Investors have nowhere to hide as financial markets groan under the weight of the Iran conflict
Four weeks into the Iran conflict, global financial markets are starting to show some serious signs of strain.
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A Strong Jobs Report May Be Bad News For The Market
The market focus has shifted from jobs to oil and inflation, with rising oil prices intensifying inflation concerns. March's non-farm payrolls are expected to rebound, but a strong jobs report may increase the risk of Fed rate hikes.
Dip-Buyers Ride Longest Negative Signal Since 2022 To Next Tactical Bottom
As dip-buyers capitulate, we are nearing a tactical bottom for selective reentry points in the market. Technology and semiconductor gauges, especially signals from NVDA and SOXL, are essential for identifying a true market bottom and safe re-entry.
The Week Ahead: Markets Look Ahead to Payrolls as Energy Shock Fuels Inflation Risks
Markets look ahead to payrolls as energy-driven inflation rises, with major indices below 52-week averages, raising sensitivity to data and Fed signals.
The New Logic of a Wartime Market
As the Dow enters a tailspin and the Strait of Hormuz remains a bottleneck, investors are ditching the “short-war” theory.
Fed policymakers suggest interest rates could go up or down. The most probable path may be no move at all.
Policymakers suggest interest rates could go up or down. The most probable path may be no move at all.
Three Reasons the Stock Market Can Endure the War
So far the fall in share prices has been small given the scale of disruption. Here are some of the supports keeping them aloft.
S&P 500 Snapshot: Index Inches Closer To Correction Territory
The S&P 500 finished the week at its lowest level in over seven months and is now inches away from correction territory, sitting 8.74% off its all-time high from January 27, 2026. The index posted its fifth consecutive weekly loss, its longest streak since 2022, falling 2.1% from last Friday.
The 1-Minute Market Report, March 29, 2026
The S&P 500 is down 7.4% for March, with the decline accelerating and large caps, especially the Mag 7, driving losses. Investors are rotating out of large-cap growth and AI hyperscalers.
Battered by Stock Losses, Investors Find Little Relief in Bonds
Inflation fears and forced selling have led to a sharp increase in Treasury yields.
Is Another Financial Crisis Lurking in Private Credit?
It Is fast-growing, opaque and intertwined with banks but lacks the scale and leverage that cashiered the economy in 2007.
Stock Market ETFs: Retail Sector vs Russell 2000
When Markets Disagree, Pay Attention In today's modern version of “Family Feud: Market Edition,” we're looking at a classic internal battle within the market: “Granny” Retail Sector and the consumer stocksvs.“Granddad” Russell 2000 and the small cap stocks When these two are aligned, markets tend to trend smoothly.
This $1.8 Trillion Risk Could Hit Your Portfolio
For nearly a thousand years, the Theodosian Walls of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) stood as one of the most formidable defenses ever constructed.
The Other Markets Being Rattled by the Blockage of Hormuz
Oil and natural-gas are just the beginning of the disruptions that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has sent rippling through markets for fertilizer, semiconductors, packaged consumer products and cotton.
Worried about Strait of Hormuz inflation to come? The world economy has one word for you: Plastics
There are 193 active petrochemical complexes in the Middle East, handling 22% of global supply, all dependent on the Strait of Hormuz for shipping their product. Even though consumers don't feel the price impact as quickly as they do with gasoline, it's coming, with petrochemical use wide-ranging across the economy, and essentially, impacting everything consumed from autos to medical supplies, textiles, detergents, food, and beverages.
These 2 chip stocks could be cheaper ways to invest in a hot AI trend
Shares of Veeco and Axcelis have lagged their larger semiconductor-equipment peers, making them potentially compelling opportunities for investors.
You Survived Q1 2026, Now It's Time To Breathe And Prepare For Q2
Q1 2026 saw rapid narrative rotations — from AI optimism, to SaaS multiple compression, to geopolitical shocks — fueling volatility and depressed investor sentiment. Despite negative sentiment, ISM Manufacturing PMI exited contraction after three years, signaling a manufacturing rebound likely tied to infrastructure and reshoring.
5 Stocks I'm Buying As Midterm Election Dynamics Backstop The Market
The technology sector (XLK) now trades near a 20x P/E, matching the S&P 500, while offering over 50% higher consensus long-term earnings growth. Recent market selloff, driven by geopolitical and macro concerns, presents a selective buying opportunity, especially in tech and certain high-yield names.
How the big oil and gas CEOs think the Iran war supply disruption will play out
Oil industry executives painted a grim picture of the Iran war supply disruption at S&P Global's annual CERAWeek energy conference in Houston. They warned that the disruption is bigger than the markets understand and prices are unlikely to return to pre-war levels soon.
As stocks and bonds fall, and oil hits $100, a futures trade that boomed in 2022 may again be a winner
Managed future trading strategies boomed during 2022 when stocks and bonds were both falling and oil prices were last over $100, and are getting more attention during the current market and economic uncertainty. It is a small category, with managed futures ETFs collectively holding around $6.5 billion in assets, according to ETFAction.com, but it has been seeing inflows.
