Nasdaq's Worst Week Since June Meets Chip Earnings: The Week of October 19-23, 2026
Nasdaq fell 4.5% last week. Now TXN, LRCX, INTC report inside three days with the Fed in blackout. The dated week-ahead calendar, in ET.
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Nasdaq fell 4.5% last week. Now TXN, LRCX, INTC report inside three days with the Fed in blackout. The dated week-ahead calendar, in ET.
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Read article →Nvidia-backed Firmus withdrew its ASX IPO Oct 9 after a 25% price cut failed. Only 5% of sold capacity is built. What it means for AI stocks.
Read article →Bank earnings from JPMorgan, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, BofA, BlackRock and Morgan Stanley land Oct 13-14, alongside September CPI, PPI and retail sales.
Read article →S&P 500 hit a record 7,818.93 Tuesday, then fell on a yield and oil spike. Week-in-review ahead of CPI and bank earnings.
Read article →S&P 500 closed down 0.47% to 7,765.36 on Oct 8 as Treasury yields hit 5.28% and Brent crude jumped 4% to $104 on Hormuz tensions.
Read article →SPY rose 1.73% to $777.30 and QQQ gained 1.61% on October 8, 2026, while the Dow fell 0.62%. What the breadth gap means for traders.
Read article →Petrobras closed at $24.14 Oct 5, above UBS's $23 and JPMorgan's $24 targets, after Bolsonaro's shock 47% first-round Brazil election lead.
Read article →onsemi switched its Synaptics buyout to an all-cash $123/share deal after a rival bid. Here's what the 1.6% arb spread signals.
Read article →ISM services PMI Monday and FOMC minutes Wednesday test the Fed's Sept 12-0 hike after a 29K jobs miss. 83% odds of an Oct 28 hold.
Read article →Fed hiked to 3.75-4% on Sept 16. Sept payrolls then missed by 55K and unemployment hit 4.2%. How stocks, yields and Fed odds moved the week of Sept 28-Oct 2.
Read article →Northern Star rejected Gold Fields' A$38.7B ($27.1B) bid on Sept 27, citing a 14% premium versus the 30%+ Australian deals need. GFI fell 15%.
Read article →Congress funded the government through Dec 11, clearing shutdown risk before a five-release data week ending in Friday nonfarm payrolls.
Read article →S&P 500 gains 1.2% this week as 30-year Treasury yields hit their highest level since 2004, one week after the Fed's first hike since 2023.
Read article →WTI crude trades $12.68 below Brent, the widest spread since May 2026, as diesel export ban fears diverge from the Hormuz risk premium.
Read article →Xi Jinping lands in DC for his first visit since 2015 as Trump breaks protocol. SPY futures barely move, oil eases, Fed data stays hot.
Read article →Trump and Xi meet Wednesday, five central bank speakers hit the tape, and Friday's UMich final tests a 47.8 preliminary low. What matters this week.
Read article →Sept 14-18 recap: Fed hikes 25bp, the 10-year yield touches 5.04%, $7T options expire in triple witching, oil round-trips, CLARITY Act fails.
Read article →Brent crude tops $108 after a Saudi pipeline attack and Nasdaq futures fall as AI CEOs call for a slowdown, two unrelated shocks on the same tape.
Read article →Fed hike odds hit 87% ahead of the Sept 16 FOMC decision, the BOJ meets the same week, and quadruple witching closes out September 18.
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