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Last Week's Recap 1. CPI at 3-Year High, Small-Cap Records, AI Hardware Boom, and the 'New Fed' Debut Jagged path — S&P 500, NASDAQ, and Dow each +0.7% after a Wed sell-off and Thu-Fri rebound; still below early June records. Elevated inflation — May CPI at 4.2% (highest in 3+ years); May PPI surged to 6.5%, highest since November 2022. Small-cap record — Russell 2000 hit a record high, up ~4% for the week and 19% YTD. European rate hike — ECB hiked 25bp for the first time since 2023, lifted inflation forecast, downgraded growth outlook. Oil's bumpy ride — Crude jumped above $93 Wed then fell to ~$84 Fri (lowest since mid-April), down ~6% for the week. Volatility push-pull — VIX spiked to highest since April 7 on Wed, but closed Fri nearly 18% below prior week. Sentiment uptick — Michi

Last Week's Recap 1. Weekly Market Digest:S&P 500 Streak Snapped, Jobs Hot, Yields Spike, Bitcoin Crashes Streak snapped — S&P 500 broke its 9-week win streak, down ~2.5%; NASDAQ plunged 4.7%, Dow slipped 0.2% on a Friday semi sell-off. Jobs momentum — May added 172,000 jobs, beating consensus for a third straight month; 3-month average hit 188,000, strongest since March 2024. Yields rise — 2-year Treasury spiked to 4.16% (from 4.00%), leading a bond sell-off on the hot jobs data. Rate hike outlook — CME FedWatch: ~72% odds of Fed hikes by year-end (25bp–75bp), 27% no change, <1% chance of a cut. Bitcoin decline — Crashed ~18% to ~$60,000, lowest since September 2024; well below the $82,000 May peak and $126,000 record. Inside Q1 earnings — S&P 500 Q1 earnings up 28.6% YoY,

The $S&P 500(.SPX)$ plunged 2.59% and closed at 7,383.74, as a brutal selloff across the semiconductor complex erased the prior week's AI-driven gains. The index broke below the 7,400 level as investors rotated out of high-beta tech and into defensive healthcare. Industry leaders: Housewares & Specialties (+9.05%), Agricultural & Farm Machinery (+6.68%), Hotel & Resort REITs (+6.24%), Managed Health Care (+5.77%), and Security & Alarm Services (+4.51%). 10 Popular Stocks: $Micron Technology(MU)$ -13.25% — The memory-chip leader collapsed on valuation concerns and supply-demand fears. Yahoo Finance data shows the stock closed at $864.01 on 5 June, with analysts' average 12-month target a

Last Week's Recap 1. Weekly Market Digest: S&P 500's 9-Week Run, PCE Inflation Hot, Oil Crashes Pushing higher — S&P 500 ninth straight weekly gain; NASDAQ +2.4%, S&P +1.4%, Dow +0.9%. Price pressures — April PCE inflation at 3.8% annual rate (highest since May 2023); core PCE 3.3%. Oil pullback — Crude fell for a second straight week on U.S.-Iran talks, down nearly 10% for the week to ~$88; roughly 16% lower for May. May's momentum — NASDAQ +8.4%, S&P 500 +5.1%, Dow +2.8% in May, though short of April's double-digit gains. GDP downgrade — Q1 GDP revised down to 1.6% (from 2.0%) on weaker consumer spending and investment. Rising expectations — Analysts raised Q2 S&P 500 earnings estimates by 2.5% in April/May, per FactSet; results begin mid-July. East Asian rally — Sout

Last Week's Recap 1. Weekly Market Digest: S&P 500's 8-Week Run, Yields at Multi-Year Highs, Mag 7 Earnings Crush, Oil Tumbles Record run — S&P 500 logged its eighth straight weekly gain (longest since late 2023), though the Dow outperformed by hitting a new all-time high. Bond volatility — 30-year Treasury yield spiked to 5.18% (highest since 2007) on Tuesday before easing; 10-year closed at 4.56%, a 12-month high. Mag 7 earnings — The Magnificent Seven averaged 63% Q1 earnings growth vs. 17% for the rest of the S&P 500, per FactSet—best quarter in nearly six years. Oil pullback — Crude topped $108 then slid below $100 as Middle East talks continued, ending the week down over 4% near $97. Sinking sentiment — Michigan consumer sentiment hit a record-low 44.8 in May, the third s

Last Week's Recap Weekly Market Digest: CPI/PPI Shock, Treasury Yields Spike, and the 7-Week Rally Flattens Flattening out — $S&P 500(.SPX)$ notched its seventh weekly gain in a row, but the barely-there 0.2% rise marked a sharp departure from prior weeks' big increases; NASDAQ and Dow both posted fractional weekly declines. Yields spike — The 10-year Treasury yield finished at 4.59% (up from <4.00% as recently as late February); the 2-year was 4.08%, while the 30-year hit 5.12%—the highest since 2007. Hot inflation readings — April CPI rose at a 3.8% annual rate (highest since May 2023); PPI surged to a 6.0% annual rate (highest since December 2022), driving bond yields higher. Rate hike ahead? — CME FedWatch now implies roughly a 50% prob

Last Week's Recap 1. Moderating Market -The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ recorded their sixth consecutive weekly gains Upward momentum — as stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings growth lifted, The $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ finished up 4.51% for the week and the $S&P 500(.SPX)$ added 2.33%. The $Dow Jones(.DJI)$ lagged, posting a fractional gain. Earnings juggernaut — S&P 500 Q1 earnings growth surged to 27.7% from 13.1% at end-March, the strongest since Q4 2021, per FactSet. Jobs improvement — Back-to-back monthly gains: April added 115K jobs (above forecast) and March revised up to 185K; unemployment held at 4.3%. Style shift — Growth outpaced value for the 5th

The $S&P 500(.SPX)$ surged 2.33% last week and closed at a new record high of 7,398.93, marking its largest one-week point and percentage gain since the week ending April 17, 2026, and extending its winning streak to six consecutive weeks. The index has now rallied 16.17% over the past six weeks — the largest six-week percentage gain since May 2025 — and sits 30.47% above the April 2, 2025 tariff-announcement lows.This was the 15th record close of 2026, with the index up 8.08% year-to-date.Industry leaders: OLED Concept (+11.60%) and Crypto (+11.50%) dominated the leaderboard, as Bitcoin reclaimed the $80,000 level and crypto-related equities rode the risk-on wave.Textiles (+11.21%) surged on tariff-exemption optimism and supply-chain re-ratin

Last Week's Recap 1. Moderating Market: $S&P 500(.SPX)$ and $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ Add ~1% as April Momentum Cools Moderating market — S&P 500 and NASDAQ both added ~1% to fresh records; Dow edged up 0.5%, still 1.4% below its all-time high. Fed transition — Fed held rates unchanged; Kevin Warsh’s nomination to replace Powell cleared a Senate panel, teeing up a full Senate vote. Bullish April — NASDAQ +15.3% (best month since Apr 2020); S&P 500 +10.4% (best since Nov 2020); Dow +7.1% (best since Nov 2024). Earnings surge — S&P 500 Q1 EPS growth forecast jumped to 27.1% from 15.0% after mega-cap tech beats, per FactSet. GDP comeback — Q1 GDP grew at a 2.0% annual rate, up from 0.5% in Q4 2025. PC

Last Week's Recap1. NASDAQ +1.5% on Semis, but Consumer Sentiment Cracks Below 50: Weekly WrapSlowing down — U.S. indexes flattened after three straight weekly records. The NASDAQ rose 1.5% (semis-led), the S&P 500 edged up fractionally, and the Dow slipped slightly.Energy shocks — Middle East tensions pushed U.S. crude to ~$95/bbl (from ~$83), though still well below the April 7 peak of ~$113.Top-heavy earnings — The Magnificent Seven are expected to deliver Q1 EPS growth of 22.8% vs. just 10.1% for the rest of the S&P 500, per FactSet.Growth tops value — Growth stocks outran value for a fourth straight week, gaining 16% over the stretch vs. 8% for value, narrowing value’s YTD lead.Retail rebound — March retail sales surged 1.7% (fastest in 3+ years), but the jump was largely gaso