Wall Street’s got its swagger back

The market is acting like it found a new favorite playlist

Wall Street opened the week in one of those weird moods where the headline sounds calm, but the tape is still doing backflips. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both hit record highs on Monday, and the CNN Fear & Greed index nudged up to 67.3, which is firmly in “Greed” territory. Translation: investors are still leaning into risk instead of reaching for the panic button.

A mixed day, but the bulls still own the room

The broader move wasn’t exactly a victory parade — the Dow slipped about 63 points — but the big picture is that stocks are still hanging near the top of the mountain. The S&P 500 closed up 0.12% and the Nasdaq added 0.20%, even after sectors like consumer staples, real estate, and consumer discretionary got smacked around a bit.

Earnings season is doing its usual drama thing

The market’s backdrop got a little more interesting thanks to a few company-specific updates tucked inside the macro fog:

• Verizon beat first-quarter expectations and bumped its FY26 adjusted EPS guidance above estimates. That’s the kind of headline that can give a boring-old-telecom stock a caffeine shot.
• Domino’s reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter results, which is less “extra cheese” and more “where’s the sauce?”
• Coca-Cola, General Motors, and UPS were still on deck for earnings later in the day, so investors were basically speed-reading the menu before the next course.

Why you should care

When the market keeps setting records while sentiment is already in greed mode, it usually means investors are comfortable — maybe a little too comfortable — with risk. That can keep the rally going, but it also leaves less room for bad surprises to be forgiven.

Big picture: the market’s still wearing its victory lap sneakers, but earnings season and macro data are the potholes that could trip it up.