In this short clip from Live Trading Room (Aug 19, 2026), Samantha LaDuc notes that the sharp Aug. 19 market reversal was driven by Treasury’s expanded long-end buyback program: dollar down, yen up, yields lower, bonds and gold higher, and equities bouncing right as key support was threatened.
She calls it de facto yield-curve control or “stealth QE.” But the bullish reaction isn’t fully confirmed: semis remain weak, SPY struggled to hold the bounce, oil remains firm and yields are still elevated. The key question now: does the intervention stick?
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