Long Term Rates Fell This Week, Easing Discount Rate Pressure on Asset Valuations, While Fund Flows and Commodity Performance Remained Divergent.The 10 Year US Treasury Yield Declined to 4.99%, and the 10Y Minus 3M Spread Narrowed to 77 Basis Points as the Short End Remained Firm. Latest ETF Data Show That Overall Inflows Slowed. Equity ETF Inflows Were Broadly Flat, With a Larger Share Going to Overseas Equities, While Bond ETF Inflows Nearly Halved. Meanwhile, Crude Oil and Copper Edged Higher, but Gold Continued to Weaken, Indicating That Lower Rates Have Yet to Produce a Broad Commodity Rally. The Durability of the Price Recovery Will Depend on Regional Inventory Trends in Oil and Copper and the Pace of Long Liquidation in Gold. As of the US market close on October 27, 2026, the weekly
QQQ Drops 1%+ — Can Elevated Yields Break the Tech Bull?
The Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) closed down 1.07% Monday, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones also retreating as elevated Treasury yields remained the primary headwind for growth stocks; investors shrugged off news of Trump easing Iran sanctions. Session rotation was pronounced — high-beta sectors led by semiconductors bore the brunt as funds locked in tech gains. With yields and the AI thesis in direct conflict, is this tech pullback a healthy rotation — or the first crack in a mid-cycle bull market?
+ Follow
+0