Herb Blank Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending March 27, 2026 U.S. equity markets experienced broad-based weakness this week, with growth-oriented and technology-heavy segments leading the decline, as reflected in notable pullbacks across major ETFs such as QQQM, XLK, and XLC. Despite this overall softness, pockets of strength emerged in energy and materials, where rising commodity prices … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending March 20, 2026 Markets experienced broad-based weakness this week, with most major ETFs and sector benchmarks declining as investor sentiment remained pressured by persistent inflation concerns and heightened geopolitical uncertainty. Growth-oriented indices such as the Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF and broader market proxies like the State Street SPDR Portfolio … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending March 13, 2026 U.S. equity markets experienced broad-based weakness this week as investors remained cautious amid ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty and continued sector rotation. Most major equity benchmarks declined, with technology, industrial, and consumer discretionary sectors leading the pullback. Despite the broader market softness, the energy sector showed relative strength, … Read more
The past 10 months has been characterized by rotation from dominance by the “Magnificent Seven” mega-cap tech companies to almost everything that had been beaten down prior to these market rotation trends. As documented in these blogs and our weekly market and strategy updates, the period from July 1, 2025 through January 24, 2026 were … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending March 06, 2026 U.S. equity markets continued to experience modest volatility this week as investors balanced geopolitical developments with sector-specific rotations. Defensive sectors and energy-related equities have attracted increasing attention as global tensions and inflation concerns remain elevated. While the broader market has moved sideways, select commodities, defense, and … Read more
After hearing for five years about the valuation bubbles that would cause QQQ and SPY to suffer imminent crashes, net cash flows from major institutions are starting to agree. Themes of rotation out of large cap US growth stocks and into small cap and/or value stocks and/or international stocks continue to dominate market commentary. The … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending February 06, 2026 Market action last week depended heavily on where investors chose to look. Beneath largely unchanged headline index levels, sharp rotations continued across style, size, and geography. Value stocks outperformed growth by a wide margin, while large-cap technology names increasingly served as sources of funds for smaller-cap, … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending January 30, 2026 Equity markets finished the week with a mixed tone as leadership continued to rotate across sectors and styles. While large-cap growth and technology-oriented exposures showed modest weakness, select income and defensive segments posted gains, underscoring an environment driven more by rotation than broad market momentum. Energy … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending January 23, 2026 Geopolitical uncertainty once again took center stage last week, reshaping global capital flows and reinforcing diversification themes that have been quietly building since late 2025. Concerns around trade tensions, tariff threats, and broader geopolitical friction triggered renewed discussion of a potential “Sell America” trade, pushing investors … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending January 16, 2026 U.S. equity markets have begun 2026 with relatively muted index-level performance, but beneath the surface, leadership dynamics continue to evolve meaningfully. The early days of the year are reinforcing the rotation trends that emerged late in 2025, as investors increasingly favor smaller-capitalization stocks, value-oriented strategies, and … Read more