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The 10-year Treasury yield topped 5.17% intraday Friday in its worst week of the year as hot CPI and PPI repriced a December Fed hike, while the S&P 500 still rose for the week. A look at the Friday closes, the weekly changes and the three developments that drove the tape.
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The median U.S. home-sale price fell 0.4% to $388,634 in October, the first year-over-year decline since May 2023, as pending sales hit their lowest level since 2013 and a record share of sellers cut prices. Redfin's October report, published November 10, shows a two-track market where San Francisco prices are up 16.8% while most of the country softens.
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October CPI coasts in Tuesday, producer prices Friday, and a dense Fed speaker calendar sets December odds across rates, commodities, equities and crypto.
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A December Fed decision that is now partly an energy question: crude slid 12.8% for the week yet a war-risk bid keeps re-entering, and now it is pulling the rate vote into play.
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Crude fell about 9% this week on Iran-peace hopes. Here is how the unwind flows into headline CPI, why the Fed looks through first-round moves but not wage effects, and what the 7% energy weight means for the December decision.
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The 2027 Medicare Part B premium is not announced yet. Here is the current official standard of $202.90 for 2026, how Medicare sets it, and which higher income retirees pay more through IRMAA.
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The AI crackdown erased roughly $3 trillion and confirmed a Nasdaq correction, unwinding Wednesday's post-midterm sweep rally. Friday closes and weekly moves for the markets that mattered.
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A 3.75% to 4.00% policy corridor and a 3.88% transaction rate describe two different things. Here is how to read the Fed before its next decision.
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The Nasdaq's worst day in 19 months confirms a technical correction as a blue-wave Congress reprices AI risk. What payrolls and CPI decide next.
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SPY slipped more than 3% to $742.20 and QQQ fell nearly 5% Wednesday as a post-midterm AI-chip selloff dragged the Nasdaq toward a confirmed correction and bitcoin slid below $77,000. A strong negative close would confirm the Nasdaq correction while the S&P 500 flirts with its worst day since 2025.
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The October ledger went 11 for 23, a 47.8% month just under our 48.2% all-time rate. Sarah Chen's gold call hit as GLD rose from 367.13 to 382.15, while a uranium call fell 11.8%.
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The October jobs report lands Friday with consensus at +65,000 nonfarm payrolls, and Apple, Palantir and AMD report in the first two nights. Here is the calendar, the consensus and the levels that matter.
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Alphabet fell a record 12% and Amazon fell on free cash flow as the market repriced AI capex. Inside the week that changed the AI trade.
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A week in review: an oil supply shock pushed Brent to $117.64 and kept the 10-year at 5%, while a Fed hold left a December hike alive and an AI capex reset hit Nasdaq.
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Consumer confidence climbed 7.5 points to 91.7 in October, back to June levels. The catch is where the strength sits: the expectations sub-index trails the present situation by 47.8 points, the split that has historically flagged a slowdown. Here is what it means for retailers, rate-sensitive sectors, and the December Fed decision.
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Microsoft's capex nearly doubled and its stock rose; Alphabet swung to negative free cash flow and fell roughly 12%, erasing about $500 billion. The same build, opposite reactions, and one cash flow line decides which AI leaders the market rewards.
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The 10-year Treasury yield has fallen from 5.31% to 4.99% this month and now sits on the 5% line heading into Wednesday's expected Fed hold. A break above or below that level sets the tone for long-duration equities, gold and the rate curve.
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Gold holds above $4,000 into the Fed's ~90%-priced hold while silver's industrial beta lags at $53.93. Bull and bear cases with 10-year, PPI and dollar context.
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The Fed decides Oct 28, September PCE and Q3 GDP land the same morning, and Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon report. What to watch before Monday's open.
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Brent pressed toward $115, a five-month high, and oil became the binding macro variable: the inflation impulse, the Fed's December rate path, and the winter heating bill all at once.
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Brent held near $115 on the Hormuz conflict premium, December rate-hike odds ran 76-87%, and the 10-year poked above 5% before settling back below it. Here are the verified Friday Oct 23 closes.
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The Series I composite stands at 4.26 percent: a 0.90 percent fixed rate plus a 1.67 percent semiannual inflation leg. Here is how the i bond rate is calculated, what a $10,000 purchase earns, and the fine print on limits, penalties, and taxes.
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Oil near $115 has repriced the Fed's path: December hike odds near 76% on Kalshi, the 10-year spent the week above 5%, and one CPI print now separates the Fed from its December decision. Here is the mechanism behind the reprice.
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A $1.88 trillion company guided 2026 capex to $130 to $145 billion, and that number, not the quarter's results, is what the market is actually pricing. A look at the week's other big prints: Netflix, Tesla and Procter and Gamble.
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