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Today’s key market signals for long-term investors

Selected external market headlines that may affect rates, dividends, earnings, real estate, commodities and long-term investing.

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Updated: 21 Sep 2026 00:30 47 current signals

It’s not just young people who need jobs | Letters

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LP signals: Energy · Real estate · Retirement

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Source excerptThere should be provision for people who find themselves out of work when they approach state pension age, writes Peter Wade I am now in my 61st year, haven’t worked for more than two years and have stopped applying for jobs (‘I feel invisible’: over-50s reveal harsh realities of trying to get a job, 17 September). The bulk of my career was as an advice worker, specialising in debt, housing and energy advice. Some years ago I worked with a client in her late 50s who had been a hospital cleaner. She had expected to retire earlier, but the changes to women’s state pension age meant that she faced several more years before retirement. She could no longer do the physical work of cleaning, yet starting a new career while managing her physical health seemed a daunting prospect. At the time I was looking at this situation from the other side of the desk. Now my perspective is rather...

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Current signal mix

Top signal in the current selection: Rates. Energy and Investment companies follow behind.

Leading Rates 23
Close behind Energy 7
Below the surface Investment companies 4

Are global stock markets heading for a crash?

Economies thrown into renewed turmoil as AI debt, Iran war and soaring government bond yields fuel alarm At the height of the summer, the mood was optimistic in the world’s financial capitals. Powered by the AI revolution, the US stock market had rallied to a fresh all-time high, as investors bet the multitrillion-dollar investment spree would overshadow the hit from the Iran war. Now the warning lights are flashing red. As the fighting in the Middle East intensifies without clear sign of a resolution, financial markets have been thrown into renewed turmoil. A slowdown looms in the AI arms race, and tinderbox conditions in the market for government debt are fuelling alarm. Continue reading...

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AI slowdown calls justified but collapse of bubble may be more immediate threat | Heather Stewart

Scale of debt issuance being used to fund the hectic pace of the datacentre rollout by tech firms is a worry Warnings about powerful and uncontrolled AI have dominated the headlines this past week. But even amid the omens of apocalypse, it is still worth asking if the entire AI-industrial complex is sailing towards a financial iceberg. It will hardly be our most pressing concern if the bots are poised to take over the world, but a collapse of the AI bubble would have repercussions far beyond the US. Continue reading...

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20 Sep 19:30MarketsMarketWatch

I have $125,000 in credit-card debt. Will $17,000 a month in income, including disability, affect my bankruptcy?

LP signals: Markets

20 Sep 18:58EarningsThe Guardian Business

The Guardian view on AI v mathematicians: humans are still vital to the field, but tech firms refuse to see that | Editorial

LP signals: Earnings · Stocks

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20 Sep 18:23Investment companiesInvezz

Oracle stock at risk as a major $18 billion headwind emerges

LP signals: Investment companies · Markets · Stocks

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20 Sep 15:00StocksMarketWatch

Record diesel prices are exposing pain points in the stock market and economy

LP signals: Stocks · Inflation · Markets

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20 Sep 13:00EnergyThe Guardian Business

‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge

LP signals: Energy · Retirement

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19 Sep 14:52CommoditiesThe Guardian Business

Scottish Labour’s new leader backs Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gasfields

LP signals: Commodities · Energy · Inflation

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19 Sep 14:00EnergyThe Guardian Business

Brazil’s wind farms have been a huge success. So why isn’t everybody reaping the benefits?

LP signals: Energy · Real estate · Macro

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19 Sep 13:00RatesThe Guardian Business

Kevin Warsh may be the adult in the room. But can he calm the US economy?

LP signals: Rates · Inflation · Mortgages

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19 Sep 12:50RatesInvezz

Was the Fed’s hike one-and-done? Analysts weigh what comes next

LP signals: Rates · Investment companies · Stocks

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19 Sep 12:00EnergyThe Guardian Money

Domestic datacentres: how computer power can help heat your home

LP signals: Energy · Real estate · Savings

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18 Sep 22:20RatesInvezz

Dow closes 110 pts lower as treasury yields rise and oil stays above $100

LP signals: Rates · Stocks · Markets

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18 Sep 19:57StocksBBC Business

'We simply don't know' - JP Morgan struggling to forecast oil prices due to Trump's war with Iran

LP signals: Stocks · Commodities · Markets

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18 Sep 19:49StocksInvezz

Why is SanDisk stock gaining 8% today?

LP signals: Stocks · Investment companies · Earnings

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18 Sep 17:34Investment companiesInvezz

Warren Buffet steps down as chairman: what happens to BRK stock now? 

LP signals: Investment companies · Stocks · Markets

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18 Sep 15:19Funds / ETFsBBC Business

'Insufficient funds' to pay Brewdog creditors after takeover deal

LP signals: Funds / ETFs · Savings

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18 Sep 12:43MortgagesBBC Business

We bought our £242,000 home without a deposit - here's how

LP signals: Mortgages · Rates · Savings

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18 Sep 11:00EnergyThe Guardian Business

‘I spend a bagful of money and don’t fill a bag’: the energy crisis hits Bangladesh

LP signals: Energy · Banks

18 Sep 10:00RatesECB

ECB Consumer Expectations Survey results – August 2026

LP signals: Rates · Mortgages · Banks

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18 Sep 09:14RatesBBC Business

Japan raises interest rate to new 31-year high to curb rising prices

LP signals: Rates · Energy · Inflation

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18 Sep 08:00RatesECB

Boris Vujčić: Interview with Reuters

LP signals: Rates

18 Sep 06:58Investment companiesInvezz

BoJ hikes rates to 1.25%: why US tech stocks could be caught in the fallout

LP signals: Investment companies · Stocks · Banks

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17 Sep 17:49RetirementThe Guardian Money

‘I feel invisible’: over-50s reveal harsh realities of trying to get a job

LP signals: Retirement · Savings · Macro

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17 Sep 16:05EnergyBBC Business

Interest rates held but Bank signals rise if energy prices stay high

LP signals: Energy · Banks · Rates

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17 Sep 15:14RatesInvezz

Why Bank of England did not raise interest rates like the Fed and ECB

LP signals: Rates · Stocks · Markets

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17 Sep 02:40RatesBBC Business

US interest rates raised for first time in three years

LP signals: Rates

17 Sep 02:38RatesBBC Business

Why Trump's hand-picked Fed chair defied him by raising interest rates

LP signals: Rates

16 Sep 21:23RatesInvezz

Dow crashes 700 points as Warsh warns inflation is still too high

LP signals: Rates · Commodities · Banks

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16 Sep 20:14RatesInvezz

US Fed delivers unanimous rate hike, signals another increase could follow

LP signals: Rates · Funds / ETFs · Banks

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16 Sep 20:00RatesFederal Reserve

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

LP signals: Rates · Mortgages · Banks

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16 Sep 20:00RatesFederal Reserve

Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the September 15-16 FOMC meeting

LP signals: Rates · Mortgages · Banks

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16 Sep 18:16EarningsThe Guardian Business

Pension peril: is it time to unpick the triple lock? | Letters

LP signals: Earnings · Retirement · Savings

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16 Sep 15:02RatesInvezz

Why today’s Fed hike may matter less than what happens to the yield curve

LP signals: Rates · Stocks · Markets

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16 Sep 10:00RatesECB

ECB wage tracker at 2.7% in H1 2027, pointing to a modest uptick in negotiated wage growth

LP signals: Rates · Mortgages · Banks

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15 Sep 10:10RatesInvezz

Markets are braced for one Fed hike: Morgan Stanley is looking much further ahead

LP signals: Rates · Stocks · Commodities

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14 Sep 17:15RatesECB

Christine Lagarde: A new age of capital: growth, sovereignty and AI

LP signals: Rates

14 Sep 15:00RatesECB

Piero Cipollone: The future of euro cash: trusted today, designed for tomorrow

LP signals: Rates

14 Sep 11:46RatesInvezz

Fed rate decision this week: why a pause could shock markets more than a hike 

LP signals: Rates · Stocks · Commodities

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14 Sep 11:15RatesECB

Isabel Schnabel: Macroeconomic, fiscal and financial stability in a shock-prone world

LP signals: Rates · Macro

14 Sep 10:10RatesInvezz

Gold price forecast: Oil and US bond yields rally ahead of FOMC

LP signals: Rates · Commodities · Investment companies

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14 Sep 09:56RatesInvezz

Goldman Sachs flipped its Fed decision forecast: here’s what changed

LP signals: Rates · Stocks · Commodities

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13 Sep 08:00BanksThe Guardian Money

‘Cheap iPhone deal’: warning over scam sites selling latest Apple mobiles

LP signals: Banks · Savings

12 Sep 22:00RatesECB

Christine Lagarde: Interview with Ouest-France

LP signals: Rates

11 Sep 08:00EnergyThe Guardian Money

Homes for sale in a national park in England – in pictures

LP signals: Energy · Real estate · Savings

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11 Sep 01:04RetirementBBC Business

I asked my husband to pay into my pension when we had a child - here's why

LP signals: Retirement

6 Sep 08:00Funds / ETFsThe Guardian Money

The student loan scam looking to dupe already anxious students

LP signals: Funds / ETFs · Savings · Banks

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4 Sep 11:10RatesECB

Philip R. Lane: Diversity at the European Central Bank

LP signals: Rates · Banks · Mortgages

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1 Sep 18:00RatesECB

Boris Vujčić: Listening to households: expectations, behaviour and monetary policy

LP signals: Rates · Savings

30 Aug 09:00BanksThe Guardian Money

New payment set up? Get in touch! The bank scam where your ‘bank’ is the scammer

LP signals: Banks · Savings

25 Aug 20:00RatesFederal Reserve

Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on July 20 and July 29, 2026

LP signals: Rates

23 Aug 08:00Real estateThe Guardian Money

‘Friday afternoon fraud’: warning for UK homebuyers on bank scams

LP signals: Real estate · Banks · Savings

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