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Issue #46 · Tuesday, August 25, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 15.8 ▼ from 15.9 yesterday | | Stocks finished mixed as modest declines reflected regulatory scrutiny of AI financing and persistent concerns over government spending. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,652.86 -0.28%
-1.19% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 25,980.19 -0.76%
-2.49% this week | | Dow Jones | 53,417.16 +0.26%
-0.08% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,995.08 -0.76%
-2.04% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | META Meta | +1.66% | | AMZN Amazon | +1.33% | | GOOGL Alphabet | +0.94% |
| Laggards | TSLA Tesla | -3.83% | | NVDA Nvidia | -2.91% | | SPCX SpaceX | -1.44% |
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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 (7,546.22) and 200-day (7,100.13) 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) 40 — momentum weak. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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● The Brief | | SEC subpoenas banks over AI hedge fund collapse The SEC is investigating major Wall Street banks' involvement in trades and financing related to the near-collapse of AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness, signaling regulatory focus on AI sector risk management. (CNBC) |
| | AI debt build-out seen as too big to fail Bank of America analysts warn that the debt-fueled expansion of AI infrastructure may have become systemic enough to require Federal Reserve backstop support if credit conditions tighten. (MarketWatch) |
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