US stocks fell for the 5th consecutive week. Weekly market recap, trading week 13/2026

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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.

US stocks dropped for the 5th consecutive week, the longest streak since the 2022 bear market.

Energy has been the only positive sector for the week and the month. S&P 500 energy index has now gained for 14 consecutive months, the longest streak on record.

As a result, the S&P 500 closed the week at the lowest level since August 2025 and has erased nearly -$5 trillion in market cap so far this month.

Furthermore, the Nasdaq 100 fell into a correction, dropping over -10% from its all-time high.

Interestingly, Treasury yields surged this week, especially at the long end of the curve, as investors shift focus from inflation to slower economic growth.

The 10-year briefly touched 4.48%, reflecting caution over how sustained high oil prices could weigh on the economy.

Overall, the Treasury market is on track for its largest monthly decline in 4 years.

Nevertheless, oil prices remained relatively contained week over week despite all the headlines.

Meanwhile, the Japanese yen weakened to 160 versus the US Dollar for the first time since 2024, raising intervention risks.

Despite all of that, gold and silver recovered some losses over the last 3 days.

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 -2.1%
- Nasdaq -3.2%
- Russell 2000 (small caps) +0.4%
- Dow Jones -0.9%
- US 10-year Treasury yield +4 basis points
- Bank Index -0.5%
- VIX +16%, front month contract VIX futures +10%
- US Dollar index +0.5%
- Gold -1.6%
- Silver +0.5%
- WTI Crude Oil +2.4%

- Bitcoin -4.3%

For the trading week ending April 3, key events are:

- Fed Chair Powell Speech on Monday

- US Job Openings for February on Tuesday

- US Consumer Confidence for March on Tuesday

- US Retail Sales for February on Wednesday

- US ISM Manufacturing PMI for March on Wednesday

- US Challenger Job Cut Announcements for March on Thursday

- US Non Farm Payrolls for March on Friday

- At least 6 Fed Speakers

- US and European stock markets will be closed on April 3, 2026, due to Good Friday

Plenty of economic data with job market in focus ahead.

2) ~60% of the Strait of Hormuz supply has been offset by alternative routes and sources.

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