The S&P 500 will see a countertrend rally soon

In our update from last week, we showed that the SP500 YTD responded quite well to mid-term election-year seasonality, therefore suggesting a low around March 13 and a high around March 20. We use “around” because these dates are approximately ±3 trading days. Fast forward to today, the index hit its lowest point on March 13 at $6632 and…

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SMCI stock implodes: Supermicro down 27% after co-founder arrested

Why is it always the meme stocks where they find the fraud? Supermicro shares are getting absolutely destroyed on Friday, down 27% and hitting fresh 52-week lows after federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging three company associates — including co-founder Wally Liaw — with smuggling $2.5 billion in Nvidia-powered AI servers to China. The stock is trading around $24,…

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Hawkish Fed meets escalating Iran war

The US Dollar (USD)i weakened this week, with the US Dollar Index (DXY) slipping back below 100.00 to 99.60 on Friday after a surge in the middle of the week driven by the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) decision to hold rates in the 3.50%-3.75% range. The war in Iran is nearing the end of its third week, with the Strait…

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Iran unwilling to discuss Hormuz while under attack – report

A Bloomberg report citing an Iranian official says that Iran is sticking to its hardline position on the Strait of Hormuz and unwilling to discuss opening it while it’s under attack. The report says: Iranian officials have become reluctant to even discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz as they focus on surviving the US-Israeli onslaught, according to a person…

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Short-Term Analysis for BTCUSD, XRPUSD, and ETHUSD for 20.03.2026

2026.03.20 2026.03.20 Short-Term Analysis for BTCUSD, XRPUSD, and ETHUSD for 20.03.2026 Roman Oneginhttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/roman-onegin/ Dear readers, I’ve prepared a short-term forecast for Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum based on Elliott Wave analysis. The article covers the following subjects: Major Takeaways BTCUSD: The last part of impulse 5 appears to be developing. Consider selling the asset with Take Profit at 61,111.15. XRPUSD: The…

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