by Mitch Fisher | Jun 24, 2026 | Daily Market Blog, Daily Market Notes
The Nasdaq and S&P 500 closed lower on Wednesday, dragged by tech stocks on nagging concerns about high-flying valuations, but falling crude prices boosted airlines and other travel stocks and the Dow finished higher. Oil prices fell to their lowest since the...
by Mitch Fisher | Jun 22, 2026 | Daily Market Blog, Daily Market Notes
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed down on Monday, dragged lower by declines in the megacap technology stocks including Alphabet, while investors assessed developments in U.S.-Iran negotiations. The Dow closed higher, boosted by the healthcare and industrial...
by Mitch Fisher | Jun 18, 2026 | Daily Market Blog, Daily Market Notes
U.S. stock indexes rallied on Thursday, with the Nasdaq’s 1.9% advance boosted by gains in semiconductor shares, while inflation fears eased after the U.S. and Iran signed a peace agreement, although investors still priced in interest rate hikes this year from...
by Mitch Fisher | Jun 12, 2026 | Daily Market Blog, Daily Market Notes
SpaceX SPCX.O SPCX.O shares jumped 19% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday, sending the company’s value past $2 trillion to make it the sixth-biggest U.S. company by value and turning Elon Musk into the world’s first trillionaire. Investors jumped at the...
by Mitch Fisher | Jun 12, 2026 | Daily Market Blog, Daily Market Notes
U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Thursday, with indexes extending gains after the White Housef canceled planned strikes against Iran, and on the eve of the market debut of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The three major indexes registered their biggest daily percentage...
by Mitch Fisher | Jun 10, 2026 | Daily Market Blog, Daily Market Notes
The major U.S. stock indexes ended more than 1% lower on Wednesday, with chipmaker shares extending recent declines and with renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran adding to investor uncertainty. The White House said the U.S. would attack Iran again “very...
