RoboStreet – August 21, 2025 Powell Looms Large: Markets Hold Their Breath at Jackson Hole Tariffs, mixed data, and Fed signals keep investors cautious as stocks retreat from highs Markets spent most of the week circling near record levels, but optimism proved fragile. Early gains gave way to choppier trading as tariff headlines, uneven economic […]

Markets are hovering just shy of record highs, but the tape is still trading like a range market. The S&P 500 (SPY) continues to respect familiar guardrails, buyers step in near 600–620, and sellers show up into 640–650. Momentum from strong corporate results and AI-driven leaders is real, yet hesitation lingers as investors weigh inflation, […]

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 […]