Ep24: Global Rally & Record Resets: CPI’s Grace, Tech Calm & Central Bank Signals — August 13th, 2025

In this midweek edition of The Gentle Ledger, we guide you through a day where global markets moved in harmony. U.S. indexes — the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq — all touched or closed near record highs, buoyed by steady inflation data and rising confidence in a September Fed rate cut. We explore standout sector and corporate stories, from Amazon’s grocery expansion to CoreWeave’s surprising earnings miss, and a breakout IPO in the crypto space.Our journey then moves across the Pacific and Atlantic, where Asia’s Nikkei and Shanghai Composite rose alongside Europe’s STOXX 600 and FTSE 100, reflecting a shared optimism. We slow down to examine shifts in commodities, falling Treasury yields, and gold’s quiet climb, before ending with Bitcoin’s measured ascent above $120,000.