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Weekly U.S. stock market recaps. No hype — just the data, the rotation, and what it means for long-term investors.
- LatestWeek Ending October 16, 2026
AI Stocks Retreat as Inflation Concerns Return, Oil Surges, and Investors Reassess the Cost of Growth
S&P 500 (Week): -1.9%Dow Jones (Week): +0.7%Nasdaq (Week): -4.5%Gold: $4,181.10/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending October 9, 2026
Major Indexes Rebound as AI Spending Supports Growth, but Small Caps and Bond Yields Raise Questions
S&P 500 (Week): +1.2%Dow Jones (Week): +0.9%Nasdaq (Week): +0.6%Gold: $4,216.30/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending October 2, 2026
Weak Jobs Cooled Fed Fears, but Rising Yields Kept the Market Split Beneath the Surface
S&P 500 (Week): -0.3%Dow Jones (Week): -1.3%Nasdaq (Week): +0.5%Gold: $4,162/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending September 25, 2026
AI Leadership Overpowers a 5% Treasury Yield, but Small Caps Still Refuse to Confirm
S&P 500 (Week): +1.2%Dow Jones (Week): +0.3%Nasdaq (Week): +2.1%Gold: $4,326/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending September 04, 2026
Oil surges nearly 10% as equities hold steady and Treasury yields climb to test investors
S&P 500 (Week): +0.1%Dow Jones (Week): -0.3%Nasdaq (Week): +0.4%Gold: $4,429/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending July 17, 2026
Oil surges 15.5% on supply shock while tech leads broad equity selloff into earnings season
S&P 500 (Week): -1.6%Dow Jones (Week): -0.9%Nasdaq (Week): -2.9%Gold: $4,012/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending July 10, 2026
Tech leads a split market as rising yields and oil reshape the rotation landscape
S&P 500 (Week): +1.2%Dow Jones (Week): -0.5%Nasdaq (Week): +1.7%Gold: $4,104/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending July 03, 2026
Large-caps power to fresh highs as falling yields lift stocks while small-caps lag
S&P 500 (Week): +1.7%Dow Jones (Week): +1.9%Nasdaq (Week): +1.9%Gold: $4,187/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending June 26, 2026
Risk appetite returns as tech leads, oil slides, and gold cools while yields drift lower
S&P 500 (Week): +1.8%Dow Jones (Week): +1.3%Nasdaq (Week): +2.5%Gold: $4,023/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending June 19, 2026
Tech Surges and Oil Collapses as Markets Price In a Cooling Economy With Falling Yields
S&P 500 (Week): +1.4%Dow Jones (Week): +1.4%Nasdaq (Week): +2.7%Gold: $4,173/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending June 12, 2026
Small Caps Surge as Falling Oil and Yields Signal a Broadening Risk-On Rotation
S&P 500 (Week): +0.7%Dow Jones (Week): +0.7%Nasdaq (Week): +0.7%Gold: $4,215/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending June 05, 2026
Tech-Led Selloff Rattles Markets as Rising Yields and Oil Prices Squeeze Growth Stocks
S&P 500 (Week): -2.6%Dow Jones (Week): -0.3%Nasdaq (Week): -4.7%Gold: $4,337/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending May 29, 2026
Broad Risk-On Rally Lifts All Boats as Oil Plunges and Yields Retreat
S&P 500 (Week): +1.8%Dow Jones (Week): +1.5%Nasdaq (Week): +2.6%Gold: $4,561/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending May 22, 2026
Small Caps Lead a Broad Rally as Oil Crashes and Yields Ease on Cooling Inflation Hopes
S&P 500 (Week): +0.9%Dow Jones (Week): +2.1%Nasdaq (Week): +0.5%Gold: $4,521/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending May 15, 2026
Oil Surges Past $105 as Small Caps Stumble and Yields Climb Back Toward 4.6%
S&P 500 (Week): +0.1%Dow Jones (Week): -0.2%Nasdaq (Week): -0.1%Gold: $4,556/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending May 08, 2026
Tech Surges While Crashing Oil Prices Signal Shifting Economic Winds Beneath the Surface
S&P 500 (Week): +2.3%Dow Jones (Week): +0.2%Nasdaq (Week): +4.5%Gold: $4,720/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending May 01, 2026
Oil Surges Past $100 as Equities Grind Higher and Gold Takes a Breather
S&P 500 (Week): +0.9%Dow Jones (Week): +0.6%Nasdaq (Week): +1.1%Gold: $4,630/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending April 24, 2026
Oil Surges Past $94 as Tech Lifts Nasdaq While Gold Retreats and the Dow Stumbles
S&P 500 (Week): +0.6%Dow Jones (Week): -0.4%Nasdaq (Week): +1.5%Gold: $4,722/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending April 17, 2026
A Broad Risk-On Surge Lifts All Major Indices as Oil Collapses and Yields Retreat
S&P 500 (Week): +4.5%Dow Jones (Week): +3.2%Nasdaq (Week): +6.8%Gold: $4,858/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending April 10, 2026
Stocks Surge Across the Board as Crashing Oil Fuels Hopes of Easing Inflation Pressures
S&P 500 (Week): +3.6%Dow Jones (Week): +3.0%Nasdaq (Week): +4.7%Gold: $4,762/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending April 03, 2026
Oil Surges Nearly 12% on Geopolitical Shock While Broad Equities Rally Into Q2
S&P 500 (Week): +3.9%Dow Jones (Week): +3.4%Nasdaq (Week): +4.6%Gold: $427.65/ozRead Full Recap → - Week Ending December 26, 2025
S&P 500 Hits 6,900, 4.3% GDP Growth & Nvidia's $20B Move
S&P 500 (Week): +1.4%Dow Jones (Week): +1.2%Nasdaq (Week): +1.2%Nasdaq (YTD): ~22%Read Full Recap → - Week Ending December 19, 2025
AI Power Demands, Fed Rate Shifts & the 2026 Inflation Outlook
Nasdaq (Week): +0.5%S&P 500 (Week): +0.1%Dow Jones (Week): -0.7%Read Full Recap → - Week Ending December 12, 2025
Market Repricing in a Rate-Cut Environment
Dow Jones: HigherS&P 500: Lower (Fri selling)Nasdaq: Lower (Fri selling)Small Caps: OutperformedRead Full Recap → - Week Ending October 25, 2025
Broad-Based Strength, Cooling Inflation & Fed Rate Cut Ahead
S&P 500: +1.27%Dow Jones: +1.75%Nasdaq: +1.48%Russell 2000: +1.20%Read Full Recap → - Week Ending October 10, 2025
Risk-Off Mode: Tariff Escalation, Gold Above $4,000 & Correction Opportunity
S&P 500: -2.4%Nasdaq: -2.5%Dow Jones: -2.7%Russell 2000: -3.3%Read Full Recap →