The Brief

Monday, September 21, 2026

“He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass.”– Ray Dalio

MARKET & MACRO DATA

ECONOMICS, MARKETS & BUSINESS

• Treasury yields ease as global borrowing costs tumble – Treasury yields were lower on Monday following last week's interest rate bonanza. Ask Claude ›
• Why the world’s hottest stock market is a national liability – South Korea’s wild stock price swings are hurting the country’s image Ask Claude ›
• See the 10-Year Treasury Yield’s Wild Ride on the Road to 5% – A pandemic, wars and government deficits have reshaped the bond market since the start of the decade. Ask Claude ›
• Here are the 3 big things we're watching in the stock market this week – The week ahead is light on macroeconomic data, but investors can still expect plenty of market-moving headlines. Ask Claude ›
• Wall Street expects US to issue about $1tn of short-term debt as borrowing costs climb – Growing reliance on Treasury bills comes as Scott Bessent seeks to curb rise in long-term rates Ask Claude ›
• ‘It's awful’: How tariffs, soaring fuel costs and higher interest rates are squeezing American companies – Tariffs, fuel prices and interest rates are squeezing American companies, particularly manufacturers, auto suppliers, retailers and transportation businesses. Ask Claude ›
• Treasury Secretary Bessent talks to CNBC as Trump administration faces affordability concerns – Bessent met over the weekend with his Chinese counterpart, He Lifeng, ahead of a summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump. Ask Claude ›
• Slide in oil prices drives rebound in battered government bonds – Brent crude falls to just above $100 amid speculation that Donald Trump could meet Iranian president this week, lifting French and Italian debt Ask Claude ›
• U.S.-listed Greenland stocks surge after Trump announces security deal with Denmark – The rally followed a U.S.-Denmark-Greenland security pact aimed at expanding the military presence on the Arctic territory. Ask Claude ›
• Novo shares slide as drugmaker lays out post-Wegovy growth strategy – The Danish company seeks to convince investors it can compete in an increasingly crowded field it helped pioneer. Ask Claude ›
• Bitcoin Jumps Above $85,000 to 8-Month High – The flagship cryptocurrency continued its red-hot rebound, and was up over 30% since Aug. 19 and is holding firmly above the $80,000 level that had proved a stubborn cap in recent weeks. Ask Claude ›
• Digital euro makes debut in wholesale financial markets – European Central Bank hopes to launch a retail equivalent by 2029 Ask Claude ›

TECH & AI

• Nvidia boss says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030 Ask Claude ›
• Trump says it’s time to rebrand AI with a new name – and he’s also creating an AI Force – Trump claimed, without evidence, that the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax. Ask Claude ›
• Google’s Gemini is the latest AI model to hack other companies – Google said Gemini had "acted appropriately" by ending each hack immediately. Ask Claude ›
• World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets – Everyone in the world-models space is sitting on a pile of cash and a ton of buzz, but good luck getting anyone – from the founders to their own data suppliers – to tell you what they're actually buil Ask Claude ›
• Elon Musk’s latest Boring Company pitch involves a Hyperloop between Austin and San Antonio – Many of The Boring Company's announced project have not materialized. Ask Claude ›
• Is the AI industry really ready to slow down? – On Equity, we debated whether Ai executives are serious about wanting to slow down. Ask Claude ›
• Vocci’s ring adds a new form factor to meeting note-taking – Vocci's lightweight ring costs $249, and might pose some privacy questions Ask Claude ›
• ScrollEd wants to turn textbooks into TikTok – ScrollEd turns textbooks into a scrollable, Instagram-like feed with video, audio, and quizzes. The Palo Alto startup, founded by student co-founders (and spouses) Utsav Gupta and Rebecca Neff, pitche Ask Claude ›

WORLD & POLITICS

• CNN, MS NOW and Politico to file lawsuit against Trump's White House ban – The US media outlets say they are defending "the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes". Ask Claude ›
• Chinese rare earth shipments to US drop ahead of Trump-Xi summit – August exports down 20% from July as Washington presses Beijing over supplies of critical minerals Ask Claude ›
• Pakistan arrests Imran Khan’s sisters ahead of planned protests – Police cordon off streets to block march on capital over former prime minister’s incarceration Ask Claude ›
• Bessent hails US-China AI dialogue ahead of Trump-Xi meeting – Treasury secretary says sides working towards ‘shared vision’ after talks with Chinese counterpart Ask Claude ›
• Largest attack on Moscow sees Ukraine fire hundreds of drones, mayor says – Moscow's mayor says 450 drones were downed during the overnight barrage, in which two people died. Ask Claude ›
• Houthis say they targeted Saudi capital with ballistic missiles – A reported strike on a fuel depot at Riyadh airport caused delays on Saturday, as Saudi Arabia says it shot down a ballistic missile aimed at the capital. Ask Claude ›
• Bank of Japan Raises Rates, Making U.S. Less Alluring for Tokyo Investors – The yen weakened as two members of the bank’s board suggested future rate rises might come more slowly than anticipated. Ask Claude ›
• Boy, 11, in serious condition after being shot in face and neck in Sydney home – Three 18-year-old men were arrested at the unit in Norwest, police said, but officers played down link to organised crime Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An 11-year-old bo Ask Claude ›

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Marz Capital – The Brief · Sourced from Yahoo Finance, BLS, StatsCan, FRED, CNBC, Reuters & web search · Note: some 1M/YTD/1Y market columns show n/a where data was unavailable at time of research · Treasury "ATH" reflects the past 20 years, not full history, since older-regime peaks (e.g. ~15% in 1981) aren't a meaningful comparison to today

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