PremiumTl;dr: The week exposed the realities of some familiar fault lines - unsustainable fiscal dynamics, geopolitical energy shocks, and a consumer starting to feel the pinch of higher energy costs - while official interventions bought only temporary calm. The market began the week without a care in the world (Goldman's Panic Index at multi-year lows)...The Global Bond Rout Became The Week’s Dominant Macro Theme
Bessent's Bailout Brings Big Week For Bonds, Bitcoin, & Bullion But Battered Big-Tech & The Buck
...a 'twisty' QE-lite promise failed to inspire bonds but bitcoin and gold saw the writing on the wall...
















