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Issue #6 · Friday, June 26, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 20.0 ▲ from 18.9 yesterday | | Worth noting Apple (AAPL) moved -6.12% on the day. | | S&P 500 flat while Nasdaq dips on tech weakness, volatility gauge at cautious levels amid mixed market signals. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,357.49 -0.01%
-0.84% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 25,358.60 -0.46%
-2.55% this week | | Dow Jones | 51,920.62 +0.14%
+0.83% this week | | Russell 2000 | 3,007.86 +0.71%
+3.08% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | ^RUT Russell 2000 | +0.71% | | ^DJI Dow Jones | +0.14% | | ^GSPC S&P 500 | -0.01% |
| Laggards | AAPL Apple | -6.12% | | MSFT Microsoft | -3.46% | | AMZN Amazon | -3.10% |
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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 (7,356.81) and 200-day (6,920.77) 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) 39 — momentum weak. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 Why do interest rates move markets? A stock is worth its future profits, and higher rates make future dollars worth less today — and make safe bonds a real alternative. So rate expectations ripple through share prices. |
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