10/15/26 Afternoon CommStock Report – Going Where the Ride Takes Us

The Commstock Report is a twice daily market report. 10/15/2026 Going Where the Ride Takes Us PLEASE REFER TO THE BROKER COMMENTARY PAGE FOR UPDATES!! Click Above to Watch Brian’s Afternoon Market Update It frankly may surprise some that, basis all the alarming headlines and handwringing, that there is any good news about the US fiscal condition. There is great cause for concern because there is no argument or ambiguity that the accumulating US government debt is careening toward an eventual cliff. Any brakes appear to be failing with the momentum unstoppable. We may not know where the edge of the cliff is before we go over it…but…if the bond market was as bad as some say it is, we should already be looking up at the cliff after some kind of crash having gone over it. There is more resilience to the global bond market than many expected and the Bank of the USA continues to pay interest to creditors and sell new Treasuries. The full faith and credit of the US government remain intact for now. The 10-year US Treasury rate has gone up roughly three-quarters of a percent to near 5.25% this year. A 6-15-month CD will pay in…