What Elon can't build before January 1

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FRI OCT 16 RECAP · OFFICIAL CLOSE · SPY −1.11% QQQ −2.50% DIA −0.38% IWM −1.69%

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KEY TAKES

Chips fell an eighth straight day (PHLX semis −3.8%), and the selling reached software and megacaps: AMD −5.95%, Palo Alto −7.63%, CoreWeave −11.91% after Bloomberg reported its co-founders sold $3.3B of stock since the IPO. The Nasdaq lost more than 4% on the week.
Money went to energy, utilities, and staples (XLE +2.52%) as WTI topped $101 (+3.6%). Monday brings Fifth Third before the open and Steel Dynamics after the close.
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THE CLOSE

Traders kept selling stocks priced on AI payoffs years out and moved into businesses that earn now, led by energy. Crude jumped after Trump said the U.S. may have to target Iran's Pickaxe Mountain. Factories beat (industrial production +0.7% vs +0.4% expected) while the NY Fed services index fell to −20.7. SPY closed 763.25 (−1.11%), QQQ 709.80 (−2.50%), DIA 519.10 (−0.38%), IWM 270.44 (−1.69%). The 3 PM read held. QQQ finished lower than at 1:20 PM, and VXX kept most of its gain, closing +7.61%.

MONDAY'S SETUP

~6:30 AM ET. Fifth Third (FITB) reports Q3 results, call at 9:00 AM ET. It's the first regional bank of the week, after CoreWeave's debt made credit the week's worry.

Before the open. Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) reports. A steel read right after the September industrial production beat (+0.7% vs +0.4% expected).

10:00 AM ET. NAHB homebuilder sentiment for October, prior 32. A housing read with the 10-year still near 5.08%.

After the close. Steel Dynamics (STLD), Zions (ZION), Western Alliance (WAL), and W. R. Berkley (WRB) report. Steel Dynamics tells you about steel demand; Zions and Western Alliance tell you about regional-bank credit.

ONE TO WATCH MONDAY

STLD closed $240.54 (−0.09%). It reports after Monday's close. Factories ran hotter than expected in September, so this first big steelmaker report shows whether that strength is turning into orders and pricing. The stock finished flat while the Nasdaq Composite fell 2.2%. The tell: does Steel Dynamics guide Q4 shipments or pricing higher, and does the stock hold Monday's close level after hours?

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Signal over noise. Evening recap of Friday's official close. Monday starts with Fifth Third before the open and Steel Dynamics after the close.

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