Wednesday - April 29, 2026
The Dividend Cafe
The Dividend Cafe - The Bahnsen Group
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🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Brian Szytel recaps a mixed market day with the Dow down 280 while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 were flat, as blue chips lagged and tech was positive. Treasury yields rose (10-year up 7 bps to 4.42%; 30-year briefly above 5%) alongside higher oil prices (WTI up ~8%, Brent up ~1%) amid Middle East tensions. He highlights three crosscurrents: the UAE leaving OPEC and its implications for oil-price control and potential benefits to U.S. shale; the FOMC holding rates with Powell signaling no cuts this year, inflation risks, unusual four dissents, and Kevin Walsh set to lead the Fed starting May 16; and “Mag Seven” earnings (Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta) shaping sentiment as overall earnings growth runs ~15.1% YoY. He also addresses real estate divergence (Class A diversified vs weaker markets), notes strong durable goods orders and steady housing starts, and says the S&P is up ~5% YTD with a modest upside bias despite volatility.|
00:00 Market Close Recap
00:32 Oil Surge and Rising Rates
00:54 UAE Exits OPEC
02:31 Fed Decision and Dissents
03:34 Mag Seven Earnings and AI Spend
04:25 Real Estate Divergence Explained
05:14 Durables and Housing Data
05:44 Rangebound Outlook and Signoff
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dividend Cafe weekly market commentary focused on dividends in your portfolio and dividends in your understanding of economic life. |
| 0:11.8 | Good evening and welcome back to Dividend Cafe. |
| 0:15.2 | This is Brian Saitel with you again here as your host. |
| 0:19.2 | On a somewhat mixed day, mostly towards towards the downside both in stocks and bonds |
| 0:24.8 | Dow was down 280 points on the day NASDAQ was flat and S&P 500 was flat so bigger sell off across |
| 0:32.9 | some of the blue chips than some of the other sectors tech was was positive on the day. Ten year was up seven |
| 0:38.7 | basis points. We closed at 442, and actually the 30 year breached 5%, which we haven't seen |
| 0:44.3 | in over a month. So rates are trending higher, and it's because of oil prices also moving higher. |
| 0:49.3 | WTI today was up about 8%. Brown was up a percent. So ongoing turmoil and Middle East, and you had |
| 0:55.8 | a couple of other sort of cross-currents is what I've written about today in the market today, |
| 1:00.4 | left it somewhat rudderless on the day. We actually closed off of the lows, but the three things |
| 1:05.3 | I'd point to today, one, the UAE, so this is the United Arab Emirates, left OPEC. So big deal. It opens the door for |
| 1:13.9 | potentially others to do the same. OPEC is largely Saudi if you want to know who controls most of |
| 1:19.9 | the, you hold most of the cards, but UAE leaving, the Iran and U.S. conflict has opened up the |
| 1:25.5 | ability for them being located geographically |
| 1:28.5 | on the other side of the strait to ramp up their production. |
| 1:32.7 | They want to have the freedom to do that and they can produce upwards of 5 million barrels |
| 1:36.9 | per day. |
| 1:38.1 | This is not something because of the conflict. |
| 1:39.8 | This is something they've been working on for two years. |
| 1:42.1 | And so it's on the works. |
| 1:43.1 | It's been cited many times. And so there you have it. It does add some fragmentation to the control of the price of oil. If you have less power inside of the cartel, set the prices, then you can potentially have prices move around differently. But ultimately, five million barrels a day isn't enough to change it dramatically. It's on the margin. |
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