Falling wages, soaring energy prices and inflation: It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1970s
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Is it time to dust off the financial playbook from that dismal decade?
Directly affected
- No company is named in this report.
Indirectly affected
- JPM JPMorgan Chase
Bank profits move with lending and interest rates
- BAC Bank of America
Bank profits move with lending and interest rates
- WFC Wells Fargo
Bank profits move with lending and interest rates
- C Citigroup
Bank profits move with lending and interest rates
- TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond
Long-term bonds move when yields change
- IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond
Treasury bonds move when yields change
- XOM Exxon Mobil
Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise
- CVX Chevron
Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise
- GS Goldman Sachs
Bank profits move with lending and interest rates
- MS Morgan Stanley
Bank profits move with lending and interest rates
Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
Is it time to dust off the financial playbook from that dismal decade?
Source: MarketWatch
The price since 2 Oct 2026: iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) versus the S&P 500
Since the first closing price after “Falling wages, soaring energy prices and inflation: It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1970s,” iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) is +3.51%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -1.08% over the same days, a +4.59% difference versus the market.
Taiwan Strait on the map for this story
Taiwan Strait has 49 linked stories in the last 7 days and 49 in the last 30 on the page that also carries “Falling wages, soaring energy prices and inflation: It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1970s.” The recent pace is rising.
Who gains and who pays if Taiwan Strait stays in the story
Companies carried with this story
- GSG iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust
In “Falling wages, soaring energy prices and inflation: It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1970s,” iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
- DBA Invesco Db Agriculture Fund
Invesco Db Agriculture Fund (DBA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 2 Oct 2026 story “Falling wages, soaring energy prices and inflation: It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1970s.” Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
- MOO Vaneck Etf Trust
For “Falling wages, soaring energy prices and inflation: It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1970s,” Vaneck Etf Trust (MOO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
- IEI Ishares Tr
In “Falling wages, soaring energy prices and inflation: It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1970s,” Ishares Tr (IEI) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
- UGA United States Gasoline Fund
In “Falling wages, soaring energy prices and inflation: It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1970s,” United States Gasoline Fund (UGA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
- XME Spdr Series Trust
In “Falling wages, soaring energy prices and inflation: It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1970s,” Spdr Series Trust (XME) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
- XLY Select Sector Spdr Tr
For “Falling wages, soaring energy prices and inflation: It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1970s,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
- IWM Ishares Tr
For “Falling wages, soaring energy prices and inflation: It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1970s,” Ishares Tr (IWM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
How a Taiwan Strait shock reaches iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG)
The 2 Oct 2026 story “Falling wages, soaring energy prices and inflation: It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1970s” names iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) because of Taiwan Strait.
For iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG), the reason on file says Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
Also listed, Invesco Db Agriculture Fund (DBA): Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
Dates in the story, and the iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) price range
DBA traded between 27.85 and 28.86 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 28.19. GSG traded between 35.09 and 37.22 across 10 sessions. The latest close on file is 37.04. MOO traded between 80.33 and 85.25 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 80.70.
A simple score for iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG)
46 out of 100
“Falling wages, soaring energy prices and inflation: It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1970s” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 21 linked companies.