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This Week's Market Wrap: Energy, Defense Stocks Take The Lead As Oil Prices Spike Higher
Escalating conflict between the U.S., Israel, and Iran pushed crude oil above $90 per barrel and created significant cross-asset volatility, with energy and defense stocks benefiting while travel and transport names came under pressure. Despite macro turbulence, strong demand signals across AI hardware and software - from companies like NVIDIA, Broadcom, and Marvell - helped stabilize technology leadership and drove rebounds in semiconductors and enterprise software.
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Stocks Tumble After Chaotic NFP And Oil Action - Dow Jones And U.S. Index Outlook
U.S. stock benchmarks get rejected roughly after a toxic fundamental combo. Gigantic misses in Non-Farm payrolls and Retail Sales combine with rising Oil prices towards Stagflation angst.
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AI Scenarios: From Doomsday Destruction To Do-Nothing Bots
When ChatGPT made its debut on November 30, 2022, it unleashed the hype of AI, and in the three years since, AI has taken on an outsized role not just in markets but also in our lives. The Citrini AI scenario must have hit some targets, because in the days since, we have been flooded with scenarios countering Citrini and arriving at different outcomes.
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There's been some fragility in the labor market, Fed official says
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman discusses the Federal Reserve's regulatory efforts on ‘Kudlow.' #fox #media #breakingnews #us #usa #new #news #breaking #foxbusiness #kudlow #economy #federalreserve #banking #regulation #finance #michellebowman #monetarypolicy #interestrates #inflation #financialsystem #oversight #markets #wallstreet #policy #capital #growth
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Markets Weekly Outlook: Geopolitics Overpower Fundamentals - The $150 Oil Warning And The Rate Cut Dilemma
Escalating Middle East conflict and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have pushed Brent crude to $90 a barrel, raising fears of oil hitting $150. A surprising contraction in the US labor market (unexpected job losses in February and unemployment at 4.4%) has increased the chance of a June or July interest rate cut by the Fed.
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Review & Preview: Trouble at Home
A week that focused on war in the Middle East ended with renewed worries about the U.S. economy.
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'Software Is Dead, Long Live Software'
In just two months, the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF fell more than 22%, taking its total decline from its peak to over 30%. In the early weeks of 2026, it seemed as though every weekend a new negative article about the sector was published.
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Job Market Is In a Funk With Little Chance of Perking Up, Analyst Says
Payrolls grew by an average of just 18,000 in each of the past three months. Plus, market newsletter commentary on China's reduced growth target, higher oil prices, AI stocks.
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Amid oil shock uncertainty, Fed's Hammack says central bank must lower inflation
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said on Friday that while she expects inflation pressures to moderate, if they are not easing later this year the U.S. central bank may have to weigh tighter monetary policy to ensure price pressures retreat to 2%.
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Oil Could Crash The S&P 500 Or Send It To 7,500
The S&P 500's next major move hinges on oil price direction amid geopolitical tensions and supply dynamics. A spike to $120 oil could trigger a 5–10% S&P 500 correction via stagflation, higher yields, and margin compression.
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Inflation is a clear and present danger, warns Wells Fargo's Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher, Wells Fargo, joins 'Fast Money' to talk the state of the U.S. economy as oil prices are spiking on geopolitical concerns, and gives advice to bond market investors.
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Dow Dives 453 Points As Oil Soars On Iran War; Unemployment Rises, CPI Inflation Data Due
The Dow Jones average and other stock indexes dive Friday as oil price extend their surge amid the U.S.-Iran war. Jobs fall in February.
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How The Russell 1000 Shifted Our Views On A Sideways Market
It was the rise of the rank and file for the last few months but with their slips, is it time for more cash?
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Defense-tech stocks are the hot trade as Iran conflict widens
In a week when conflict in Iran sent the U.S. equity market into a tailspin, technology stocks tied to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence have proved more resilient than sectors investors have typically treated as safe havens.
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Volatility Is the New Normal. Breakouts Are the Edge.
If the market feels faster and more chaotic than it used to, you're not imagining things.
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Ives on the Tech Trade, Anthropic-Pentagon Spat
The Pentagon said it has formally notified Anthropic PBC that it's determined the company and its products pose a risk to the US supply chain, according to a senior defense official, escalating a dispute over artificial intelligence safeguards. Dan Ives, Global Head of Technology Research at Wedbush Securities joins to discuss the latest in the tech space.
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Friday's Final Takeaways: FOMC Rate Cut Possibilities & China Internet ETF Boost
Crude oil captivated market attention on Friday and throughout the week, though Marley Kayden and Sam Vadas turn to other headlines largely overlooked by investors. They talk through their takeaways on the worse-than-expected February jobs report and its impact on the Fed's interest rate cycle.
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Oil surge sparks Treasury market's worst weekly rout since ‘liberation day' chaos
Government bonds globally were hit hard by surging oil prices as the Iran conflict extends into the weekend
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Here's What Experts Think About the Economy—and Markets—as War in Iran Continues
War in the Middle East fueled a volatile trading week for stocks, but it wasn't as bad as it might have been. There are reasons for investors to worry about longer-term effects—to both markets and the economy.
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🚨 Decoding the February jobs report: Why the US lost 92,000 jobs, 🧐
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