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Weekly reports on the Market, Stocks, Bonds, Crypto, and everything trading. I am triangulating the markets, data, and events to streamline the week ahead.

Newsletter · By Eric S Lipchus · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 27, 2026

    TMT Market Report #204 (opens the original)

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    Welcome to The Merciless Trade, where I break down significant updates in the financial markets and find connections between them. Preparing you for the week ahead as I flip through charts, analyze the data, and cut through the noise to get an edge.Now let’s do this…Markets finished the week on firmer footing, but the gains continued to mask a fairly narrow tape. Large-cap technology and AI-related names remained the clear source of leadership, helping the Nasdaq and QQQ outperform even as small

  2. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    TMT Market Report #203 (opens the original)

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    Welcome to The Merciless Trade, where I break down significant updates in the financial markets and find connections between them. Preparing you for the week ahead as I flip through charts, analyze the data, and cut through the noise to get an edge.Now let’s do this…Markets endured another volatile week as investors navigated higher Treasury yields, elevated oil prices, renewed uncertainty around the AI trade and the Federal Reserve’s first-rate hike in more than three years. The week opened und

  3. Issue · Sep 13, 2026

    TMT Market Report #202 (opens the original)

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    Welcome to The Merciless Trade, where I break down significant updates in the financial markets and find connections between them. Preparing you for the week ahead as I flip through charts, analyze the data, and cut through the noise to get an edge.Now let’s do this…Markets enter the new week facing a much more difficult macro backdrop after oil, inflation and interest rates all moved sharply higher at the same time. The biggest shock came from the Middle East, where continued disruption around

  4. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    TMT Market Report #201 (opens the original)

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    Welcome to The Merciless Trade, where I break down significant updates in the financial markets and find connections between them. Preparing you for the week ahead as I flip through charts, analyze the data, and cut through the noise to get an edge.Now let’s do this…Markets enter the week balancing resilient U.S. growth against increasingly uncomfortable inflation and rate pressures. The economy continues to show enough strength to keep the Fed cautious, while elevated price pressures and higher

  5. Issue · Aug 30, 2026

    TMT Market Report #200 (opens the original)

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    Welcome to The Merciless Trade, where I break down significant updates in the financial markets and find connections between them. Preparing you for the week ahead as I flip through charts, analyze the data, and cut through the noise to get an edge.Now let’s do this…The past week was defined by a sharp repricing of the Fed outlook, even as equities managed to hold near record territory. Inflation remained the central concern, with another firm round of price and spending data reinforcing the vie

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