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 […]