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October 1, 2026
Boldly Financial
Economy, Guides

Barbie Is for Sale (Maybe): How Takeover Interest Really Works

Mattel had the kind of Thursday that makes shareholders spill their coffee. The Barbie maker’s stock surged more than 20 percent to above $15, on pace for its largest...

October 1, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Jobs & Labor

84,000 Jobs: The Number That Will Decide October

Friday morning at 8:30 Eastern, one number will tell us more about where this economy is headed than anything else we have heard all week. The Bureau of Labor...

October 1, 2026
Boldly Financial
Breaking, Stock Market

Stocks End Slightly Higher as Yields Retreat From a 24-Year High and Oil Surges Past $102

The first trading day of October ended the way most of the last three weeks have: with the bond market and the stock market in an arm wrestle, and...

October 1, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Tech & AI

Micron Beat Wall Street and the Stock Still Fell: Inside the Memory Market’s Beautiful, Brutal Cycle

Micron Technology did almost everything right on Thursday, October 1. The memory chip maker posted better-than-expected quarterly results and issued a rosy outlook, riding the wave of demand for...

October 1, 2026
Boldly Financial
Federal Reserve & Rates, Guides

What “the Market Is Pricing In” Actually Means When the Fed Speaks

On Wednesday, September 30, traders were pricing only about a one-in-three chance of an October Fed rate hike, even as they continued to price for a hike by December,...

October 1, 2026
Boldly Financial
Breaking, Tech & AI

Accenture’s Record Quarter Tells Wall Street the AI Panic Was Overdone

Accenture shares soared nearly 18 percent on Thursday, October 1, putting the stock on track for its largest percentage gain on record, after the consulting giant reported fiscal fourth-quarter...

October 1, 2026
Boldly Financial
Bonds & Treasury, Breaking

Stocks Pare Losses by Midday as Treasury Yields Ease From 24-Year High

U.S. stocks fought back from deeper losses by midday on Thursday, October 1, as the bond market finally caught its breath. The 10-year Treasury yield, which had touched its...

October 1, 2026
Boldly Financial
Breaking, Jobs & Labor

Your Thursday Playbook: Jobless Claims, Factory Data, and Nike After the Bell

Thursday mornings have a rhythm on Wall Street, and today the beat is data, data, data. If you want to know where the economy stands as October begins, today...

October 1, 2026
Boldly Financial
Bonds & Treasury, Breaking

The 10-Year Treasury Yield Just Topped 5.3%, a Level Not Seen Since 2002

There is a number hanging over every portfolio in America this morning, and it is not a stock price. As of 8:30am CT, the yield on the 10-year Treasury...

October 1, 2026
Boldly Financial
Breaking, Stock Market

October Opens With Futures Higher After a Messy, Split September

The first trading day of October arrived with Wall Street trying to shake off a September that could not decide what it wanted to be. As of 8:30am CT,...