Wall Street Breakfast Wall Street Roundup: market shifts to defense
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Mar 27, 2026 Brian Stewart, market analyst known for macro and sector-rotation insight. He walks through a defensive shift into energy and telecom. He covers AI stocks under pressure, stablecoin regulation dragging crypto names, and why jobs data and Fed policy are the next big catalysts.
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Market Rotates Into Defensive Oil And Telecom Stocks
- Markets shifted defensive as Iran conflict raised geopolitical risk and oil prices, favoring oil majors and telecom dividend plays.
- ExxonMobil up ~9% and Chevron ~7% this week, while AI leaders like Micron and Meta fell double digits.
AI Stocks Suffer As Money Flows To Old Economy
- AI-related stocks saw large pullbacks as capital rotated out of recent leadership into more defensive names.
- Micron down 15%, Meta down 12%, Oracle down 8%, Google down 7% over the past weeks, signaling a sector reallocation.
Stablecoin Regulation Spooked Crypto Stocks
- Crypto sector wobbled on regulatory headlines about stablecoin yield limits from the Clarity Act, hitting issuers and exchanges.
- Circle plunged ~20% and Coinbase fell ~19% across the week after reports of severe yield caps.