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Issue #31 · Tuesday, August 4, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 15.6 ▼ from 16.0 yesterday | | Worth noting Amazon (AMZN) moved +15.32% on the day. | | S&P 500 and Nasdaq both gained Monday as Amazon crossed $3 trillion, driven by earnings beats from tech and industrial firms. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,489.72 +0.70%
+1.05% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 25,373.85 +1.00%
+1.59% this week | | Dow Jones | 52,485.03 +0.53%
+1.04% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,931.34 -0.50%
+0.05% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | AMZN Amazon | +15.32% | | GOOGL Alphabet | +6.73% | | META Meta | +3.28% |
| Laggards | AAPL Apple | -7.35% | | SPCX SpaceX | -3.41% | | ^RUT Russell 2000 | -0.50% |
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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 (7,471.51) and 200-day (7,024.11) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range 7,316.15–7,575.39; currently in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) 48 — momentum roughly neutral. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 What is a Treasury yield? The interest rate the US government pays to borrow. The 10-year yield is a benchmark for everything from mortgages to stock valuations; when it rises, stocks often wobble. |
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