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Issue #39 · Friday, August 14, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Calm · 14.5 ▼ from 14.6 yesterday | | S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit fresh records amid calm markets, extending a three-week winning streak as bond yields remain elevated. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,798.99 +0.65%
+1.15% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 26,803.03 +0.81%
+1.73% this week | | Dow Jones | 53,839.99 +0.13%
-0.08% this week | | Russell 2000 | 3,052.85 +0.24%
+1.71% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | TSLA Tesla | +3.80% | | META Meta | +2.78% | | AAPL Apple | +1.00% |
| Laggards | SPCX SpaceX | -3.33% | | AMZN Amazon | -0.80% | | ^DJI Dow Jones | +0.13% |
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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 (7,507.75) and 200-day (7,070.35) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range 7,316.15–7,798.99; currently in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) 77 — traditionally described as overbought. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Partner The charts we read every morning TradingView is the charting platform a lot of "The Read" leans on — live charts, screeners and alerts for stocks, indexes and the VIX. New to it? This link puts toward a paid plan. Try TradingView → |
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Markets 101 What is the Dow Jones? The Dow Jones Industrial Average tracks just 30 large US companies and is price-weighted, not value-weighted. It's the oldest famous index, but the narrowest of the majors. |
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