{"id":37038,"date":"2026-03-02T18:35:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=37038"},"modified":"2026-03-02T18:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:35:33","slug":"march-primed-to-be-up-month-for-equities-despite-geopolitical-instability-says-fundstrats-tom-lee-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=37038","title":{"rendered":"March Primed To Be \u2018Up Month\u2019 for Equities Despite Geopolitical Instability, Says Fundstrat\u2019s Tom Lee \u2013 Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/bank-cash-fed.jpg?resize=1024,600\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fundstrat\u2019s Tom Lee thinks March will be an \u201cup month\u201d for the stock market despite the geopolitical instability unleashed by the US and Israel\u2019s airstrikes against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>In a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5TVie7exq9M&amp;t=52s\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">interview<\/a> with CNBC, Lee predicts that the worst of the war-related sell-off will happen this week.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNobody likes to see headlines and images of explosions and war, and so we know risk premium jumps \u2013 that\u2019s why the VIX jumps. But it\u2019s not really going to change the fundamentals of the US, so in the past, markets kind of sell off into the buildup, and then they tend to do better once the battle begins, and I think this is going to be similar.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The VIX is the ticker for the CBOE Volatility Index, which uses options to gauge the market\u2019s expectation of 30-day volatility for the S&amp;P 500. It\u2019s up more than 5% on Monday at time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>Lee says the Magnificent 7 stocks and the software and crypto sectors all displayed \u201cearly weakness\u201d and are in the final stages of bottoming or have already bottomed.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAt least in the case of the software stocks broadly, the entire complex has fallen back to where they were last April. To me, that\u2019s clearly an overreaction. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So I think it makes sense that you\u2019d start to see some of the groups that got hit hard mean revert, including the Mag 7.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheDailyHodl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyhodl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/thedailyhodl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telegram<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span>Don&#8217;t Miss a Beat \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/join-the-daily-hodl-email-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span>Check <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/crypto-markets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Price Action<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span>Surf <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/daily-hodl-mix\">The Daily Hodl Mix<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"hideinamp\">\n<div class=\"dianomi_context\" data-dianomi-context-id=\"736\"><\/div>\n<p>&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n<h6>Disclaimer: Opinions expressed at The Daily Hodl are not investment advice. 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Please note that The Daily Hodl participates in affiliate marketing.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><em>Generated Image: Midjourney<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/2026\/03\/02\/march-primed-to-be-up-month-for-equities-despite-geopolitical-instability-says-fundstrats-tom-lee-heres-why\/\">March Primed To Be \u2018Up Month\u2019 for Equities Despite Geopolitical Instability, Says Fundstrat\u2019s Tom Lee \u2013 Here\u2019s Why<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/\">The Daily Hodl<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fundstrat\u2019s Tom Lee thinks March will be an \u201cup month\u201d for the stock market despite the geopolitical instability unleashed by the US and Israel\u2019s airstrikes against Iran. 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