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May 18, 2026 – War Headlines, $100 Oil & NVIDIA: Why Your Portfolio Is More Nervous Than You Are -( $AMWL $DAL $GOVX $HD $INTG $JNJ $M $MCD $MODD $MRK $SOAR $TGT $WMT Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. May 18, 2026 8436Views 0Likes

US stocks traded choppy on Monday, May 18, 2026, as investors balanced war headlines, rising oil, and anticipation for Nvidia’s mid‑week earnings, with indexes hovering near recent records while breadth and small caps lagged. Bond yields eased after last week’s spike, even…

May 15, 2026 – Investors Endure Choppy Week While Bonds, Oil & NVIDIA Move Higher -( $BZFD $FMC $MCD $MRAM $NOK $NVDA $OUST $VIX Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. May 15, 2026 8394Views 0Likes

U.S. stocks logged a choppy week through Friday, May 14, 2026 when it sold off solidly at the end of the week, as major indexes pushed to fresh records even while rising bond yields and pre‑earnings jitters around Nvidia (NVDA) kept…

May 14, 2026 – AI Rockets Wall Street Higher: Dow Holds 50,000 as Cerebras IPO Ignites the Chip Wars -( $AMWL $BZFD $CBRS $DIA $FMC $MODD $MTWO $NVDA $OUST $SER Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. May 14, 2026 8287Views 0Likes

U.S. stocks finished broadly higher on Thursday, May 14, 2026, with the major indices rising in unison as the AI trade roared back and investors looked past lingering inflation worries. Index performance All three major benchmarks advanced, with the AI‑heavy Nasdaq leading…

May 13, 2026 – Hot Producer Prices Pressure Dow as Megacap Tech Lifts Nasdaq to Records -( $NOK $NVDA $OUST $QQQ $SPY $TSLA Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. May 13, 2026 8181Views 0Likes

US stocks saw a split personality session Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hovering around record territory on the strength of big tech and chips, even as a hotter producer‑inflation print kept pressure on the broader tape and the Dow. Index…

Gas, Groceries, and Grit: How $5-$7 Fuel and Hot PPI Are Stress‑Testing Main Street’s Wallet -( $BROS $CVX $XLE $MCD $TXRH $WMT )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. May 13, 2026 519Views 0Likes

US producer prices just delivered a 6% year-over-year jolt in April, and $5 or $7 in the San Francisco Bay area plus gasoline at your local Chevron (CVX) station ,etc. is now less an economic footnote than a line item in the…

May 12, 2026 – Stocks Sweat the CPI Heat: Tech Rally Cools as Inflation Turns Up the Flame -( $BZFD $EPRX $FMC $INTG $MCD $MRAM $NVDA Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. May 12, 2026 8072Views 0Likes

US stocks erased early gains and finished mixed on Tuesday as a hotter‑than‑expected April CPI report rattled rate‑cut hopes and knocked the air out of the recent tech‑led melt‑up. Index recap The S&P 500 (-.16%) and Nasdaq (-.71%) slipped from record territory…

May 11, 2026 – S&P Hits New Highs While CPI Looms: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? -( $AMAT $AMWL $CSCO $INOD $INTC $INTG $MODD $MRAM $MTWO $NOK $NVDA $TSLA Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. May 11, 2026 7947Views 0Likes

US stocks finished modestly higher across the board on Monday, with the Dow grinding up, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notching fresh record closes, and energy leading as oil jumped +3.09% to $98.37/bbl on renewed Middle East tensions and “CPI Eve” nerves.…

May 8, 2026 – No Recession, No Rate Cut, No Problem? Weekly Market Recap for the Cautiously Optimistic -( $AMWL $INOD $INTC $NVDA $SPY $TSLA Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. May 8, 2026 7744Views 0Likes

U.S. equities finished the week of May 4–8 higher, with gains led by mega‑cap tech and semiconductors as investors digested a solid but cooling April jobs report and reassured Fed guidance that policy will remain mildly restrictive but not overtly hawkish. Index…

May 7, 2026 – Wall Street Takes a Coffee Break: Markets Catch Their Breath Before Jobs Friday -( $AMWL $HAWK $MODD $NVDA $TSLA Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. May 7, 2026 7659Views 0Likes

U.S. stocks took a modest pause on Thursday, May 7, 2026, as investors digested record-level index moves, rising oil, another big earnings wave, and positioned ahead of Friday’s pivotal April jobs report. Equity markets today After this week’s sharp run-up that pushed…

Golden Arches, Golden Quarter: How McDonald’s Turned Fries Into Free Cash Flow -( $MCD $SPY $DIA )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. May 7, 2026 290Views 0Likes

McDonald’s (MCD) kicked off 2026 reminding investors that the Golden Arches are still a finely tuned cash machine, serving up earnings and revenue beats even as consumers count pennies and trade down on everything but fries. McDonald’s Serves an Earnings Beat With…

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