Market Analysis
A weekly cross-asset outlook for CFD traders — what moved last week, what is on the calendar, and the scenarios and price levels shaping the week ahead.
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The Fed Raised Rates and Warned of More — Now Two Big Numbers Decide If It Can Keep Going
CapitalXtend · Weekly Market Analysis Week of Sep 28, 2026 The Fed Raised Rates and Warned of More — Now Two Big Numbers Decide If It Can Keep Going The Fed did what everyone expected: it raised rates for the first time this year, to…
Fed Set for First Rate Hike of 2026 — What the Dot Plot Really Means | CapitalXtend
CapitalXtend · Weekly Market Analysis Week of Sep 14, 2026 The Fed Is About to Raise Rates for the First Time This Year — Here’s What Really Matters The wait is over. After a hot August inflation report — prices rose 0.4% on the month,…
August CPI Looms as Strong Jobs, $90 Oil Push a Fed Hike Closer | CapitalXtend
CapitalXtend · Weekly Market Analysis Week of Sep 7, 2026 Jobs Came Back Strong and Oil Broke $90 — Everything Now Rides on Wednesday’s CPI The story flipped again. After July’s job losses, August hiring came roaring back with 162,000 new jobs — three times…
August Jobs Report Looms as Warsh Turns Hawkish | CapitalXtend
CapitalXtend · Weekly Market Analysis Week of Aug 31, 2026 Warsh Said the Fed Isn’t Done — Now the Jobs Report Decides September Jackson Hole delivered the hawkish surprise the market had feared. In his first keynote as Fed chair, Kevin Warsh said inflation is…
Weekly Market Trends: Inflation and Jackson Hole Focus
CapitalXtend · Weekly Market Analysis Week of Aug 17, 2026 Inflation Cooled and Stocks Held Records — Now Everything Waits for Jackson Hole Last week delivered the soft inflation data the market wanted. July CPI landed at 3.4% and core cooled to 2.5%, while wholesale…
July Jobs Report Shock: Stocks Hit Record as CPI Looms
CapitalXtend · Weekly Market Analysis Week of Aug 10, 2026 The Economy Lost Jobs and Wall Street Hit a Record — Now CPI Must Justify the Party Friday delivered the sharpest reversal of the year. The US economy unexpectedly shed 23,000 jobs in July against…
US Market Outlook: Fed, Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP), Stocks, Gold & Bitcoin | August 2026
CapitalXtend · Weekly Market Analysis Week of Aug 3, 2026 The Fed Held but Three Voted to Hike — Now Nonfarm Payrolls Will Decide September Last week was the busiest of the year. The Fed held rates 9–3, but three dissenters and hawkish language sent…
Alphabet and Tesla Disappoint, Brent Crosses $100, and the Federal Reserve Faces Its Hardest Call of the Year
CapitalXtend · Weekly Market Analysis Week of Jul 27, 2026 Alphabet and Tesla Disappoint, Brent Crosses $100, and the Federal Reserve Faces Its Hardest Call of the Year Last week brought the worst possible combination: the two most-watched earnings reports both missed, and oil jumped…