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Issue #38 · Thursday, August 13, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Calm · 14.6 ▲ from 14.6 yesterday | | Worth noting SpaceX (SPCX) moved +9.65% on the day. | | Stock indexes edged higher on calm trading as investors awaited inflation data and digested corporate earnings reports. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,748.50 +0.26%
+0.32% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 26,588.49 +0.54%
+0.85% this week | | Dow Jones | 53,770.27 -0.04%
-1.07% this week | | Russell 2000 | 3,045.48 +0.61%
+0.87% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | SPCX SpaceX | +9.65% | | NVDA Nvidia | +3.03% | | ^RUT Russell 2000 | +0.61% |
| Laggards | META Meta | -3.38% | | MSFT Microsoft | -2.26% | | AMZN Amazon | -1.83% |
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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 (7,503.96) and 200-day (7,065.31) 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) 75 — traditionally described as overbought. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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● The Brief | | Lenovo profits beat expectations on AI demand Lenovo reported stronger-than-expected earnings driven by sales of AI-enabled computers, servers, and services, reflecting broader corporate spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure. (MarketWatch) |
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Markets 101 What is the Nasdaq Composite? An index of almost every stock listed on the Nasdaq exchange — several thousand of them, heavily weighted toward technology. It's why people say "the Nasdaq" to mean tech. |
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