March 23, 2026 7:45am

Stock futures shot higher in a sudden move after President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Iran have held productive talks over the last 2 days and he was halting any strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure.

It’s still a threatened cycle, a lull, it’s not based on fundamentals, technicals but dissuaded sentiment caused by geo-politics and oil; I’d be nibbling/buying off the downfalls, it will take a while  as rewards will be fulfilling past share pricings or just hold, the com-back is coming; not a sprint but a 5-K

Remember that overnight action in futures don't necessarily translate into actual trading in today’s regular stock market session.

Never leave retail investor uninformed … I say what others won’t, so you can KNOW what others can’t!

 

Say/write less, mean more …

Friday’s RMi Closing Bell: The witching quadrupled as derivatives rolled-off the board …

https://www.regmedinvestors.com/articles/14356

 I chose to speak-up when many analysts, brokers and commentators have shut-up!

 

Monday: The pre-open Dow futures are UP +1.95% or (+985 points), the S&P futures are UP +206% or (+135 points) and the Nasdaq futures are UP 2.05% or (+492 points)

  • U.S. stock futures are spurting to the upside, Monday 3/23
  • European equities and bourses tumbled,
  • Asia Pacific markets are spiraling

Economic Data: It’s all about oil pricing

  • Oil prices were rallying again Monday. Brent international futures climbed 1.3% to $113.65 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate prices rose 3% to $101.14 a barrel.

 

Henry’omics: We need to more than consider the market’s setting to grasp the micro re “our” universe of cell and gene therapy companies

  • Friday: The Dow closed DOWN -443.96points or -0.96%, the S&P closed DOWN -100.01 points or -1.51% while the Nasdaq closed DOWN -443.08 points or -2.01%
  • Thursday: The Dow closed DOWN -203.72 points or -0.44%, the S&P closed DOWN -18.21 points or -0.27% while the Nasdaq closed DOWN -61.73 points or -0.28%
  • Wednesday: The Dow closed DOWN -768.11 points or -1.63%, the S&P closed DOWN -91.39 points or - 1.36% while the Nasdaq closed DOWN -327.107 points or -1.46%
  • Tuesday: The Dow closed UP +47.40 points or +0.10%, the S&P closed UP +16.72 points or +0.25% while the Nasdaq closed UP +105.35 points or +0.47%
  • Monday: The Dow closed UP +387.94 points or +0.83%, the S&P closed UP +67.19 points or +1.01% while the Nasdaq closed UP +268.819 points or +1.22%
  • Last week: the S&P 500 lost -1.5%, the Dow and Nasdaq fell -2%
  • The previous week: The S&P 500 was down -1.6%, the Dow -2% and the Nasdaq was down -1.3%.
  • February: the Dow inclined +0.2%, the Nasdaq dived -3.3% and S&P 500 declined -1%.

 

Q1/26 – Q1 – March – 6 positive and 9 negative closes

  • February – 1 market holiday, 11 positive and 8 negative closes
  • January – 2 holiday, 2 neutral, 9 negative and 9 positive closes 

 

Companies in my headlights – It’s your decision; I provide ideas and context

I post about “indication intelligence” looking toward investment conferences … to assist investors with insight into sector vulnerabilities and strengths.  A dictionary definition of “indicate” refers to something less than a certainty; an indication could be a signal of being oversold or overbought, a recommendation, or grounds for inferring or a basis for believing.

  • Watch, wait and listen

 

The BOTTOM LINE: Welcome to my world of defining the “grey’ in our universe!

My thoughts … OPEN the wallet – BUY - selectively!

Stocks are nearing their first correction in about a year as the Iran war drives up oil prices and sparks worries about a resurgence in inflation.

  • The 3 major indexes have tumbled for 4 weeks in a row, putting them on the brink of closing in correction territory.

Welcome to my world of defining the “grey’ in our universe!

  • I hate to be so negative or contrarian but, this is a NO spin zone and facts and truth are its products; I can always be WRONG but, I am mostly EARLY!
  • if I wanted to be liked, I wouldn’t have been an analyst/journalist.

 

March – 3rd week

  • 3/20 - Friday closed negative with 6 inclners, 33 decliners and 1 flat
  • 3/19 – Thursday closed positive with 20 incliners, 18 decliners and 2 flats
  • 3/18 – Wednesday closed negative with 3 incliner, 35 decliners and 2 flats
  • 3/17 - Tuesday closed positive with 25 incliners, 14 decliners and 1 flat
  • 3/16 - Monday closed positive with 27 incliners, 10 decliners and 3 flats

 

As the leading voice of cell and gene therapy investors; I am NOT always a doom and gloom analyst/journalist but a man who has been “there” (BUY, SELL, VC and multiple operating roles) with the gray hair and a readership following with real numbers to prove it!

  • I am more frequently right than consequentially wrong; if I wanted to be liked, I wouldn’t have been an analyst/journalist.

 

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