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(23 August 2026)  Stocks fell across the board last week as ongoing Iran tensions pressured bond yields as oil prices stayed above the key $80 level.  Not even Wednesday's announcement of the Treasury Department's bond buy-back program was enough to restore market confidence as yields resumed their ascent on Thursday and Friday. The sell-off coincided with two bearish alignments: the Venus-Saturn opposition in sidereal Virgo on Aug 21 and the approach of the Jupiter-Saturn trine on Aug 31.  Previously, we had noted that the Venus-Saturn opposition was only slightly bearish...