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Block just laid off 40% of its workforce — 4,000 jobs at Cash App and Square as fintech faces its steepest contraction in three years
Four thousand people at Block, Inc. learned in late February 2026 that their jobs were being eliminated, a cut so deep it erased roughly 40...
Wall Street now gives 71% odds of a Fed rate HIKE by March — because inflation hit 3.8% in April and the Fed’s last meeting had 4 dissents
The Federal Reserve hasn’t raised interest rates in over a year, but Wall Street is betting that streak is about to end. As of May...
Bitcoin dropped below $79,000 over the weekend — institutional ETFs pulled out $635 million in a single day, the biggest crypto exit since January
Bitcoin dropped below $79,000 over the weekend – institutional ETFs pulled out $635 million in a single day, the biggest crypto exit since January Investors...
SpaceX is filing its IPO paperwork this week at a $1.75 trillion valuation — 10x the largest IPO ever, and every S&P 500 fund will own it soon
SpaceX has filed confidential paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to go public at a valuation that would shatter every record in IPO history....
Meta starts laying off 8,000 workers Wednesday — the same week the company is spending more on AI than the GDP of 130 countries
Starting Wednesday, roughly 8,000 Meta employees will begin receiving notifications that their jobs no longer exist, according to the Associated Press. The cuts represent about...
Wall Street expects $78 billion in Nvidia revenue Tuesday — at 7% of the S&P 500, the chipmaker now moves every 401(k) and IRA holding an index fund
Nvidia will report first-quarter earnings after the closing bell on Tuesday, and the number that flashes across trading screens will land, within seconds, inside the...
Brent crude hit $111 the morning Iran’s ceasefire expired — Trump posted “there won’t be anything left of them” as a drone hit the UAE’s nuclear plant
A single drone crossed into the western United Arab Emirates on the morning of May 17, 2026, and struck an electricity generator on the outer...
Oil markets need until 2027 to rebalance even if the Iran war ends tomorrow — Aramco says Hormuz exports take months to restart, and the consumer pays the bill
Saudi Aramco’s chief executive told investors during the company’s first-quarter earnings call that restarting full crude exports through the Strait of Hormuz would take “many...
The Iran war just hit Day 77 — Brent is up 45%, gas is up 41%, and Wall Street still expects the Fed to do nothing about it
The fuel pump at a Costco outside Dallas read $4.23 a gallon on a recent weekday afternoon, and the line of cars stretched into the...
Gold dropped 1.4%, silver fell 2%, and Bitcoin slid below $81,000 — investors fled inflation hedges the same day Treasury yields hit 18-year highs
At 1:03 p.m. Eastern on May 15, 2026, the U.S. Treasury closed the books on a new 30-year bond auction. The clearing yield came in...
All three biggest investment banks now agree the Fed won’t cut rates in June — Warsh takes over with 98% market-priced odds of holding
JPMorgan Chase was the last to fall in line. With its research team now calling for a hold at the Federal Reserve’s June meeting, all...
Americans haven’t been this pessimistic about their finances since 2018 — 32% of households now expect things to get worse in 2026
A gallon of milk costs 26% more than it did in January 2020. Average rents in major metro areas have jumped by a similar margin....
Friday wiped out stocks, bonds, gold, silver, and Bitcoin in the same session — the kind of synchronized everything-down day that hasn’t happened since 2022
By the time trading ended on a Friday in late May 2026, there was nowhere left to look for green. The S&P 500 dropped more...
Builder confidence just crashed to its lowest level since September — 24 straight months of negative readings is now the longest sentiment slump in NAHB history
Home builders have not felt good about the housing market in two full years, and the latest data shows their mood just got worse. The...
Iran’s ceasefire expires tomorrow — gas is $4.52, oil hit $109, and the last time Brent was this high, gas crossed $5 within three weeks
Fill your tank today. By this time next week, $4.52 a gallon could look like a bargain. The ceasefire between the United States and Iran,...
Oil surged past $107 a barrel after Trump said he’s “losing patience” with Iran — the last time Brent was this high, gas crossed $5 nationally within three weeks
The last time Brent crude held above $107 a barrel for more than a week, American drivers watched the national gasoline average blow past $5...
Iran said it “cannot trust the Americans at all” — a ship was seized off the UAE, an Indian cargo vessel was sunk, and the ceasefire expires in 48 hours
Within a single 24-hour stretch in mid-May 2026, armed individuals hijacked a vessel anchored off the United Arab Emirates and forced it toward Iranian waters,...
The 10-year Treasury hit 4.59% while the 30-year crossed 5.08% — the bond market is screaming that rates aren’t coming down anytime soon
If you spent the past year waiting for borrowing costs to drop, the bond market just answered with a two-word reply: not yet. In late...
SpaceX is expected to file its S-1 between May 18 and May 22 — the roadshow starts June 8 for what could be a $2 trillion IPO, the largest in history
Somewhere between May 18 and May 22, SpaceX’s S-1 registration statement is expected to appear on the SEC’s public database, pulling back the curtain on...
The Dow fell 537 points one day after hitting a record — bond yields drove the selloff because the 30-year Treasury crossed 5% for the first time in 18 years
The celebration lasted exactly one trading session. On May 14, 2026, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 50,000 for the first time, finishing at...