Carlos Artiles
The Cash Audit Takes Amazon Too: AWS Grows 39%, Cash Flow Burns $42 Billion, and Intel Sinks 25% on a PC Slump
Amazon grew its cloud business at the fastest pace in nearly five years and spent $77.3 billion in one quarter to do it. Nasdaq 100 futures are down more than...
Oil Gives the Long Bond a Morning Off: Option Care Signs, Constellation Plugs Into Google
The 30-year Treasury eased to about 5.63% after touching 5.702% on Monday, its highest since 2002, as Brent slipped below $100 on a G7 reserve release. Futures...
Payrolls Crushed Expectations at +162,000, and Futures Are Diverging on What That Means for the Fed
August nonfarm payrolls rose 162,000, nearly triple the roughly 53,000 to 58,000 economists expected and the strongest monthly gain since March, while July was...
Trump Calls the Iran Strikes a “Love Tap” While the US Hits “Very Hard”: Markets Are Wavering on Which Description to Believe
Oil has gained roughly 9% over three sessions, pushing WTI near $91 and Brent to a settle just below $96 Wednesday, even as Trump offered genuinely...
The 10-Year Just Hit a Two-Year High, and ADP's Weakest Report Since January Landed the Same Morning
Private payrolls grew just 38,000 in August, well below the roughly 48,000 expected and the weakest pace since January, while the 10-year Treasury yield...
Trump Calls Iran “Totally Defeated” for What May Be the Tenth Time Since March, and Oil Doesn't Believe Him
Brent crude topped $92 and the 10-year Treasury yield climbed to 4.75% as September opens with the Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq futures all lower. Trump repeated a...
Trade Wars, Dollar Risk, AI Leverage, and the K-Shaped Economy
The global economy is being rewired in real time. Start with a tiny metal striker inside a car door. It may cross the Detroit-Windsor border four, five, or six...