The 10-year Treasury pays 5.17%, the most since June 2007. That is not a Fed story. Japan, Britain and Germany all hit fresh yield highs the same week, which tells you the pressure is coming from somewhere bigger than one central bank. Capital Currents U.S. Treasury yields
Ask yourself which number tells the real story: gold near $4,340 an ounce this morning, or gold up 95.6% over the past year. The answer is both, and the space between them is what today comes down to. The price is being pulled back by three forces: hawkish
Capital Currents: AMD Crosses $1 Trillion As Yields Retreat AMD reached a $1 trillion market capitalization for the first time on Monday. Shares rose about 9.3% to roughly $611.73, having risen 8.67% in the regular session from $559.82 to $607.97 and clearing $600 for the
Brent crude is above $100 a barrel, US Treasury yields are near their highest since 2004, and the Nasdaq is still up 1.8% as of early morning. This combination is not supposed to happen. With the dollar index up over 1% and the 2-year Treasury yield at its
On the morning after the Fed raised rates and more hikes, gold rose 1.17% to $4,392.78 an ounce for a second straight session — a move the old rulebook says should have knocked it down, since the 10-year Treasury yield sat near 5% and oil hovered around
Diesel and gasoil are settling at record highs even as U.S. West Texas Intermediate drops below $100 a barrel. Both facts are true at the same moment, and that gap between crude and refined fuel is the whole story. Capital Currents Crude oil futures fell sharply on Thursday as
- Nvidia fell 3.8% because the people who build AI said it is dangerous - Brent crude jumped 3.8% to $108.74 - The 10-year Treasury is a few basis points from 5% - These pressures landed the same morning, in the same week the Fed meets - The Fed is meeting,
A retiree can now lock in a 10-year Treasury yield at a 20-month high. So why would a seasoned income investor still pick a stock yielding more? A Treasury coupon is a guaranteed number, while a dividend is a company's choice — but when a firm lifts
The US uses 45% of the world's data-center electricity. China's at 25%. The real reason your funds are in the red. Wholesale prices just came in hotter than forecast, oil topped $100, and rate pressure is building — a rare combination retirees should understand, because a
US 10-year Treasurys yield 4.78%. China's 10-year? 1.68%. That gap is quietly reordering how the world funds itself. Companies and governments borrowed a record 1 trillion yuan this year to escape a US borrowing rate near 4.78 percent. The message about the dollar
Bloom Energy just joined the S&P 500. It's a fuel-cell maker no one knew. It's up 214% this year. Diesel just set a record $5.90 a gallon on Labor Day (AAA via Forbes), the same holiday weekend a fuel-cell company few
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