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Issue #48 · Thursday, August 27, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Calm · 14.9 ▼ from 15.2 yesterday | | Markets hold steady as Nvidia's strong earnings boost chip stocks, while Fed leadership transitions draw investor attention. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,675.70 -0.02%
-0.42% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 26,130.20 -0.08%
-0.76% this week | | Dow Jones | 53,463.88 -0.21%
+0.00% this week | | Russell 2000 | 3,005.90 -0.14%
-0.89% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | SPCX SpaceX | +1.22% | | AAPL Apple | +1.15% | | META Meta | +1.07% |
| Laggards | NVDA Nvidia | -1.59% | | GOOGL Alphabet | -1.43% | | TSLA Tesla | -1.26% |
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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 (7,553.56) and 200-day (7,109.31) 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) 46 — momentum roughly neutral. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 Market order vs. limit order? A market order buys or sells immediately at the best available price. A limit order only executes at a price you set or better — you control price but not whether it fills. |
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