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Good morning! In today’s issue, we’ll dig into the all of the latest moves and highlight what they mean for you right now. Along the way, you’ll find insights you can put to work immediately
Stock Market Debriefing
A roller-coaster week with strong highs and sharp sell-offs:
Index Performance Recap
Dow: Had a strong early-week rally (+1%+ days), then reversed sharply in mid-week selling.
S&P 500: Similar path, ending the week roughly flat to slightly down.
Nasdaq: Most sensitive to the sell-off — tech dragged it into deeper negative territory.
Russell 2000: Outperformed early, underperformed late — a sign of risk appetite fading.
VIX: Spiked over 14% by the end of the week, signaling growing caution.
Notable Movers
Winners: Costco, Coca-Cola, Visa, UNH — defensives and steady earners kept their footing.
Losers: Tesla, CoreWeave, Nvidia, Palantir, Disney — growth, AI, and discretionary names faced heavy pressure.
Mixed: Apple and Amazon both had choppy sessions but avoided the worst of volatility.
Weekly takeaway: Investors rotated out of speculative growth and back into “boring but profitable.” A risk-off environment is taking shape.
Crypto Debriefing
Crypto started strong, dipped into mid-week weakness, then clawed back some stability:
Bitcoin swung between $100K–$103K through the week, ending slightly down but still holding major support levels.
Ethereum saw sharper swings, dropping mid-week but bouncing back on Friday to the mid-$3,200s.
Solana and XRP showed the most volatility, driven by rotation out of alts during uncertain macro sessions.
Despite red days, on-chain indicators remained bullish, with stablecoin inflows and long-term holder accumulation trending up.
Weekly theme: Crypto spent the week in “controlled turbulence”, but the long-term structure remains intact.
Real Estate Debriefing
Real estate stayed relatively quiet headline-wise, but important undercurrents continue shaping the next 6–12 months:
Institutional buyers showed renewed interest in industrial and data-center REITs, quietly accumulating on dips — consistent with long-duration yield investors preparing for rates to stabilize.
Lenders began pricing in higher refinancing risk, especially for office conversions with longer lease-up timelines.
Residential markets stayed muted, with no big shifts, but high-yield Sunbelt rentals saw incremental investor interest.
Weekly takeaway:
This week leaned heavily into risk management for property investors. Underwriting is tightening, conversions are slowing, and cash-flow-strong REITs are becoming the favorites again.
Resource Debriefing
Commodities were one of the few consistent bright spots this week:
Gold remained strong across all daily sessions, holding above $4,100 and ending near $4,200 — a classic “fear hedge.”
Silver outperformed gold on several days, breaking into the $52+ range with solid momentum.
Oil (WTI & Brent) saw small but steady climbs as geopolitical tensions simmered but inventory data stayed neutral.
Heating oil and gasoline posted stronger gains late in the week due to supply constraints.
Weekly takeaway: Even with market turbulence, commodities were remarkably stable — confirming that investors are hedging, not panicking.
That’s All For Today
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— Ryan Rincon, CEO and Founder at The Wealth Wagon Inc.
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