🔔 S&P 500 7,483 (-0.28%) · Mood: Cautious

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Stock Mornings

Your weekday pre-market read on US stocks.
Issue #13 · Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 16.9 ▲ from 16.1 yesterday

Worth noting The S&P 500 crossed below 7,500 since yesterday.

Markets show mixed signals as stocks tread water; geopolitical tensions and earnings moves compete for investor attention.

● The Numbers

S&P 500

7,482.71 -0.28%
-0.22% this week

Nasdaq Composite

25,870.65 +0.20%
-1.31% this week

Dow Jones

52,348.39 -1.09%
+0.06% this week

Russell 2000

2,956.39 -0.88%
-2.25% this week

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● The Movers

Leaders

NVDA Nvidia

+3.65%

AAPL Apple

+0.88%

^IXIC Nasdaq Composite

+0.20%

Laggards

TSLA Tesla

-2.19%

META Meta

-2.02%

MSFT Microsoft

-1.41%

The day's best and worst of the tracked indices and mega-caps · day-over-day change.

● The Read

S&P 500 — description, not prediction

Trading above both its 50-day (7,417.00) and 200-day (6,956.33) 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) 48 — momentum roughly neutral.

See where every market sits on the daily page →

● The Brief

U.S. launches fresh strikes on Iran; markets weigh geopolitical risk

The United States conducted additional military strikes on Iran after President Trump signaled reduced interest in negotiation. This escalation raises uncertainty about Middle East stability and potential oil-market disruption affecting broad economic conditions. (CNBC)

Levi Strauss beats expectations, raises full-year guidance second time

The apparel maker topped quarterly profit and revenue forecasts and boosted its annual outlook, signaling strong consumer demand and pricing power in discretionary retail despite broader economic caution. (CNBC)

Growing wave of stock and debt offerings poses bull-market risk

Heavy corporate issuance of new shares and debt could pressure equity valuations and borrowing costs, creating a headwind for markets if companies flood capital markets faster than demand can absorb. (CNBC)

SpaceX stock slides below IPO price after Nasdaq-100 inclusion

SpaceX shares fell below their $150 debut price in a two-day decline following inclusion in a major index, a common pattern as initial IPO demand cools and broader ownership settles. (CNBC)

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Markets 101

What is the Dow Jones?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tracks just 30 large US companies and is price-weighted, not value-weighted. It's the oldest famous index, but the narrowest of the majors.

“Markets are a description of today, not a forecast of tomorrow.”

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