{"id":3835,"date":"2026-03-10T02:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T02:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.valuengine.com\/?p=3835"},"modified":"2026-03-10T02:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T02:50:10","slug":"03-09-2026-valuengine-weekly-market-summary-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.valuengine.com\/index.php\/03-09-2026-valuengine-weekly-market-summary-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"03\/09\/2026 ValuEngine Weekly Market Summary & Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weekly Market Recap \u2013 Week Ending March 06, 2026<\/p>\n

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 energy-linked companies have continued to post strong gains that reflects a shift in investor positioning toward industries expected to benefit from the current geopolitical and macroeconomic environment.<\/p>\n

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In the below tables we use major ETF\u2019s as a proxy for some major indexes as well as each of the sector groups into which we divide the overall markets. Tracking these over time provides a more defined picture of the US markets than simply tracking major indexes. This is followed by notable individual stock movers over the past month, and finally our full strategy outlook.<\/p>\n

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As global US military initiatives continue to expand, geopolitical uncertainty has accelerated. Sector performance has been dominated by a “great rotation” into defensive and energy stocks. The two most defensive sectors classic are consumer staples and utilities. Using the State Street Select Sector SPDR ETFs for representative comparisons year-to-date, we find that Select Sector SPDR Consumer Staples, XLP<\/strong>, and Select Sector SPDR Utilities, XLU<\/strong>, have significantly outperformed the broader market with price gains of 15% and 11% respectfully while the SPDE S&P 500 ETF, SPYM<\/strong>, declined 1.2%. Given that Iran is one of the largest exporters of petroleum in the world, it is no surprise that Select Sector SPDR Energy, XLE<\/strong>, has the top year-to-date performance of the series at 24%.<\/p>\n

With the war in Iraq driving economic expectations in the near-term future, XLE<\/strong> may not be relinquishing its leadership in the near future. This has fueled inflation expectations. Another issue here is that the Select Sector SPDR Consumer Discretionary, XLY<\/strong>, has the worst year-to-date performance with a 3% loss. When XLP<\/strong> is rising while XLY<\/strong> is falling, it indicates that the consumer has restricted non-essential spending out of perceived necessity. During the 15-year bull run of the stock market since 2010, the overarching story had been the resilience of the American consumer, often in defiance of negative expectations by major economists. Therefore, the rise of cash flows into XLP<\/strong> in tandem with negative cash flows for XLY<\/strong> is a bad sign for economic expectations.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the stocks of mining companies and energy companies have been rising for some time and should continue for the time being. The StateStreet S&P Metals and Mining ETF, XME<\/strong>, continues to be rated 5 (Strong Buy). However, all of its top 10 holdings are rated 10% or more, most much more, overvalued by our valuation model. Considering that XME has risen more than 90% over the past 12 months, sky-scraping valuations are not a shock. Since there are many logical reasons that the commodities rallies will continue, we do not advise bucking the trend. At the same time, when an ETF becomes this top-heavy, the risk here is that when the trend reverses it won\u2019t inch downward but is much more likely to sink like a stone. Another beneficiary of the early \u201cwartime economy\u201d has been the Aerospace industry. The iShares ETF representing the industry, ITA<\/strong>, is still rated 5 (Strong Buy). However, two of its top holdings that are rated 3 (Hold) look especially vulnerable. They are Boeing (BA<\/strong>) and Axon Technologies (AXON<\/strong>). From our perspective, this might be a good weekend to lighten up some over-weighted positions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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