June 2026
Wednesday, 3 June 2026
Oil and the dollar climb on the war, and the stock market parties anyway
Crude rose a third straight day and the yen neared crisis levels as Middle East talks stalled — yet AI optimism pushed US stocks to another record. Bitcoin fell to its lowest since February, a Fed official floated rate hikes, and emerging-market central banks scrambled to defend their currencies.
Tuesday, 2 June 2026
Stocks are climbing at a pace seen only a handful of times since World War II — and one of those ended badly
Wall Street keeps setting records on hopes the Iran war is winding down, but the sheer speed of the climb and a collapse in demand for downside protection have strategists flagging froth — even as stubborn inflation keeps the world's central banks leaning hawkish.
Tuesday, 2 June 2026
Inflation creeps back and central banks turn hawkish — even as US stocks keep setting records
A war-driven price pulse is pushing the Fed, the ECB, the Bank of Japan and others toward higher rates, while Wall Street rides an AI boom to fresh highs and bond yields slip on ceasefire hopes.