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TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2026
Alphabet to Raise $80 Billion in Stock Sale With $10 Billion Berkshire Buy
The Google parent will sell equity to fund AI compute capacity, and Greg Abel's Berkshire Hathaway will absorb $10 billion of the offering in its largest tech bet since Apple
MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2026
SoftBank Passes Toyota as AI Rally Narrows to Twenty Stocks
Masayoshi Son committed 75 billion euros to French data centers Monday and his stock jumped 14 percent, even as a dot-com parallel hardened on the Street
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2026
Oil Tumbles 20 Percent From 2026 Peak as Bowman Tells Fed to Sit Still
Brent has shed nearly 19 percent in May on optimism over a tentative U.S.-Iran ceasefire, and a Fed governor used Friday to argue the energy-driven inflation spike is no reason to hike
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2026
Micron and SK Hynix Cross $1 Trillion as Nvidia Triples Taiwan Spend
Memory chipmakers joined the trillion-dollar club within 24 hours, UBS tripled its Micron target to $1,625, and Jensen Huang said annual spending in Taipei is heading to $150 billion
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2026
Bond Market Tells Warsh the Free Lunch Is Over
Treasury yields slid Tuesday on Iran-deal hopes even as U.S. forces struck inside Iran, but the 30-year still hovered near a post-2007 peak that says cheap government money is gone
MONDAY, MAY 25, 2026
Nikkei Tops 65,000 and Brent Slips Below $100 as Hormuz Thaw Trade Extends
Japan's benchmark closed at a record, German two-year yields fell to a May-8 low, and crude dropped more than 4 percent in holiday-thinned Monday trade
SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2026
Consumer Sentiment Hits Record Low as Warsh Takes Fed Chair
The University of Michigan index fell to 44.8 in May, the 10-year Treasury yield reached 4.57 percent, and Kevin Warsh was sworn in Friday with rate-cut expectations evaporating
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2026
Nvidia Cedes China as $80 Billion Buyback Lifts Asian Chip Stocks
Huang said Nvidia has 'largely conceded' the Chinese AI market to Huawei even as first-quarter revenue jumped 85 percent to $81.62 billion and Asian suppliers rallied
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2026
Trump Shelves Tuesday Iran Strike at Gulf Allies' Request, and Brent Slides Below $111
Brent crude fell 1.9 percent to $110.01 in early trading after the president said Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE asked him to hold off on an attack he had scheduled for Tuesday
MONDAY, MAY 18, 2026
Drone Strike on UAE Nuclear Plant Deepens Bond Rout as Brent Nears $110
The 10-year Treasury yield hit a 15-month high and Japan's 30-year yield touched a record Monday as a fire at Barakah and a stalled U.S.-Iran exchange shook global markets
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2026
Bond Rout Bleeds Into Stocks as Forecasters See 6 Percent Inflation
The 30-year Treasury yield topped 5.1 percent Friday and traders began pricing a December rate hike as Kevin Warsh took the Fed chair on his first day in the job
FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2026
Global Bond Rout Deepens as Pound Slides and Warsh Fed Takes Over
Sterling slumped to a one-month low and 10-year gilts pushed back above 5.13 percent Friday as traders bet the new Fed chair will tighten and a Labour leadership fight gathers pace
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026
Warsh Confirmed 54-45 as April Wholesale Prices Jump 6 Percent
The Senate seated Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair in the narrowest vote in the job's history, hours after a producer-price shock pushed traders to price out 2026 rate cuts
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2026
Retired Commanders Split on Iran Strikes as Hormuz Standoff Holds Crude Above $100
Retired Vice Adm. Mark Fox calls a return to combat unavoidable while Lt. Col. Daniel Davis calls it 'irrational,' as the strait keeps Brent above $100 and the White House reviews options
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2026
April CPI Hits Three-Year High as Senate Confirms Warsh to the Fed
Consumer prices rose 3.8 percent year over year on Iran-war energy costs, traders priced in a 37 percent chance of a 2026 rate hike, and Kevin Warsh cleared the Senate 51-45
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2026
Starmer Loses Second Minister as 30-Year Gilt Yield Hits 2008 High
Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips quit Tuesday and Eurasia Group lifted the odds of the prime minister's ouster to 80 percent as long-dated U.K. borrowing costs surged
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2026
Trump Backs Federal Gas Tax Pause as Pump Prices Hit $4.52
The president endorsed suspending the 18.4-cent levy Monday and Sen. Josh Hawley filed a 90-day bill, eight days after the national average crossed $4.44 a gallon
SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2026
Aramco Profit Jumps 26 Percent as Hormuz Truce Frays
Saudi Arabia's oil giant beat forecasts Sunday as a cargo ship burned off Qatar, Iran fired again at the UAE and Washington added 14 entities to its Iran sanctions list
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2026
Oil Falls Below $100 as Iran Weighs Trump's 14-Point Framework
Brent slid almost 4 percent to $97.47 on Thursday as Tehran promised a response to a one-page deal that would lift the Hormuz blockade and freeze nuclear enrichment
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2026
Trump Pauses Project Freedom as Iran Memo Takes Shape
The president halted U.S. Navy escorts through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday night to pursue a Pakistan-brokered deal, while leaving the blockade and a fresh bombing threat in place
TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2026
Iran Strikes Fujairah Oil Port as U.S. Navy Clears a Hormuz Lane
A drone hit the UAE's only major export terminal that bypasses the strait, the first such attack since April's truce, while Navy destroyers sank as many as seven Iranian boats clearing a transit lane
MONDAY, MAY 4, 2026
The Iran-War Oil Squeeze Reaches the Gas Pump
Regular gasoline averaged $4.446 a gallon Sunday, up more than 30 cents in a week, even as Brent crude held flat and OPEC+ promised a 188,000-barrel nudge
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2026
Fed Splits 8-4 as Powell Stays on Board and Warsh Clears Panel
The most divided Federal Open Market Committee vote since 1992 held the funds rate at 3.5 to 3.75 percent as Jerome Powell said he would remain a governor and Kevin Warsh advanced toward confirmation
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2026
Warsh Clears Banking Panel as Powell Runs His Last Meeting
The Senate Banking Committee advanced the Fed chair nominee 13-11 hours before a rate decision overshadowed by Big Tech earnings and the question of whether Jerome Powell stays on the board
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2026
UAE Quits OPEC After Six Decades, Loosening Saudi Grip on Oil
Abu Dhabi's May 1 exit removes one of two members with meaningful spare capacity, a long-term blow to the cartel even as the closed Strait of Hormuz mutes the immediate market reaction
TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2026
Powell's Final FOMC Meets Warsh Vote and a Hawkish Hold in Tokyo
Traders price a near-certain Fed pause Wednesday as Ray Dalio warns the next chair against cutting and the Bank of Japan splits 6-3 on Iran-driven inflation
SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2026
Yergin Calls Hormuz the Biggest Energy Disruption Ever as Trump Cancels Envoy Trip
The S&P Global vice chairman's warning lands the same Saturday Witkoff and Kushner were grounded and Iran's foreign minister flew out of Islamabad without a deal
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2026
Kalshi Fines Three Congressional Candidates for Betting on Themselves
The prediction-market platform hands out five-year bans and penalties ranging from $539.85 to $6,299.30, its first major enforcement action against politicians wagering on their own races
TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2026
Warsh Faces Senate Grilling as Tillis Block and Trump-Powell Feud Collide
The Fed chair nominee testifies Tuesday amid a GOP hold tied to the Justice Department probe of Jerome Powell, with his $226 million portfolio and AI-era rate views drawing scrutiny
SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2026
Wright Says $3 Gas May Not Return Until 2027 as Hormuz Talks Stall
The energy secretary's timeline undercuts Treasury Secretary Bessent's summer forecast as Iran fires on tankers and a second round of U.S. negotiations teeters
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2026
Trump Threatens to Fire Powell if Fed Chair Refuses to Leave After Term Ends
Former Fed Chair Yellen compares the president's interest-rate pressure campaign to the behavior of a banana republic as Powell's May 15 exit nears
TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2026
IMF Warns Prolonged Iran War Could Tip World Into Recession
Fund cuts 2026 growth forecasts across the G7, hands Britain the sharpest downgrade and sketches a severe scenario with oil above $110
MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2026
March CPI Jumps to 3.3% as Gasoline Drives Two-Thirds of Monthly Gain
Pump prices rose 21.2 percent from February, the largest monthly jump since 1967, as the Iran war filters into headline inflation and freezes home buyers