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ETF technical analysis: with yields at 2007 highs the communication services ETF and the European oil ETF rise, while Oracle stock slips
Yields at 2007 highs: the S&P 500 ETF closes down 0.08%, the communication services ETF rises 1.27% and the European oil ETF 1.16%, while the utilities ETF falls 0.98%. Meta up 4.50%, Oracle down 3.47%, Arm down 7.88%, Milan down 0.85% with Fincantieri off 5.47% and Eni higher.
What Is a Trading Strategy? How to Build One That Actually Works
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ETF technical analysis: the gold ETF and the utilities ETF fall as the 5-year yield hits 5%, the energy ETF rises and Airbnb stock sinks
The 5-year yield hits 5%: the S&P 500 ETF loses 0.72%, the Nasdaq ETF 0.84%, the gold ETF 1.80% and the utilities ETF 1.92%, while only the energy ETF rises, up 0.96%. Airbnb and Expedia sink 7%, CrowdStrike gains 4.97%, Milan down 0.24% with Eni up 2.82%.
Technical analysis: Charles Schwab and Royal Caribbean stock slide 6% as AI agents hit consumer-inertia names, while semiconductor stocks hold up
Tuesday 22 September Wall Street rotates: Charles Schwab down 6.11%, Royal Caribbean down 6.14%, US banks off 2%, materials up 1.65%. Milan down 0.45% with Poste, FinecoBank, Telecom and Generali below minus 3%, STM up 4.37%, and gold rising as Hormuz deflates defence.
Technical analysis: Intel, AMD and Meta stock reignite Wall Street as semiconductor stocks rally and Milan rebounds with its banks
Monday 21 September: semiconductor stocks reignite Wall Street, with Arm up 17%, Intel 12% and AMD 10%, and Meta stock adds 11%. Milan rises 1.77% as Banco BPM and UniCredit lead, Eni slips with crude. Europe's four indices rise but all stay on a weekly sell.
The Week Belonging Became a Law — Meloni Bans the Veil in Schools, Germany Weighs Outlawing the Party That Won, and AI Takes the First Rung Away from the Young
The week belonging became a fault line: Meloni legislates who fits an Italian classroom, Germany debates outlawing the party that won, America opens the ballot box amid fights over who may vote, and China’s youth jobless rate hits 18.9% as AI erases the first rung.
Technical analysis: the SEC lifts crypto stocks as Strategy and Coinbase soar, while Europe slides with Stellantis and the banks
Friday 18 September: the SEC opens the door to tokenized securities and Strategy, Coinbase and Robinhood stock gain 9% to 16%, with Sandisk leading semiconductor stocks. Europe slides as carmakers and banks fall, and all four European indices turn to a sell.
AI & Work — Weekly Observatory · 11–18 September 2026
The week the frontier's own builders split over the brake: Amodei's essay to slow down, Altman's endorsement and second thoughts, Bengio and Hinton warning that loss of control is near. And, in the background, Oracle's 21,000 job cuts.
Technical analysis: the day after the Fed, semiconductor stocks lead the rebound with Arm, Intel and AMD
Thursday 17 September: the day after the Fed, Wall Street recovers as semiconductor stocks lead with Arm, Intel and AMD, Nvidia and Microsoft behind them. The S&P 500 withdraws its weekly reversal, and Milan rises again with Poste, Telecom Italia and the banks.
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Technical analysis: the Fed hikes, bank stocks and oil stocks fall, chip stocks rise with Intel and Marvell
Wednesday 16 September: the Federal Reserve hikes for the first time since 2023 and Wall Street slips as banks and oil stocks fall. Goldman Sachs and American Express lead financials lower, chip stocks rise with Intel and Marvell, and Milan tops Europe with Prysmian.
Technical analysis: oil stocks rally as crude tops 107 dollars, Circle and Coinbase stock sink before the Fed, and the ten-year yield hits 5%
Tuesday 15 September: the US ten-year yield touches 5% before the Federal Reserve, crude tops 107 dollars and energy is the only sector bought. Circle and Coinbase sink before the Senate crypto vote, European banks lag and the Milan market leads the continent with Eni and Tenaris.
Technical analysis: semiconductor stocks sink and CrowdStrike stock soars on the call to slow down AI, with oil back above 100 dollars
Monday 14 September: the call to slow down AI sinks semiconductor stocks and lifts CrowdStrike and Zscaler more than 13%, Nvidia and Broadcom fall, Oracle hits a two-week low and oil climbs back above 100 dollars, with our model's position on every name.
Technical analysis of the week: Oracle stock gives back its jump, Dell stock hits a record and Wall Street heads into Fed week
The week to 11 September in five sessions: crude above 100 dollars, an ECB hike and in-line US inflation. Oracle stock opens 7% higher and closes lower, Dell stock hits a record, Milan is Europe's only gainer, and our model fires 15 new buys and 33 new sells.