Daily Brief archive · 2026-05-21

Archived snapshot from 2026-05-21.

MARKET 58 NEUTRAL CREDIT 60 GREED SENTIMENT 48 NEUTRAL GEO 43 UNSETTLED

▦ SECTORS

Sector leaders: XLK +2.25%, XLY +2.20%, XLB +1.29%. Laggards: XLE -2.52%, XLP -2.17%, XLV +0.08%. wide rotation — meaningful dispersion.

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⇄ FX FIRM

DXY +0.29% (firm) · EUR/USD -0.12% · USD/JPY +0.09% · USD/CNH +0.06%.

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═ BONDS STEEP

10Y at 4.60% · +0.68% today · curve steep (+1.03) · steepening today · vol very calm.

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⛏ COMMODITIES

Groups: Energy +3.16% · Metals +0.88% · Ags +0.19%. Leaders: Orange Juice +6.37%, Natural Gas +6.16%, Uranium ETF +2.00%, WTI Crude +1.88%. Laggards: Cotton -3.71%, Cocoa -3.14%, Wheat -1.21%, Gold -0.23%.

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◆ METALS QUIET

Gold -0.23% · Silver +0.50% · Platinum +1.12% · Palladium +1.69% · Copper +0.22%.

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⚡ ENERGY STRONG

Brent $106.53 (+1.44%) · WTI $100.11 (+1.88%) · B-W spread $+6.42 · NatGas $3.19 (+6.16%) · OVX geopolitical premium.

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▲ AGS

Grains avg -0.41% · Softs avg +0.54% · Leader Orange Juice +6.37% · Laggard Cotton -3.71%.

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◎ CRYPTO QUIET

BTC -0.16% · ETH -0.11% · SOL -0.06% · dom 58.1% · F&G 29.

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∿ VOL NORMAL

VIX 17.24 (normal) · -1.15% today · MOVE 81.5 · SKEW 132.3.

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§ CBs

Cutting: BoE, SNB, RBA · On hold: US Fed, ECB, BoJ, BoC · Next: SNB in 28d.

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