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Macro · Event Watch — Key Catalysts Ahead (5–10 October)
Do Treasury Yields Finally Follow the Dovish Fed Repricing? Despite October hike odds collapsing from ~70% to ~20% within a single week, the 10-year yield has stayed stubbornly near 5.2–5.3%. If yields remain anchored at two-decade highs regardless of near-term Fed policy, it suggests term-premium and fiscal concerns not the...
Macro · Event Watch — Key Catalysts Ahead (5–10 October)
Do Treasury Yields Finally Follow the Dovish Fed Repricing? Despite October hike odds collapsing from ~70% to ~20% within a single week, the 10-year yield has stayed stubbornly near 5.2–5.3%. If yields remain anchored at two-decade highs regardless of near-term Fed policy, it suggests term-premium and fiscal concerns not the...
A Weak Jobs Report Finally Breaks the Hike Narrative — But Yields Haven't Gotten the Memo Yet
GOLD · ~$4,140–4,212/oz “Fed Odds Flipped in a Week, But Gold Still Can’t Hold the Bounce” WHAT HAPPENED. Gold had a genuinely volatile week, falling 3% to a seven-week low of $4,156.45 on Monday, September 28 as Brent spiked on the collapse of US-Iran Hormuz talks, before clawing back some...
Macro · Event Watch — Key Catalysts Ahead (28 September – 2 October)
US–Iran Talks After the Rejected Seven-Day Plan Iran says it will not soften its conditions, while Trump says Tehran has overplayed its hand yet still expects negotiations to resume this week. Middle East crude exports recovered to 12.8 million barrels per day in September, the highest since the war began,...
Two-Decade-High Yields Meet a Rejected Peace Plan — Gold Slips Toward $4,100 Into a Data-Heavy Week
GOLD · ~$4,210–4,285/oz “Yields at a Two-Decade High Are Overpowering Every Safe-Haven Bid” WHAT HAPPENED. Gold gave up its post-Fed bounce from the prior edition, finishing last week with a loss of more than 2% and settling near $4,285 on Friday, September 25. The slide resumed at Monday’s open, with spot gold dipping...
Macro · Event Watch — Key Catalysts Ahead (21–25 September)
Saudi East-West Pipeline — Repair Timeline Is the Market’s Main Focus Saudi Arabia is targeting roughly half of the pipeline’s capacity restored within days and full flow within about six weeks; US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has called the disruption “a brief and temporary interruption… measured in days.” Markets have...
Three Central Banks Deliver, Oil Retreats on Pipeline Repairs — A Firm Dollar Caps the Metals Rebound
GOLD · ~$4,368–4,400/oz “A Hawkish Hike, But the First Weekly Gain in a Month” WHAT HAPPENED. Gold has snapped a three-week losing streak, edging up to a one-week high near $4,380 on Friday, September 18, and extending its recovery into the new week to trade around $4,368–4,391. The rebound has been driven...
Macro · Event Watch — Key Catalysts Ahead (14–18 September)
FOMC Decision & Dot Plot — Wednesday, September 16 The Week’s Defining Event With CME FedWatch pricing roughly 86.5% odds of a hike, the decision itself may carry less information than the accompanying Summary of Economic Projections. Whether the dot plot signals a one-and-done move or the start of a...
Oil Tops $100, a Hike Looks Nearly Certain — Metals Fall Together Into a Live FOMC Decision
GOLD · ~$4,280–4,400/oz “A Third Straight Weekly Decline as a Hike Looks Almost Locked In” WHAT HAPPENED. Gold has slipped for a third consecutive week, easing to around $4,285–4,348 as of Monday, September 14, down from levels above $4,600 seen in late August. The metal briefly stabilized after last Thursday’s sharp commodities...
Macro · Event Watch — Key Catalysts Ahead (31 August – 4 September)
Iran-Jordan Military Exchange — Does It End Here, or Escalate Further? This weekend’s exchange US strikes on Larak Island followed by Iranian missile strikes on two Jordanian air bases hosting US forces was the first direct US-Iran military confrontation since late July. Whether Tehran considers its retaliation complete (“Punishment of...
A Hawkish Fed Meets a Widening War — Gold Erases Warsh's Jackson Hole Selloff in a Single Weekend
GOLD · ~$4,350–4,600/oz “A Hawkish Fed and a Reawakened War Are Pulling in Opposite Directions” WHAT HAPPENED. Gold is holding a roughly $200 range built over the past five sessions, trading near $4,500 as of Monday, August 31. Having touched a three-month high near $4,700 in the week of August 24, the metal tumbled...