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The US stock market had a rough finish to the week. Weekly market recap, trading week 20/2026
Summary of the trading week using the most popular posts from the X platform
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May 17, 2026
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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:
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 posted its worst session since March on Friday, falling -1.2%, as rising bond yields and surging oil prices finally cracked the AI-driven equity melt-up.
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, $SOX ( 0.0% ) , sank -4% on the day, snapping a multi-week winning streak that had seen chipmakers lead the rally from war-driven lows.
Meanwhile, the 10-year US Treasury yield topped 4.5%, Japan's 30-year yield rose to 4.0% for the first time on record, and UK long-bond yields rose to a 28-year high.
WTI crude settled above $101 per barrel after President Trump left his meeting with China's Xi Jinping without any meaningful progress on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, reigniting fears of a deepening energy supply shock.
Lastly, gold and silver sold off sharply while the US Dollar finished higher.
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 +0.1%
- Nasdaq -0.1%
- Russell 2000 (small caps) -2.4%
- Dow Jones -0.2%
- US 10-year Treasury yield +23 basis points
- Bank Index -1.8%
- VIX +7%, front-month contract VIX futures -1%
- US Dollar index +1.5%
- Gold -3.6%
- Silver -4.1%
- WTI Crude Oil +11%
- Bitcoin -0.1%
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For the trading week ending May 22, key events are:
- FOMC Minutes on Wednesday
- NVIDIA, $NVDA ( ▼ 4.42% ) , Fiscal Q1 2027 quarterly earnings on Wednesday
- US Housing Starts for April on Thursday
- US Consumer Sentiment for May on Friday
- At least 10 Fed speakers
2) The market is flashing red flags almost everywhere.
3) Semiconductor stocks have entered bubble-level overbought territory.
4) Retail investors' level of speculation is at record levels.
5) Some additional posts covering interesting economic and financial market data: US stock market concentration, semiconductor supply chain, South Korean stocks, US oil reserves, China's gold pile, rare earths, European jet fuel stocks.
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