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The S&P 500 gained for the 6th straight week. Weekly market recap, trading week 19/2026

Summary of the trading week using the most popular posts from the X platform

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DURING THE MARCH-APRIL 2025 MARKET TURMOIL, MAJOR US INDEXES FELL NEARLY 20%, WHILE THE GMI PORTFOLIO GAINED OVER 5%, FIND OUT HOW BELOW:

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In this series, you can find financial markets posts with the highest number of interactions from my X platform feed over the most recent week. I am aware that not everybody uses X regularly, so I thought it could provide some value to your analysis and investment process. These posts are surrounded by extra charts, commentary, and explanations of complicated topics.

The S&P 500 closed at a fresh all-time high on Friday, rising for a 6th consecutive week, its longest weekly winning streak since 2024.

The Nasdaq 100 is up +28% from its lows, with the $SOX Semiconductor Index surging +10% this week alone, its 6th straight weekly gain and up +66% from the lows.

Yet market breadth remains deeply narrow, with institutional investors quietly reducing exposure into record highs. Just 22% of S&P 500 stocks have outperformed the index over the last 30 days, one of the lowest readings in 30 years.

Additionally, WTI crude fell back below $100 on hopes of US-Iran peace talks, though no resolution has been reached, while the 30-year Treasury yield briefly broke above 5% before pulling back, a level viewed by many as a key line in the sand for markets.

Lastly, gold and silver recovered some of the last 2 weeks losses.

In case you missed it, other posts from this week are listed below.

1) Weekly performance. In the first post attached, you can see last week’s performance of the major US indexes, the VIX volatility index, 10-year Treasury yield, the US Dollar, gold, silver, WTI Crude oil, and Bitcoin.

- S&P 500 +2.3%
- Nasdaq +4.5%
- Russell 2000 (small caps) +1.7%
- Dow Jones +0.2%
- US 10-year Treasury yield -3 basis points
- Bank Index -1.9%
- VIX +1%, front-month contract VIX futures -2%
- US Dollar index -0.2%
- Gold +1.8%
- Silver +5.8%
- WTI Crude Oil -6.4%

2025 was the year of precious metals and non-US markets

Time to review how major asset classes and stocks performed in 2025 and what might be lying ahead

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/2025-was-the-year-of-precious-metals-and-non-us-markets

⚠️CHART OF THE WEEK: Will the gold outperformance of the S&P 500 continue for years?

Food for thought regarding gold and the S&P 500 relative performance

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/chart-of-the-week-will-the-gold-outperformance-of-the-s-p-500-continue-for-years

- Bitcoin +0.2%

Is Bitcoin going to $1,000,000?

What to expect from the world's largest cryptocurrency in the coming months and years

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/is-bitcoin-going-to-1000000

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For the trading week ending May 15, key events are:

- US Existing Home Sales for April on Monday

- US CPI Inflation Rate for April on Tuesday

- US NFIB Business Optimism for April on Tuesday

- US PPI Inflation for April on Wednesday

- US Retail Sales for April on Thursday

- US Industrial Production for April on Friday

- At least 5 Fed speakers

All eyes are on the US inflation data.

2) The AI race is destroying Big Tech's cash generation.

3) Semiconductor stocks are the most overbought since the 2000 Dotcom Bubble.

4) US stock market valuations are at crazy levels.

5) Some additional posts covering interesting economic and financial market data: US money supply, global oil inventories, US private credit industry, retail investor risk appetite, AI euphoria in Asia, NASDAQ stocks rally,

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