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Issue #41 · Tuesday, August 18, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 15.7 ▲ from 14.3 yesterday | | Major indices edged lower in cautious trading as earnings season continues and mega-cap growth stocks face headwinds. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,785.76 -0.17%
+0.36% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 26,729.16 -0.28%
+0.14% this week | | Dow Jones | 53,732.41 -0.20%
-0.56% this week | | Russell 2000 | 3,068.42 +0.51%
+1.12% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | TSLA Tesla | +0.68% | | ^RUT Russell 2000 | +0.51% | | AAPL Apple | +0.22% |
| Laggards | AMZN Amazon | -0.94% | | SPCX SpaceX | -0.91% | | META Meta | -0.86% |
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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 (7,512.39) and 200-day (7,074.90) 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) 75 — traditionally described as overbought. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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● The Brief | | Home Depot Q2 beats, maintains full-year guidance Home Depot reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and reaffirmed its full-year outlook, signaling resilience in consumer spending on home improvement despite economic uncertainty. (Yahoo Fin) |
| | MAI Capital acquires Atlanta-based RIA Waypoint Wealth MAI Capital Management acquired Waypoint Wealth Counsel, an Atlanta registered investment advisor, continuing consolidation in the independent advisory industry as larger firms acquire smaller competitors. (Yahoo Fin) |
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