That is what looked like the catalyst but seeing the response made me feel the confirmation from the S&P really was a big factor, particularly because the algorithms must all have been banking on the rapid inclusion for the AI companies which would keep the tech ship afloat at its current valuation. I don’t think the jobs report was enough either, and the market hasn’t really been reacting strongly to ideas about interest rates shifting, I’d say in the current climate them staying the same is priced in about as much as the, changing.

and Meta saying they want to issue. Combined with the IPO scramble there's a lot of dilution and raising hitting the same sector in a very short period of time. Can the public markets pony up the cash in the short timeframe? It seems investors said no, or at least the uncertainty was high enough that they trimmed the risk.

The market moved in reaction to the totality of events that happened in the world all averaged out through the actions of the participants, anyone who says "this" was what happened on any day is wrong. Some days have dominating factors but even if the event is the dominant one, the reason why it has the impact it does might be a 3rd or 4th level effect.

The strong job numbers too.

On a side note, I find it very sad that strong job numbers make stock plummet.

It really is an indication that the stock market is mostly speculative and not concerned about the actual economy.

That’s a lazy take. My spidey senses tell me otherwise.