ATLAS V5 Evening Report 2026-05-12 — May 12 Tue PM POST-CPI POST-CLOSE / TARIFF TRUCE FADE / CPI HOT

Key Headlines

• May 12 Tue PM POST-CPI POST-CLOSE
• TARIFF TRUCE FADE
• CPI HOT KILLED RECORD-ATH RALLY
• S&P CLOSED 7,353.58 -0.80% OFF ATH 7,412.84
• NASDAQ -1.2%
• DOW -0.6%
• RUSSELL -2.0%
• SOX -5.0% WORST DAY IN 7 MONTHS
• QCOM -12% INTC -9% NVDA GREEN
• NYT EXCLUSIVE CHINA REQUESTED ANTHROPIC MYTHOS ANTHROPIC REFUSED WH ALARMED
• $42B 10Y AUCTION TAILED ~3BP HIGH YIELD 4.468% BTC 2.40 INDIRECT 63.96% WEAKEST 2026
• WARSH BOARD GOVERNOR CONFIRMED 51-45 AT 12:27 PM FETTERMAN ONLY DEM CROSSOVER (COONS NO ON CONFIRM AFTER YES ON CLOTURE MON)
• CHAIR CLOTURE 51-45 1:13 PM
• FINAL CHAIR VOTE WED
• FRI MAY 15 POWELL EXPIRES STAYS GOVERNOR TO 2028 FIRST SINCE 1948
• TRUMP DEPARTED WH 2 PM EN ROUTE BEIJING
• NOT EVEN SLIGHTLY ON IRAN NUKE
• GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN IN CHINA
• BUSINESS DELEGATION BOEING NVDA APPLE EXXON QCOM
• BESSENT IN SEOUL EN ROUTE
• WTI +4.19% TO $102.46
• BRENT +3.3% TO $107 ON IRAN REJECTION + STAVRIDIS HORMUZ WITH FORCE
• GOLD +0.39% $4,753.40 ATH TERRITORY
• COPPER >$14,000/TON
• 10Y CLOSE 4.47%
• 30Y 4.98%
• 2Y 3.95%
• DXY 98.5
• USD/JPY 156 JAPANESE DEMAND ABSENT AT AUCTION
• BTC HELD $80K FLOOR ALL SESSION CLOSE ~$80,991 -0.75%