Understanding the stock market and economy probably wasn’t on your bucket list when you were a kid, when you graduated high school or even today 😂. And yet there it is, day after day, looming in the background and affecting real life events for you and your family, good and bad.
Why’d it go up?
When’s it going down?
Wait, is “the market” actually much bigger than just 500 US stocks?
It’s complicated. And they make it complicated on purpose!
On The Markets gives context to complexity. A stock market and economy show in plain English. Hosted by Fermata Advisors co-founders Daren Blonski CFP® AIF®, Chris Sipes CFP ® AIF®, podcast host Dano Weir and more. The team shares the weekly economic, governmental and technical inputs that may be affecting the performance outputs in your portfolio, tax situation and more.
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AI chip stocks experienced their fair share of volatility this week, despite how the week ended. Is this further rumblings of an AI selloff? Or something else entirely? Let's find out On The Markets.
This week Sonoma Wealth Managing Principals Daren Blonski CFP® and Marketing Director Dano Weir:
A bottom for small and mid caps? Why the rest of the market may actually start pulling it’s weight soon.
You heard the Mag 7 were “down”? Daren’s got the charts to show why AI chip stocks are actually just trading sideways.
Gold sits at a critical juncture, and Bitcoin needs to decide who it wants to be.
16 Oct 2026
Is the AI Bubble Being Tested? Debt, 5% Yields and the Rotation Out of Tech
Tech stocks pulled back this week as investors questioned the debt funding the AI buildout, while the Dow gained 550 points Thursday as money rotated into other sectors. With the 10-year Treasury yield above 5% and September inflation at 3.7%, borrowing costs are now part of the AI story. On this week's On The Markets, we cover three mistakes investors make when market leadership shifts, so is the AI bubble being tested or is this a healthy rotation — let's find out on the markets.
This week Sonoma Wealth Managing Principals Daren Blonski CFP®, Chris Sipes CFP® and Marketing Director Dano Weir:
You think your inflation is high at the grocery store? Why business inflation makes it look tame.
Are tariffs to blame? How is it possible that imports and exports are both spiking?
Is the AI market finally giving up the ghost? Or is this another speedbump on the way back to all-time highs? The chart that Daren’s got the shows one view of the market had a good week.
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9 Oct 2026
Bond Market After a Lost Decade: Lessons for Investors
Bonds are supposed to be the safe part of your portfolio, but over the past decade they've lost money. Looking at rolling 10-year returns, U.S. bonds are now in their worst stretch in more than 200 years of data. The good news is that yields are a lot higher now, which may set up a very different decade ahead for bond investors.
This week Sonoma Wealth Managing Principal Chris Sipes CFP® and Marketing Director Dano Weir:
A look at bonds’ lost decade, and how this stretch compares to every other decade going back to the 1930s.
What higher bond yields today could mean for investors who rely on their portfolio for income.
Stock valuations are close to their 1999 highs. What could the pattern of bonds be telling us about other asset classes?
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