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Shesa's Weekend Stock Market Updates - 6|7|26

Welcome to my weekends updates Last week we saw strong early momentum after May’s rally but a huge sell-off on Friday, driven by a strong U.S. jobs report that raised interest rate concerns and some other factors. Let us first look into the  U.S. stock Indices Performance: • S&P 500: Closed at 7,383.74, down -2.64% on the day. It had hit recent highs near 7,620 earlier in the period before pulling back. • Dow Jones Closed at 50,867, down -1.35% . It had gone past 51,000 earlier.  • Nasdaq: Closed at 25,709, down a steep -4.18% on Friday, reflecting heavy tech selling.  Nasdaq had its worst day since APRIL 2025. The drop of 1,121.53 was the WORST points drop ever in the history of Nasdaq. The technology stocks and particularly semiconductor stocks were hit the hardest as they had appreciated too much. So, what caused this massive drop in the stock market, particularly Nasdaq. First, the non-farm payrolls jumped to 172,000 vs. estimated for 80,000. Unemployme...
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Shesa's JUNE 2026 Investment Blog

Welcome to Shesa’s investment Blog!  U.S Stock Market Update April was one of the spectacular months for the stock market but market continued to keep the bullish momentum into May. All the major indices hitting multiple new record highs amid robust corporate earnings, AI/tech leadership, and fluctuating optimism around U.S and Iran geopolitical developments and pullback in the oil prices. The Nasdaq was again the star, up 8% for the month. The S&P 500 finished up 5% , while the Dow was up about 3% . Please note that Nasdaq was up 15% in April and S&P 500 was up 10.5%. All in all, April and May were fantastic months for the investors. The semiconductor stocks continued its mammoth momentum. So far, Semiconductor index has gone up astronomical 59% for the year . The Small Cap - Russell 2000 is in distant second with 17.6% . Some software stocks also bounced back well. The S&P has gained 19% over the last 9 weeks, 16th biggest 9-week gain for the index since 1950 . M...
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