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PPI Follows the Punch | Chips Crack After Six Weeks | Warsh Gets the Chair | Cisco Into the Wreckage

May 13, 2026

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5 min read

PPI Follows the Punch | Chips Crack After Six Weeks | Warsh Gets the Chair | Cisco Into the Wreckage

Qualcomm posted its worst session since 2020. The chip rally that carried this market for six weeks broke on a hot consumer price report and rising crude. Today, producer prices land at 8:30, the Senate votes on a new Fed chair, and Cisco reports into a sector that just lost its footing.

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CPI Hot | UK Is Breaking | Chips Absorbed Pain | Warsh's First Problem

May 12, 2026

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6 min read

CPI Hot | UK Is Breaking | Chips Absorbed Pain | Warsh's First Problem

Rate cuts are no longer a 2026 story. Chip stocks led the selloff. UK gilts hit their worst levels since 2008. The market's six-week winning streak has its first real crack.

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CPI Day at Record Highs | Warsh Nears the Chair | Hormuz Drags Into 2027 | The AI Split No One Priced

May 12, 2026

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5 min read

CPI Day at Record Highs | Warsh Nears the Chair | Hormuz Drags Into 2027 | The AI Split No One Priced

April's inflation print drops this morning into a market sitting at all-time highs on the thinnest leadership in months. The Aramco CEO just warned oil markets won't normalize until next year. Kevin Warsh's confirmation vote is expected within days.

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Deal Collapse | Saudi Aramco | The CEO Delegation | AI Lifts Software

May 11, 2026

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5 min read

Deal Collapse | Saudi Aramco | The CEO Delegation | AI Lifts Software

Trump called Iran's counter totally unacceptable. WTI rose. Stocks hit records anyway. Saudi Aramco said the market is losing 100 million barrels a week.

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Iran Deal Collapses | Oil Jumps Into CPI Week | AI Trade Shrugs It Off | The Warsh Clock Starts

May 11, 2026

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4 min read

Iran Deal Collapses | Oil Jumps Into CPI Week | AI Trade Shrugs It Off | The Warsh Clock Starts

Trump called Iran's response "totally unacceptable" Sunday night. Oil jumped. Futures barely moved. The market is betting the war doesn't reach earnings. Tuesday's CPI will test whether that's confidence or denial.

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May 10, 2026

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6 min read

TRADERS & QUANTS — SUNDAY LOOK AHEAD

CPI Decides | Iran Still Owns the Strait | The Inflation Week the Fed Has Been Dreading

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