The Dividend Cafe
The Dividend Cafe
The Bahnsen Group
Monday - August 31, 2026
13 minutes Posted Aug 31, 2026 at 10:13 pm.
Welcome and Agenda
Market Snapshot
Midterm Election Outlook
Housing and Rent Update
Jackson Hole Fed Takeaways
Rate Hike Odds and Targets
Forward Guidance and Consensus
Oil Moves and Venezuela Deal
September Midterm Seasonality
Closing and Next Episode Tease
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David Bahnsen recaps Monday market action (Dow -374, S&P -0.33%, Nasdaq -0.12%; 10-year yield 4.76% up 3 bps), with energy leading on oil up 3% to about $86 and communication services lagging. He briefly shares midterm Senate race dynamics based on conversations with analysts, noting multiple paths for Democrats to win or lose the majority and warning against overconfidence in political predictions. Housing data showed August national median rent up 0.1% and down 0.8% year-over-year. He reviews Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech emphasizing price stability over employment, asserting a healthy labor market, concern about inflation, and a firm 2% target; markets raised implied September hike odds from ~38% to ~60% and to ~88% for a hike by year-end. Warsh discussed productivity questions (including AI), tight credit spreads, repudiated forward guidance with a “hall of mirrors” analogy, and delivered a cordial, potentially consensus-building tone. Bahnsen also notes a reported 35% U.S. government stake in a Venezuela oil venture with no short-term price impact, and that since 1950 September midterm years were evenly split between up and down markets.
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