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Issue #36 · Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 15.5 | | Worth noting SpaceX (SPCX) moved +4.23% on the day. | | Major indexes closed nearly flat Tuesday as investors assessed geopolitical risks and corporate earnings momentum heading into the week. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,753.11 -0.06%
+2.01% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 26,605.36 -0.32%
+2.67% this week | | Dow Jones | 53,975.98 -0.11%
+1.50% this week | | Russell 2000 | 3,017.40 -0.56%
+1.19% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | SPCX SpaceX | +4.23% | | AMZN Amazon | +1.32% | | MSFT Microsoft | +1.21% |
| Laggards | NVDA Nvidia | -2.86% | | AAPL Apple | -1.62% | | ^RUT Russell 2000 | -0.56% |
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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 (7,498.03) and 200-day (7,055.12) 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) 67 — momentum firm. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 What actually is a stock? A share of ownership in a company. Own one share of Apple and you own a tiny slice of the business — entitled to a sliver of its profits and a vote on some decisions. |
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