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Markets Continue to Watch the Middle East and More

By: 
Christopher Lewis
Published: Aug 10, 2026, 13:08 GMT+00:00

I am watching the interest rate markets, and unfortunately, the headlines that seemingly are still all over the place when it comes to the war.

US 10-Year Yield Technical Analysis

The US 10-year yield sits at 4.664%, consolidating between 4.45% and 4.70% as markets await key data. Source: TradingView

The US 10-year yield is where I start my observation today. It looks like we’re just hovering, and it seems like the last couple of weeks have been all about consolidating between 4.75% and 4.60%. That makes sense to me. We still have a lot of nonsense in the Middle East and uncertainty, and as long as that’s the case, I think a lot of people in the bond market won’t really know what to do.