S&P 500, Nasdaq register best quarter since 2020 despite Iran war

S&P 500, Nasdaq register best quarter since 2020 despite Iran war

By Caroline Valetkevitch and Niket Nishant

Tue June 30, 2026  

Q2 has ended with a bang as the Nasdaq and S&P both came in with the best quarter in six years despite all the geopolitical uncertainties. Though tech once again was the leader, even the Dow scored its 2^nd record high in two days. The chip index gained 3.9% though concerns over still too lofty valuations and too big capex has today’s expert recommending investors rotate to value sectors such as energy and financials.  

Wall Street ends higher as US, Iran attacks ease; major tech-related shares jump

Wall Street ends higher as US, Iran attacks ease; major tech-related shares jump

By Caroline Valetkevitch and Niket Nishant

Mon June 29, 2026  

It’s the same old story that’s been going on since the beginning of the war. Hostilities erupt, the market comes down. Hostilities ease and it goes up. That’s what happened today with the concerns about the fragile peace talks being jeopardized by weekend strikes but with the strikes easing today, everything took off like hotcakes, both industrials and tech enjoying very substantial 3-digit gains.  

S&P 500 ends lower; chips tumble and Moderna rallies

S&P 500 ends lower; chips tumble and Moderna rallies

By Noel Randewich and Joel Jose

Fri June 26, 2026  

It was a pretty mellow day with all three indexes staying relatively close to flat after the volatility of the past few sessions, though both the Dow and Nasdaq showed moderate 3-digit gains by noon before declining to modest losses by close. Today’s expert summed it up, “It’s too early to conclude that there’s a major correction brewing in tech, but what I would say is that the questions around profitability and the capex story are certainly not going away.”  

Wall St ends mixed as tech megacap declines outweigh upbeat chip outlook

Wall St ends mixed as tech megacap declines outweigh upbeat chip outlook

By Abigail Summerville, Twesha Dikshit and Joel Jose

Thu June 25, 2026  

Micron came in with a boffo report and as I noted yesterday, that doesn’t necessarily equate to another rally as other factors could come into play. That is in fact exactly what happened today. Fears of AI companies overspending took priority over both Micron and Qualcomm turning in good reports. In fact, investors are now looking at it as a zero-sum game. That is, any revenues and profits the winners are making have to be coming out of other companies’ hides. Both the S&P and Nasdaq spent much of the day in the red with the Nasdaq dipping to a 3-digit loss and the S&P closing just barely even.  

Nasdaq, S&P end lower as tech stocks fall

Nasdaq, S&P end lower as tech stocks fall

By Abigail Summerville, Twesha Dikshit and Joel Jose

Wed June 24, 2026  

Continuing concerns over AI companies running too hot caused tech once again to go into a bit of a slump, though the day started quite positive with both the S&P and Nasdaq well into the black, the latter up over 250 at noon before beginning its decline. And again, tech’s losses were industrial’s gains with the Dow up almost 600 by 11:30 before beginning its decline but still closing well in the black. Are these companies overvalued? Are they taking on too much debt to finance their AI plans?  

Wall Street ends lower on semiconductor selloff as AI spending concerns mount

Wall Street ends lower on semiconductor selloff as AI spending concerns mount

By Abigail Summerville, Twesha Dikshit and Joel Jose

Tue June 23, 2026  

AI jitters continued into a second day with investors concerned about too much debt propping up too much capital expenditures for AI expansion and will these companies be able to recoup these huge outlays. These jitters were aggravated by Elon Musk turning to the bond market for even more capital. Also impacting the jitters was sentiment that the Fed may actually do two rate increases this year and thus this very interest-sensitive sector is bracing for bad news ahead.  

S&P 500, Nasdaq close lower, dragged by Alphabet and megacap tech; focus on Iran

S&P 500, Nasdaq close lower, dragged by Alphabet and megacap tech; focus on Iran

By Abigail Summerville, Twesha Dikshit and Joel Jose

Mon June 22, 2026  

AI profitability jitters rattled the tech sector again today dropping both the S&P and Nasdaq like rocks from the outset with funds flowing back into industrials as the Dow rose 3-digits again. The markets continue to evaluate the very up and down Iran negotiations. The next test for tech comes Wednesday with Micron’s quarterly report, which is up 300% so far this year.  

Wall St indexes advance with boost from chips, Iran optimism

Wall St indexes advance with boost from chips, Iran optimism

By Sinéad Carew and Twesha Dikshit

Thu June 18, 2026  

Today’s signing of the interim peace agreement and 60-day ceasefire plus the first ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz was very good news on the inflation front and the inflation-dependent tech sectors. As oil prices tumbled, both the S&P and Nasdaq shot straight up from the open, the Nasdaq up nearly 500, while there was a flight from the Dow with monies flowing back to tech though even the Dow still closed in positive territory.  

Wall Street sinks on bets Fed will hike rates this year

Wall Street sinks on bets Fed will hike rates this year

By Sinéad Carew and Sruthi Shankar

Wed June 17, 2026  

It’s amazing how powerful silence can be for, even though our new Fed chair Kevin Warsh said nothing about the policy path of interest rates, the fact that he did not mention a timetable for a rate hike was more than enough to send all three indexes spiraling down like rocks right at 2 pm. What was said was that policy would focus on price stability which could generally mean a hike to water down inflation.

Nasdaq and S&P 500 slip while Dow hits record high

Nasdaq and S&P 500 slip while Dow hits record high

By Sinéad Carew and Sruthi Shankar

Tue June 16, 2026  

It was a day for tech to take a breather after yesterday’s enormous rally with tech coming down a massive 5.7% and while investors continue to digest the war and peace news, falling oil prices and rising financials pushed the Dow into a second day of records. All eyes will be on Fed comments tomorrow as Kevin Warsh as the new chair will report on whether rising oil prices continue to bleed into other sectors as they showed in May.  

Wall Street rallies, Dow ends with record on US-Iran deal, oil price slide

Wall Street rallies, Dow ends with record on US-Iran deal, oil price slide

By Sinéad Carew and Twesha Dikshit

Mon June 15, 2026  

The weekend news of a peace accord to be signed this Friday in Geneva (but details not yet forthcoming) was quite predictably greeted with great aplomb as all three indexes skyrocketed from the open and stayed there all day, all three with very substantial 3-digit gains. The Dow hit a new record. The key of course for tech is the promised reopening of the Strait of Hormuz which controls the flow of oil and with oil controlling inflation and inflation controlling tech, the whole sector zoomed even more.  

Wall Street ends up on Iran war peace deal hopes, SpaceX's historic debut

Wall Street ends up on Iran war peace deal hopes, SpaceX's historic debut

By Caroline Valetkevitch and Johann M Cherian

Fri June 12, 2026  

Third party sources saying that a peace deal was near bolstered the markets even though, as predicted, today’s SpaceX IPO made trading very choppy as the company was transformed into a $2T valuation. In fact, the huge IPO, the largest in fact in history, put the all too familiar rhetoric of peace in a few days on the back burner even though there was more positive sentiment today.  

Wall Street indexes jump, Trump says strikes against Iran canceled

Wall Street indexes jump, Trump says strikes against Iran canceled

By Caroline Valetkevitch and Joel Jose

Thu June 11, 2026  

With all the recent war news leaving nerves so frazzled, the indexes were playing things quite close to the vest until exactly 1:30 pm when there was a sudden and dramatic jump way up and stayed there the rest of the session. It must have been right then that Trump made the announcement to cancel the attack plans on Iran which were only hours away. The indexes recouped all of yesterday’s massive losses even if, as today’s expert put it, the metrics still show an oversold market.  

Wall Street indexes fall more than 1%, hit by tech, Iran war worries

Wall Street indexes fall more than 1%, hit by tech, Iran war worries

By Caroline Valetkevitch and Joel Jose

Wed June 10, 2026

The rout continues. With the greatest increase in recent military strikes in two months of the war (and more promised), uncertainty is the name of the game as more investors take more tech profits bringing the sector down 11% from the June 2^nd high. Sentiment today is that the war will continue likely until late summer. CPI coming in with more evidence that prices remain on the rise.  

Trump vows to respond to downed US helicopter

Trump vows to respond to downed US helicopter

By Caroline Valetkevitch and Twesha Dikshit

Tue June 9, 2026  

The big tech rebound lasted but a day. Upon hearing the news of the downed Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz raising ever more doubts about a truce, all the indexes sank dramatically all morning until 1 pm. The Dow was down almost 600, the Nasdaq down a whopping 950, the S&P over 160. After 1 pm, the market began a steady rebound with tech recouping most of its losses and the Dow even managed to break into the black in the final few minutes. The VIX hit 19.8, its highest in two months (but still a far cry from the benchmark 30 that spells real trouble) but all eyes will now be on CPI coming Wednesday.  

S&P 500, Nasdaq rise as tech, chipmakers rebound

S&P 500, Nasdaq rise as tech, chipmakers rebound

By Caroline Valetkevitch and Sruthi Shankar

Mon June 8, 2026

After Friday’s devastating rout, today was a day for bargain hunting as investors picked up a lot more chip stocks. That combined with Israel and Iran agreeing to stop their attacks on each other for the time being boosted everything, the Dow up about 400, the Nasdaq almost 500 by 11 a.m. before all indexes began a steady decline with tech still closing in the black, the Dow losing all its gains plus 80. 

Wall Street ends sharply lower as chips slide, jobs data fuels rate hike fears

Wall Street ends sharply lower as chips slide, jobs data fuels rate hike fears

By Stephen Culp and Medha Singh

Fri June 5, 2026

The tech sector alone lost more than $1T in value today as all indexes plunged in a severe rout that hasn’t been seen in over a year. It was straight shot down the entire day with the Nasdaq losing over 1100 points and the S&P, which so very rarely reaches even a 100 point deficit did twice that today. The trigger was yet another case of very good news being taken as very bad news as today’s jobs report showed more than twice the number added than expected, thereby dousing hopes for a rate cut this year. Signs of a solid job market and resilient economy was, today anyway, not nearly as important as a rate cut.  

Dow claims record closing high, S&P 500 advances; chip selloff weighs on Nasdaq

Dow claims record closing high, S&P 500 advances; chip selloff weighs on Nasdaq

By Stephen Culp and Medha Singh

Thu June 4, 2026  

The Dow zoomed up big time wiping out yesterday’s losses by a considerable margin, mainly due to strong advances in healthcare and financials. The S&P also did well but the Nasdaq got slammed by a disappointing Broadcom report that sent the whole chip index down and had investors asking about AI, “Is this real? Are these valuations legitimate?” The index fell some 300 at open but recovered most of it by close.  

Wall Street ends lower as Middle East tensions escalate

Wall Street ends lower as Middle East tensions escalate

By Stephen Culp and Medha Singh

Wed June 3, 2026  

With the resumption of hostilities in Iran over the weekend, I would have thought that Monday and Tuesday would have been a short-sellers heaven. Instead, the market rose. It looks like it took three days for the war news to sink in as today there was a decisive rout all around with oil prices and inflation beckoning higher and higher and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz being critical to stemming the tide. Of course, this does not look like it’s happening soon. Inflation concerns caused a lot of profit-taking today even though fundamentals are strong, the job market looks solid and the services sector continues to expand.  

World stocks rally on AI optimism; jitters over Iran persist

World stocks rally on AI optimism; jitters over Iran persist

By Amanda Cooper and Chibuike Oguh

Tue June 1, 2026 8:38 PM EDTUpdated 1 hour ago  

The indexes edged slightly higher with continued AI fever as major companies continue to raise huge sums for AI expansion, Alphabet alone to the tune of some $80 billion. Job openings increased more than expected and that combined with yesterday’s data of increased factory activity lent more confidence to the stability and resilience of the economy. Of course, the real job numbers come on Friday. The jobs and factory data likely contributed to the big boost in the Dow.  

Wall St ends higher, boosted by tech gains, US-Iran peace hopes

Wall St ends higher, boosted by tech gains, US-Iran peace hopes

By Stephen Culp and Medha Singh

Mon June 1, 2026  

Nvidia today announced a revolutionary new AI chip that will go into personal computers and transform the entire PC market. With that news, there was a dramatic flight out of industrials and into tech with the Dow sinking almost 300 points by 11 a.m. but then recovering to close with a modest gain. Both the Nasdaq and S&P were on a consistent upward slope with the Nasdaq gaining some 220 by 2 pm before losing about half of that by close. Ditto for the S&P.