The Trading Post | 09.11.25

Good morning,

Oracle explodes 36% on historic AI cloud demand, CPI inflation heats up under tariff pressure, hedge funds short the VIX at dangerous levels, gold smashes past $3,650 on Fed certainty, and tech stocks now control 37% of the U.S. market cap—bigger than the dot-com bubble peak.

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Pre-Market Performance

As of 09.10.25 market close.

Market News

• Oracle’s AI cloud rocket: Shares up a record 36% on massive contracts, pulling NVDA, AVGO, and AMD higher. Morningstar

• CPI at 8:30 AM ET: Expected 2.9% YoY headline, 3.1% core, tariffs fueling price hikes. Reuters

• VIX complacency: Hedge funds short volatility at 3-year highs—déjà vu from past blowups. Bloomberg

  Gold at records: $3,674 intraday, Fed cut certainty, China keeps buying. Reuters

• Tech’s market takeover: Sector now 37% of U.S. market cap, exceeding 2000 bubble. Benzinga

• ECB rate decision: Policy announcement due 12:15 PM ET. CNBC

• Treasury yields twitch: 10-year hovering near 5-month lows pre-CPI. CNBC

• Adobe earnings after close: Street watching AI adoption in Creative Cloud. Yahoo Finance

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Earnings We’re Watching

• Kroger Co. (KR) - Thursday (BMO) 

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Daily Moment of Zen

Why It Matters:

Traders know this one in their bones. Think tariffs—intended to “protect” industries, but they jack up input costs and fan inflation flames. Or bailouts—great for headlines, but often just rewarding the bad actors who created the mess. In markets, government “solutions” can be volatility catalysts disguised as stability. It’s like when the Fed says, “Don’t worry, we’ve got this.” Translation: brace for whiplash. Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease, but hey, at least it keeps volatility traders employed.