Week in review of the events impacting the markets
Aug 26, 2026
Crude fell 4.58% on a meeting that produced a framework instead of a deal. Bonds took the win early, gold set another August high, and Nvidia gets to decide the rest of the week after the close.
Aug 25, 2026
Semiconductors got dumped on a Monday, with the loudest headline being Nvidia raising prices. Gold, bonds, and the Dow spent the session quietly, not being semiconductors.
Aug 24, 2026
July PCE at dawn, Nvidia at dusk, and the new Fed Chair does not say a word until it is all over.
Aug 23, 2026
The most famous letter in American conservation probably never existed. The agency it created turns 110 on Tuesday, and every gate it owns is open.
Aug 22, 2026
Nvidia fell all five days. A biotech nobody was watching nearly tripled in an afternoon. Same week.
Aug 21, 2026
A manufacturing survey printed its best number in two years on the same morning the largest retailer on earth beat, raised, and lost nine percent. The bond market picked a side before lunch.
Aug 20, 2026
Minutes showed a committee itching to hike. A piece of Treasury paperwork released the same morning made the bond market stop caring, and gold, bitcoin and long bonds all took the hint.
Aug 19, 2026
The memory trade handed back Monday's win on three-quarters of normal volume. Meta fell harder on real volume, and then the man suing it announced he isn't after the money.
