TREE NEWS reports: The S&P 500 fell for a fourth consecutive session, with memory-chip stocks broadly lower, as the 10-year Treasury yield approached 5% and WTI crude jumped 7% above $100. Spot gold dropped nearly 2% toward $4,300 and silver fell more than 5%, while markets priced a roughly 70% chance of a Fed rate hike next week after August PPI posted its largest monthly gain in three months.
S&P 500 Falls for Fourth Straight Day; Oil Tops $100 as 10-Year Treasury Nears 5%
The cross-asset signal here is the unusual pairing: a hot PPI print pushing rate-hike odds higher, yet gold and silver selling off hard rather than catching a safe-haven bid. That suggests the move is a real-rates and dollar story, not a risk-off one, which is a tougher backdrop for non-yielding assets — including crypto and tokenized gold products that often lean on the same demand narrative. The open question is whether the Fed follows through on what markets are pricing, and whether the 10-year's approach to 5% keeps pressuring rate-sensitive corners like memory chips.
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