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Who Actually Moves Stock Prices? Inside the Machinery of Every Quote
Headlines blame traders. The plumbing — market makers, algorithms and order flow — does most of the moving.
Trading day reporting across equities, bonds and currencies, tying each move to the release, auction or flow behind it, from open through settlement.

Headlines blame traders. The plumbing — market makers, algorithms and order flow — does most of the moving.

Duration is the number that tells you how hard rising rates will hit a bond portfolio — and most holders never check it.

Most people read too much market coverage and retain almost none of it. A fixed half-hour, once a week, fixes both problems.

Most intraday headlines are weather. A few change the climate. Here is a working filter for the difference.

Strong data should lift stocks. Often it does the opposite, and the reason sits in expectations, not in the headline itself.