A proposal to replace quarterly reporting for public companies with semi-annual reports is being prepared by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, sources tell The Wall Street Journal

Quarterly company reporting may become optional in the U.S. - WSJ

Investors may underestimate the scale of global economic turbulence, which can provoke a war in the Middle East, said the global economist of Bank of America Securities (BoFA) Antonio Gabriel. His opinion is <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-16/markets-may-be-underpricing-iran-risks-bank-of-america-warns">quoted by</a> Bloomberg. According to BoFA analysts, the main risks in connection with the armed conflict is not so much the growth of inflation, on which the markets are now focused, as the resistance of world economies to energy shocks. And also - irreversible losses in energy production in the Gulf countries, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-inflation-recession-iran-oil-prices-war-economy-bofa-2026-3">writes</a> Business Insider.

'Risk of irreversible loss': BofA pointed to underestimated threats of war in Iran

The main U.S. stock indices began trading on Tuesday, March 17, with a slight increase. Investors are assessing the impact of the conflict in the Middle East on energy prices<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-gains-over-2-market-weighs-iran-war-supply-risks-2026-03-17/">,</a> as well as inflation risks ahead of the two-day meeting of the Federal Reserve System, which will begin on March 18, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/wall-street-futures-slip-higher-oil-prices-fuel-inflation-worries-ahead-fed-2026-03-17/">writes</a> Reuters.

'Keeping calm': US stocks rise despite ongoing war in Iran

NVIDIA Corporation

Meta Platforms, Inc.

All four major U.S. stock indices rose in trading on March 16 on the back of falling oil prices. The international benchmark Brent fell below $100 per barrel, losing more than 3% in price. Investors are cautiously hoping for the resumption of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, which is key to oil exports from the Persian Gulf, and are also waiting for the arrival of raw materials from strategic reserves on the market.

Brent oil cheaper than $100, S&amp;P 500 up 1%, fear index down: results of the 17th day of the war

JPMorgan analysts predict a 15% drop in the S&amp;P 500 if oil prices remain high

Expensive oil will trigger a "domino effect" and crash the US stock market by 15% - JPMorgan

The escalation of the conflict in the Middle East continues for the third week, but the first trading day of the U.S. stocks began in a positive way: the broad index of American stocks S&amp;P 500 in the first minutes of the session added 1%, technological Nasdaq Composite rose by 1.3%, the index of "blue chips" Dow Jones - in the plus by 0.74%.

"Equity markets breathed a sigh of relief": the Nasdaq and S&amp;P 500 each added 1%, oil at $101

PayPay Corporation

Tesla, Inc.

Billionaire Bill Ackman has decided to launch his investment fund's IPO in the US under a "buy five shares, sixth one free" scheme. Tesla converted its investment in xAI into a small stake in SpaceX ahead of the largest listing in history. Hong Kong exchange offered to publicly shame professionals who failed to prepare documents for the initial public offering. The main events on the IPO market for the week - in our selection.

Ackman's dual listing, SpaceX and the "board of shame" in Hong Kong: What's important about IPOs by March 15

The Cboe index, which tracks oil price volatility, has reached its highest level since 2020

Tension in markets nears highest since Trump imposed duties

Stocks in the U.S. ended a third straight week of declines. The main U.S. index S&amp;P 500 fell to its lowest level in 2026. The stock market is following the oil market, which continued to grow on Friday: the cost of Brent exceeded $103 per barrel and came close to $104.

Stocks down for the third week, S&amp;P 500 low, Brent over $103: results of the 14th day of war

Wall Street is "trading threateningly along the lines of 2007-2008," Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett wrote in a note to clients. In his opinion, the jump in oil prices amid the war with Iran and growing market fears around private lending resemble in market activity the period preceding the global financial crisis of 2008, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-13/bofa-s-hartnett-warns-markets-are-starting-to-look-like-2008?embedded-checkout=true">writes</a>.

Ominous dynamics: BofA sees 3 signs in the market before the 2008 crisis

At mid-day on March 13, America's broad index of stocks, the S&amp;P 500, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lost the gains that both indices <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/akcii-ssa-rastut-na-fone-valyh-ekonomiceskih-dannyh-pocemu">had posted in</a> the early hours of the trading session.

The market is waiting for the opening of the Straits Times: the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq lost gains, oil soared to $102

Adobe Inc.

Ulta Beauty, Inc.

SentinelOne, Inc.

PagerDuty, Inc.

ServiceTitan, Inc.

Morgan Stanley

Dollar General Corporation

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

Firefly Aerospace Inc.

The Descartes Systems Group Inc.

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.