The day’s market,
read plainly.
The Hendriks Brief is an independent publication. A pre-market brief before the open, a post-close brief after it — the headlines that are moving markets and the structure underneath them, written without hype and without a sales pitch.
A market column,
twice a day.
Each trading day the Brief publishes twice. The morning brief sets up the session — what came out overnight, what data and events are due, where the cross-asset tone sits. The afternoon brief looks back — what actually drove the day and what it revealed about the market’s condition.
It is commentary, not counsel. The Brief describes what is happening; it does not tell anyone what to do about it, does not recommend trades, and does not sell a service. It is meant for anyone who wants an intelligent, unhurried read on the market — nothing more, and nothing less.
The last few days.
- September 11, 2026Post-close note
Post-close brief — September 11, 2026
MARK'S CLOSE REPORT:A softer oil tape and a retreat from multi-year yield highs let equities snap a four-session slide on the day the August CPI landed roughly where the consensus expected it.
- September 11, 2026Pre-market framework
Pre-market brief — September 11, 2026
MARK'S MORNING CALL: August CPI lands at 8:30, oil sits near multi-month highs, and yields press into levels that have not been friendly to duration or to long-duration equity.
- September 10, 2026Post-close note
Post-close brief — September 10, 2026
MARK'S CLOSE REPORT: Thursday's session closed weaker across the board as an oil-led inflation impulse ran into a hot PPI print and firmer Treasury yields, with the CPI release now the pivot into the weekend.
- September 10, 2026Pre-market framework
Pre-market brief — September 10, 2026
MARK'S MORNING CALL: PPI lands minutes before the bell, the ECB decides at mid-morning, and crude keeps pressing against a hundred as the market walks into a data-heavy Thursday.
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