The final week of October in global markets was a week in which expectations for AI-related companies, which had been driving the market, were subjected to a realistic evaluation axis of investment profitability.
The U.S. stock market saw relatively calm movements at the beginning of the week,
The graphs show the trends of near-term and long-term ATM IV, the S&P 500, and the VIX over the past year up to last weekend.
Although the Nikkei 225 rose on a weekly basis, futures fell to the 62,000 level on Friday night, and option IV regained strength over the weekend.
The S&P 500 fell below its 100-day moving average for the first time since April,
Why does it matter to us that bond prices fall when interest rates rise?
It deeply affects our daily lives, such as in asset management and home loans.
Interest rates and bond prices have an inverse correlation
Longer-term bonds have greater price volatility
Holding to maturity ensures principal repayment in principle
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The mechanism by which bond prices fall when interest rates rise may sound complicated at first glance.
BMO Capital Markets’ Jennifer Lee argues that a cooling AI spending boom could give the Fed more room on rates and inflation
The AI boom has been great for chipmakers. It has been less great for anyone trying to keep inflation in check.
That is the argument from Jennifer Lee,
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For nearly four billion years, Earth was an engine of blind chemistry and mute survival.
Oceans heaved under sulfurous skies, tectonic plates ground continents into dust, and life—stubborn, microscopic, and relentless—clung to hydrothermal vents and primordial shallows.
It was a biosphere of profound grandeur, yet it spun in complete,
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For those paying off a home loan with a variable interest rate, we will use hypothetical figures to check how repayments change when interest rates rise.
* This is a general explanation and simulation. It is not advice on refinancing or early repayment. Please confirm actual decisions based on simulations and contract details from your lending financial institution.
A retiree on a fixed income of $2,000 (£1,500) a month in Social Security benefits could have a mortgage lender count as much as $2,500 (£1,875) in qualifying income under Fannie Mae rules. The benefit itself does not increase.
The higher figure is an underwriting adjustment that may help a borrower qualify,
For the week of October 4, 2026 / This article is based on data published at that time. The outlook and future schedules mentioned in the text are also as of that time.
In the US, real consumption rose by 0.6% in August, while real disposable income remained flat.
The market is trading near all-time highs. To me, it increasingly looks like the mistakes of the dot-com bubble are being repeated in artificial intelligence. While there’s no way to know when it will arrive, a bear market is definitely on the way. I simply expect one to arrive sooner rather than later.
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The energy requirements for artificial intelligence (AI) data centers are astounding. Funded by utilities and directly by some of the world’s largest companies, reliable baseload power is becoming a hot commodity, which is why nuclear power is undergoing a renaissance.
However, if you look at a lot of nuclear energy stocks,
