US Stock Futures Rise on Trump War Remarks Report: Markets Wrap
U.S. equity‑index futures rebounded, gaining about 0.5% after the Wall Street Journal reported President Donald Trump’s willingness to end the U.S. military campaign against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz stays largely closed. Asian equities trimmed losses that had exceeded 1%, while the dollar erased its recent gains. West Texas Intermediate crude oil pulled back after an Iranian strike on a Kuwaiti tanker sparked earlier price spikes. The market reaction highlighted sensitivity to geopolitical cues and energy‑supply concerns.
Trading Day: Growth Fears Snowball
Oil prices rose sharply as Brent crude briefly touched $115 per barrel after former President Donald Trump warned of potential attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure. Gold edged higher, buoyed by dip‑buying and reassuring comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell. U.S....
This AI Power Company’s Trump-Named Power Project Still Has No Customers in Sight
Fermi, an AI‑focused power‑generation startup, saw its shares plunge to a record low of $5.36, roughly one‑quarter of its IPO price. The company’s flagship Project Matador, which includes the Donald J. Trump Generating Plant, still has no signed tenants and...
Stocks Pressured by Economic Fallout From Iran War
U.S. equity indexes closed mixed on March 30, with the S&P 500 slipping to a 7.5‑month low and the Nasdaq 100 to a 7.75‑month low, while the Dow edged higher. The decline was driven by heightened worries that the ongoing Iran‑Israel conflict...
All Eyes on the S&P 500 After Other Indexes Slip Into Correction Territory, Says NYSE Insider Jay Woods
After the Dow, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 slipped more than 10% from recent peaks, the S&P 500 sits just over 9% below its high, prompting market focus on a potential correction. NYSE insider Jay Woods highlighted two key technical thresholds—6,200, representing a...
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Stock Market Today: Futures Advance to Begin Holiday-Shortened Week After Major Indexes Decline for 5th Straight Week
U.S. equity futures rose about 0.6% on Monday, signaling a tentative rebound after five consecutive weeks of index declines. The Dow Jones slipped into a 10% correction, shedding roughly 800 points, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 also posted losses on...
Citigroup Holds Firm on S&P 500 Target Despite Iran Tensions
Citigroup reaffirmed its year‑end S&P 500 target of 7,700 points, implying a roughly 20% rally from the March 27 close of 6,368. The bank’s base case rests on projected earnings of $320 per share and expects earnings momentum to remain strong despite...
Why Buying the Market Dip Right Now Could Be the Best Financial Decision of 2026
The S&P 500 has entered a volatile phase as investors weigh AI growth prospects against geopolitical tensions, notably the war in Iran. After three years of record highs and a 78% total gain, the index is now pulling back, creating a...
Here Are the 3 Big Things We're Watching in the Stock Market in the Week Ahead
The market heads into a volatile week as the Iran‑Israel conflict sustains high oil prices and fuels inflation worries. Investors will focus on the March non‑farm payrolls, expected to add about 60,000 jobs, alongside ADP, JOLTS and consumer‑confidence releases. A...
Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) Trading Down 7.3% After Analyst Downgrade
Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) fell 7.3% on Friday, sliding to $73.59 after Zacks Research cut its rating from strong‑buy to hold. The drop came amid a 74% plunge in trading volume and a low of $72.89. While the company posted a Q4...
Meta Is Among the Most Oversold Stocks After Another Losing Week on Wall Street
Meta's shares plunged more than 11% last week, pushing its relative strength index to 22.1 and placing the stock among the most oversold on the market. The decline follows two adverse jury verdicts that together impose roughly $377 million in...
It Was an Ugly Week on Wall Street, Andrew Bary Says
Andrew Bary described the past week on Wall Street as "ugly," highlighting a sharp decline in major equity indexes and heightened volatility. The S&P 500 slipped more than 3% as investors reacted to the Federal Reserve’s hawkish tone and weaker...
Trump's Iran Extension, DHS Funding Deal, Anthropic's Injunction and More in Morning Squawk
The Senate approved a funding package for most of the Department of Homeland Security, deliberately leaving out Immigration and Customs Enforcement, moving the agency closer to ending its shutdown. AI startup Anthropic secured a federal injunction against the Pentagon’s blacklist,...
Correction Territory (E256)
DoubleLine’s Eric Dhall and Ryan Kimmel noted the S&P 500 is nearing a 10% decline from its late‑January peak, with most equity sectors in the red and energy the sole positive performer. Fixed‑income markets were flat against the Bloomberg Aggregate, though...
Wall Street Reels as Iran War Shatters Its Portfolio Defenses
The Iran‑Israel conflict has triggered a broad market sell‑off, pushing the Nasdaq 100 down 1.9% and extending the S&P 500’s five‑week losing streak, its longest since 2022. Bond markets reacted sharply, with 30‑year Treasury yields climbing toward 5% and short‑term TIPS...
More than Half of the S&P 500 Industry Sectors Are in Correction Territory. How Much Longer Until the Index Itself...
The S&P 500 is edging toward correction after a sharp March decline, with more than half of its industry groups already in correction territory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped into correction on Friday, followed a day earlier by the Nasdaq Composite....
'Magnificent 7' Stocks Wipe More than $850 Billion in Value as Stock Market Sell-Off Hits AI Winners Hard
The seven mega‑cap tech stocks known as the Magnificent Seven collectively shed more than $850 billion in market value over the past week. Meta slumped over 11% after a jury found it negligent in a high‑profile youth‑safety lawsuit, while Alphabet fell...
Major US Stock Indices Close Lower. Major Indices Close Lower for the 5th Week.
The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all closed lower on the day, extending a five‑week streak of weekly declines. The S&P 500 posted its worst weekly slide in four years, falling 2.12% for the week and 1.67% on the day....
Dow Dives 793 Points as Rate-Hike Odds Rise: Stock Market Today
U.S. equity markets slumped Friday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.7% to 45,166, pulling the S&P 500 and Nasdaq into correction territory. A 5.5% rally in West Texas Intermediate crude to $99.64 per barrel lifted inflation expectations, prompting the...
Stocks Making the Biggest Moves Midday: Brown-Forman, Entergy, Meta Platforms, Carnival, Argan & More
Entergy surged over 8% after announcing a $2 billion savings partnership with Meta for a Louisiana data center. Brown‑Forman jumped 6% as it entered merger talks with Pernod Ricard, while Carnival trimmed its full‑year EPS guidance to $2.21, sending cruise stocks lower....
Here Are Friday's Biggest Analyst Calls: Nvidia, Apple, Tesla, Netflix, Disney, Alphabet, Tripadvisor & More
Wall Street analysts issued a flurry of upgrades and initiations across sectors on Friday. Nvidia and Alphabet were reaffirmed as overweight, reflecting strong AI and data‑center tailwinds, while Tesla retained its overweight stance on upcoming full self‑driving software. Disney stayed...
Cantor Fitzgerald Issues Pessimistic Forecast for Zillow Group (NASDAQ:ZG) Stock Price
Cantor Fitzgerald lowered its Zillow Group price target to $46 from $56, maintaining a neutral rating, while other analysts also trimmed their targets, leaving an average consensus of $77.05 and a Hold rating. The stock opened at $42.04, near its...
Stock Traders Are Wary of This Market — and Retail Investors Should Be Too
The S&P 500 tried to rally this week on hopes that Iran hostilities will end and oil prices will fall, but technical indicators remain weak. The 20‑day moving average sits near 6,720, and the index is still forming lower highs and...
Nasdaq Hits Correction Territory as Meta Slumps: Stock Market Today
The Nasdaq Composite slipped into correction territory, dropping 2.4% to 21,408 as oil prices surged 4.6% to $94.48 per barrel amid renewed Middle‑East tensions. Meta Platforms tumbled 8% after a New Mexico court ordered $375 million in civil damages and a...
Daily Spotlight: Stocks Can Survive a Pullback
The S&P 500 slipped 5% to just under 6,500 after the Iran war and a sharp oil price surge, marking a classic pullback. Pullbacks—defined as a 5% decline from recent highs—occur roughly three times a year and differ from deeper 10%...
Technical Assessment: Bullish in the Intermediate-Term
Crude oil has settled into a modest price equilibrium, relieving some pressure on equity markets. The S&P 500 is hovering near its recent level, having briefly slipped below its six‑month range but staying only 39 points under the 200‑day moving average...
The Nasdaq Could Pop 2% On Today’s News
The Nasdaq rallied 1.1% on Wednesday as oil prices fell sharply amid U.S.–Iran peace talks and Arm Holdings announced its entry into physical silicon production. Arm’s debut AGI CPU, slated for data‑center use with Meta as its first customer, is...
Nvidia Stock Is Rising. Why Arm’s New AI Chip Is Not a Threat.
Nvidia’s shares climbed on Wednesday as the company reaffirmed its dominance in artificial‑intelligence processors. Arm Holdings announced a new data‑center CPU designed for AI workloads, marking its first foray into selling its own silicon. The move puts Arm in direct...
The S&P 500 Is on Track to Finish Q1 in Negative Territory. Here's What History Suggests Comes Next.
The S&P 500 is on track to close Q1 2026 in negative territory, marking another of the 18 instances in the past half‑century where the index began the year down. Historically, only three first‑quarter declines have exceeded 10%, with the most...
Wednesday's Big Stock Stories: What’s Likely to Move the Market in the Next Trading Session
Meta Platforms was hit with a $375 million verdict in a New Mexico child‑exploitation case, a liability that represents roughly 0.6% of its Q4 revenue of nearly $60 billion. The small‑cap Russell 2000 index has rallied 2.75% over the past two days but remains...
Dow Dips 84, Nasdaq Sinks 185, S&P 500 Falls 25
U.S. equity markets slipped on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones down 84 points (0.2%), the Nasdaq falling 185 points (0.8%) and the S&P 500 dropping 0.4% to 6,556.37. The retreat followed President Trump’s optimistic remarks on Iran‑U.S. talks, which initially...
Markets Relieved as Trump Eases on Iran
President Donald Trump announced a five‑day suspension of U.S. strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure, signaling a de‑escalation after weeks of threatening rhetoric. The move lifted U.S. equity markets, with the S&P 500 gaining and oil prices retreating from earlier spikes....
Citadel Securities’ Rubner Sees Short Squeeze Fueling US Stocks Rally
Citadel Securities’ equity strategist Scott Rubner warns that a record‑size short position on U.S. stocks is approaching a potential unwind, setting the stage for a short‑squeeze‑driven rally. He notes that the rally’s magnitude hinges on easing geopolitical tensions, which would...
Watch Small-Cap Stocks as Market Tries to Recover From Last Week's Declines, Says NYSE Insider Jay Woods
Small‑cap stocks are back in focus after the Russell 2000 slipped into correction, falling about 10 % from its recent peak. The Shares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) rallied over 2.7 % on Monday, buoyed by President Donald Trump’s remarks on productive U.S.–Iran talks. Market...
These Stocks Should See the Biggest Rally if Oil Prices Are Done Surging
JPMorgan identified a set of stocks that could post the strongest gains if oil prices stop climbing. The bank screened for companies whose returns move inversely to energy prices, highlighting Delta Air Lines, Tapestry, and Las Vegas Sands among others....
Wall St Opens Higher After Trump Postpones Strikes on Iranian Power Plants
Wall Street opened higher on Monday after President Donald Trump announced a postponement of U.S. strikes on Iranian power plants, easing geopolitical tension. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 226.3 points (0.5%) to 45,803.82, the S&P 500 gained 68.5 points (1.05%)...
Markets React After US Bombing Pause Announced
President Donald Trump announced a five‑day pause on U.S. strikes against Iranian energy targets and extended the deadline for Iran to reopen the Hormuz Strait, prompting a rally across U.S. equities. The S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 all rose between...
Technology Stocks To Watch Today – March 22nd
MarketBeat’s daily screener spotlights five technology leaders—NVIDIA, Micron Technology, Vertiv, Apple and Microsoft—as the most actively traded stocks in the sector on March 22. The selection reflects soaring AI‑driven GPU demand, a rebound in memory pricing, expanding data‑center infrastructure, and...
Nasdaq Tumbles 2% Amid Rate-Hike Fears: Fear & Greed Index Remains In 'Extreme Fear' Zone
The Nasdaq Composite slid 2% to 21,647 points on Friday, driven by heightened market anxiety. The CNN Money Fear & Greed Index dropped to 14.6, keeping the reading in the “Extreme Fear” zone. Investors are pricing roughly a 50% chance...
U.S. Stocks Fall to 6-Month Low Over War and Oil Concerns
U.S. equity benchmarks slipped to six‑month lows as concerns over a protracted Middle East war and rising oil prices intensified. The S&P 500 fell 1.5% and the Nasdaq 100 dropped 1.9%, while the Russell 2000 entered correction territory with a 2% decline. Brent...
Will The Middle East Crisis Upend The Bull Market In Stocks?
Equity markets are underestimating the risk of a major energy shock from a potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which could choke global oil and LNG supplies. While U.S. economic growth remains solid, driven by fiscal stimulus and a manufacturing...
S&P 500 Snapshot: Index Falls To 6-Month Low
The S&P 500 closed the week at a six‑month low, slipping 1.9% for a fourth consecutive week in the red. The index is now 6.77% below its all‑time high set on Jan 27 2026. Technical analysis shows SPX trading beneath both its 50‑day...
Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) Stock Price Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average – Here’s Why
Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) shares rose above their 200‑day moving average, reaching $42.94 after the average of $42.63. The stock traded at $41.79 with modest volume, while analysts from Zacks and Weiss kept a Hold rating, leaving the consensus unchanged. The...
US-Iran War Effect: S&P 500 Lost over $1 Trillion Market Cap Last Week, Crashes 5.83% in One Month
The S&P 500 slipped more than 2.5% last week, erasing over $1 trillion in market capitalisation as fears of a US‑Iran war intensified. In the past month the index has fallen 5.83%, wiping out roughly $3 trillion. The benchmark also broke below its...
Jim Cramer Says to Prepare for Further Stock Declines but Be Open to Opportunities
Jim Cramer warned that the recent market slump is likely to continue as oil prices surge amid escalating Middle‑East tensions. The Dow and Nasdaq slipped into correction territory while the S&P 500 remains down about 7% from recent highs. Cramer highlighted...
Stock Futures Tick Higher, but S&P 500 Heads for Fourth Losing Week in a Row Amid Rising Oil Prices: Live...
U.S. stock futures edged higher Thursday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested the Strait of Hormuz could reopen, easing some war‑related concerns. Despite the bounce, the S&P 500 is on track for a fourth consecutive weekly decline, with the Dow...
Dow Jones Futures Fall After Trump Iran Comments Lift Market; Oil Prices Dip
Dow Jones futures slipped 0.2% early Friday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures also down. FedEx and Planet Labs rallied after earnings beats, while Super Micro Computer plunged following charges that executives smuggled Nvidia AI chips to China. Crude...
Goldman Sees Risks of Market Correction Rising — and Bonds Won't Help Weather It
Goldman Sachs warns that equity markets face a heightened correction risk amid oil price spikes, the Iran conflict, and AI‑driven disruptions, with major indices already in the red for 2026. The firm cautions that traditional bond buffers will be less...
U.S. Stocks Have Reached a Critical Line in the Sand. Why the Next Move Could Be a 10% Drop.
U.S. equities are perched on a technical fault line as the S&P 500 closed at 6,624.70, barely above its 200‑day moving average of 6,615.70. The Dow Jones slipped below its 200‑day average for the first time since June, while the Nasdaq...
Dow Slides 768 Points on Inflation Fears: Stock Market Today
U.S. equities fell sharply on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve kept its policy rate unchanged but highlighted persistent inflation, sending the Dow Jones down 1.6% to 46,224. Elevated producer‑price index numbers—0.7% month‑over‑month and 3.4% year‑over‑year—exceeded expectations, reinforcing concerns about price...