What I Am Reading
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Markets
- The stock market's record-high margin debt is keeping Wall Street pros up at nightBusiness Insider
- U.S. Stocks Fall as Credit Fears Haunt Tech SectorWall Street Journal
- New Cracks in AI Trade Push Wall Street to Worst Week Since JuneWall Street Journal
Credit
- Blue Owl Founders Promised a Comeback. The Company’s Share Price Hasn’t Budged.Wall Street Journal
- A Popular Tax-Saving Trade is Juicing Wall Street’s Borrowing BingeWall Street Journal
Commodities
- Crude Futures Rise on Persistent Supply JittersWall Street Journal
- Oil Topped $110 as Tech Stocks Lost $1 Trillion in a DayYahoo Finance
Central banks
US economy
China
Global Economy & Emerging Markets
AI
Trade
Geopolitics
- Iran Is Giving Houthis Targeting and Intelligence for Attacks on Saudi ArabiaWall Street Journal
- The summer that remade the Middle EastFinancial Times
- Trump puts Russia sanctions package on hold, says pause is in national interestNew York Post
- Why Europe’s Right Is Breaking Up With MAGAWall Street Journal
- Japan’s Takaichi to Attend APEC in China if Parliament AllowsBloomberg
Beyond Markets
- The Most Polite Trucker in America Is a Driverless 18-WheelerWall Street Journal
- The Holdouts Working Around New York City’s Airbnb CrackdownWall Street Journal