Welcome to Shesa’s Blog U.S. Stock Market Update I have a shorter version of my blog this month. The month of October started in a volatile manner but it picked up and Dow was up 2.6%, S&P 500 was up 2.3% and Nasdaq roared up 4.7%. We are seeing the similar trend in the month of November. Historically, November happens to be the best month for the stock market since 1950. As of date, Nasdaq is up 21.5% and S&P 500 is up 16.4% for the year. Meanwhile, the stock market had a volatile week on the fear of AI/tech valuation, longest government shutdown in U.S history . It’s expected to end tomorrow, let’s see if that happens. The ADP payroll was little better but layoffs in October (153,074) the highest in last 23 years mostly attributed to cost cutting due to AI impact and DOGE impact. The consumer sentiment was second lowest ever due to government shutdown and dull labor market situation. Despite strong Q3 earnings (82% beats, ~11% growth) the stock market has not be...
By Shesa Nayak Welcome to Shesa’s Investment Blog I will have a shorter version of my blog this month. U.S. Stock Market Update September happens to be the worst month of the year but we saw an exceptional September with S&P 500 up 3.5% , Nasdaq up 5.6% and Dow rose 1.9% . The market further gained momentum in October but last week the U.S. stock market saw significant volatility. The S&P 500 fell -2.4% , the Nasdaq dropped - 2.5% , and the Dow declined -2.7% , marking their largest single-day percentage drops since April 10 . Despite hitting record highs earlier in the week, driven by AI optimism and a tech rally, markets took a U turn on last Friday after President Trump threatened 100% tariffs on Chinese imports starting November 1 or sooner in response to China’s response on rare earth exports on port fees on U.S. vessels sparking trade war fears. The S&P 500 closed at 6,553 points, down 2.71% on October 10, while the Nasdaq lost 3...
Welcome to the weekend updates What a volatile week for the technology stocks! So far, we have seen a turbulent November . We saw prolonged government shutdown (longest in history), delayed economic data, hurt consumer sentiment; AI/tech skepticism about AI stocks, rotation to healthcare/energy, lukewarm economic growth etc. Dow hit records mid-week on shutdown as investors took profit from AI stocks and rotated to other sectors. But after the week's wild swings, Nasdaq ended down about 0.5% for the period. However, both the S&P 500 and the Dow held hair gain, up 0.1% and 0.3%, respectively. So, why did technology stocks got hammered? A Short seller showed concern about the depreciation of the life of chips/GPU and said that AI stocks like Nvidia (NVDA) and Palantir (PLTR) are in a bubble with overinflated valuations, prompting his $1.1 billion short bets revealed in early November 2025 filings. This triggered a tech sell-off and backlash f...
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