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October 2, 2026
Boldly Financial
Breaking, Stock Market

The Week Ahead: A Quiet Calendar With One Loud Meeting

After a week ruled by the jobs report and a Friday that flirted with a Nasdaq record, markets get something close to a breather. The coming week’s economic calendar...

October 2, 2026
Boldly Financial
Federal Reserve & Rates, Guides

The Fed’s October Decision, Explained: What the Jobs Report Really Changed

If you felt a small jolt of relief on Friday when stocks jumped on a weak jobs report, you were feeling something economists have a clunky name for and...

October 2, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Stock Market

Two Markets: The Nasdaq Touches a Record While the Average Stock Bleeds

There is a number that should stop you in your tracks, and it is not the record. On Friday the Nasdaq Composite touched an intraday high of 27,354, above...

October 2, 2026
Boldly Financial
Breaking, Stock Market

Stocks Close Higher on Soft Jobs Report as Nasdaq Flirts With a Record

Friday closed the way most trading weeks end these days, with everything hanging on one number. That number was 29,000, the count of jobs the U.S. economy added in...

October 2, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Tech & AI

How a $7 Billion Stock Deal Became a $5.7 Billion Cash Deal, and Why Both Stocks Cheered

Late Thursday, ON Semiconductor announced it would buy Synaptics for $123 a share in cash, valuing the company at about $5.7 billion. On its face, that looks like a...

October 2, 2026
Boldly Financial
Guides, Stock Market

Why a Bad Jobs Report Just Made Stocks Jump

Here is a riddle that confuses almost everyone the first time they meet the stock market: on Friday, the government announced that American employers added just 29,000 jobs in...

October 2, 2026
Boldly Financial
Breaking, Energy & Commodities

G7 Agrees to Release 100 Million Barrels From Emergency Reserves After Trump Threatens Diesel Export Ban

The Group of Seven nations agreed Friday to release 100 million barrels of crude oil and diesel from emergency reserves over the next four months, including a frontloaded diesel...

October 2, 2026
Boldly Financial
Breaking, Stock Market

Nasdaq Hits a New Record as Weak Jobs Data Takes an October Hike Off the Table

Wall Street took one look at Friday’s disappointing September jobs report and decided it was exactly what it wanted to hear. The Nasdaq Composite climbed to a new all-time...

October 2, 2026
Boldly Financial
Breaking, Tech & AI

Tesla Surprises With a Delivery Beat While Nike’s Turnaround Hits the Skids

The premarket session Friday belonged to two very different stories: a delivery surprise from Tesla and a guidance shock from Nike. Tesla delivered 486,532 cars in the third quarter,...

October 2, 2026
Boldly Financial
Breaking, Stock Market

Futures Point Higher as Asia Sells Off and Europe Holds Its Breath

As of 8:30am CT, the American market is waking up optimistic. Dow futures were up around 1%, or roughly 500 points, with S&P 500 futures up 0.9% and Nasdaq...