March 3 26

 

📉 Market Overview

• Futures sharply lower

  • S&P 500 (SPY) −1.7%

  • Nasdaq (QQQ) −2%

  • Russell 2000 (IWM) −2.5%

  • Dow −1.8%

• 10-year Treasury yield rising to ~4.11%, signaling higher rate concerns.

• Market tone shifting risk-off.

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🛢 Energy Surge

• Oil and gas spiking due to geopolitical tensions:

  • United States Oil Fund (USO) +8%

  • United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) +6%

• European natural gas reportedly surged ~90% in two days.

• LNG disruption tied to Qatar halting a major facility and concerns around the Strait of Hormuz.

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🪙 Commodities & Crypto

• Gold and silver down despite geopolitical stress.

• Bitcoin also down after a recent bounce.

• Possible capital rotation into U.S. dollar amid rising yields.

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🌏 Global Markets

• South Korea’s KOSPI down ~7%.

• iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) −11.7%.

  • Samsung −10%

  • SK Hynix −11.5%

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📊 Notable Stocks & Earnings

Strength / Resilience

• Viking Holdings – Strong revenue acceleration (27% growth).

• Tidewater – Beat earnings, raised guidance.

• Dave Inc. – 62% revenue growth, guided higher.

• AST SpaceMobile – 2,728% revenue jump (small base).

• Ouster – Surprise profit, strong revenue growth.

Under Pressure

• Target – EPS beat but weak relative strength.

• Best Buy – Missed revenue.

• MongoDB – Beat earnings but guided slightly light on revenue; broke below 200-day.

• Credo Technology Group – 201% revenue growth, but stock sold off.

• Medline Industries – Secondary share offering weighing on stock.

• Sea Limited – Beat revenue, weak guidance.

• AutoZone – Slight revenue miss.

• Thor Industries – Beat but guided lower.

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🧠 Tech & AI Developments

• U.S. considering capping Nvidia H200 chip sales to China buyers.

• Akamai Technologies reportedly purchased thousands of Nvidia Blackwell GPUs.

• Cybersecurity:

  • CrowdStrike earnings upcoming.

  • Rubrik cited as having strong feedback.

  • Wells Fargo initiated coverage on several cybersecurity firms.

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🏦 Bitcoin Miners & Data Centers

• Riot Platforms – Revenue up 72% but slowing growth.

• Core Scientific – Beat EPS but revenue missed.

• Applied Digital – Announced $2.15B senior notes sale.

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🎯 Big Picture

Markets appear to be reacting to:

• Rising yields

• Energy price shock

• Geopolitical tensions

• Risk-off sentiment shift

The tone feels more fragile — fewer stocks getting rewarded even after strong earnings. High growth names are being sold on minor guidance misses.