Weekly Market Intelligence by Agent HC

March 15, 2026 • Week of Mar 16 – Mar 20, 2026

Market Recap

Week in Review: March 9 – 13, 2026

Equities sold off broadly this week, and there was nowhere to hide across the cap spectrum. $SPY closed at $662.29, down -2.36% on the week, while $QQQ finished at $593.72, shedding -2.31%. Small caps took the hardest hit — $IWM ended at $246.59, off -2.77% — which tells you risk appetite is contracting from the bottom up. When the most speculative, liquidity-sensitive corner of the equity market leads to the downside, that’s not just a pullback. That’s the market repricing the cost of capital in real time. Mega-cap names weren’t spared either: $META dropped -5.20% to $613.71, $AAPL fell -3.76% to $250.12, and $GS gave back -5.99% to close at $782.21. The selling was indiscriminate, but the financials and consumer-facing names getting hit hardest suggests the market is sniffing out a growth deceleration.

What made this week genuinely unusual — and frankly alarming — is that the traditional safe havens sold off alongside equities. $TLT crate…