Global Government Bond Yields Soar… WTI Breaks $90 as Hormuz Airstrikes Resume

Global Government Bond Yields Soar… WTI Breaks $90 as Hormuz Airstrikes Resume [Wall Street Newsletter]
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Speakers
Park Myung-seok — Curator

Summary

Park Myung-suk reviews a risk-off session driven by soaring global bond yields, WTI crude breaking $90 on renewed Hormuz airstrikes, and rising Fed rate-hike odds. He flags specific winners and losers including Chevron, Dell, Credo, Nvidia, China equities, and Bitcoin, while cautioning that high sovereign yields are draining equity demand.

  • Global sovereign yields hit crisis-era highs: US 10-year 4.8%, Japan 30-year above 3%, German 10-year 3.36%, UK 10-year 5.25%.
  • WTI broke $90 as US airstrikes on Hormuz resumed and Iran-related tanker/supply fears escalated.
  • High bond yields and rising rate-hike probabilities are draining equity risk appetite.
  • Chevron is expanding Venezuela oil operations; Dell posted strong results and lifted server OEMs.
  • Credo Technology fell after weak guidance and high implied volatility.
  • Anthropic's compute buildout supports Nvidia; Chinese open-weight AI benefits Chinese equities.
  • Bitcoin gets a stablecoin-expansion tailwind; market sees high odds of $100k.
Ideas
Hormuz tensions push WTI through $90.
US airstrikes on Hormuz resumed amid escalating Iran-linked tanker and supply disruption fears, pushing WTI through $90. The market is now worried that crude could follow a repeat move toward the $90–$100 range, keeping oil prices elevated on geopolitical supply risk.
Sovereign yields surge to crisis-era highs.
Global sovereign yields are breaking to crisis-era highs: the US 10-year hit 4.8%, Japan's 30-year topped 3% for the first time since 1996, Germany's 10-year reached 3.36% (highest since 2011), and the UK 10-year hit 5.25% (highest since 2008). The speaker treats this as the dominant macro risk: high bond yields give investors a risk-free alternative, so equity liquidity should keep shrinking, and the US 10-year could keep moving toward 5%.
Dell earnings strong; server OEMs rally.
Dell reported clean earnings that beat and its shares are recovering sharply after-hours. As a rack/server manufacturer, Dell's strength should be a positive read-through for server peers like Supermicro and HP Enterprise, though the speaker cautions that the strength is less likely to spill into semiconductors.
Credo guidance weak, stock drops.
Credo Technology had very high implied volatility and its results/guidance came in slightly below expectations with unclear forward visibility. The stock fell about 8% in regular trading and another 4.5% after hours.
High yields keep draining equity demand.
Because sovereign and risk-free yields have surged, investors no longer need to take as much equity risk; the speaker argues that stock-market liquidity is likely to keep shrinking and the equity market is in a difficult regime until yields or Fed rate-hike uncertainty abate.
Chevron expands into Venezuelan oilfields.
Chevron is expanding in Venezuela as US policy increasingly focuses on Venezuelan oil: it is finalizing contracts to add two large oil fields, securing operatorship and direct equity. This is separate from government negotiations, and Chevron sees Venezuela as an opportunity.
Chinese open-weight AI benefits China equities.
AI token prices are falling because Chinese open-weight models are driving usage and volume. If the volume gain is coming from Chinese open-weight AI, the benefit accrues to Chinese equities, while investors not positioned in Chinese stocks mostly suffer the price damage without the offsetting benefit.
Anthropic compute buildout boosts Nvidia.
Nvidia is a direct beneficiary of Anthropic's aggressive compute buildout: Anthropic is building its computing stack on Nvidia products and signing data-center/cloud deals including a Lambda contract. Baird also raised its Nvidia target to $500, and Nvidia's $3.5bn MediaTek investment was viewed as win-win.
Stablecoin expansion supports Bitcoin rally.
Major banks are pushing into stablecoins, and stablecoin expansion is a positive crypto demand driver. Market probabilities for Bitcoin hitting $100,000 by year-end or January have risen to around 67%, with Bitcoin near $80,000 and expectations for a continued rally.
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This 3PRO TV (삼프로TV) video, published September 01, 2026, features Park Myung-seok discussing WTI, Global sovereign bonds, US 10-Year Treasury Bond, Japanese 30-year government bond, German 10-year Bund, UK 10-Year Gilt, SMCI, DELL, HPE, CRDO, SPY, CVX, FXI, NVDA, BTC. 9 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

Speakers: Park Myung-seok  · Tickers: WTI, Global sovereign bonds, US 10-Year Treasury Bond, Japanese 30-year government bond, German 10-year Bund, UK 10-Year Gilt, SMCI, DELL, HPE, CRDO, SPY, CVX, FXI, NVDA, BTC