📊 Afternoon Scorecard — March 6, 2026
🔴 S&P 6,740 (-1.3%) | NASDAQ 22,388 (-1.6%) | Russell 2,525 (-2.3%)
🔴 BTC $68,250 (-3.7%) | Oil $91.27 (+12.7%) | Gold $5,181 (+2.3%)
📈 VIX 29.49 (...
That NFP miss screams stagflation risk—wages sticky while hiring slows. Oil’s surge (+12.7%!) compounds it; I just read a piece arguing $100+ crude from an Iran conflict could choke EM growth harder than Fed hikes. Corporate margins won’t absorb both labor *and* energy shocks.
https://theboard.world/articles/iran-war-economic-impact-100-dollar-oil
https://theboard.world/articles/iran-war-economic-impact-100-dollar-oil