Morning Stock Brief 9/18 (Fri) | US Stocks Rebound, Interest Rates and Semiconductors in Focus, and More
Good morning. Here is this morning’s stock market brief.
In the free section, we provide a 30-second summary, and in the continuation (full version), we deliver an in-depth look at important global and Japanese news along with a breakdown of stocks to watch.
⏱ 30-Second Summary
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US stocks rebounded overnight,
Solana ETFs Experience 12 Consecutive Weeks of Inflows, While Bitcoin Has Its Quietest Week on Record
Quick Read
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Spot Solana ETFs logged 12 straight weeks of inflows, with BSOL alone attracting $48M in a single Friday session despite a Fed rate hike.
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FBTC pulled in $311M and IBIT added $108M on Friday, rescuing Bitcoin ETFs from a red week that churned $1.5B gross.
The World Economy Is Becoming Wary of the U.S.
Global investors are balking at U.S. bonds. Talk of the dollar’s dwindling power is getting louder. Foreign governments are hauling their gold out of American vaults.
Almost two years into President Trump’s second term, the world economy is increasingly looking for ways to distance itself from America. Concerns about a $40 trillion debt burden,
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Read MoreThere Are Three Paths for the Economy. Only One Is Good.
Economists pride themselves on making reasonably accurate predictions about the economy. Or at the very least, some well-informed guesses about where it’s going.
Right now, I find myself in the unsettling position of holding not one, but three distinct characterizations of the future of the U.S. economy. Each carries different implications for politicians and policy,
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Read MoreBest CD rates today, Tuesday, September 22, 2026: Lock in up to 4.40% APY
Deposit account rates are starting to tick back up thanks to recent rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. That means you can lock in a competitive return on a certificate of deposit (CD) today and preserve your earning power. In fact, the best CDs pay as much as 4% APY or higher in some cases.
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Read MoreThe Burst
Is Bitcoin $100,000 Next?
Bitcoin has been on a tear lately, bringing its YTD returns to over 112%. Much of this gain can be attributed to Donald Trump’s support of bitcoin and his electoral victory, which added to an already bullish period for Bitcoin.
Now, the big question is whether the benchmark cryptocurrency could cross the $100,000 mark for the first time in the near future.
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Stock Market in Chaos? 1 High-Yield ETF Could Be a Safe Haven
The stock market has gotten off to an extremely rough start in 2025, with highly-valued stocks suddenly selling off on a variety of worries. Both the NASDAQ and S&P 500 entered corrections, erasing trillions in value from the market’s total capitalizations.
Much of this selloff has been driven by threats of sweeping tariffs that would drastically raise costs for American businesses and spur higher inflation.
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
1 Growth Stock Down 30% You’ll Regret Not Buying The Dip
DigitalOcean is no ordinary cloud computing firm as you’ll see but it is down by 30% over the past 6 months, and yet appears to have significant upside potential from here.
If you’re not familiar with it, the company is like AWS or Google Cloud, but for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Developers like it because of its…