S&P 500, Nasdaq Had Worst Month Since Spring Tariff Turmoil

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Affected assets and topics

$NASDAQ

Why it matters

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite experienced their worst month since spring 2018 tariff turmoil, indicating a decline in investor confidence, particularly in the AI sector.

Article tone

Neutral How the article is written, as reported by the source.

Expected market reaction

Bearish Confidence 90% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: High

Market impact analysis based on bearish sentiment with 90% confidence.

Evidence trail

Evidence
Source Yahoo Finance
Claim S&P 500, Nasdaq Had Worst Month Since Spring Tariff Turmoil
Affected assets NASDAQ
AI inference Bearish · 90%
Generated 2026-03-02 08:20

AI provenance

Analysed by Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) Methodology v1.0 Generated
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groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Analysis version
groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Article id
51892
Timeframe
6h

Prediction lifecycle

  • Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) NASDAQ Bearish 90% 6h
    Generated 6h Excluded

    Expired: not evaluated within 7 days of its 6h timeframe elapsing

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Original source

Investors have bet for years that artificial intelligence would change everything. They got some proof of it last month—and then they started selling. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite fell in February, each suffering its worst month since tariff turmoil started to crop up in markets last spring.

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Original article published by Yahoo Finance on March 2, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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