The S&P 500 in midday trading on Monday briefly went into the green for 2026.
The broad based index was up nearly 0.5% on the day, putting it just up 0.05% for the year. At the closing lows of the U.S.-Iran war, the S&P was off more than 7% for 2026. The Nasdaq Composite and Dow Jones Industrial Average remain negative for the year by 0.3% and 0.8%, respectively.
Stocks have rallied back from those lows on the hopes there will be a resolution soon to the conflict in the Middle East and that its consequences to the U.S. economy so far have been minimal.
BlackRock has raised its outlook for U.S. equities, saying that a “contained” macro impact from the war as well as solid corporate earnings could create a fertile ground for future gains.
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SP500 – Finally turned positive for the year
byu/Few-AirlineDeeznut inStockMarket
Posted by Few-AirlineDeeznut
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Spoke too soon.
There won’t be a resolution soon. That is about the only thing that is 100 percent guaranteed.
AI cant tell the different between fact and fiction i isn’t taking future fuel costs into consideration of future E&P because its being told the Iran war is going to be over soon
Where tf are people getting this optimism from?
How is this over? Aren’t we about to experience a bunch of fuel outages in major countries?
(Insert your own projection here)
This is fucking stupid
The market is fixed for Trump. How the hell can it go up with Trumps shitshow? What do you think the market would be doing if a Dem did a fraction of Trumps idiocy?
Here’s a better headline:
“YTD Treasury Bond returns still outpace the S&P 500, even after a temporary runaway gap-up in the market…”
Shorts are screwed
Turning positive by 0.05% and celebrating is like clapping because your portfolio finally stopped bleeding. Real question is whether this Iran optimism holds or if we’re just buying the rumor before selling the reality again..