Find your trading tool
Answer a few questions, get matched to real platforms.
Take the quiz →Market Intelligence Watchlist
Gold's 30% Correction: A Story About Inflation, Oil, The Dollar and Changing Expectations
The Last Movie Star: How Tom Cruise Redefined Four Decades of Hollywood
Four decades, five different registers, one constant: audience trust. From Jerry Maguire's vulnerability to Mission: Impossible's stunt-driven commitment, Tom Cruise built a career few others have matched, and Maverick proved he's not done yet.
Japan's 10-Year Bond Yield Just Hit 2.94%, Its Highest Level Since 1996. Tokyo Wants to Cut the Food Tax to 1% for Two Years and Still Hasn't Said How It Will Pay for It.
Japan's 10-year government bond yield climbed to its highest level since 1996 this week, driven by rising Bank of Japan rate hike bets and a food tax cut plan that still lacks a funding source. The move is already rippling into the yen and, potentially, US Treasury demand.
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve Just Fell to 293.4 Million Barrels, Its Lowest Level Since December 1982. Five Straight Months of Releases Have Drained It to Roughly 40% of Its 2009 Peak.
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve just fell to its lowest level since 1982, and releases haven't stopped. A thinner emergency cushion carries risks that go well beyond what today's gas prices suggest.
The 30-Year Treasury Yield Just Hit 5.29%, Its Highest Level Since 2007. The Buyers Who Used to Set the Price Now Own Barely a Quarter of the Market.
The 30-year Treasury yield just touched its highest level since 2007, and the Fed isn't really driving it anymore. A quiet shift in who buys U.S. government debt, from central banks to private investors, is pushing up the price of borrowing for three decades at a time.
Markets
Gold's 30% Correction: A Story About Inflation, Oil, The Dollar and Changing Expectations
Japan's 10-Year Bond Yield Just Hit 2.94%, Its Highest Level Since 1996. Tokyo Wants to Cut the Food Tax to 1% for Two Years and Still Hasn't Said How It Will Pay for It.
Japan's 10-year government bond yield climbed to its highest level since 1996 this week, driven by rising Bank of Japan rate hike bets and a food tax cut plan that still lacks a funding source. The move is already rippling into the yen and, potentially, US Treasury demand.
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve Just Fell to 293.4 Million Barrels, Its Lowest Level Since December 1982. Five Straight Months of Releases Have Drained It to Roughly 40% of Its 2009 Peak.
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve just fell to its lowest level since 1982, and releases haven't stopped. A thinner emergency cushion carries risks that go well beyond what today's gas prices suggest.
Crypto
Bitcoin ETFs Just Booked Their Biggest Weekly Outflow in Six Weeks, $389.7 Million. Seven Days Earlier, the Same Funds Pulled In $853 Million, Their Best Week Since April.
Bitcoin ETFs just booked a $389.7 million outflow, their worst week in six, a sharp reversal from the $853 million they pulled in just seven days earlier. With the CLARITY Act's odds cut to roughly 10% and volatility near a two-year low, flows are increasingly taking their cue from the Fed instead of crypto-specific news.
Strategy Has Sold Bitcoin Five Times in 2026, Booking $102 Million in Losses to Do It. The Company Built on Never Selling Now Sells Coins to Pay Its Own Preferred Shareholders.
Strategy has sold Bitcoin five separate times in 2026, almost every sale below its own average cost basis, just to keep paying the 12% dividend on the preferred stock it issued to buy that Bitcoin in the first place. The company that spent years telling holders to never sell is now a recurring seller of its own.
Gold Hit $4,419 an Ounce This Week on Cooling Inflation Data. Bitcoin Fell to $62,700 on the Exact Same Numbers.
Gold climbed to $4,419 an ounce this week as traders priced in higher odds the Fed holds rates steady in September. Bitcoin fell on the same inflation data, dragged down by ETF outflows and the thinnest spot trading volume since 2019.
The Weekly Macro Deep Dive
One analytical read on the narratives moving markets. Every week.
Subscribe on Substack