# Financial Market Preview - Monday 18-May Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/factset-u-s-daily-market-preview-128793/financial-market-preview-monday-18-may Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/factset-u-s-daily-market-preview-128793/financial-market-preview-monday-18-may.md Podcast: [FactSet U.S. Daily Market Preview](https://stenobird.com/podcast/factset-u-s-daily-market-preview-128793) Published: 2026-05-18T09:10:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.factset.com/podcasts Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/4efd3bf5-2f0b-47ce-b3b2-8e21316340db.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/factset-u-s-daily-market-preview-128793/episodes/financial-market-preview-monday-18-may Duration seconds: 274 ## Resource US equity futures are weaker with S&P down 0.3%. Bonds mixed after finding support after earlier weakness; US 10-year steady at 4.6%. Bund flat. Gilts firmer. Dollar is mostly firmer. Crude firmer amid hawkish Middle East headlines. Gold and silver weaker. Bitcoin down to early May low. Equity market sentiment tends negative amid hawkish US-Iran developments, which underpins oil prices and weighs on bonds. Inflation concerns reinforce hawkish central bank pricing. US Treasury 30Y yield climbing further above 5% to a 20-year high. Companies mentioned: Dominion Energy, NextEra Energy, National Healthcare Properties ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/factset-u-s-daily-market-preview-128793/episodes/financial-market-preview-monday-18-may/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-18-may.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.