Week in review of the events impacting the markets
Oct 19, 2026
No Fed speeches, thin data, and Meta, Tesla and the chipmakers all sing Wednesday night. Bring a scorecard.
Oct 18, 2026
In 1951, a TV couple gave up a thousand dollars a week to keep a stack of film cans. The network thought it won. Seventy-five years later, you are still watching the reruns, and that is the whole story.
Oct 17, 2026
Chip stocks fell eight days straight, inflation ran hot, and soup and toothpaste carried your 401(k).
Oct 16, 2026
Thursday opened like a panic and closed like a group hug. Nobody paid the bill.
Oct 15, 2026
Prices rose faster than forecast. That made borrowed money look scarier, so the companies building AI on borrowed money got sold hard. Bank of America paid a $1.2 billion fine. And this morning's wholesale prices came in hotter still.
Oct 14, 2026
Citi and Wells Fargo beat forecasts but still got sold off. J&J raised its outlook and got sold harder. Domino's found out what a cold slice feels like. Chip stocks fell for a fifth straight day, just more slowly.
Oct 13, 2026
Broadcom's CEO told AI investors they have no clue what they're buying. Chip stocks fell 2.7%, and Korea fell more than 5% overnight. Meta launched a new AI model and walked out with the only winning ticket.
Oct 12, 2026
CPI, PPI, the big banks and TSMC all report this week. The man who sets your interest rate weighs in from more than 8,000 miles away.
