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Issue #26 · Tuesday, July 28, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 18.9 ▲ from 18.7 yesterday | | Worth noting Nvidia (NVDA) moved -4.99% on the day. | | S&P 500 edges up while Nasdaq slides on chip weakness; earnings season and Fed meeting loom this week. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,413.18 +0.07%
-0.60% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 24,932.08 -0.82%
-2.30% this week | | Dow Jones | 52,210.08 +0.51%
+0.72% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,948.04 +0.62%
+0.19% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | GOOGL Alphabet | +2.13% | | MSFT Microsoft | +1.94% | | AAPL Apple | +1.17% |
| Laggards | NVDA Nvidia | -4.99% | | SPCX SpaceX | -1.36% | | TSLA Tesla | -1.22% |
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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 Between its 50-day (7,472.04) and 200-day (7,005.74) averages — a trend in transition. 30-day range 7,354.02–7,575.39; 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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● The Brief | | Coca-Cola beats earnings, raises full-year outlook Coca-Cola reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results and raised its 2024 profit forecast, citing strong global beverage demand. The stock has gained 19% year-to-date, outpacing the broader market. (CNBC) |
| | Chip sector weakness weighs on Nasdaq futures Semiconductor stocks continued selling pressure Monday, pressuring Nasdaq futures lower. Investors await major earnings reports this week and a Federal Reserve policy meeting. (CNBC) |
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Markets 101 What does Nvidia actually make? Graphics and AI chips (GPUs). Originally for video games, its processors became the workhorses of artificial-intelligence computing, which drove it to a multi-trillion-dollar valuation. |
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