Spring Into Action
The Week Ahead 3/8/26
The Big Picture
March opened with even more drama layered on top of an already choppy tape. We kicked off the week with U.S.–Israel strikes on Iran and the assassination of much of Tehran’s leadership, which produced the expected war‑shock open: oil and metals spiked, travel and cyclicals gapped lower, futures traded heavy, and then—dip‑buyers stepped in…




