Aug 2, 2026
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The Week the New Framework Gets Tested
Aug 1, 2026
The Week the AI Trade Learned Its Own Ceiling
Jul 31, 2026
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Three Fed dissenters published coordinated statements naming a hike series. Big Oil posted record profits. Amazon surged 15%, Apple fell 9%. The U.S. confirmed yen coordination. The KOSPI had its best day in history.
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Amazon jumped 12% on record AWS growth. Apple fell 7% on supply constraints. Claude hacked three companies. The BOJ held but warned inflation is accelerating. And Anthropic is raising $15B backed by Google.
Jul 30, 2026
GDP missed but AI capex drove more than half of it. A $45B AI hedge fund blew up and Citadel bought the wreckage. PCE cooled. The yen surged. Every major central bank now splits the same way.
Microsoft jumped 8%, Meta fell 10%. Warsh's press conference triggered a bond rout. The Pentagon committed $120B to missiles and subs. And retail sold memory at COVID-crash pace.
Jul 29, 2026
The Fed held but three dissented. WTI jumped 7% on Iran. P&G said the consumer is muted. CoreWeave CDS implies 50% default risk. NextEra broke ground on a $100B nuclear site data center.
Iran launched missiles at U.S. forces overnight. The SPR hit 1983 lows. SK Hynix missed estimates. Trump banned Chinese robots. And Altman said AI may need to slow down.
Jul 28, 2026
Chip stocks had their worst session in years. Meta financed a $14B data center off its balance sheet. Coke hit an all-time high. Visa cut 7% of staff. The Fed decides tomorrow.
Citadel called a surprise Fed hike Wednesday. Asian chips cratered overnight. Meta's data center bond priced at junk yields. PJM warned of data center outages. Anthropic split from Big Tech on AI policy.
Jul 27, 2026
Alphabet's blowout was mostly paper. Nvidia bought two more AI founders. China threatened countermeasures. Business investment beat. SpaceX nailed the test and the stock fell anyway.
Trump paused Iran strikes over dwindling Patriot stocks. The Fed meets Wednesday with a live hike debate. Nvidia is backstopping a $500B OpenAI data center. Here's what opens the week.
Jul 26, 2026
The Week That Decides the Second Half
Jul 25, 2026
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The Week AI Spending Got Its Reckoning
Jul 24, 2026
AmEx confirmed the consumer is splitting in two. Blackstone hit $1.35 trillion. NextEra closed the AI power demand debate. Oracle won $7B from the Pentagon. Iran escalation hangs over the Fed.
Intel crushed estimates and surged 12%. Section 122 expired at midnight. Lockheed posted record backlog. Palantir faces its first real moat test. Western Digital restarted Kioxia talks.
Jul 23, 2026
The Mag Seven lost $888 billion in a day. Honeywell rallied while everything else fell. Albertsons crashed on consumer caution. Intel reports after the close.
Alphabet beat everything and fell on capex. Tesla missed badly. A Saudi tanker is on fire. ServiceNow surged. The AI spending framework just reset for every Mag Seven report left.
Jul 22, 2026
Oil is squeezing from Hormuz and the Red Sea at once. Alphabet reported after the close. Super Micro surged 20%. GE Vernova missed but raised guidance.
Oil is squeezing from three directions at once. Super Micro nearly doubled its margins. The Fed still can't access the AI model it warned banks about. Alphabet reports tonight.
Jul 21, 2026
Google dropped three AI models the night before earnings. Nvidia entered the CPU market. The 10% tariff holding trade policy together expires Friday. Here's what it means.
Dimon won't buy stocks or bonds. Oracle's credit risk hit an 18-year high. Chinese AI is splitting the White House. Alphabet reports tomorrow into all of it.
Jul 20, 2026
Hedge funds dumped tech at record pace, AMD just challenged Nvidia with Microsoft on board, and the AI debt machine keeps running even as equity markets wobble.
Alphabet, Tesla, and Intel now carry the AI trade. Oil risks remain elevated, SpaceX is sliding, and Wall Street's private credit machine is facing scrutiny.
Jul 19, 2026
The Week the Price Gets Tested
