Federal Gas Tax (WSJ) Think $6 Gas Is Bad? It’s About to Get Even Worse in California (WSJ) Michael Burry Warns of Stock Crash as Tech Jump Echoes 2000 Peak (Bloomberg) AI Wins Have Alphabet Poised to Become World’s Biggest Company (Bloomberg) AI Is D...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, May 8th S&P 500 rises to fresh record on strong jobs report and Iran deal hopes, heads for 6th winning week in a row (CNBC) Quick job rundown (The Boock Report) S&P 500 Earnings Season Update (FactSet) Cloudflare Cites AI in Cutting a Fifth of Its Workforce (The Information) Claude, make me rich (FT Alphaville U.S. intelligence says Iran can outlast Trump’s Hormuz blockade fo...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, May 7th S&P 500 retreats from record, hurt by a turn higher in oil prices (CNBC) Boeing, Citigroup CEOs set to join Trump on China visit next week (CNBC) Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Lift Curbs on U.S. Military Access to Bases, Airspace (WSJ) U.S. Awaits Iran’s Response to Latest Peace-Talks Proposal (WSJ) Whirlpool’s Stock Fell as Much as 20% After Company Warns Higher Prices Are...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, May 6th Dow surges 600 points, S&P 500 posts first close above 7,300 as traders hope for Iran deal (CNBC) Gulf States Fear an Emboldened Iran Is Taking Advantage of a Hesitant U.S. ⁠(WSJ) Higher Gas Prices Are Hitting Lower-Income Americans the Hardest ⁠(NYT) Nvidia to invest up to $3.2 billion in Corning as part of massive optical fiber deal with 3 new factories focused o...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, May 5th S&P 500, Nasdaq rise to record highs as stocks get boost from oil pullback, strong earnings (CNBC) Andy Jassy says Amazon investors will be rewarded by all its AI spending (CNBC) Google, Microsoft and xAI Agree to Share Early AI Models With U.S. (WSJ) Ahead of Race to IPO, OpenAI Discussed Spinning Out Robotics, Hardware Divisions (WSJ) Apple Explores Intel, Samsung...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, May 4th Dow tumbles 550 points as oil prices rise and investors fear Iran conflict could intensify again (CNBC) US and Iran Trade Fire in Gulf, Shaking Four-Week Ceasefire (Bloomberg) FedEx, UPS Shares Sink on ‘Watershed’ Amazon Logistics Move (Bloomberg) Five Takeaways From Berkshire CEO Greg Abel’s First Annual Shareholder Meeting as Host (WSJ) SAP Moves to Block OpenClaw a...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, May 1st S&P 500 rises to record to kick off May trading as oil falls, Apple shares jump (CNBC) Exxon and Chevron defy Trump pressure to boost oil production (FT) Oil market one month from crunch point as global stockpiles dwindle (FT) US to Hike Tariff Rate on EU Auto Imports to 25%, Trump Says (Bloomberg) S&P 500 Earnings Season Update (FactSet) Apple stages sharpest rally i...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, April 30th Dow surges nearly 800 points, S&P 500 posts first close above 7,200 and best month since 2020 (CNBC) Core inflation rate hit 3.2% in March as first-quarter growth disappointed at 2% (CNBC) The AI Boom Is Cushioning the US Economy From Iran War Impact (Bloomberg) The Clock Is Ticking for Big Tech to Make AI Pay (WSJ) The Hidden Risks in AI Funding (The Information...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, April 29th S&P 500 is little changed as oil jumps and traders brace for Big Tech earnings (CNBC) ‘All-In Wednesday’ to Test Stock Market Where Everyone’s Long (Bloomberg) Fed holds rates steady but with highest level of dissent since 1992 (CNBC) America’s Bond-Market Privilege Is Disappearing as US Debt Soars (Bloomberg) How OpenAI’s $500bn data centre venture Stargate has...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, April 28th S&P 500 slips from record, Nasdaq falls as OpenAI report knocks chip stocks (CNBC) OpenAI Misses Key Revenue, User Targets in High-Stakes Sprint Toward IPO (WSJ) OpenAI Hits Back at Growth Fears, Says ‘Firing on All Cylinders’ (Bloomberg) Oracle pushes back on concerns about OpenAI (CNBC) Traders bet Nvidia’s stock will return to record highs soon (CNBC) Where Ame...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, April 27th S&P 500 drifts higher to record levels, but gains capped as oil rises (CNBC) The Fed is nearing a turning point (Axios) Corporate America Is Minting Money—and Not Just in Tech and Finance (WSJ) Domino’s Pizza stock falls on disappointing sales — and CEO thinks more chains will follow (CNBC) The AI Splurge Is Costing Big Tech Its Workforce (WSJ) OpenAI Breaks Free F...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, April 24th S&P 500, Nasdaq close at records, boosted by Intel, as investors hope for a restart to U.S.-Iran talks (CNBC) Intel Shares Eclipse Dot-Com Peak After Blockbuster Forecast (Bloomberg) Google Plans to Invest Up to $40 Billion in Anthropic (Bloomberg) Oracle’s Deluge of AI Debt Pushes Wall Street to the Limit (WSJ) DeepSeek’s Long-Awaited New Model Fails to Narrow US...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, April 23rd Stocks close lower, retreating from records as software shares slump, oil jumps (CNBC) Software stocks plunge on ServiceNow, IBM results as AI fears escalate (CNBC) Texas Instruments’ stock jumps 18%, heads for best day since 2000 as AI demand soars (CNBC) Meta, Microsoft Look to Trim Workforces Amid Heavy AI Spending (Bloomberg) Microsoft Needs Copilot to Get Ba...