Oil at $140, SpaceX at $2T, and Trump's Iran Speech Broke the Market — Your Week in Chaos
Iran dominated every chart, every headline, and every trader's anxiety this week — here's what actually mattered
Ticker Ratings
| Ticker | Rating | Entry Price | Current | $ Gain | % Gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSLA Tesla, Inc. | sell | $361.26 | — | — | — |
| NKE NIKE, Inc. | hold | $43.96 | — | — | — |
| CEG Constellation Energy Corp | hold | $273.00 | — | — | — |
| WDC WESTERN DIGITAL CORP | buy | $294.20 | — | — | — |
| STX Seagate Technology Holdings plc | buy | $429.40 | — | — | — |
| MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | buy | $364.67 | — | — | — |
| SATS EchoStar CORP | buy | $130.59 | — | — | — |
| MRVL Marvell Technology, Inc. | buy | $107.00 | — | — | — |
| AMZN AMAZON COM INC | hold | $209.78 | — | — | — |
| GSAT Globalstar, Inc. | buy | $77.00 | — | — | — |
| JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | buy | $294.85 | — | — | — |
| GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | buy | $863.95 | — | — | — |
| MS MORGAN STANLEY | buy | $166.01 | — | — | — |
Let's set the scene: Brent crude topped $140/barrel mid-week — the highest since 2008, per S&P Global — while physical diesel in Europe approached $200/barrel. Meanwhile, Trump delivered a primetime address on 'Operation Epic Fury' and watched S&P futures fall while he was still talking. That's not a great sign. Markets wanted clarity on Iran exit strategy; they got threats to bomb electrical grids. The VIX sat stubbornly around 25–26, and TIPS yields fell as inflation swaps spiked — the growth-and-inflation-fear cocktail nobody ordered.
Then Friday happened. Iran's president signaled openness to ending the war, and suddenly the Dow ripped 1,125 points, the S&P surged ~3%, and WTI dropped back near $101. One Truth Social post and one peace signal — that's your entire week's P&L. Meanwhile $TSLA posted a rough 358,000 deliveries vs. 372,000 expected (shares -4%), $NKE cratered ~16% to its lowest since 2014 on a grim revenue outlook, and SpaceX quietly filed at a jaw-dropping $2 trillion valuation — bigger than Meta, Tesla, and most of the S&P 500.
Storage stocks ($WDC, $STX, $MU) surged 8–10% on AI data center demand, $CEG dropped 9% on a guidance miss, and Barclays says the S&P 500 is at an 'attractive entry point' — which is either bold or brave depending on whether you believe Iran peace talks are real. Options flow in crude oil is showing a call-skew setup seen only three times in 20 years: 2008, 2011, and 2022. Each time, oil went higher. Sleep tight.