Dividend Harvesting Portfolio Week 262: $26,200 Allocated, $2,839.34 In Projected Dividends

2026-03-09 09:00:00 ET

This was not a good week for the stock market as geopolitical tensions become more unstable. The conflict in Iran has not been resolved and the price of oil increased over 25% this week and is now above $90 per barrel. The market hates uncertainty and now the big fear is that when the CPI data gets released the consensus estimates for March will show that inflation is rising. The market is starting to price this in as the S&P 500 fell -1.28% this week while the Dow tumbled by more than -2%. The AI bears are also out in full force as all eyes are focused on what Oracle ( ORCL ) CapEx and debt levels look like when they report this week. There is a lot of short term uncertainty that is causing the markets to be volatile and if the situation in the middle east isn’t resolved it could have very serious ramifications for the U.S. and global economy in 2026. It’s too soon to know if this will spiral into a black swan event. I still believe that this will be resolved sooner rather than later and the current situation is creating a buying opportunity throughout the market. No matter what happens I feel that the Dividend Harvesting Portfolio will continue to do well as its built to navigate difficult investing environments....

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