Week in review of the events impacting the markets
Sep 23, 2026
On Monday, Meta's Muse made Meta money. On Tuesday, Wall Street worked out whose money it takes: banks, insurers, gyms and phone companies. The Nasdaq set another record anyway.
Sep 22, 2026
An AI app sent Meta up 11%, pushed AMD past $1 trillion, and gave the Nasdaq a record close. Oil fell on the word "probably."
Sep 21, 2026
The Fed just made the biggest decision in three years. Now everyone gets a microphone and nothing new to announce.
Sep 20, 2026
One block. One hundred days. A forty dollar kit. By the end, neighbors were sitting on the fences he built. Then somebody stole the flowers, and he went and bought more.
Sep 19, 2026
First hike in three years, a 5% bond yield, a president yelling from the snack bar. The S&P 500 moved 0.08%.
Sep 18, 2026
One day after the first hike in three years, stocks rallied, the 10-year slipped back under 5%, and the auction we warned you about went badly. Nobody cared.
Sep 17, 2026
Twelve votes to nothing, a quarter point, and sixteen of eighteen officials wrote down that it was the small one.
Sep 16, 2026
Yesterday we said the noon auction was the one thing that could ruin everyone's day. It ruined everyone's day.
