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Issue #50 · Monday, August 31, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 15.2 ▲ from 14.4 yesterday | | Worth noting Nvidia (NVDA) moved -4.57% on the day. | | Stocks edged lower as Fed officials signal tighter policy ahead, while insurance and pharma deals show continued M&A activity. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,711.76 -0.25%
+0.49% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 26,402.42 -0.52%
+0.85% this week | | Dow Jones | 53,559.99 -0.02%
+0.53% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,972.37 -1.39%
-1.51% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | AMZN Amazon | +3.97% | | GOOGL Alphabet | +1.74% | | MSFT Microsoft | +1.68% |
| Laggards | NVDA Nvidia | -4.57% | | TSLA Tesla | -1.71% | | ^RUT Russell 2000 | -1.39% |
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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 (7,563.79) and 200-day (7,118.72) 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) 45 — momentum roughly neutral. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 What is a stock split? Dividing each share into more shares at a proportionally lower price — a 4-for-1 split turns one $400 share into four $100 shares. Total value is unchanged; it just lowers the sticker price. |
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