Stock Market Weekly update -Mar 15

 The indexes were down for a 3rd week, with the Small-caps and DOW showing the most weakness (note that both stocks and bonds were down last week). Oil spiked for a 2nd week to around $120 before pulling back, as the Iran war continues. CPI was higher, GDP was revised down, while PCE came in above estimates.  Long term Interest Rates and the Dollar continued to rise, while Gold pulled back for a 2nd week, and Private credit concerns linger, with Morgan Stanley now in the news. This week we get the Fed meeting on Interest rates.

S&P 500 falls to new low for year on Iran oil crisis, posts third-straight losing week



The week ahead:   PPI, Fed, BOJ interest rates

More earnings -MU, FDX, 

Schwab Weekly Trader's Outlook  

Edward Jones recap


The 10 year Interest rate - moved up again to 4.28%

The Dollar - moved up again to 100.50

Gold - dropped again to $5018 

Oil - spiked again to $99.30

Bitcoin  - was up, closing around 71k

National debt  $38.8 Trillion

 

New all time Highs:  CNQ, DUK, NI, ED

-ALL time Lows: BULL, AMC, COTY

Pops & Drops/5 day movers:,   Pops:  HIMS, NBIS,  Drops:,, 

Earnings movers:  Pops: , ,   Drops:,  

% of S&P 500 stocks above the 50 day MA:  down again from 43% to 21%!


This week

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Earnings

DLTR

LULU, OKLO,

MU, FIVE, M, GIS

FDX, CCL, BABA, 


Events



Fed, PPI





The indexes:  In a weekly downtrend, with lower highs and lower lows… 



SPX  SPY  -  ‘IF’ it keeps dropping, we could see it drop  down to the next level seen last Nov, .




Small-caps are down almost 10% from the high




Stocks last week - …more RED again



Sectors last week  -




Market concerns:   Inflation? Debt?  War, anything…?

Options watch:   High IV (Implied Volatility) stocks -link   

High Options volume:  

ETFs

SPY, QQQ, IWM, SMH, VIX -also SPX index

Stocks

Mag7 & others   (most active link, or here)



More charts:    


Barrick -Gold stocks retreat as the Dollar rises & Gold falls



CPB -Campbells announced earnings last week -now lower than 2008 levels!




NASDAQ 2/01 -we could be looking at a double top here

03/01, 03/08, 03/15: Seems to be playing out




03/01 AXP: Dropping for a 2nd Month -also BAC, C, WFC, JPM, COF, 



03/01 AVGO -dropping for 3 months -Not  the 1st time tho!








S&P 500 Total Percent Returns calendar  


Name


Feb 2025

04/27

06/30

01/04/26

03/01

Solana

SOL

192.00

149.30

149.60

134.50

84.00

Chainlink

LINK

18.35

14.48

13.28

13.40

8.80

Uniswap

UNI

9.60

5.57

6.98

5.90

3.75

SUI

SUI

3.45

3.55

2.77

1.70

0.90

ONDO

ONDO

1.32

0.95

0.75

0.44

0.26

Avalanche

AVAX

-

-

-

14.00

9.00

Feb 2025:   5 Cryptos to watch in 2025, 2026

10/12:   Added AVAX, 11/23 This recent dip may be a good opportunity to buy/add

02/15/26: Buy the dips here?


Top 10 L1 Blockchains: Daily Active Users - February 20, 2026


Links...

Labor Force Participation Rate
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims
ETFs performance - Ranked by  Volume

High Yield Covered Call ETFs
S&P 500 performance -by Sector

Most actively traded US stocks

Top 100 Stocks to buy (Alpha) 

US 100 Tech Index

DOW 30 Components    -DOW 30 Performance

Commodities / Futures
Largest Companies by Marketcap   …also

24/7 Wall St.

Crypto   Crypto News   Performance  Analytics

Fear & Greed Index 


Top sites


Stocks/News:

Global week ahead: Price pressure in the pipeline

Morgan Stanley restricts redemptions at private credit fund after withdrawals surge

SanDisk Climbs 6% as Sector-Wide Memory Shortage Fuels Fresh Investor Optimism

What stock buybacks mean for investors

Mortgage rates surge to highest since September, hitting spring housing market

The biggest release of emergency oil stockpiles in history was announced. Why crude may keep rising

'Simply brutal': Canada lost 84K jobs in February; unemployment rises to 6.7%

Popeyes Franchisee With Over 130 Locations Files Bankruptcy, Shuttering Additional Restaurants in the South

Quantum Computing Set to Scale in 2026: IONQ, QBTS, RGTI's Outlook

Corning Could Hit $144 by End of 2026 — BofA Sees $10.3B Scale-Out Revenue as the Catalyst

Crypto/Blockchain:  Global Market Cap: Up a bit to  $2.6 Trilllion   Current Crypto prices

Bitcoin set for best week since September 2025 as correlation with tech stocks weakens

Major Crypto Assets Remain Far From Peaks as Crypto Market Sheds $540 Billion in 2026

Binance, PayPal, and Ripple join Mastercard’s massive new push into blockchain payments

Bitcoin beat the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite and gold since the start of the Iran war -vid

Why Circle Should Outperform Coinbase

Pump.fun becomes Solana's first $1B revenue platform as Ethereum, Base, BSC and Monad subdomains hint at cross-chain move

IRS crypto reporting rules set stage for confusing tax season


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