# Financial Market Preview - Monday 17-Aug Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/factset-u-s-daily-market-preview-128793/financial-market-preview-monday-17-aug Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/factset-u-s-daily-market-preview-128793/financial-market-preview-monday-17-aug.md Podcast: [FactSet U.S. Daily Market Preview](https://stenobird.com/podcast/factset-u-s-daily-market-preview-128793) Published: 2026-08-17T09:10:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.factset.com/podcasts Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/eaa012c9-56b9-4035-98a9-ebab03103d44.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/factset-u-s-daily-market-preview-128793/episodes/financial-market-preview-monday-17-aug Duration seconds: 312 ## Resource U.S. futures are mixed, with the Nasdaq pointing higher while the S&P 500 edges lower. Europe is set for a positive open for now. The U.S. dollar is slipping, treasury yields are lower at the long end but higher at the front end. Bonds mixed. US 10Y is 1 bp lower at 4.7%. Gilts down 3 bps. Bund is lower at 3%. Oil down, with WTI crude 0.7% lower under $82/bbl. Gold is up. Industrial metals are higher. Bitcoin is firmer. Strait of Hormuz standoff continues to underpin European energy risk pricing, but Q2 earnings have been supportive for regional markets. While markets have reduced Fed rate hike expectations, last Friday's backup in rates a point of focus. Analysts and financial press continue to discuss structural pressures, with high debt and borrowing and AI-related corporate supply. Companies Mentioned: Coupang, Genco Shipping & Trading ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/factset-u-s-daily-market-preview-128793/episodes/financial-market-preview-monday-17-aug/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/factset-u-s-daily-market-preview-128793/financial-market-preview-monday-17-aug.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.