Records, Rate and Resilience as Markets Absorbed October
A Month That Threw Everything at Markets and Markets HeldOctober 2026 asked a great deal of investors. The Federal Reserve is in its first tightening cycle since 2023. The 10-year Treasury yield touched its highest level since 2002. Brent crude climbed to a six-month high above $116 as attacks on Saudi Arabia and Gulf shipping intensified. And an AI spending scare handed the Nasdaq its steepest one-day fall since early June.

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