News desk · Evening edition · Monday, September 14, 2026

Equities have stayed near record territory, keeping the broader bull regime intact, even as risk appetite gyrates day to day. Traders now price a better-than-92% chance of a Fed rate hike as Kevin Warsh's chances of chairing the central bank grow, spooking markets already jittery over AI valuations. Breadth improved to 25% of indices above their 50-day average as the VIX's spike cooled to +7.95% from +11.49% two sessions ago.

auto-generated · written Sep 14, 2026, 4:23 PM EDT

Prices in this edition were taken live, not from stored closes. They were read at the Evening edition slot on Monday, September 14, 2026. Anything named as a cause may come from a headline the desk was given.

Equities

Bank of America warns Q3 investment banking fees could fall more than 10%
Corning plunged as much as 12% after announcing a $2 billion stock offering
Oracle fell after Larry Ellison scrapped a planned $7.5 billion stock sale

Sector and commodities

Software stocks are on pace to outperform semiconductor stocks by a historic margin
SpaceX's mystery AI customer now adds over $1 billion a month in revenue

Crypto

has climbed to roughly $79,504, up 3.25% since first flagged this month
The crypto industry's Clarity Act faces a make-or-break Senate vote this week

Fixed income

Traders now price a better than 92% chance the Fed raises rates, with a 75% chance of a further hike in December
Economists warn the sudden hawkish shift risks becoming a policy mistake

Shanghai Composite (000001.SS)-1.2%

Shanghai's slide deepened to -1.18% today, its sharpest single-day drop since late August's selloff.

Nasdaq Composite (IXIC)-0.6%

Nasdaq's -0.56% loss today is milder than last week's steeper drops, a partial stabilization in tech.

DAX (GDAXI)-0.5%

DAX slipped to 25440.81, extending its retreat from August's highs above 26500.