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Friday did not look dramatic at the index level. That was the problem. The S&P 500 slipped 0.05%. The Dow fell 0.09%. The Nasdaq lost 0.24%. The Russell 2000 rose 0.07%. On the surface, that looks like a quiet day. But underneath, the tape was telling a bigger story. The VIX fell 2.54% to 18.41, […]
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Thursday looked calm on the surface. Underneath, it was anything but clean. The S&P 500 finished essentially flat, down just 0.01%. The Dow eked out a 0.14% gain. The Russell 2000 rose a more respectable 0.71%. But the Nasdaq slipped 0.46%, keeping pressure squarely on tech and AI leadership. Volatility ticked higher, with the VIX
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Wednesday looked calmer. That does not mean the market looked healthy. After Tuesday’s tech-led selloff, investors came into Wednesday looking for proof that the AI trade could stabilize. They got some relief, but not a clean answer. The Dow rose 0.35%. The Russell 2000 gained 0.37%. The S&P 500 slipped 0.10%. The Nasdaq fell 0.43%.
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Tuesday was supposed to be about oil. Geopolitics. Relief. Instead, the markets delivered a completely different message — one every AI investor needs to hear. While crude prices fell and the Iran-Hormuz drama showed signs of cooling, the tape ignored the good news. It zeroed in on the one thing that has carried this entire
Markets love a clean narrative. On Monday they got two stories instead — and they flatly refused to pick just one. One story was genuinely good for the broader tape: real progress in U.S.-Iran talks sent oil prices lower again and eased the biggest geopolitical energy risk in months. The other story was bad news
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Thursday gave investors the excuse they’d been waiting for. Oil kept sliding. The Strait of Hormuz reopening story gathered momentum. Gulf energy flows started rebooting. CENTCOM confirmed the naval blockade had ended. Markets could finally price in what they desperately wanted all week: less oil risk. That relief was enough to reverse Wednesday’s Fed-induced selloff.
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The market got exactly what it said it wanted. The U.S. and Iran signed the memorandum of understanding ahead of schedule. The agreement is now in effect. Hopes for reopening the Strait of Hormuz shifted from speculation to reality. Iranian oil began flowing again. Tankers reversed course. Oil prices stayed under pressure, and the geopolitical
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Monday was the party. Tuesday brought the bill. The markets charged into Tuesday riding a wave of euphoria. A U.S.-Iran framework deal, the story went, would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, slash the oil risk premium, tame inflation, and hand investors the green light to pile back into tech. For one glorious day, it all
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