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09/07/2026

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We hope you enjoy a safe, restful holiday with the people you love. From all of us at Life Financial Group, Happy Labor Day!

09/03/2026

AI Boom Fuels Tech Rally.

Nvidia outperformed its peers, reaffirmed the strength of the AI boom, fueled gains across technology stocks, and bolstered the view that the tech rally still has room to run. The companies at the center of the AI boom continue to deliver impressive results and growth.

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09/02/2026

Is a Fed Rate Hike Coming?

Focus returns to the health of the U.S. labor market, particularly nonfarm payrolls for August, due Friday.

Those figures will provide clues on how well employment is holding up and whether high inflation is feeding through into wages, as investors assess the likelihood of a rate increase as early as September.

They will also show whether the recent weakening trend in the labor market extended into August.

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09/01/2026

President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. majority control of Venezuelan oil reserves.

Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves, at just over 300 billion barrels. By comparison, the U.S. has under 50 billion barrels, so Venezuela’s reserves are roughly six times our own.

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08/31/2026

In his remarks at the central bank’s annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Warsh said, “While this summer’s PCE and CPI readings were better than expected, they do not tell me that underlying trends have meaningfully improved.”

He also said, “We must be confident that underlying inflation is moving to our objective, clearly and at sufficient speed. Otherwise, we have work to do. That’s our job ... our mandate ... and our charge to keep.”

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh also warned that "inflation is running above our 2% target" and that "the Fed's predominant focus right now should be on prices"

Warsh did not explicitly say whether the Fed should raise its benchmark interest rate to force inflation down to its 2% annual target after more than 5 years of above-target price increases.

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08/31/2026

Kevin Warsh gave his first Jackson Hole speech as Fed chairman on Friday, and while he never said the words "rate hike," traders heard them anyway. Odds of a September increase jumped from 35% to 62% by the afternoon. We also look at a new Venezuela oil deal, Nvidia's blowout quarter, and why the jobs report this Friday may matter more than anything Warsh said.

~5 minute read   By Steve Virkler (Wealth Manager) at Life Financial Group Originally shared on the Life in the Markets podcast — 8/31/2026 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.       *Note: you will get the most out of this market

08/31/2026

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08/27/2026

Government spending needs to be reined in, and this week made that case more urgent than it was a month ago.

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08/26/2026

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08/26/2026

The Treasury, however, took steps this week to artificially force the 10-, 20-, and 30-year bond rates lower by purchasing bonds in the market.

Temporary effect to push down rates, but by the middle of the week, the short reprieve in bond prices was replaced by a rally. We see the 10-year Treasury got back to 4.75 by the weekend.

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