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The Wall Street Wrap: September 21, 2026
US stocks rallied sharply Monday as tech led the charge and oil tumbled on hopes for US-Iran diplomacy, with the Nasdaq closing at a record. AMD topped a $1 trillion market cap, Meta surged on its new Muse AI app, and bitcoin climbed above $86,000.
The Wall Street Wrap: September 18, 2026
US stocks closed out a volatile week mixed, with the Nasdaq notching a weekly gain while the Dow slid for a third straight week. Warren Buffett stepped down as Berkshire Hathaway's chairman after six decades at the helm, the Bank of Japan hiked rates to a 31-year high, and bitcoin topped $80,000 on tokenized-stock optimism.
ASX Pre-Market: Friday, 18 September 2026
ASX 200 futures point to a firmer open after Wall Street rallied overnight as Treasury yields and oil prices retreated, easing the pressure that followed the Federal Reserve's rate hike, with RBA Governor Bullock's remarks and a Bank of Japan decision the next tests ahead of the RBA's own call.
The Wall Street Wrap: September 17, 2026
US stocks rebounded sharply Thursday as Treasury yields and oil prices retreated, with tech leading a bounce back from Wednesday's Fed-driven selloff. Nvidia's Jensen Huang forecast doubling chip sales next year, the SEC unveiled a tokenized-stock exemption, and the Bank of England held rates steady, diverging from the Fed's hike.
ASX Post-Market Wrap: 17 September 2026
The ASX 200 climbed for a second straight session as banks posted their best day in over a month, with investors taking comfort from easing bond yields rather than reacting badly to the Fed's first rate hike since 2023. A Citi upgrade of NAB added extra fuel to the financials rally, while gold miners slid on hawkish signals from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh.
The Wall Street Wrap: September 16, 2026
The Fed raised rates for the first time since 2023, and Chair Warsh's hawkish tone on persistent inflation sent stocks lower into the close, with Treasury yields holding above 5%. SK Hynix and Intel discussed a landmark US chip manufacturing deal, Amazon extended its supplier-warrant strategy with an $8 billion Generac deal, and von der Leyen proposed Canada as the EU's first associate member.
ASX Post-Market Wrap: 16 September 2026
The ASX clawed back from an 11-week low as energy, gold and copper all caught a bid at once, but all eyes are now on tonight's Fed decision, with markets pricing in near-certain odds of the first rate hike in three years.
The Wall Street Wrap: September 15, 2026
Stocks fell Tuesday as Treasury yields surged past 5% for the first time since 2007 and oil extended its rally on a deepening Middle East crisis, with traders bracing for Wednesday's Fed decision. Saudi Arabia issued rare security alerts over Mecca and Jeddah as Houthi attacks intensified, Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Anthropic's Dario Amodei offered dueling views on AI safety at Dreamforce, and the Senate blocked crypto's Clarity Act from advancing.
ASX Pre-Market: Wednesday, 16 September 2026
ASX 200 futures point to a firmer open ahead of Thursday's Federal Reserve decision, even as Wall Street fell overnight and the US 10-year Treasury yield touched its highest level since 2007.
The Wall Street Wrap: September 14, 2026
Stocks fell Monday as AI industry leaders, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, called for slowing the pace of AI capability development over safety concerns, triggering a global selloff in AI-linked names. Bank of America tumbled after CEO Brian Moynihan warned of a sharp investment banking fee decline, Treasury yields hit a fresh multi-year high before pulling back, and President Trump dismissed the AI safety warnings as a "sick conspiracy" ahead of this week's Fed meeting.
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