A note before you read: This is a plain-English recap of the week’s market news. It explains what happened, why it matters, and what it

A note before you read: This was the worst week for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq since June, and almost all of it came from

A note before you read: Stocks ended the week higher, but it was a nervous one. The 10-year Treasury yield touched its highest level since

A note before you read: Bad economic news was good news for stocks this week, but not for bonds. The U.S. added only 29,000 jobs,

A note before you read: Stocks had a good week, and the bond market had a much scarier one. The 10-year Treasury yield hit its

A note before you read: The Fed actually did it – its first rate hike since 2023 – and the market’s reaction was to keep

A note before you read: The Dow pulled back over 4% from its all-time high this week, bond yields kept climbing to levels not seen

A note before you read: This was a week of sharp contrasts – energy stocks hit all-time highs while Nike touched a 20-year low, a

A note before you read: Nvidia crushed earnings and popped 9% – but the rest of the chip sector fell anyway. The Fed’s new chair

A note before you read: This was the week the bond market finally started pushing back on stocks. Long-term Treasury yields hit levels not seen

A note before you read: Wall Street just logged its third straight winning week – but the Dow actually fell, tensions in the Middle East

A note before you read: You don’t need to own a single stock to care about what happened this week. Markets hit record highs, a