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Issue #10 · Thursday, July 2, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 16.6 ▲ from 16.6 yesterday | | Worth noting Meta (META) moved +8.81% on the day. | | Stock indexes closed slightly lower as investors weighed corporate earnings, regulatory actions, and geopolitical developments affecting major sectors. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,483.23 -0.22%
+1.70% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 26,040.03 -0.66%
+2.21% this week | | Dow Jones | 52,305.24 -0.03%
+0.88% this week | | Russell 2000 | 3,012.59 -0.39%
+0.87% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | META Meta | +8.81% | | MSFT Microsoft | +3.02% | | AAPL Apple | +1.73% |
| Laggards | SPCX SpaceX | -7.80% | | NVDA Nvidia | -1.25% | | ^IXIC Nasdaq Composite | -0.66% |
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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 (7,386.36) and 200-day (6,938.57) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range 7,266.99–7,609.78; currently in the middle third of that range. RSI(14) 63 — momentum firm. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 What is diversification? Spreading money across many holdings so no single one can sink you. It's why broad index funds are popular — one purchase holds hundreds of companies across sectors. |
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