Paid Market Musings Oct 20, 2025 3 min read paid Apple's stock price hit a new record high today on a report that sales of this year's iPhone models had started strongly. Shares of the tech giant climbed 3.9%, closing at $262.24 and helping the company surpass Microsoft to become the second largest in the US by market capitalization (chart). Only Nvidia is larger. That helped to lift the S&P 500 by Ed Yardeni
Paid Anatomy Of The Bond Yield May 20, 2024 2 min read paid We expect that the 10-year US Treasury bond yield will remain rangebound between 4.00% and 5.00% for the foreseeable future. We expect to see it more often below 4.50% (the mid-point of the range) than above it. This is consistent with our view that interest rates have normalized: They are back to where they were prior to the "Great Abnormal" period from the Great Financial Ed Yardeni Eric Wallerstein
Paid Oil's Slippery Slope Oct 4, 2023 2 min read paid The 10-year Treasury bond yield fell for a change today. It peaked at 4.87% at 2:45 am, but ended the day at 4.72% thanks to falling oil prices and a weak September payroll employment report from ADP. Brent crude oil futures settled down $5.11, or 5.6%, to $85.81 a barrel while US West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) fell $5.01, or 5.6%, to Ed Yardeni
Paid Bond Prices Are Tuning Out Some Bad News For Now Sep 12, 2023 2 min read paid The good news this morning was that the bond yield held below 4.30% despite rising oil prices and a mixed August survey of small business owners conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). Bond investors are patiently awaiting tomorrow's CPI. They might also have been calmed by a September 10 WSJ article suggesting that the FOMC isn't likely to raise the federal funds Ed Yardeni
Paid Oil Is Well Aug 22, 2023 2 min read paid Reuters reported today that the major US oil and gas producers spent more on payouts to shareholders last year than on exploration and development, according to an Ernst & Young report. By reducing capital spending, the industry is reducing its costs, contributing to upward pressure on oil and gas prices, and increasing its dividends and buybacks as profits swell. Of course, plenty of other factors are influencing prices as well. Ed Yardeni
