Today's American Stocks Pulse

Dow climbs nearly 200 points to record close as oil eases on Iran truce hopes
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped about 200 points, closing at a fresh all‑time high. The rally was driven by a pullback in oil prices after optimism surrounding a potential Iran truce. Markets remained cautious amid mixed political signals.
Market Update: TPR, EQR, CBOE
U.S. headline CPI held steady at 2.4% year‑over‑year in February, matching January, while core CPI remained at 2.5%. The data largely met expectations, leaving inflation pressure unchanged. Equities were mixed to lower at midday, with financial services and real estate under pressure and consumer‑cyclical names showing modest upside. The report also highlighted a slate of trending tickers and upcoming earnings that could influence short‑term market direction.

Nike Shares Slide Ten Days Straight
Nike $NKE stock has now closed lower for the last 10 trading days in a row

CF Industries Leads SPX, Bet on 2026 Food Prices
CF Industries $CF was the strongest outperformer today within $SPX and it continues to be right to favor Agriculture & food prices in 2026 @IBDinvestors @marketsurge I added one of its competitors to UPTICKS for my early March addition and while...
Move Over, Tech
U.S. equity markets are moving beyond a technology‑centric rally as the S&P 500 Equal‑Weight index posts its best year‑to‑date start since 1992, beating the cap‑weighted S&P 500 by 4.2 %. Strong earnings growth is spreading across materials, consumer staples, and energy, while GDP...

S&P 500 Sheds $800B, Down $2.5T Monthly
MARKET RECAP 📉 What a day, the S&P 500 lost over $800 BILLION in market cap today. The index is now down 4% in a month, losing $2.5 TRILLION 😳 What the heck is going on?!? Let’s talk about it 🗣️

S&P Dips Below Dec Low: Historically Weak Returns
The S&P 500 just closed beneath the December low in the Q1. 38 times this happened and 38 times it didn't. When it breaks (like this year) the avg full yr return is 0.2% and up only 50% of time versus 18.9%...
BofA Lifts PT on Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) to $297 From $266
Bank of America raised its price target for Union Pacific (UNP) to $297 from $266, reaffirming a Buy rating, while Jefferies lifted its target to $300 from $285, also maintaining a Buy. Both firms cite the railroad’s strong operating performance...

S&P
$SPX - We are getting a lower low after all. Going back to the April low, we've had a ~80 trading day cycle. Due to many holidays in this cycle, I expect this cycle to be shorter in trading days...
Everything Plummets: Crypto Crashes Harder than Stocks
% Below All-Time High Chevron: 0% S&P 500: -5% Gold: -9% Apple: -11% Google: -13% Nvidia: -14% Amazon: -19% Meta: -20% Tesla: -21% Palantir: -26% Microsoft: -27% Netflix: -30% Bitcoin: -44% Ethereum: -58% MicroStrategy: -75% Fartcoin: -94% Trump Coin: -96% Melania Coin: -99%
BofA Lifts PT on The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) to $175 From $168 – Here’s Why
Bank of America raised its price target on The TJX Companies to $175, up from $168, while reaffirming a Buy rating. BTIG also lifted its target to $185, maintaining a Buy stance. TJX reported fiscal Q4 2026 net sales of...
S&P 500 Drops 1.5%, Erasing $1 Trillion; Crypto Steadies
NEW: The S&P 500 fell 1.5% today, erasing nearly $1 trillion in value Crypto held mostly unchanged
S&P 500 Dips Below 170‑day Average, First Since May
The S&P 500 closed below its 170-day moving average for the first time since May.

TMTB EOD Wrap
The Nasdaq‑100 ETF (QQQ) rebounded 1.3% after an early rally sparked by G‑7 reserve‑release speculation, while oil prices fell 4% amid mixed geopolitical signals from a Trump comment on the Strait of Hormuz. AI‑focused semiconductor stocks drove the broader tech...

S&P 500 Hits Year’s Worst Close, Down 4.5%
S&P 500's worst close of the year... lowest since late November -4.5% from the January record high https://t.co/kASRYfc9MR

SPX Extends 7-Day Run Below Trading Box
$SPX has traded below the latest trading box for 7 straight days. Only closed below it twice. Today would be the 3rd. https://t.co/gYeIND2TmK

Surging Oil Prices Spark Market Jitters
The episode opens with a discussion of oil prices soaring above $100 per barrel, the sharpest jump in years, and the resulting market fear as higher energy costs threaten corporate earnings, inflation, and consumer spending. Hosts Jon Quass, Rachel Warren,...

Quarter of US Stocks Hit 52‑week Highs Today
There's actually a pretty decent list of S&P 500 52wk highs... bunch of food/ag, chemicals, refiners @stockcharts 1-in-4ish US stocks are up today https://t.co/ebgPXxwKyU

Nasdaq 100 Approaches 200‑Day SMA, 2nd Small
The Nasdaq 100 is staring down its 200-day SMA just like the Dow and S&P 500. Notably, the index is sporting its 2nd smallest 6-month range (as a percentage of spot) on record: https://t.co/D3FuDpSJFh
AAPL Misses Expectations, Slides to $254 Key Level
I thought $aapl would act better this morning. It didn’t. Hurt a bit. $254 a key level now
Protection Costs Surge Despite Modest S&P Gains
Wow. The cost for protection is nearly off the charts. Feels extreme given S&P 500 is about 4% from new ATHs. Nice one from @MacroCharts
SPY Slides Below $669, Hits Weekly Low
$spy failed it reclaim $673 and now below $669.50. See if it stays below. Fast tape. $662ish is low of the week
Market Ignores Good News, Flags Geopolitical Risk
Today the market got exactly what it wanted: inflation right on target at 2.4%. And it still fell. Oil surged 7% to $89.50. Ships were struck near the Strait of Hormuz. The FBI warned about Iranian drone attacks on U.S....
Rising Yields Signal Dollar Surge, Growth De‑Risking Continues
Bonds fall on growth fears and rise on recession fears - as a rule of thumb. But that’s under monetary dominance, not fiscal dominance. The new rulebook will look very much like February into the April tariff terror event where dollar and bonds...

Mag7 Support Break Could Trigger 10% Market Correction
If the markdowns continue for equities, then the Mag7 will likely break support (below). That could be enough to turn what so far has been a 4% SPX drawdown into a more bona fide 10% correction. We can see from the...

Flat SPY Signals Indecision, Not Stability, Ahead
$SPY has gone nowhere in 3 weeks. Stuck between headline rallies and overnight selloffs. Range-bound markets after a shock aren't stability. They're indecision before the next leg.

SPX Forms Multi‑Week Descending Channel Amid Bull Trend
What would you say the prevailing trend is for the $SPX? That is a question of time frame of course, but there is a multi-week descending trend channel tentatively forming against the larger bull trend from last April's Liberation Day tariff...
S&P 500 Stalls
$SPX -0.08% and closes smack-dab in the middle of its intra-day range. Was it a failure to go up or an inability to go down?

Market Stays Resilient Despite Decade‑Long S&P Drawdowns
S&P 500 peak-to-trough drawdowns this decade: 2020 -33.9% 2021 -5.2% 2022 -25.4% 2023 -10.3% 2024 -8.5% 2025 -18.9% 2026 -3.4% (so far) Why isn't the market falling more? Why are investors ignoring the headlines? Are we due for a correction? https://t.co/4VHwh9ODKB https://t.co/jZPvMOVHiI
Large and Small Caps Show Strong Earnings Growth Differently
According to @Nasdaq, large caps and small caps are both seeing strong earnings growth — but for very different reasons. @GuyAdami and @DanNathan discuss on today's @mrktcall https://t.co/Q95mKW3icS https://t.co/dgdG2u5mGW

Nasdaq up 6%; Shift From Small‑cap to Big‑tech Shorts
Nasdaq outperforming Russel by +6% since this. Would start to exit the small cap underperformance theme and rotate back to the big tech short theme, although both probably struggle together from here. https://t.co/H7964lBBpH

S&P 500’s 6759 Level Crucial; Watch Oil
$SPX went 6636 to 6845 yesterday and pulled back, and now 6759 (yesterday’s low) is the key—if it can’t hold, it gets sloppier. Most things are just range trades, and keep an eye on oil. https://t.co/LABgJBL6qw

Manufacturing PMIs Validate EPS Breadth as Cycle Beta
This makes sense - manufacturing PMIs corroborate EPS breadth as it’s the beta of the business cycle. Thanks for bringing back the 📙! https://t.co/SrEetSesnP

Futures Dip to Daily Lows, Market Stays Calm
Futures are at their lows of the day, but everything's quieted down since the start of the week https://t.co/sqcA2J1f9o
DJI Nears End of Countertrend Bounce
US markets are at the end of another counter trend bounce - #DJI TradingView https://t.co/65H6d7i8NU
Flat Market Masks AI Surge, Gold Record, CPI Shock
🚨 US MARKET — MARCH 10, 2026 🚨 S&P 500: 6,781 (-0.21%) | Dow: 47,707 (-0.07%) Nasdaq: flat | Russell: -0.22% The market barely moved. But underneath: • Oracle: best AI earnings in 15 years — after hours • BioNTech crashed 18% — founders leaving •...

Hormuz Tensions Spike Oil, Pressure Global Markets
Oil prices are spiking as the frozen Straits of Hormuz has become the epicenter of the conflict. As of Sunday night’s futures open, WTI futures are trading at $108, which could make the...
Stagflation Looms as Iran Tensions Test Market Resilience
With the conflict in Iran becoming seemingly more contracted, the markets seem to be pricing in a less benign outcome despite what has been a Goldilocks backdrop of robust earnings growth, rising margins and productivity, hefty capex spending, an easing...
Energy Leads as US Stocks Slip, Value Rotation Persists
US Equity Weekly (Mar 10, 2026) S&P 500 -2% (worst week since Oct) to 6,740. Dow -3%, Russell -4.1%. Oil spiked on Iran strikes + weak payrolls (-92k jobs). Energy led; Tech/Discretionary lagged. VIX →28, yields to 4.14%. Monday relief rally after...

Sell‑side Lagging; Real Market Move Still Ahead
JPMorgan sees a 10% $SPY pullback. Goldman raised Brent to $76 Q2 target — before oil hit $111. When the sell-side is behind the curve, the real move hasn't happened yet. https://t.co/eWvAv1XMRu

SPY Climbs Higher; Morning Trade Proves Successful
$spy morning glance as we try and digest higher. So far the morning trade worked https://t.co/PmlVmn37AU

Positioning Surveys Overstate Market's Max Long Status
Most positioning surveys hint that markets are Max Long. I don’t Think that is true - see e.g the below https://t.co/0m7dt8z2e2

Risk-On Surge Floods SPY, QQQ, HYG; VOO Steady
Flows did a 180 yesterday and went FULL risk-on with $12b flooding into trading crowd favorites $SPY $QQQ $HYG et al.. while $VOO (the tortoise in the wealth creation race) doing its half a bil a day regardless of the...
Stocks Stay Green, Oil Barely Rebounds After Recovery
After the big recovery yesterday, and the headline that we got since Trump's comments, it's interesting that stocks are still green, and that oil hasn't bounced very much
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Every 5% Dip Scares, Then Markets Rebound Higher
At today's low, the S&P 500 was down 5.2% from its Jan 28 peak, the 32nd pullback >5% since the March 2009 low. Each one came with a scary headline. Each one felt like the end of the world. But the world didn’t...

Market Fear Peaks: Gap Widest Since 2000
Either the crash the market is pricing in arrives — or this is peak fear. Why? VIX at 32. SPX moving at 14%. The gap between fear and reality is the 5th widest since 2000: -Jan '09 (GFC): +24.4 -Jan '21 (Meme...

SPY Climbs 1% Today, Brace for Market Backlash
$SPY now up 1% on the day.. let the gnashing of the teeth commence https://t.co/PDQSFKpyuT
Commodities Surge While Stocks and Crypto Falter
67 days into 2026 and here’s how major markets are performing: 🟢 Oil +128% 🟢 VIX +99% 🟢 Silver +19% 🟢 Gold +18% 🔴 SP500 -2% 🔴 Bitcoin -21% 🔴 Ethereum -32%

TSX and RSP Oversold Yet Riding Uptrends
left: Canada $TSX stocks right: S&P 500 equal-weighted $RSP stocks both entering the trading day RSI(5) oversold, in uptrends, on the daily charts... https://t.co/BARO3vCCGX
Tech Funding Dwindles as Market Torpedo Approaches
Now some see it. I presented to clients a full week ago: "Tech To Lose Its Key Source Of Funds" Update here: There's A Torpedo Headed For The US Stock Market But It's Not The One You Think https://t.co/zzV2LfHfgz