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Issue #15 · Monday, July 13, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 16.3 ▲ from 15.0 yesterday | | Worth noting Meta (META) moved +5.97% on the day. | | Markets edged higher as semiconductor stocks fell; chipmaker weakness and inflation pressures abroad signal mixed signals heading into trading. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,575.39 +0.42%
+1.23% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 26,281.61 +0.29%
+1.74% this week | | Dow Jones | 52,637.01 +0.29%
-0.50% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,977.81 -0.49%
-0.61% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | META Meta | +5.97% | | NVDA Nvidia | +4.03% | | ^GSPC S&P 500 | +0.42% |
| Laggards | SPCX SpaceX | -4.51% | | AMZN Amazon | -0.69% | | ^RUT Russell 2000 | -0.49% |
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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 (7,433.12) and 200-day (6,965.14) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range 7,266.99–7,609.78; currently in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) 57 — momentum firm. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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● The Brief | | Chipmakers fall; SK Hynix sinks 8% Major semiconductor names declined ahead of the open, with SK Hynix leading losses. Chip sector weakness matters because semiconductors are core to tech earnings. (CNBC) |
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Markets 101 What is a P/E ratio? Price divided by earnings per share — how many dollars you pay for each dollar of annual profit. A high P/E means investors expect growth; it says nothing certain about the future. |
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