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September 28, 2026
Boldly Financial
Economy, News

Tuesday’s Calendar: Housing, Hiring, and Two Fed Voices

If Monday was about the bond market yelling, Tuesday is about the economy answering back. The calendar is packed with the kind of data that either confirms or complicates...

September 27, 2026
Boldly Financial
News, Stock Market

Stocks Climbed a Wall of 5.2% Yields. Then Sunday Brought a New Wall.

Friday’s closing bell told one story. Sunday told another. The week that just ended was Wall Street’s best in a month: the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 478.64 points...

September 27, 2026
Boldly Financial
Jobs & Labor, News

Monday’s Inbox: Earnings, a Jobs Report, and the Iran Talks That Could Move Oil

Sunday night is when the next week’s homework gets assigned, so here is the assignment. The week of September 28 to October 2 packs two of the most market-moving...

September 27, 2026
Boldly Financial
Global Trade, News

The Handshake and the Week It Has to Carry: Trump-Xi’s $30 Billion Deal Sets Up the Biggest Data Week of the Year

As of 8:30 a.m. CT Sunday, Wall Street is still asleep, but the homework for this week is already piled up on the desk. The three-day summit between President...

September 26, 2026
Boldly Financial
Economy, News

Markets Took the Weekend Off, But the Dealmakers Didn’t

The ticker screens went dark Friday evening and the trading desks emptied out, but Saturday still had news worth your coffee time. Wall Street may be closed until Sunday...

September 26, 2026
Boldly Financial
Economy, News

Your Five-Day Market Calendar: Inflation, Jobs, Nike, and Micron

Monday morning arrives with the market’s engines still warm from Friday’s relief rally, and the week ahead wastes no time getting serious. This is one of those stretches where...

September 26, 2026
Boldly Financial
News, Stock Market

Stocks Just Closed Their Best Week Since August, and Oil Wrote the Script

Friday afternoon had a feeling traders had been waiting for. The S&P 500 climbed 0.51 percent to 7,743.41, the Dow surged 0.93 percent to 51,828.62, and the Nasdaq added...

September 26, 2026
Boldly Financial
Housing & Real Estate, News

Mortgage Rates Crossed 7 Percent Again. Builders Answered With Discounts.

The number landed on Thursday: 7.03 percent. That is the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate for the week ending September 24, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey, up from...

September 26, 2026
Boldly Financial
Inflation & Prices, News

Next Week’s Real Main Event Is Wednesday’s Inflation Report

Everyone is circling Friday’s jobs report on next week’s calendar. Fair enough: the September payrolls number lands Friday, October 2, and it is the last big labor reading before...

September 25, 2026
Boldly Financial
Jobs & Labor, News

Next Week’s Calendar: Everything Builds to Friday’s Jobs Report

Markets are closed this weekend, which gives everyone two days to rest before one of the most consequential weeks of the fall. Next week brings a full slate of...