Stock Market Outlook

Welcome back, readers. I'm Phil Rosen, writing to you from New York. 

Now that it's April, we can say a spate of banks collapsed last month, but the repercussions of the crisis continue to unfold as if it all happened yesterday. 

The chatter now centers around a looming credit crunch —  but the troubling part is that red flags were flying well before we heard a peep from Silicon Valley Bank.

• JPMorgan Asset Management CIO says markets  are headed for a "feel good period" before an economic slowdown.

Nothing's more fitting on a Friday than a dose of market optimism. Phil Rosen here. 

Yes, it's true — the Nasdaq 100 officially closed 20% above its December low this week, which means we are technically now in a bull market.

No time to dawdle today — let's jump in.