US Stocks Slide as Crypto Sector and Precious Metals Run Hot

Outside equities, the tone was far more confident. Precious metals keep rewriting the record books, digital assets continue to extend their advance, and housing data added another pocket of strength to the mix. The divergence left markets looking less like a unified trade and more like a rotating cast of winners, with money clearly favoring assets perceived as steadier—or simply more exciting—than stocks for now.