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The Week the Fed Stopped Looking Through Oil

Sep 19, 2026

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6 min read

The Week the Fed Stopped Looking Through Oil

The Fed hiked and cut one clause from its statement. That clause was the reason to wait out energy prices. Lennar closed at a one-year low. A $33 billion credit fund capped exits. Then crude fell 6.4% on Friday.

Dio Pouerie
Bo Nichols
Dio Pouerie, +1
Buffett Exits | Diesel Hits Farms | Beijing Joins the Cap Table

Sep 18, 2026

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6 min read

Buffett Exits | Diesel Hits Farms | Beijing Joins the Cap Table

Buffett stepped down as Berkshire chairman and the market has a 40-point number on what he was worth. Record diesel is six weeks from your grocery bill. Beijing bought a seat on the Pentagon's cap table.

Dio Pouerie
Bo Nichols
Dio Pouerie, +1
Diesel Hits a Record $6.40 Before a Coin-Flip Fed Vote | The BOJ Hiked and the Yen Fell Anyway | Hackers Used Claude to Breach OpenAI

Sep 18, 2026

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5 min read

Diesel Hits a Record $6.40 Before a Coin-Flip Fed Vote | The BOJ Hiked and the Yen Fell Anyway | Hackers Used Claude to Breach OpenAI

Mortgages are near 7%, the misery index just topped its pre-election-loss level, and a hawkish Fed and a dovish BOJ just widened the gap that funds the yen carry trade.

Dio Pouerie
Bo Nichols
Dio Pouerie, +1
SEC Tokenized Stocks by Fiat | CoreWeave's $6B Raise | Private Credit's Data Void

Sep 17, 2026

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6 min read

SEC Tokenized Stocks by Fiat | CoreWeave's $6B Raise | Private Credit's Data Void

The SEC cleared tokenized stocks two days after Congress failed to legislate it. CoreWeave raised $6 billion the day after the Fed hiked. Private credit's default rate spans 1% to 19% depending who counts.

Dio Pouerie
Bo Nichols
Dio Pouerie, +1
Private Equity Can't Exit Into a Second Hike | American Airlines Eats a $1 Billion Fuel Bill | Amazon Locks Up Its Third Supplier in Weeks

Sep 17, 2026

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5 min read

Private Equity Can't Exit Into a Second Hike | American Airlines Eats a $1 Billion Fuel Bill | Amazon Locks Up Its Third Supplier in Weeks

US PE exit value fell 46% last quarter and hold periods hit a two-decade high. The Fed says one more hike is coming anyway. Airlines are already cutting flights over fuel costs, and Exxon is heading back into a country its own CEO called uninvestable in January.

Dio Pouerie
Bo Nichols
Dio Pouerie, +1
Fed Hiked | Housing Seized | Freight Canary Sang

Sep 16, 2026

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6 min read

Fed Hiked | Housing Seized | Freight Canary Sang

The Fed's first rate hike in three years was unanimous. The 10-year barely moved. Mortgages are at 7.22%. J.B. Hunt warned that diesel is eating earnings. OpenAI is raising at $1.2 trillion.

Dio Pouerie
Bo Nichols
Dio Pouerie, +1
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