Nuclear Plant Hit | Russia Waiver Expires | Yields Break 2025 Highs | The Week Nvidia Meets Inflation

The S&P pulled back more than 1% Friday from Thursday's all-time high. The Nasdaq dropped over 1.5%. The Dow shed more than 500 points. The VIX jumped above 18.

That was before the weekend.

Sunday brought a drone strike on the UAE's nuclear plant. Saturday brought the end of the Russia oil waiver. Monday brought the 10-year above 4.6%.

Oil pushed above $106. Gold sank below $4,500. The dollar rose for a sixth day. Futures pointed lower across the board.

The index set records on AI earnings. The bond market set highs on war inflation. This week both claims collide.

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A drone struck the Barakah nuclear plant in the UAE on Sunday. It is the only nuclear plant in the Arab world. A fire started at a generator. One reactor shifted to emergency diesel. The UAE said it was investigating.

Iran and Iraqi militias have hit Gulf energy targets throughout the war. This was the first strike on a nuclear facility. Israel signaled it may resume its own strikes. Netanyahu said he was ready for any scenario.

Separately, Washington let the Russia oil waiver expire. India imported over 2 million barrels a day under that relief. That was nearly half its total supply. The buffer is gone.

Polymarket prices WTI above $105 this month at around 80%. Above $110 sits near 60%, on $19 million in volume. Peace deal odds drifted to around 60% by year-end. By the end of this month, the number is near 15%.

The physical constraint deepened. The backup route closed. Oil above $106 Monday reflects both at once.

The Buffer Break

The war added a supply shock. The waiver had softened it. Now both forces run in the same direction. The limiting variable is no longer whether oil stays high. It is whether any remaining backstop exists.

The 10-year yield rose above 4.6% Monday. That is its highest since early 2025. The 30-year crossed 5.1% Friday. A 30-year auction cleared at 5% yield last week. That had not happened since 2007.

CPI came hot last week. PPI confirmed the pipeline. Import prices added a third leg. The chain runs from Hormuz to freight to food to services.

Traders fully ruled out rate cuts this year. Some now price a hike before December. Kalshi shows near 65% odds of zero cuts this year. Over $3.75 million in volume anchors that line. The line barely moved after back-to-back hot prints.

Warsh took the chair into this. His first public test arrives this week.

The Auction Signal

The 30-year cleared at 5%. That had not happened in nearly two decades. Duration buyers are not just pricing current inflation. They are pricing a rate path that no longer bends back down. The question is not where the next cut lands. It is whether a hike arrives first.

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Nvidia (NVDA) reports Wednesday after the close. Consensus expects around $78 billion in revenue. The AI engine still runs. But Trump told reporters China plans to build its own chips. That removes one growth path.

The FOMC minutes land the same afternoon. They show how divided the committee was at its last meeting.

Home Depot (HD) reports Monday. Target (TGT) reports Tuesday. Walmart (WMT) reports Thursday. All three face a consumer absorbing $4 gas. Consumer sentiment already sits at a record low.

G7 finance ministers meet Monday in Paris. The agenda centers on energy and inflation.

Four catalysts in 96 hours. One supply shock underneath all of them.

The Compression Window

The calendar compressed the catalysts. Nvidia, the FOMC, and retail earnings land this week. The supply picture worsened underneath all of them.

The S&P touched a record Thursday. The 10-year hit its highest level since early 2025 by Monday. Both facts coexist. The AI boom is narrow enough to lift the index. The energy shock is broad enough to reprice the rate path.

That is the definition of a split market. Kalshi shows stagflation and overheating tied at near 35% each. The crowd cannot decide between the two. Oil supports both cases.

This week forces a choice. Nvidia's guidance shows whether the narrow rally still has fuel. The FOMC minutes show whether the rate path has room. Retail names show whether the consumer can carry both.

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The index hit a record. Two-thirds of its stocks did not. The gap between the headline and the average stock widened again. It is the largest of the cycle. Positions built on the headline carry concentration risk. The bond market already repriced it.

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The record was Thursday. The nuclear plant was Sunday. The waiver expired Saturday. The yield broke 4.6% Monday.

This week compresses all of it.

Nvidia Wednesday. FOMC minutes Wednesday. Walmart Thursday. Flash PMI Thursday. Four Fed speakers under Warsh for the first time.

The S&P closed at a record last week. The 30-year cleared 5% for the first time since 2007. The consumer sits at a record low in sentiment. Oil sits at a record high for the conflict.

Capital moves early. Coverage catches up. The gap between the two is worth watching.