US Market: Earnings hope vs Inflation. Winner?
@JC888:
The US stock market capped off a highly volatile week from 05 - 09 Oct 2026 with broad gains across all 3 major indices. Solid corporate profit expectations driven by AI spending engine kept investor sentiment buoyant, allowing markets to brush off multi-decade highs in US Treasury yields and elevated oil prices. But for how long ? Both the $S&P 500(.SPX)$ and the $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ achieved fresh all-time highs earlier in the week before a brief technology sell-off on Thu, 08 Oct 2026, triggered by (a) AI valuation anxieties and (b) downbeat reports regarding OpenAI's revenue projections. However, a strong broad-based Friday rally successfully erased those losses, pushing the indices back near their hi