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As of Apr 23, 2026
For informational purposes only.
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If you’re heavy in tech or AI, today probably felt like, “Why is everything I own down when the market barely moved?” This was one of those days where the headlines looked calm, but under the surface money quietly shuffled from the hot stuff into the boring, defensive stuff.
The big story was a reset after a huge run.
The economy is still coming in stronger than expected: today’s purchasing manager surveys showed both factories and services comfortably in “growth” territory, and weekly jobless claims stayed low at 214,000. That’s good news for Main Street, but it keeps the “inflation is heating back up” narrative alive.
Bond yields inched higher across most maturities, and volatility stayed moderate with the VIX around 19. Put simply: investors are nudging prices to reflect the idea that interest rates may stay high while inflation and energy shocks (tied to the Iran/Strait of Hormuz situation) linger.
When that happens, the market tends to ask, “What am I overpaying for?” The answer today was: growthy, high‑beta tech.
The major indexes were down, but not dramatically:
Underneath that, the damage was broader: only about 37% of stocks rose, and an equal‑weighted basket of the S&P fell roughly −1.3%. So this was a “more red than the index suggests” kind of day.
