MPC Markets Morning Call

Sign up for the Software Survivors 2.0 Webinar: https://mpcinvest.co/SaaScentionWelcome to today's episode of The Morning Report with your host, Finn Judell! It’s been a choppy and mixed session across the markets. While the S&P 500 managed a technical all-time high (up 0.1%) and the Dow gained 0.5%, the big story today is in the crypto and software sectors. Bitcoin has taken a notable tum...

🚨 Morning Markets Update: Software Stocks Are ON FIRE! 🔥 Apologies for the technical issues, but we’re diving straight into this red-hot market! The software sector has absolutely exploded over the past month, with massive gains across the board. Is this the comeback we’ve all been waiting for? In today’s episode:• NVIDIA & Jensen Huang momentum + major software winners (ServiceNow +50%, Pal...

US Stock Market Hits Fresh Records as AI FrenzyIntensifies | Market Recap US equities surged to new all-time highs on Friday, markingthe S&P 500’s ninth straight weekly gain. The S&P 500 closed at7,581.65, the Dow at 51,032.34, and the Nasdaq at 26,972.62 as traders bet onan imminent US–Iran ceasefire extension while the AI infrastructure trade hitfever pitch. In this episode, we break dow...

🚨 MARKET RECAP: S&P 500 & Nasdaq Smash ALL-TIME HIGHS Despite Iran War Tensions 🚨US stocks just delivered one of the strongest days of 2026 — all three major indexes closed at record highs simultaneously for the first time in years. S&P 500 +0.6% to 7,563, Nasdaq +0.9% to 26,917, and the Dow also pushed higher. In just the past two months the S&P is up 20% and Nasdaq up 30% as AI...

Wall Street kicked off the holiday-shortened week with the S&P 500 rising 0.6% to a record close of 7,519.47, driven by a blistering rally in semiconductors after UBS tripled its Micron Technology price target to a Street-high $1,625. The Nasdaq 100 surged 1.8% to a record of its own, while the Dow slipped 0.2% as energy and healthcare names dragged. Brent crude rebounded 3.5% to $99.53 after...

Wall Street closed out an eighth consecutive winning week — its longest since December 2023 — with the Dow Jones Industrial Average printing a fresh all-time high at 50,579.70. Optimism around U.S.–Iran peace talks and a blowout AI earnings season offset a bond market sell-off that drove the 30-year Treasury yield to levels not seen since 2007. ASX futures pointed 0.7% lower before Trump’s weekend...

Wall Street climbed to fresh highs Thursday as hopes for a US–Iran peace deal drove a sharp pull-back in oil prices and lifted sentiment across global markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at an all-time high of 50,285.66 — its first record since early February — while the S&P 500 added 0.2% to 7,446.05 and the Nasdaq Composite edged up 0.1% to 26,293.10. Reports of a near-finalised...

Wall Street surged on Wednesday as Trump said Iran talks were in the “final stages,” sending oil plunging 5.5% and lifting both stocks and bonds. The S&P 500 jumped 1.1% to 7,432.24, the Dow reclaimed 50,000, and the SOX index leapt 4.5%. After hours, Nvidia beat on revenue ($81.62B vs $78.86B est), guided Q2 to $91B (vs $87B est), announced an $80 billion buyback and raised its dividend to $0...

📉 Wall Street tumbled overnight as 30-year US Treasury yields hit their highest level since 2007, with inflation fears from the Iran war gripping markets ahead of Nvidia's blockbuster earnings tonight. We break down the bond market shock, the brutal sell-off in precious metals, and what to watch from Nvidia's Q1 FY27 print. In today's Morning Call:🔻 Wall Street sell-off — tech and fi...

The S&P 500 fell 1.24% to 7,408.50, the Nasdaq dropped 1.54% to 26,225.15, and the Dow slid 1.07% to 49,526.17 — the biggest selloff since March as a global bond rout overwhelmed the AI rally. Despite Friday’s decline, the S&P 500 posted its seventh consecutive weekly gain. The 10-year Treasury yield surged above 4.5% to its highest since May 2025, Japan’s 30-year yield hit 4% (first since...

The S&P 500 surged above 7,500 for the first time on Thursday as Trump hailed “extremely positive and constructive” talks with Xi, the US cleared Nvidia H200 chip sales to 10 Chinese firms, Cisco jumped 13% to a record, and Cerebras soared 68% in the year’s largest IPO. The Dow closed at 50,063 — just 0.3% from its all-time high. China agreed to buy 200 Boeing jets. Retail sales rose 0.5% but...

The S&P 500 rose 0.6% to a record 7,444.04 and the Nasdaq surged 1.2% to 26,402.34, both record closes, while the Dow slipped 0.1% to 49,693.20. The rally was extraordinarily narrow — Jones Trading noted that Google, Nvidia, Apple and Tesla accounted for 100% of the S&P 500’s gain, with the JT20 megacap index up 1.5% while breadth was negative. Six of the Magnificent Seven gained 1.4%–3.9%...

The rally finally hit a wall on Tuesday as a hotter-than-expected CPI print and a 3% plunge in chipmakers dragged the S&P 500 from its record, while oil surged past $102 on the continued Iran impasse. Headline CPI hit 3.8% year-on-year — the fastest since May 2023 — with core at 2.8%, both above estimates, boosting bets on a Fed rate hike in 2027. The SOX semiconductor index suffered its bigge...

US equities finished the week at fresh records, with the S&P 500 rising 0.8% on Friday to cap a sixth straight weekly advance — the longest since 2024. The Nasdaq 100 surged 2.3% and the SOX semiconductor index gained 11% for the week, powered by Intel (+14% on a preliminary Apple chip-making deal) and broad AI momentum. US payrolls rose for a second consecutive month in April, the first back-...

Wednesday’s euphoria evaporated on Thursday as doubts resurfaced over the US–Iran peace proposal. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% to 7,335.66, the Dow dropped 0.6%, and oil whipsawed wildly — WTI briefly dipped below $90 before recovering to $95.47 as Iran’s state TV reported the US attacked an Iranian tanker and was “hit back by missiles.” An Iranian official called the US peace plan an “unrealistic” w...

Wall Street surged to fresh records on Wednesday as the US presented Iran with a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war, sending oil tumbling nearly 8% and risk appetite roaring back. The S&P 500 jumped 1.5% to 7,363.68, the Nasdaq soared 2% to 25,838.94, and AMD’s 18.6% surge led a broad AI chip rally. Trump said a deal has a “very good chance” of happening and paused Project Fre...

The US-Iran conflict intensified overnight as Trump launched “Project Freedom” to escort vessels through Hormuz, triggering Iranian missile fire on US destroyers and a drone strike on the UAE’s Fujairah oil port. US Central Command said it successfully guided two American-flagged ships through the strait while repelling attacks and destroying small boats. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% to 7,201.75 with...

US equities surged to close out April with the S&P 500’s best month since November 2020, gaining 10.4% to close above 7,200 for the first time. GDP data showed AI-driven business investment powering the economy through the Iran war headwinds, while Japan intervened in currency markets for the first time in two years, sending the yen surging 2.5%. The S&P 500 rose 1% to 7,210.24, the Dow ju...

A divided Federal Reserve held rates steady in what was Jerome Powell’s final meeting as chair, while Brent crude surged 7% toward $120 a barrel and four Mag 7 companies delivered a mixed earnings bag that rattled after-hours trading. The S&P 500 was flat at 7,136.52, the Nasdaq edged up 0.6%, but the Dow fell 0.6%. After the bell, Alphabet jumped 7% on blockbuster cloud growth, but Meta slid...

US equities pulled back sharply from record highs on Tuesday as a Wall Street Journal report that OpenAI missed key user and revenue targets ignited a sell-off across the AI complex, just hours before five Magnificent Seven companies report earnings. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% to 7,138.80 and the Nasdaq dropped 0.9% to 24,663.80 — its worst day in a month — while Brent crude surged to $111 for its...

US equities held at record highs in subdued trading on Monday as investors braced for the most consequential week of the year — five Magnificent Seven earnings reports, a Fed meeting that may be Jerome Powell’s last as chair, and Q1 GDP and PCE inflation data. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% to 7,173.89 and the Nasdaq edged up 0.2% to 24,887.10, both fresh records, while Brent crude surged 3% to above $...

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at fresh record highs on Friday, buoyed by Intel’s 23.7% surge and renewed hopes for US–Iran peace talks, but the weekend brought a sharp reversal in diplomacy as Trump cancelled his envoys’ trip to Pakistan and peace negotiations stalled. The S&P 500 gained 0.8% to 7,165.08, the Nasdaq rose 1.6% to 24,836.60, and the SOX semiconductor index extended its recor...

US equities pulled back from record territory on Thursday as an escalating naval standoff in the Strait of Hormuz overwhelmed a solid earnings season. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% to 7,108.97 after touching an intraday record of 7,147.78, the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.9% to 24,438.50 — its biggest decline in a month — and the Dow slipped 0.4% to 49,309.33. Trump ordered the Navy to fire on Iranian b...

US equities extended their remarkable April run on Wednesday as Trump’s decision to indefinitely extend the Iran ceasefire removed the immediate threat of a return to hostilities, lifting the S&P 500 1.1% to a record 7,137.90 and the Nasdaq 1.6% to 24,657.57. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.7% to 49,490.03. Semiconductor stocks were again the standout, with the SOX index recording a 1...

The S&P 500 fell 0.6% to 7,064.05, extending its retreat from record highs as VP Vance called off his trip to Pakistan and Iran refused to attend further negotiations. Oil surged above $100 intraday before Trump’s after-hours ceasefire extension knocked Brent back below $100 — WTI settled at $92.13 (+2.8%) and Brent near $95. The 10-year Treasury yield rose 6 basis points to 4.31% as Warsh’s h...