Pivotal Week for Tech, Iran War’s Impact on Energy, Small Cap Stocks with Big Returns 7/20/26

The Nasdaq rose on Monday as oil prices fluctuated in response to the latest bout of military exchanges between the U.S. and Iran. Steve Liesman and Kelly Evans are joined on-set by Peter Mallouk (Creative Planning CEO) and David Spika (Turtle Creek Chief Market Strategist) to give their takes on the state of the markets as we head into a busy week of mega-cap tech earnings reports. Kpler’s Director of Commodity Research, Matt Smith, also joins the program to break down the latest headlines from the Middle East as the average price for a gallon of gas in the U.S. rises back above $4.00. Later on, Francis Gannon, Royce Investment Partners Co-CIO, joins the anchors in-studio to give his top small-cap stock picks and provide his long-term outlook for the Russell 2000 small-cap index.