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Weekly Digest

How the week Felt

Sep 07 – Sep 11, 2026

This was a white-knuckle week where oil and rates ran the show — Brent's spike toward $108 and yields hitting multi-decade highs (30yr 5.35%, 10yr near 4.9%) pushed stagflation fear and Fed-hike odds to near-certain territory, battering breadth and private credit while only Mag7/semis held indices up. Memory stocks whipsawed hard: Wednesday's Goldman-driven rally reversed into Thursday's macro rout, then Friday brought a fresh gut-punch as DeepSeek's efficiency breakthrough hit Korean HBM names while Micron/SanDisk/WD proved more insulated. Fundamentals (TSMC records, Micron's SCAs, Huang's capex reiteration) kept the bull case alive even as valuations for SK Hynix/Samsung looked increasingly priced for perfection. Friday's relief rally — oil cooling on Iran-Oman talks, Oracle's beat, dip-buyers stepping in — offered a reminder that risk appetite isn't dead, but the underlying mood stayed tense heading into next week's Fed decision.

Day by Day
Monday — 2026-09-07
SK Hynix and Micron surged (SK Hynix +8%) as Kospi rallied on AI memory optimism despite Iran-driven futures weakness.
Tuesday — 2026-09-08
Dow dove ~600 points on oil/Iran tensions even as SK Hynix jumped 7% on HBM demand diversion from phones.
Wednesday — 2026-09-09
Amazon's $60B Qualcomm chip deal and Goldman's bullish memory call lifted SK Hynix, SanDisk and Micron.
Thursday — 2026-09-10
Oil topped $100 and yields hit multi-year highs, triggering a sharp memory-stock selloff despite JPMorgan's SK Hynix upgrade.
Friday — 2026-09-11
DeepSeek's efficient V4.1 Flash model hit Samsung/SK Hynix shares, but CPI-driven fear gave way to a Friday relief rally as oil cooled.
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