Straightforward Financial Market Updates
Every week, Sonoma Wealth Principals Daren Blonski CFP® and Chris Sipes CFP® rationalize the ups and downs of the financial markets and the economy in plain English, on our show On The Markets.
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This week the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate by a quarter point to 3-3/4 to 4 percent on September 16, its first hike in over three years. On this episode of On The Markets, we break...
Secretary Bessent tripled long-end buybacks to push yields down, but the 10-year is holding near 4.95% and the 30-year hit 5.27% as inflation expectations repriced on tariffs and energy. Interest...
Mortgage rates are pushing toward 7% at 6.83% on the 30-year while the Fed held its benchmark at 3.50% to 3.75% and the 30-year Treasury yield climbed to 5.3%. This week on On The Markets we...
Fed Chairman Warsh took the stage at their annual summer meeting at Jackson Hole while mortgage rates held at 6.67% and futures priced a 64% chance of no cut in September. Short rates are set by...
The national debt crossed $40.05 trillion on August 18 as the 30-year Treasury yield climbed above 5.3% to its highest level since 2007. To support market liquidity, the Treasury will at least...
The market just hit a record high on bad economic news — and that's not a typo. Three Fed officials voted to raise rates while investors are betting on a September cut, and this week's CPI and PPI...
Why should Japan's currency have anything to do with your US tech company investment portfolio? What if...it had everything to do with the entire market? One carelessly or carefully left note from...
Fireworks in July typically happen on the 4th, but the market waited until the end of the month to let loose a "big finale". Significant drawdowns in AI-related verticals, stability concerns in...
Inflation numbers show a significant decline, but the market couldn't have cared less this week. Spiking oil amid new mid-east turmoil lead the narrative this week, outshining inflation or easing...
A chip pullback? A "double bottom" fail? Are they just flipping a coin in the Strait of Hormuz? Is the market starting to show signs of AI fatigue? Or is this all just dog days of summer low trade...