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Democrats swept both chambers of Congress. Stocks rallied on clarity, then sold AI infrastructure names over new build-out limits. 10-year closed near 4.84%. Oil plunged. The AI trade now prices political & power constraints, not just demand.
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Anthropic’s S-1 briefly lifted AI-related names. Amazon’s and Alphabet’s free-cash-flow outflows and Intel’s guidance reversed it. The 10-year closed at 4.93 per cent. The AI trade is now pricing the cash outflow, not just the prospectus.
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SpaceX’s Super Intelligence beat lifted the Nasdaq mid-week. Meta’s free-cash-flow outflow and Lam’s constrained outlook reversed it. The 10-year eased to 5.01%. The AI trade is now pricing the bill, not just the demand.
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The Nasdaq gave back 4.5% as CoreWeave’s bonds broke 15% and inflation prints ran hot. The 10-year eased to 5.10%. The AI build-out’s financing is now a visible risk, not a footnote.
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The S&P 500 finished the week near a record with the 10-year still at 5.24%, after a minutes-day high near 5.36%. Most Fed officials want another hike this year. The Aussie rose about 0.7%, so an unhedged holder kept roughly 0.5%, not the 1.2%.
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US 10-year yields hit their highest since 2002, jobs badly missed, and the RBA hiked to a 15-year high — yet the AUD fell. Here’s what moved markets from New York to the ASX, and why FX mattered more than equities for unhedged Aussie investors.
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Treasury yields closed the week at their highest level since 2007 and a new Russia-sanctions law armed a tariff lever just before Trump sat down with Xi. Equities still finished higher. The gap between those two outcomes is the week.
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Two central banks hiked, a third held while signalling it is close behind, and the oil spike that helped force their hand cracked by Friday. Here is what actually moved markets this week — and why the index-level calm is hiding more than it usually does.
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Oil kept climbing, inflation stayed sticky, and the rate call that looked like a coin flip last week landed hawkish. Here is what actually moved markets from New York to the ASX — and what it means for a portfolio sitting in both time zones.
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US strikes on Iran, oil surge, a bond market refusing to calm down — and Broadcom printing the biggest custom AI chip quarter on record. Here’s what moved markets this week, and what it means if you’re holding US stocks from Australia.
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The AI earnings machine just printed $96 billion in a quarter. Then Kevin Warsh’s first Jackson Hole speech made clear the Fed still has work to do on inflation.
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US bonds sold off to 19-year highs this week as fiscal deficit fears and AI capex concerns rattled markets. Tech led losses. Oil spiked. Next week brings Nvidia, PCE, and Jackson Hole — a trifecta that could reset the narrative.