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Weekly Wrap-Up: A Soft Jobs Report Broadens the Rally as the S&P 500 Tops 7,500
U.S. Markets Are Closed for Independence Day: What to Watch When Trading Resumes
Stocks Hold Steady as Wall Street Braces for the June Jobs Report Before the Holiday
Stocks Top 7,500 as a Soft June Jobs Report Seals the Dovish Case; Small Caps Lead Again
Stocks Broaden Higher as Soft Labor Data Cools Fed-Hike Fears; Small Caps and Homebuilders Lead
Stocks Rise to Open the Second Half as Nike's Beat Lifts the Consumer Mood Before a Data Deluge
Stocks Close a Firm First Half as Quarter-End Flows Lift Megacaps; Nike Beats After the Bell
Stocks Hold Steady as the First Half Closes, With Chicago PMI and Nike Earnings in Focus
Stocks Rebound to Open Quarter-End Week as Oversold Megacaps Lead the Nasdaq Higher
Stocks Steady to Open Quarter-End Week as Asia Rebounds and the Jobs Report Looms
Week Ahead: Jobs Day, Quarter-End and the July 4 Holiday Test the Rotation (June 29 – July 3, 2026)
Weekly Wrap-Up: The Rotation Arrives as the Nasdaq Sinks and Micron Whipsaws the World
The AI-Cost Selloff Goes Global: Kospi Sinks 6%, the Nikkei Tumbles 4%, and a Hot PCE Keeps the Fed Hawkish
Chips Sink and Healthcare Soars: Wall Street Closes a Losing Week as an OpenAI IPO-Delay Report Deepens the Tech Rotation
IBM Debuts the World's First Sub-1 Nanometer Chip Technology - What the Angstrom Era Means for AI and for Investors
Micron's Blowout Ignites a Global Chip Melt-Up; Nasdaq Futures Surge and the Nikkei Hits a Record
Apple Tumbles 6% and the Nasdaq Slides a Fourth Day as Micron's Blowout Fails to Lift the Tape
Chip Stocks Steady After a Bruising Two-Day Rout, but Micron's Earnings Are the Real Test
Micron's After-Hours Blowout Revives the AI Trade as Homebuilders Surge and Oil Crashes
Futures Steady as Flash PMIs and Consumer Confidence Test a Chip-Led Tape
Defensives Take the Lead as Stocks Hold 7,500; Carnival Surges, FedEx Stumbles After Hours
S&P 500 Holds 7,500 as Chips Offset Oil and Rates Before Micron and PCE
Stocks Eye Chip Momentum as Oil Firms and a PCE Week Opens Under a Hawkish Fed
Week Ahead: PCE, Micron and the Hawkish Warsh Fed Test the 7,500 Reclaim (June 22-26, 2026)
Juneteenth Market Setup: Oil, Fed, and Chip Momentum Frame Monday's Test
Nasdaq Leads Rebound as Intel-Apple Chip Deal Offsets Oil-Sector Drag
S&P 500 Futures Rebound as Oil Slides and Jobless Claims Test Warsh Fed Shock
S&P 500 Futures Rise Before Retail Sales and Warsh's First Fed Decision
S&P 500 and Nasdaq Tumble as Warsh Fed Signals Rate-Hike Risk
Dow Tests 52,000 as Tech Slumps, Oil Falls Before Fed
S&P 500 Futures Hold Flat as SpaceX Rallies, Oil Slides and BOJ Hikes
Dow Hits Record as Iran Deal Lifts Nasdaq and Oil Falls
S&P 500 Futures Jump as Iran Deal Sinks Oil and SpaceX Extends IPO Rally
Week Ahead: Fed, Retail Sales and SpaceX Decide Whether the Rally Has a Second Leg
Weekly Wrap-Up: SpaceX Beats Hot Inflation After AI Reset
S&P 500 Futures Hold Flat Before SpaceX IPO Test
S&P 500 Rises as SpaceX Soars and Oil Falls
Dow Surges 930 Points as Iran Deal Hopes Crush Oil and Chips Rebound
S&P 500 Futures Rebound as Oracle Slides Before PPI
Dow Plunges 953 Points as CPI and AI Rout Hit Stocks
S&P 500 Futures Slip Before CPI as Iran Strikes and AI-Chip Selling Deepen
Futures Rise as Oil Falls and Korea's Chip Rebound Extends AI Repair
S&P 500 and Nasdaq Fall as Chip Rebound Fails; Dow Rises Before CPI
Futures Split as Oil Jumps and Apple WWDC Tests the AI Reset
Chips Rebound as Apple Fades After WWDC and Oil Eases From Highs
Week Ahead: CPI, PPI and Apple WWDC Test the AI Reset (June 8-12, 2026)
Weekly Wrap-Up: Hot Payrolls Break AI Momentum After Early Records
Nasdaq Plunges as Hot Jobs Hammer AI Chips
Payrolls Test AI Rotation as Nasdaq Futures Slide and Dow Holds Near Record
Dow Hits Record as AI Rally Splinters Before Payrolls
S&P 500 Futures Slip as Broadcom and CrowdStrike Test AI Leadership Before Claims
Dow Sinks as S&P 500 Streak Snaps on Oil, Yields and ISM
S&P 500 Futures Hold Near Records as ADP and ISM Services Test Jobs-Week Rally
Dow and S&P 500 Records Extend as Small Caps Lead and Marvell Slips
S&P 500 Futures Pause at the Record as a Ceasefire Cools Oil and Yields Open Jobs Week
S&P 500 Futures Eye 7,600 as Jobs Week and ISM Manufacturing Open June
S&P 500 Ekes Out a Record as ISM Prices Cool and Dell Slips
Week Ahead: Jobs, ISM and the 7,600 Line Test the Record Rally (June 1-5, 2026)
Weekly Wrap-Up: AI Infrastructure Turns a Holiday-Shortened Week Into a Record Close
Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Hit Records as Dell's AI Server Shock Extends May Rally
S&P Futures Edge Up as Dell Fuels AI Rally
S&P 500 and Nasdaq Set Fresh Records as AI, Retail and Iran Relief Drive the Tape
S&P Futures Slip as Oil Rises Before PCE
S&P Futures Hold 7,500 as AI Earnings Loom
S&P 500 Holds 7,500 as Oil Falls and AI Tests
S&P Futures Rise as 7,500 Comes Into View
S&P 500 Tops 7,500 as Micron Ignites AI Rally
Week Ahead: PCE, AI Earnings and the 7,500 Line (May 26-29, 2026)
Weekly Wrap-Up: Dow Records, Small-Cap Relief and the Consumer Cracks Behind the Rally (May 18-22, 2026)
Dow Record Close, Small Caps Lead as Oil Relief Offsets Weak Sentiment
S&P Futures Rise as Oil Rebounds, Waller and Sentiment Await
Dow Hits Record Close as Oil Slides, IBM Jumps and Retail Splits
S&P Futures Hold as Nvidia, Oil and PMIs Set Thursday's Test
Futures Firm as Toll Brothers and CAVA Beat the Bar: Nvidia Earnings and FOMC Minutes Set Up Wednesday’s Double Bill
S&P 500 Snaps Three-Day Skid: ARM Explodes on AGI CPU Launch, Nvidia Beats All Metrics but Falls 3% After the Bell
Home Depot Beats Q1, Oil Cools, Yields Ease — Markets Idle Into FOMC Minutes and Nvidia
S&P Slips as Yields Climb: Indexes Fall, Memory Bounces, and Home Depot Beats on the Eve of Nvidia
Dow Green, S&P 500 Flat, Nasdaq Slips: Micron and Nvidia Drag as 10-Year Yield Hits One-Year High
Oil Tops $110 on UAE Nuclear Strike, 10-Year Yield Jumps to 4.63% — S&P 500 Futures Dip as Nvidia Week Opens
Week Ahead: Nvidia, Walmart and the Rate Test (May 18-22, 2026)
Weekly Wrap-Up: Flat Indexes Mask a Rate Shock and a Russell 2000 Slide (May 11-15, 2026)
S&P 500 Breakout Faces Oil and AI Test as AMAT Fades Premarket
S&P 500 Retreats from 7,500 as Yields Jump and Intel Tumbles 7.7%
Retail Sales Test Nasdaq Record as Oil Holds $102
S&P 500 Tops 7,500 as Cisco and Nvidia Broaden the Rally; AMAT Jumps After Hours
Nasdaq Hits Record as Tech Shrugs Off Hot PPI; S&P 500 Closes Near Highs
S&P 500 Futures Rise on Post-CPI Relief as Cerebras IPO Prices, Oil Holds Above $102
CPI Day Arrives: S&P 500 Futures Dip as Oil Pushes Toward $100 — Markets Brace for April Inflation
Hot CPI at 3.8% and Oil Above $100 Fuel Stagflation Fears — S&P 500 Stages Late Recovery
S&P 500 Futures Rise as Brent Tops $103 on Iran Defiance — China Reflation, Samsung $1T, and CPI Week Loom
S&P 500 Touches All-Time High as Oil Surges Past $100 on Iran Escalation
Record Highs on Borrowed Time — CPI, the Hormuz Crisis, and a Consumer Running on Empty
The Semiconductor Supercycle Goes Parabolic — Nasdaq Rockets to 26,247 as AI Rotation Reshapes Markets and a 115K NFP Miss Stokes Rate-Cut Hopes
Consumer Cracks Widen as Shake Shack, Fastly Crash — Software Rally Holds Firm, Oil Slides on Iran Deal Progress
Rocket Lab Soars 34% as Nasdaq Eyes Record Close; Cloudflare Crashes 24% on Mass Layoffs
Chip Rally Reverses as ARM Crashes 10%; Datadog Soars 31%, Whirlpool Signals Recession-Level Demand
Fed Decision Day Arrives as Samsung's Trillion-Dollar Rally Lifts KOSPI Past 7,000
AMD Blowout Fuels AI Rally as Samsung Hits $1T and Trump Pauses Hormuz Escort
AMD Leads Semiconductor Supercycle Rally as Oil Breaks Below $98 and Disney Beats After Hours
Futures Bounce as Oil Pulls Back, GameStop's $56B eBay Bombshell Steals the Spotlight
S&P 500 Rebounds as AMD Beats Earnings, ISM Services Slips Below 50
S&P 500 at Record Highs as Berkshire's Abel Era Begins — PLTR Earnings, Durable Goods Today
S&P 500 Snaps Seven-Day Record Streak as Oil Surges 4% on Hormuz — AMD Plunges, GameStop Stuns With $56B eBay Bid
Week Ahead: April Payrolls, Palantir and AMD Earnings, and ISM Services Test the Post-Big-Tech Record Tape
S&P 500, Nasdaq Hit All-Time Records as Big Tech Earnings Overcome FOMC Dissents and Hormuz Oil Spike
Apple Guidance, Reddit Surge Keep Bulls in Control as ISM Manufacturing Tests the Breakout
S&P 500, Nasdaq Hit Records as Apple and Reddit Rally, Oil Retreat Offsets ISM Miss
Dow Surges 790 as S&P 500 Breaks 7,200, Google and QCOM Offset Meta's AI Shock
Oil Shock Fights Big Tech Earnings as GDP, PCE and Apple Put Rally on Trial
Fed Holds With Rare Dissents as Oil Spikes on Hormuz Risk, Energy Leads and Tech Holds Flat
FOMC and Big Tech Earnings Collide as Storage Stocks Surge and Oil Jumps on Hormuz Risk
BOJ Signals Hawkish Shift as Nikkei Retreats — S&P 500 Futures Flat Near Records Ahead of Mega-Cap Earnings Avalanche
OpenAI Revenue Miss Crushes Chips as Energy Leads — Visa, NXPI Surge After Hours
S&P 500, Nasdaq Close at Record Highs as Nvidia Surges 4% and Markets Brace for Big Tech Earnings
S&P 500 at Record as Big Tech's $16 Trillion Earnings Week Begins
Week Ahead: All of Big Tech Reports, FOMC Holds, GDP and PCE Inflation Test the S&P 500's Record 7,164
S&P 500 Hits Record 7,164 as Semiconductor Surge, Intel & AMD Rally, and Iran Peace Hopes Whipsaw Oil
Intel Surges 22% as Foundry Revival Validates — SK Hynix Posts Record, Chip Rally Hits Day 18, Trump Extends Ceasefire
S&P 500 Closes at Record 7,164 as Intel Rockets 24%, Oil Plunges on Iran Peace Hopes
Brent Surges Past $104 as Hormuz Tensions Flare -- Tesla Reverses, TXN Soars 10%, ServiceNow Crashes
S&P 500 Retreats From Record as Tech Giants Stumble on AI Layoffs — TXN Surges 19%, Brent Tops $106, Intel Soars After Hours
AI Trade Roars Back — AMD Surges 7%, Broadcom Gains 5%; Tesla Pops After Hours as S&P 500 Rallies 1%
Futures Rebound 0.6% Ahead of Tesla Earnings; Oil Eases From Hormuz Spike, Gold Surges Past $4,780
Apple CEO Tim Cook Steps Down, Taps Hardware Chief Ternus — Futures Slide on Iran Oil, Warsh Hearing, Earnings Blitz
Cook's Retirement Jolts Apple, GE Aerospace Plunges 5.6%, Oil Surges on Iran — S&P 500 Dips to 7,062
Iran Hormuz Shock Stalls Rally — S&P 500 Holds 7,100, Nasdaq's 13-Day Streak Snaps, Russell 2000 Hits Record as Oil Surges
S&P 500 Futures Consolidate Below 7,125 as Traders Brace for Tesla, Iran Muscat Talks
Week Ahead: Tesla, Alphabet, Boeing Headline 130 Earnings as Market Eyes PMI, FOMC Runway
Weekly Wrap: S&P 500 Rockets to Record 7,125 as Oil Crashes, Nasdaq Logs 13-Day Streak
S&P 500 Holds Above 7,000 as Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Lifts Sentiment
S&P 500 Surges to Record 7,125 as Oil Crashes Below $84 on Iran Diplomacy
S&P 500 Consolidates Above 7,000 as Netflix Plunges After Hours, Oil Surges Past $93
S&P 500 Holds Historic 7,000 as Trump Threatens to Fire Powell -- Netflix, TSMC, PepsiCo Report Today
History Made: S&P 500 Closes Above 7,000 for the First Time as Nasdaq Hits Record
S&P 500 Futures Break 7,000 for the First Time as ASML Beats and Raises, Bank Earnings Roll On
JPMorgan Crushes Q1 as Bank Super Tuesday Begins — Iran Deal Hopes and IEA Demand Destruction Warning Keep Oil in Check
S&P 500 Surges to 6,967 — Nearing 7,000 as Goldman Record Equities Day Leads Bank Earnings, Oil Crashes on Iran Deal Hopes
Dow Futures Pare Losses as Oil Surges Above $104 on Hormuz Blockade, Goldman Opens Earnings Season
S&P 500 Surges 1% Defying Hormuz Blockade — Oil Reverses From $104, Goldman Beats, Tech Leads
Goldman, JPMorgan Kick Off Bank Earnings as Iran Talks and $89 Oil Define the Week Ahead
The Ceasefire Week: S&P 500 Surges 3.1%, Oil Crashes $20, CPI Hits 3.4% -- How the Iran Truce Rewired Every Asset Class
Anthropic Mythos Scare Triggers Emergency Bessent-Powell Cyber Summit as Futures Drift Before CPI-PCE Double Release
S&P 500 Seven-Day Streak Ends as CPI Jumps to 3.4%, Amazon Jassy Defends $200B AI Bet, Molotov Attack on Altman Home
Ceasefire Frays as Iran Says Three Clauses Breached, Oil Rebounds 4%, Hormuz Still Closed
Ceasefire Rally Extends as S&P 500 Hits 6,825 — Amazon Surges 5.6%, VIX Plunges Below 20, Fed Minutes Flag Two-Sided Iran Risks
Ceasefire Euphoria: Dow Futures Surge 1,000 Points, Oil Crashes Below $100 as Iran Agrees to Reopen Hormuz
Ceasefire Rally Delivers: S&P 500 Surges 2.5%, Dow Jumps 1,325 as Oil Crashes and Every Sector but Energy Soars
S&P 500 Edges Higher as Pakistan Proposes Two-Week Iran Deadline Extension, Oil Holds $112, VIX Jumps 7%, Kharg Island Struck
Trump's Iran Deadline Hits Tonight at 8 PM, Oil Surges Past $114, VIX Spikes 7.5%, Futures Slide, Ackman Bids $64B for UMG
The Inflation Gauntlet: CPI, PCE, OPEC+ & Fed Minutes Collide in a Week That Could Reset Markets
S&P Futures Edge Higher on Iran Ceasefire Talks, NFP Beat of 178K Awaits Reaction, China Reserves Airspace for 40 Days, Oil Tops $112
S&P 500 Gains 0.44% as Iran Rejects Ceasefire, SEAL Team 6 Rescues Pilot, Oil Holds $112, Dimon Warns of Recession
The Iran War Is Threatening the Entire AI Supply Chain -- From Hormuz Helium to Chip Fabs to Data Centers, Here's What Could Break
S&P 500 Rallies 3.4% in Wildest Week of 2026 as Iran Peace Hopes Collide with War Escalation, Oil Surges Past $108, Private Credit Crisis Deepens
Futures Plunge After Trump Threatens to Bomb Iran, Oil Surges Past $108, Peace Rally Reverses, Gold Drops 3%, VIX Spikes to 27
S&P 500 Pares Losses After Trump Bomb Iran Threat, Oil Surges to $108, Hormuz Talks Revive, Tesla Drops 5.4%, Private Credit Crisis Deepens
Futures Extend Rally as Q2 Opens, Nikkei Surges 5%, Oil Drops Below $100, Gold Rebounds, NASA Artemis II Moon Launch, Apple Turns 50
S&P 500 Extends Gains as Q2 Opens Green, Energy Sells Off 3.7% on Iran Peace, Oil Drops, Gold Hits $4,770, SpaceX IPO Filed, OpenAI $852B
Dow Surges 1,100 Points as Iran Peace Hopes Ignite Best S&P 500 Day Since May, Oil Drops, VIX Crashes 17%, Tech Rallies
Futures Surge 1% as Trump Willing to End Iran War With Hormuz Closed, Oil Drops, Gas Hits $4, Nike Earnings Today, Nasdaq Fast-Tracks IPOs
Futures Lower as Houthis Enter Iran War, 2,500 Marines Arrive in Gulf, Iran Hits Aluminum Smelters, Powell Speaks Today
S&P 500 Closes Lower as Oil Climbs, Powell Says Inflation Anchored, Trump Threatens Kharg Island, Micron Tumbles, Aluminum Spikes — End-of-Day Wrap March 30, 2026
Powell Speech, March Jobs Report, Nike Earnings, and Iran Deadline — Week Ahead for March 30–April 3, 2026
S&P 500 Posts Fifth Straight Losing Week as Dow Enters Correction, Brent Tops $110, Meta Crashes on Addiction Verdicts, PCE Inflation Runs Hot, Rate Hike Odds Cross 50% — Week of March 23-27, 2026
Nasdaq in Correction, Treasury Yields Hit 8-Month Highs, PCE Inflation Day, Trump Extends Iran Deadline to April 6, Oil Tops $110
S&P 500 Posts Fifth Straight Losing Week as PCE Inflation Runs Hot, Dow Enters Correction, Brent Tops $110, Meta Selloff Deepens, Rate Hike Odds Cross 50% — End-of-Day Wrap March 27, 2026
Dow Drops 469 Points as Brent Surges to $108, Meta Crashes 8% on Addiction Verdict, Nasdaq Enters Correction, OECD Sees 4.2% U.S. Inflation — End-of-Day Wrap March 26, 2026
Futures Slip as Trump Warns Iran to Get Serious, U.S. Deploys 3,000 Troops, Google AI Shakes Memory Chips, Durable Goods Today, PCE Looms Friday
Futures Surge 1% as Brent Drops Below $100 on Iran Peace Hopes, SpaceX Eyes $75B IPO, Merck Buys Terns for $6.7B, Private Credit Stress Deepens
S&P 500 Rises 0.5% as Gold Surges 3%, Oil Dips on Iran Peace Plan, Treasury Yields Tumble, Private Credit 'Zero-Loss Fantasy' Ends — End-of-Day Wrap March 25, 2026
Futures Dip as Iran Missiles Hit Israel, Saudi and UAE Mull Joining War, Brent Back Above $100, Flash PMIs Today
S&P 500 Dips 0.3% as Relief Rally Holds, Weak 2-Year Auction Rattles Bonds, Oil Rebounds 4%, Private Credit Stress Deepens — End-of-Day Wrap March 24, 2026
Dow Surges 631 Points in Relief Rally as Trump Signals Iran Talks, Oil Crashes 10%, All 11 Sectors Rise — End-of-Day Wrap March 23, 2026
Trump's 48-Hour Iran Ultimatum Rattles Markets: Asia Crashes, Gold Freefall, S&P Futures Lower — Morning Update March 23, 2026
PCE Inflation, Powell Speech, Flash PMIs, and Oil War — Five Market Questions for the Week of March 24–28, 2026
S&P 500 Posts Fourth Straight Losing Week as Fed Holds, PPI Runs Hot, Oil Surges Past $107, SMCI Crashes 33% — Week of March 17–21, 2026
Brent Spikes to $117 as Qatar LNG Hub Bombed, BoE/ECB/BoJ All Hold Rates, Gold Crashes 5%, Alibaba Slumps on Revenue Miss, Pentagon Seeks $200B for War
S&P 500 Slides on Triple Witching as SMCI Crashes 33%, Oil Surges With Brent Near $108, Basel III Rules Eased, Uber Bets $1.25B on Rivian Robotaxis
Fed Decision Day: Oil Holds Above $103, Australia Raises Rates, Delta Soars on Travel Demand, Investors Turn Most Bearish Since COVID
S&P 500 Slumps 1.4% as Fed Holds Rates, Brent Surges Past $107, PPI Inflation Runs Hot, Gold Drops Below $5,000, Iran Attacks Gulf Oil Infrastructure
S&P 500 Extends Rally as Oil Resumes Climb, Allies Reject Hormuz Coalition, Cuba Grid Collapses, Fed Holds Wednesday
Oil Surges to $106 as War Enters Third Week, Fed Decision Wednesday, Nvidia GTC Begins, Meta Plans 20% Layoffs
S&P 500 Rebounds 1% as Oil Eases Below $100, Nvidia GTC Unveils $1 Trillion Order Book, Meta Signs $27B Nebius Deal, Fed Decision Wednesday
Oil Hits $101 as Hormuz Stays Shut, Trump Suspends Jones Act, Adobe CEO Steps Down After 18 Years, Fed Eases Capital Rules
Brent Hits $100 as Iran's New Leader Vows Hormuz Shutdown, Record Oil Reserve Release Fails to Calm Markets, Private Credit Stress Deepens
Dow Dives 500+ Points as Oil Nears $100, Fed Rate Cuts Fade to December, Private Credit Redemptions Spread, Small Caps Crushed
Dow Drops 289 Points as Oil Surges Past $87, IEA Announces Record 400M Barrel Reserve Release, CPI Meets Expectations
Oil Rebounds to $85 as Ships Attacked Near Hormuz, Oracle Surges 10% on AI Earnings Beat, CPI in Focus
Morning Update: Europe Surges 2%, U.S. Futures Waver as Oil Remains the Wild Card
Wall Street Ends Flat as Oil Plunges 12%, Aramco Warns of Catastrophe, G7 Weighs Reserve Release
Market Wrap: Trump Signals Iran War Near End, Oil Plunges 30%, S&P 500 Stages Stunning Reversal
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