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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...

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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
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, 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, Jobs & Labor

September Added Just 29,000 Jobs, and Wall Street Took It as Good News

The most important economic report of the month landed Friday morning, and it told a story of a job market that is barely growing. The Labor Department reported that...

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...

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 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
Breaking, Jobs & Labor

Friday’s Playbook: The Jobs Report Takes the Stage

Friday brings the week’s main event. At 8:30am ET, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the September employment report, the single number that will set the tone for October...

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...