Stocks are pressing toward new highs, but beneath the surface, momentum is weakening, volatility is creeping higher, and interest rates remain a constraint—making this a market that demands discipline, not blind confidence. The market enters February at an inflection point—buoyed by fresh economic data, yet still constrained by tightening financial conditions and fading momentum. While […]

RoboStreet – Weekly Market News & Sentiment: Microsoft Stumbles on Cloud Growth, Meta Reclaims AI Leadership, Gold Hits Records, and Yields Keep Risk Assets in Check This week’s market action was a study in crosscurrents. Equities were whipsawed by a volatile mix of tariff headlines, megacap earnings, and shifting macro expectations, leaving major indices hovering […]

U.S. equities are entering the new week with a familiar tension: resilience in price action, caution beneath the surface. Last week ended with markets holding together—but only just. The Dow hovered near record territory, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq managed a late rebound after testing key technical levels earlier in the week. Volatility remained […]

RoboStreet – Weekly Market News & Sentiment: Dow Targets a Record Close, Oil Slides on Geopolitical Relief, Earnings Turn Selective, and the 10-Year Keeps Risk on a Tight Leash U.S. equities wrapped up the week with a split personality: strong end-of-week tape action, but lingering damage underneath from earlier volatility. The Dow pushed toward a […]

RoboStreet – Weekly Market News & Sentiment: TSMC Ignites AI Rally, Oil Slides, and Rates Keep Markets on a Tight Leash Thursday delivered a clean “reset” session: the market snapped a two-day skid, the Dow gained roughly 290 points, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq pushed modestly higher as investors leaned back into risk—selectively. Smaller […]

Last week looked and felt like a market that wants to grind higher—but refuses to hand out easy wins. Volatility stayed unusually muted with the VIX hovering near 14, yet the underlying tape was far more selective than the calm headline suggests. By Friday, the tone improved meaningfully: the S&P 500 finished up about 0.6%, […]

The past stretch has felt less like a clean continuation and more like a controlled cooldown—exactly what you’d expect after a year as strong as 2025. After gains of roughly +17% for the S&P 500, +14% for the Dow, and more than +40% for the Nasdaq, the bar for “good news” is high, and it […]

The market entered this week with a familiar setup: prices near record territory, volatility still unusually calm, and a rally that feels strong on the surface but demanding underneath. After the powerful late-week rebound driven by softer inflation data, the S&P 500 extended that move into a third straight up session on Monday, pushing back […]

RoboStreet – Weekly Market News & Sentiment: Tariffs, AI Latest, and a Big Inflation Surprise This week was a perfect snapshot of the market we’re living in right now: prices are still hovering near all-time highs, volatility is staying unusually calm with the VIX around 16, and yet the path to each green day has […]

U.S. equities leaned lower again as the market’s leadership problem re-emerged: when technology stumbles, there hasn’t been enough broad participation to keep the major averages steady. By late afternoon Monday, the Dow was modestly down around 0.1%, the S&P 500 slipped roughly 0.2%, and the Nasdaq led to the downside, down more than 0.5% at […]