Stocks staged a Fed-day post St. Patty's Day hungover tantrum Wednesday, as investors discovered that “higher for longer” still means exactly what it sounds like.
Indexes and Rates
The Dow industrials fell sharply, at one point flirting with a 700‑plus point slide,…
Wall Street spent St. Patrick’s Day edging back into the green, as investors raised a cautious toast to the Federal Reserve and NVIDIA’s AI ambitions rather than to rapid-fire rate cuts.
Indices and macro mood
US stocks advanced for a second straight…
Wall Street opened the week in an oddly good mood, as if the market decided that worrying about everything, all at once, was bad for performance. Stocks climbed on Monday while oil prices eased, even as President Trump publicly prodded U.S. allies…
US stocks notched a third straight week of losses into Friday, March 13, 2026, as oil’s lunge toward 100100 a barrel reignited inflation jitters, pushed out Fed rate‑cut hopes, and kept investors firmly in risk‑off mode.
Indexes: Red Week, Oil-Driven
The Dow, S&P 500,…
US stocks extended their slide Thursday as oil’s renewed march toward triple digits collided with war and credit worries to knock major indexes sharply lower.
Indexes: Risk-Off Takes the Wheel
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped roughly 739 points, or around 1.56%,…
US stocks extended their pullback on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, as investors grappled with fresh inflation data, surging oil prices, and ongoing fallout from the Iran war.
Indexes and overall tone
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell close to .61%, adding to…
US stocks chopped sideways into the close Tuesday as oil’s historic round‑trip kept nerves frayed, leaving the Dow and S&P 500 slightly lower while the Nasdaq clung to a fractional .01% gain and traders tried to game the next headline out of…
In a funding climate where many startups now need revenue, a roadmap, and perhaps a minor miracle to get a Series A, Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab just secured roughly $2 billion at a $12 billion valuation before launching a single product.…
U.S. stocks staged a dramatic intraday reversal on Monday, March 9, 2026, with the major indexes erasing steep early losses as oil prices retreated from their highs and investors latched onto signs the Iran conflict might deescalate.
Indexes: From Rout To Rebound…
US stocks ended a volatile week lower as surging oil prices and a weak jobs report revived inflation and growth fears, pressuring risk assets while lifting energy shares.
Index performance
Major US benchmarks fell on Friday and finished the week in the…
