(15 March 2026) Stocks fell for a third straight week last week as rising oil prices from the war with Iran reignited inflation fears.  Despite the geopolitical tensions and the flood of dramatic headlines, the current pullback sees the major indexes still within 5% of their recent all-time highs. The decline was not unexpected given the range of influences in play last week.  I had been skeptical of the positive net effect indicated by the Alignment Calendar given the downside risk of the approaching triple conjunction of Mercury, Mars, and the North Node.  Our backtesting suggested an interim low was more likely to occur 3-6 days before the March 15 conjunction.  That did not preclude further downside last week, and...