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U.S. equities surged meaningfully higher in May, with the large-, mid-, and small-cap flagship benchmarks all reaching new all-time highs.

As the Iran conflict passed the three-month mark, hopes for a resolution boosted markets this week.

Once again, the Iran conflict was the big market mover, and there were several positive developments.

It was (another) week dominated by geopolitics.

We recently talked about how the Nasdaq-100 (NDX) ecosystem has changed and expanded in the 40 years since the index was launched. Today we take a look at where the ecosystem is now - in terms of assets and liquidity.

In the last week, the Iran conflict continued to move markets, while economic data showed that the economy remains resilient and first-quarter earnings continued to be very strong.

Read Tony Sio's analysis of the Eddie Murphy Rule and the charges of insider trading in prediction markets and event contracts.