Why Long-Term Interest Rates Do Not Fall Even When Bad Economic Data Is Released — Breaking Down the 10-Year Yield into 'Expectations' and 'Term Premium' (October 2026)
What you will learn in this article
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The 10-year government bond yield can be thought of as the sum of the ‘average of expected short-term interest rates over the next 10 years‘ and the ‘premium for locking in money for 10 years (term premium)‘.
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Read MoreDow Jones Futures: Nasdaq Hits High As Nvidia, SpaceX, Bloom Energy Flash Buy Signals. What To Do Now.
Dow Jones futures will open Sunday evening, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. The stock market finished last week strong with the Nasdaq hitting a record on Friday while the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 rebounded from critical levels. But the market remains divided, with Treasury yields continuing to trend higher.
US Market Lens | Slight rebound on lower interest rates. Focus on rising oil prices and employment data [October 2, 2026]
US stocks saw a slight rebound.
The market was supported by a decline in long-term interest rates, which had been rising earlier in the trading session. Meanwhile, oil prices rose significantly, leaving concerns about inflation lingering.
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The Burst
Warren Buffett’s Surprise Move Into the AI Big Leagues
Berkshire Hathaway’s latest 13F filing confirmed it now owns three Mag 7 companies. Apple, Amazon, and now Alphabet collectively give Berkshire a front-row seat to the AI arms race, and Alphabet’s debut in the portfolio was the standout surprise.
The filing showed Berkshire continued trimming Apple, though it still accounts for about 21% of the equity book,
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Nvidia didn’t become the centerpiece of the AI revolution by accident. Its advantage goes well beyond having fast chips. The company spent more than a decade positioning itself as the default computing layer for advanced workloads long before AI became a mainstream investment theme.
Naturally, that raises an uncomfortable question: after a run like this,
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Why Small-Caps Could Crush Big Tech
Markets were rattled earlier this week after a fresh round of tariff threats reignited tensions between the U.S. and China. For a moment, it looked like the trade war narrative of 2018 was making a comeback. But by midweek, cooler heads prevailed, and stocks came roaring back.
The surprise? Small-cap stocks didn’t just recover,