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| Pp. | Headline | In brief |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cover | Rates up. Oil up. Why are stocks up? |
| 2 | Masthead & Contents | Inside this issue |
| 3 | The First Page of the Second Issue | Editor’s letter |
| 4–5 | The Brief | October in ten stories |
| 6–9 | Cover Story: Someone Is Wrong | The market and the economy are telling two different stories |
| 10 | Chart of the Month: The Climb to 5% | US ten-year Treasury yield, 2026 |
| 11 | The Strait That Sets Your Price | The Gulf desk |
| 12 | Three Banks, One Direction | Washington, Frankfurt, Mumbai |
| 13 | The 96 Rupee | The remittance window |
| 14 | Gold’s Strange Silence | Why a war year broke the rule |
| 15 | Wall Street’s Split Quarter | Goldman soared. JPMorgan missed. |
| 16 | The Bangkok Verdict | What the IMF said this week |
| 17 | India’s Biggest IPO | Jio goes public |
| 18–19 | Five Who Moved the Room | Voices of the month |
| 20 | The Builders | Entrepreneur of the Month |
| 21 | The Next 30 Days | Dates that will move your money |
| 22 | The Next Award | Best Scaled-Up Startup 2026 |
| 23 | Be in the Next Issue | Write for Astor Review |
| 24 | Back Cover | Astor Review |
Chart of the Month · P. 10
The Climb to 5%.
The US ten-year Treasury yield started 2026 just under 4% — before the war with Iran began — and reached 5.35% on 7 October, its highest since 2002. Early October also saw a 5.70% thirty-year Treasury yield, a 7.49% average thirty-year US mortgage rate, and Japan’s ten-year yield at 3.11%, a three-decade high. Borrowing costs rose for almost every borrower this year: a global repricing, not an American one.
This issue was reported entirely from public sources: regulatory filings, company statements, official calendars and published market data. No interviews were conducted.