May 22, 2026

Stocks eked out gains, volatility fell, and everyone pretended the Iran headlines made sense. They did not. The market had one of those days where the dashboard looked calm, but the headlines looked like they were written during a pub fight. The S&P 500 rose 0.17%.The Dow gained 0.55%.The Nasdaq added just 0.09%.The Russell 2000 […]