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Bond ETFs in 2026: the 10-year Treasury yield rose from 3.74% in January to 4.51% by August 14. What that did to TLT, BND and AGG, and what their yields and durations mean now.
Tokenized Treasuries reached $16.21 billion across 87 products on August 9, 2026, within a $38.17 billion tokenized real-world asset market. Here is how they work and what to watch.
Bitcoin treasury companies faced a hard 2026: Strategy holds 842,138 BTC at a $75,419 average cost, sold coins to fund dividends and lost $8.2 billion in Q2.
Short-term rental economics in 2026: AirDNA expects 57.4% occupancy, city rules such as New York's Local Law 18 cap revenue, and a nightly rental must beat a $2,281 monthly lease.
The Raleigh housing market in August 2026 shows a typical home value of $431,797, down 1.9% in a year, rents up 0.5%, inventory 12.6% higher and 36% of sellers cutting prices.
Days to pending rose to a median of 25 in July 2026 and the U.S. market heat index slipped to 52, a near-neutral reading that shows homes selling at their 2019 pace.
Household debt and credit card delinquencies in the NY Fed Q2 2026 report: total debt slipped to $18.8 trillion, card balances hit $1.26 trillion, and 6.97% of card debt went seriously delinquent.
July 2026 CPI rose 0.1% in the month and 3.4% over the year, with core CPI at 2.5%, the lowest since 2021. Energy remains the gap between headline and core.
Value vs growth stocks in 2026: large growth names gained 18.1 percent on average from April 7 to August 12 versus 3.9 percent for value, but value is not uniformly cheap.
Utility stocks have lagged in 2026 even as EIA projects U.S. electricity sales rising to 4,130 billion kWh this year and 4,251 billion in 2027 on data center demand; XLU is up just 2.0%.
Microsoft fiscal Q4 2026 earnings: revenue up 18% to $90.0 billion, Azure up 43%, backlog of $678 billion, GAAP EPS of $4.81, and a 15.5% one-day jump in MSFT stock.
A cap rate is net operating income divided by property price. With the 10-year Treasury at 4.70% in August 2026, a good residential cap rate is roughly 6% or more.
The fastest-growing metros by population, led by Ocala (3.4%) and Houston (126,720 people), rose 26% to 73% in value since 2020, but most saw prices fall in the past year.
Consumer staples pricing power in 2026 depends on volume: Coca-Cola grew unit cases 5% and raised guidance, while Procter and Gamble reported flat organic sales and PepsiCo grew 2.4%.
Private credit in 2026 is a $1.4 trillion US market; non-accruals are rising and fund outflows have started, while banks finance the lenders.
Among emerging market currencies in 2026, the Mexican peso and Brazilian real gained about 5.6% against the dollar while the Indian rupee lost about 6%, tracking real interest rates.
Gasoline prices in summer 2026 average $4.08 a gallon, 94 cents above last year, because low inventories keep refining margins wide even after crude oil fell from its spring peak.
Stock-bond correlation was -0.36 in 2016 to 2021, turned positive in 2022 and stands at +0.42 in 2026 through August 7. Bonds still pay 4.65% but hedge less.
High-yield savings vs money market funds vs T-bills in August 2026: the average bank savings rate is 0.38%, money funds pay about 3.47% and 3-month T-bills 3.83%.
Sector ETF rotation in 2026 was wide: XLK gained 32.68% and XLE 20.52% in the first half while XLF lost 1.22%, and utilities have slipped since midyear.
International ETFs in 2026 beat the S&P 500 in the first half: VEA returned 14.99%, VXUS 13.97% and VWO 11.19% versus 10.19% for VOO, with the dollar roughly flat against the euro.
Spot bitcoin ETF vs holding coins directly: a 0.25% annual fee and SIPC-covered shares on one side, no ongoing fee but full custody and record-keeping duty on the other.
Stablecoins in 2026: USDT and USDC top $258 billion combined, reserves sit in Treasury bills, and the 2025 law is moving from statute to proposed rules.
Single-family vs multifamily rentals in 2026: houses rent for $2,281 and yield 7.4% gross, apartments rent for $1,766 and yield about 6.1%, while vacancy and management favor scale.
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