Central Banks Tighten As AI Capital Surges
The Fed and Bank of Japan both raised rates this week even as Wall Street mobilizes hundreds of billions for AI infrastructure and geopolitical flashpoints multiply from Ukraine to Iran.
Daily market report for Sep 18, 2026, with the industry groups and stocks behind each story.
- Japan Companies
- Foreign Banks
- Crude Oil
- Defense
- Drones
- Government Contractor
- Gold
- Gold Mining
- Casino
- Mortgage REIT
- Regional Bank
- Refining
- Bitcoin
- Cryptocurrency Adjacent
- Streaming Video On Demand
- Media & Entertainment
- Israel Companies
- Defense Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- AI Infrastructure
- Alternative Investments
- S&P 500
- Asset Management
- Capital Markets
- Hyperscalers
- Data Centers
- Power Generation
- Memory Chips
- High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
- Homebuilders
- Web3 and Tokenization
- Blockchain Technology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Semiconductors
- China Market
- MUFG – Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc ADR
- SMFG – Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc
- FXY – Japanese Yen (Invesco CurrencyShares)
- XOM – Exxon Mobil Corp
- COP – ConocoPhillips
- AVAV – AeroVironment Inc
- KTOS – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
- GD – General Dynamics Corporation
- NOC – Northrop Grumman Corporation
- GLD – Gold (SPDR)
- NEM – Newmont Goldcorp Corp
- CZR – Caesars Entertainment Corporation
- MGM – MGM Resorts International
- TLT – 20+ Year Treasury Bond (iShares)
- KRE – Regional Banking (S&P, SPDR)
- GS – Goldman Sachs Group Inc
- VLO – Valero Energy Corporation
- FRO – Frontline Ltd
- MSTR – MicroStrategy Incorporated
- RIOT – Riot Platforms, Inc.
- CLSK – CleanSpark Inc
- NFLX – Netflix Inc
- DIS – Walt Disney Company
- WBD – Warner Bros Discovery Inc
- LMT – Lockheed Martin Corporation
- RTX – RTX Corporation
- NVDA – NVIDIA Corporation
- BX – Blackstone Group Inc
- KKR – KKR & Co. Inc.
- RSX – Russia (VanEck)
- UUP – US Dollar Index Bullish (Invesco DB)
- SPY – S&P 500 (SPDR)
- IWM – Russell 2000 (iShares)
- BLK – BlackRock Inc
- SCHW – Charles Schwab Corp
- AMZN – Amazon.com Inc
- SMCI – Super Micro Computer Inc
- ANET – Arista Networks
- VST – Vistra Corp.
- NRG – NRG Energy Inc.
- CEG – Constellation Energy Corp
- MU – Micron Technology Inc
- WDC – Western Digital Corporation
- JPM – JPMorgan Chase & Co
- DHI – DR Horton Inc
- C – Citigroup Inc.
- COIN – Coinbase Global Inc
- HOOD – Robinhood Markets Inc
- NDAQ – Nasdaq Inc
- MSFT – Microsoft Corporation
- ORCL – Oracle Corporation
- AMD – Advanced Micro Devices Inc
- ASML – ASML Holding NV ADR