The Degenerates Journal

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  1. THE CLOSE · Saturday edition THE CLOSE: 5 of 6 graded calls hit this week, with 6 still pending. Basic edition · 3 pages · Read the edition →
  2. Final Hour · Afternoon edition Dow jumps 500 points as the tape shrugs off a gloomy consumer print. Basic edition · 3 pages · Read the edition →
  3. Morning edition Chip rout, energy bid, a 10-year at 5.36% — Thursday had it all. Basic edition · 7 pages · Read the edition →
  4. Final Hour · Afternoon edition Chips cracked on the OpenAI revenue report while crude jumped 3.6%. Basic edition · 2 pages · Read the edition →
  5. Morning edition 10Y hit 5.36%, a 24-year high, as the S&P 500 slipped 0.2%. Basic edition · 10 pages · Read the edition →
  6. Final Hour · Afternoon edition Fed minutes: another hike likely this year, but no appetite for a series. Basic edition · 2 pages · Read the edition →
  7. Morning edition S&P 500’s 28th record close runs into the 2pm Fed minutes. Basic edition · 10 pages · Read the edition →
  8. Final Hour · Afternoon edition Seagate −9.8% as the Toshiba bidding war hits storage in a green tape. Basic edition · 2 pages · Read the edition →
  9. Morning edition Nasdaq record. 10Y at 24-year highs. AI doesn’t care. Basic edition · 9 pages · Read the edition →
  10. Final Hour · Afternoon edition Nasdaq prints a new record as mega-cap AI powers through a 24-year yield high. Basic edition · 2 pages · Read the edition →
  11. Morning edition Payrolls killed the October hike. Basic edition · 9 pages · Read the edition →
  12. Sunday edition Payrolls whiffed, and the Nasdaq 100 still closed at a record. Basic edition · 3 pages · Read the edition →
  13. Final Hour · Afternoon edition Soft September payrolls send the Nasdaq toward a record. Basic edition · 2 pages · Read the edition →
  14. Morning edition Jobs day: futures green into the 8:30 payrolls as October hike odds collapse to ~25%. Basic edition · 7 pages · Read the edition →
  15. Morning edition A memory chipmaker dropped a monster quarter, and Asia’s chip stocks ripped overnight. Basic edition · 6 pages · Read the edition →

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