Markets

S&P 500 Winning Streak

The S 500 has snapped a 9-day winning streak after closing above 7,600 for the first time in 2026. The recent surge has been driven by several factors, including the hawkish Fed reset that hit Wall St...

May 2026 Non-Farm Payrolls Preview: 4 Scenarios for Friday's Jobs Report and What Each Means for the Fed, Markets, and Your Portfolio

The May 2026 Non-Farm Payrolls report , due Friday June 6 at 8:30 AM ET, is expected to show around 78,000 jobs added (consensus range 65K-95K), down from April's 115K, with the unemployment rate stea...

FOMC June 16-17 2026 Meeting: 4 Dissenters, 98% Hold Odds, and the Dot Plot That Could Reset the Cut Path

The June 16-17, 2026 FOMC meeting is widely expected to hold rates at 3.50%-3.75%, with Polymarket at 98.3% no-change and CME FedWatch at 97-99%. The real story is the dot plot: the March SEP still im...

OPEC+ June 7 Meeting: 188,000 bpd July Oil Hike Despite Iran War

OPEC+ will almost certainly approve a third consecutive monthly output hike of roughly 188,000 barrels per day when its seven remaining members meet on Sunday, June 7, 2026, three Reuters sources say,...

UAE Exits OPEC: 3.5M Barrel Reshuffle Reshapes Oil Markets

The United Arab Emirates, OPEC's third-largest producer, formally exited both OPEC and OPEC+ effective May 1, 2026, freeing up an immediate buffer of 3.5 million barrels per day and signaling the star...

Bond Market Alarm 2026: Why Treasury Yields Hit Levels Not Seen Since 2007

US 30-year Treasury yields surged to 5.2% in May 2026 — the highest level since 2007 — as the Iran war drove oil prices to $100 per barrel and stoked inflation fears. Goldman Sachs now expects the fir...