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Issue #5 · Thursday, June 25, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 18.0 ▼ from 18.6 yesterday | | Stocks fell modestly as investors awaited key inflation data; major M&A and earnings reports offered mixed signals on corporate health. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,358.22 -0.10%
-2.04% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 25,476.64 -0.43%
-3.41% this week | | Dow Jones | 51,848.90 +0.35%
-0.29% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,986.63 +0.37%
+1.61% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | ^RUT Russell 2000 | +0.37% | | ^DJI Dow Jones | +0.35% | | AMZN Amazon | +0.07% |
| Laggards | MSFT Microsoft | -2.27% | | TSLA Tesla | -1.59% | | SPCX SpaceX | -1.01% |
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The day's best and worst of the tracked indices and mega-caps · day-over-day change. |
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● The Read S&P 500 — description, not prediction Trading above both its 50-day (7,349.01) and 200-day (6,916.45) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range 7,266.99–7,609.78; currently in the lower third of that range. RSI(14) 41 — momentum weak. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 How does the Federal Reserve affect stocks? The Fed sets short-term interest rates. Higher rates make borrowing costlier and bonds more attractive, which often pressures stock valuations; rate cuts often do the reverse. |
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“Markets are a description of today, not a forecast of tomorrow.” |
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