RoboStreet – August 14, 2025 MARKET OUTLOOK: CPI RELIEF, PPI SHOCK, AND THE $600–$650 SPY TIGHTROPE Hot wholesale prices cool Fed cut hopes—why SPY may stay trapped in its range For two weeks the tape has been a game of inches. SPY keeps running into a ceiling near 630–640 and finding buyers on pullbacks, with […]

Call it a summer stalemate. SPY keeps ricocheting between 630–640 and 580–590, with thinning breadth and a handful of mega-caps steering the tape—so every headline on rates, tariffs, and tech policy lands harder than it should. The inflection arrived on August 1, when July payrolls rose just 73,000 after sizable downward revisions, tipping markets toward […]

RoboStreet – August 7, 2025 MARKET OUTLOOK: TARIFFS, TECH, AND THE TIGHTROPE AT NEW HIGHS Stocks flirt with records as recession signals rise and volatility returns Markets continue to edge higher, with the S&P 500 nearing all-time highs and the VIX sitting at 18—a level that reflects modest unease but still well below panic territory. […]

Last week’s rally, fueled by blockbuster tech earnings and a surprisingly resilient Q2 GDP print, came to an abrupt halt on Friday when the July nonfarm payrolls report disappointed. After surging to fresh all-time highs midweek—on the back of stellar results and guidance from Microsoft and Meta—the markets retraced sharply as employers added just 73,000 […]

Markets Hit New Highs—but Powell’s Warning Bell Still Echoes RoboStreet – July 31, 2025 The S&P 500 and Nasdaq surged to fresh all-time highs this week, fueled by blockbuster tech earnings and steady economic growth. But make no mistake—beneath the euphoria, Jerome Powell just issued one of the most delicately worded warning bells of the […]

Late last week, markets treaded a fine line. On Friday, July 25, fresh record highs in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq masked a lingering wariness. Recession odds were creeping up, rate cut expectations pushed into late 2025, and investors largely held a neutral stance—happy to observe rather than chase the rally. Beneath those milestones, volatility […]

Tariffs, Central-Bank Twists, and Tech Titans: Navigating a Market Teetering on Record Highs RoboStreet – July 24, 2025 This week’s market narrative felt like a tug-of-war between headline risk and hard data, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq carving out fresh record highs even as traders nervously watched the VIX hover near 16. Tariff volleys […]

Mid-July Market Outlook: Tariff Threats, CPI Surprises, and Where SPY Goes Next RoboStreet – July 17, 2025 As July’s third week unfolds, U.S. markets have been buffeted by a potent blend of trade skirmishes, central-bank signals, and key economic releases, all framed by an underlying complacency that shows in the VIX hovering near 16 even […]

Tariff Risks, Rising Yields & the Roadmap for Q2 Earnings Markets spent last week teetering between cautious optimism and lingering uncertainty, with the S&P 500 (SPY) oscillating around the $617 mark as investors grappled with fresh tariff threats, mixed economic readings, and the opening salvo of Q2 earnings. Despite relatively subdued volatility—VIX around 15—and a […]

Weekly Market Review: Tariffs, Earnings, and Fed Minutes Take Center Stage RoboStreet – July 10, 2025 This week saw Wall Street caught between optimism and uncertainty, as investors grappled with heightened tariff threats, mixed economic data, and the kickoff of a critical earnings season. Markets swung between caution and bullishness, leaving investors navigating turbulent waters. […]