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Issue #52 · Wednesday, September 2, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 16.5 ▲ from 16.3 yesterday | | S&P 500 and Nasdaq declined modestly as investors weigh energy geopolitics, trade tensions, and mega-cap AI positioning. |
| | | | | ● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,631.47 -0.71%
-0.60% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 26,099.77 -1.03%
-0.20% this week | | Dow Jones | 52,766.88 -0.79%
-1.51% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,920.13 -1.23%
-2.99% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
| ● The Movers Leaders | AAPL Apple | +2.61% | | META Meta | +1.08% | | ^GSPC S&P 500 | -0.71% |
| Laggards | TSLA Tesla | -3.22% | | AMZN Amazon | -1.87% | | NVDA Nvidia | -1.51% |
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The day's best and worst of the tracked indices and mega-caps · day-over-day change. |
| ● The Read S&P 500 — description, not prediction Trading above both its 50-day (7,570.67) and 200-day (7,126.82) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range 7,316.15–7,798.99; currently in the middle third of that range. RSI(14) 38 — momentum weak. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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| Markets 101 What are the "Magnificent Seven"? A nickname for seven mega-cap tech giants — Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla — whose size means their moves can sway the whole S&P 500. |
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