(10 May 2026)  US stocks finished higher again last week as optimism about AI-related earnings outweighed the underlying geopolitical uncertainty.  The tech-heavy NASDAQ posted its sixth consecutive winning week and carried the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 along with it. The broader market failed to keep pace, however, as the NYSE Composite actually closed lower.

The upside was not unexpected given the mostly favorable alignments that are in effect.  Our study of the post-alignment period of the April 25 Saturn-Uranus septile (51.4 degrees) suggested a bullish bias and that has certainly been evident in recent price action.   While the current Saturn-Uranus alignment has far exceeded its long-term average, it is more closely following the price pattern in cases where significant gains have already accrued before the day of the exact septile aspect.

In cases in which stocks have gained 3% or more during the 18-day run-up to the multi-septile alignment (51.4/102.9/154.3), there are usually continued gains in the 18-day period following the alignment, albeit with a lower rate of increase.  The updated cumulative trend chart below shows this clearly as the current alignment (red line) is tracking previous bullish alignments quite closely.  Further gains are definitely possible in the days ahead, although more sideways chop may be another very real scenario.  We should also note that the Dow Jones Industrials (DJIA) has been trailing the S&P 500 and NASDAQ in recent days so this chart underestimates the extent of the post-alignment gains.  But since the original backtest used the DJIA, we should track the Dow in the interest of consistency…

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