May 4, 2026
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- The Federal Reserve’s primary macroeconomic model (FRB/US) can be used to estimate impacts to macroeconomic data dependent on various moves in crude prices.
- The announcement that Amazon (AMZN) will expand its supply chain to businesses who are not sellers on its e-commerce platform caused a historic decline in transportation stocks.
- Speculator positioning in Nasdaq 100 futures reached the first net short reading since July 2024.
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May 4, 2026
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Apr 30, 2026
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- The S&P 500 booked a 10% gain in April for its best month since November 2020, and a big part of that was Alphabet (GOOGL).
- The Tech sector has ended its longest streak of consecutive closes in extreme overbought territory since November 2019.
- Initial jobless claims cratered to 189K last week, taking out the lows from the white-hot labor market of the pandemic reopening for the lowest reading since 1969.
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Apr 29, 2026
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- Hyperscaler capex continues to rise at an impressive rate of 80% YoY for the four mega-caps that reported earnings tonight.
- The FOMC rate decision had four dissents, an unusual level of discord not seen since 1992.
- There was a surplus in crude net exports for the first time on record last week.
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