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Issue #35 · Monday, August 10, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 15.5 ▲ from 14.9 yesterday | | Worth noting SpaceX (SPCX) moved +15.83% on the day. | | S&P 500 and Nasdaq extended gains on strong weekly momentum, with traders monitoring geopolitical developments and upcoming inflation data. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,757.64 +0.62%
+3.58% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 26,690.62 +1.30%
+5.19% this week | | Dow Jones | 54,036.93 +0.28%
+2.96% this week | | Russell 2000 | 3,034.49 +1.10%
+3.52% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | SPCX SpaceX | +15.83% | | TSLA Tesla | +2.83% | | NVDA Nvidia | +2.27% |
| Laggards | GOOGL Alphabet | -0.96% | | MSFT Microsoft | +0.03% | | ^DJI Dow Jones | +0.28% |
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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 (7,494.24) and 200-day (7,050.03) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range 7,316.15–7,757.64; currently in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) 70 — momentum firm. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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● The Brief | | Market momentum continues; inflation data next focus Stocks are coming off their best week since April with the S&P 500 hitting an all-time closing high Friday. Traders are watching for economic data and geopolitical developments that could influence Federal Reserve policy. (CNBC) |
| | Weaker job market may support Fed rate cuts A cooling labor market with contained wage inflation could give the Federal Reserve room to cut interest rates, potentially benefiting stock valuations by lowering borrowing costs. (MarketWatch) |
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Markets 101 Are half-days real? Yes — around certain holidays (like the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve) US markets close early at 1:00pm ET. Full holidays close the whole day; we skip those mornings. |
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