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September 19, 2026
Boldly Financial
News, Stock Market

A Quiet Friday Closes a Restless Week on Wall Street

Wall Street ended a volatile week with a shrug on Friday. The S&P 500 edged up 12.74 points, or 0.2%, to close at 7,650.50, but the index still finished...

September 19, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Energy & Commodities

The 100% Tariff Club: Inside the New Law Rewriting the Oil Map

On Friday, September 18, President Trump signed a piece of legislation that could redraw the global energy map — and your gas prices with it. The Lindsey O. Graham...

September 19, 2026
Boldly Financial
Federal Reserve & Rates, Guides

The Dot Plot, Explained: How to Read the Fed’s Crystal Ball

Every few months, the Federal Reserve releases a little chart that looks like a constellation of dots — and markets hang on it like scripture. This week, after the...

September 19, 2026
Boldly Financial
Crypto, News

Bitcoin’s $80,000 Comeback: The Week That Tried to Kill Crypto — and Failed

Just days ago, Bitcoin was sitting at $75,000, battered by a failed crypto bill in Congress and the Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate hike in more than three years. Anyone...

September 19, 2026
Boldly Financial
Energy & Commodities, News

Oil’s Wild Week: A Pipeline, a Tanker, and $104 Brent

If you felt your gas station receipt looking at you funny this week, it wasn’t your imagination. The oil market has been living on a roller coaster — and...

September 19, 2026
Boldly Financial
Economy, Guides

Wednesday Is PMI Day. Here’s How to Read the Number Everyone Will Be Quoting.

On Wednesday morning, September 23, four of the world’s biggest economies will get report cards — and they’ll all be graded the same way. The U.S. flash PMI lands...

September 19, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Stock Market

How Crypto Won Its Biggest Week Without Congress

Let me tell you about the week Washington failed crypto — and crypto won anyway. On Thursday, September 17, two days after the Senate let the industry’s long-awaited CLARITY...

September 19, 2026
Boldly Financial
Federal Reserve & Rates, News

The Week Ahead: Wednesday’s PMI Day, Three Central Banks, and the Oil Wildcard

Markets are closed this weekend, and honestly, they could use the rest. This was the week the Federal Reserve raised rates a quarter point to 3.75%–4.00% — the first...

September 19, 2026
Boldly Financial
Credit & Debt, Guides

The Real Math of College Debt — and the Radical Idea to Shrink It

Let me tell you about an idea that stopped me in my tracks this week. A startup called Greenway Institute is proposing a college with no dining halls, no...

September 19, 2026
Boldly Financial
Bonds & Treasury, Guides

The 10-Year Treasury Just Topped 5%. What Is a Bond Yield, and Why Should You Care?

This week, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note climbed above 5% — its highest since 2007 — before closing Friday at 4.995%, according to the Wall Street...