It was fun while it lasted. The relief rally that lifted investors? spirits in the shortened trade week ran into a wall of worry. Equities were down with the tech sector seeing the largest declines. But this was an equal opportunity sell-off. Oil, gold, and Bitcoin all were lower as was the yield on the 10-year Treasury note.

It?s likely that investors are expressing their opinion on what they expect from the June CPI and PPI readings. These reports come in the pre-market on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. The consensus is for the CPI to show an 8.8% year-over-year increase with core CPI coming in at 5.8%. Even though those numbers would show the worst may be over in terms of price hikes, tell that to consumers who still lack confidence in this market.
Investors are also anticipating the start of the earnings season.

Many of the major banks will report later this week. And many analysts are already adjusting their price targets to reflect what they expect to be lower guidance.