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Tuesday should have been an easy risk-on day. Inflation came in softer than expected. Treasury yields fell. The dollar weakened. The VIX dropped. Big banks delivered solid earnings. And stocks rose. The S&P 500 gained 0.38%. The Nasdaq climbed 0.90%. The Russell 2000 added 0.39%. But the Dow rose just 0.02%. That tiny gain told […]
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Monday gave the market the opposite of Friday. Not relief. Reversal. The S&P 500 fell 0.79%. The Dow lost 0.26%. The Nasdaq dropped 1.55%. The Russell 2000 declined 0.83%. The VIX jumped 14.17% to 17.16. Gold slipped 0.13%. Bitcoin lost 1.25%. Crude oil rose 1.59% to $79.38, while Brent gained 1.26% to $84.35. The 10-year
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Thursday gave the market exactly what it wanted. A relief bounce. After two days of oil shocks, Iran headlines, rising volatility, and pressure under the surface, the tape finally found its footing again. The S&P 500 rose 0.81%. The Dow gained 0.27%. The Nasdaq jumped 1.30%. The Russell 2000 climbed 1.22%. Volatility cooled hard, with
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Wednesday was not a clean risk-off day. It was more complicated than that. The S&P 500 fell 0.28%. The Dow dropped 1.09%. The Russell 2000 lost 0.88%. But the Nasdaq managed to rise 0.20%. That matters. After Tuesday’s tech selloff, big tech did not fully break. It held up better than the broader market. But
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Tuesday gave the market a reminder. Risk appetite can return quickly. But it can leave just as fast. After Monday’s clean growth-led bounce, Tuesday was a different tape. The S&P 500 fell 0.45%. The Dow lost 0.25%. The Nasdaq dropped 1.16%. The Russell 2000 fell 0.90%. The VIX rose 3.60% to 16.13. That is not
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Monday gave the market a cleaner message. After the long weekend, buyers came back to growth. The Nasdaq rose 1.12%. The S&P 500 gained 0.72%. The Dow added 0.29%. The Russell 2000 climbed 0.45%. Volatility cooled, with the VIX down 1.52%. That is a risk-on setup. But it was not just a blind rally. Technology
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Thursday was not a market crash. It was more interesting than that. The S&P 500 slipped 0.08%. The Nasdaq fell 0.80%. The Russell 2000 lost 0.55%. But the Dow gained 1.14%, showing that money did not leave the market completely. It moved. The VIX fell 2.65% to 16.15, so volatility actually eased. Gold rose 0.24%
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July opened with a market that looked quiet on the surface. It was not quiet underneath. The S&P 500 slipped 0.22%. The Nasdaq fell 0.66%. The Russell 2000 lost 0.39%. The Dow managed a small gain of 0.03%. The VIX rose 0.85%, so volatility did not panic, but it did stop falling. Gold dropped 0.65%.
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Tuesday gave the market what it wanted. Leadership. After several days of messy rotation, AI worries, oil volatility, Bitcoin weakness, and fragile sentiment, the tape finally found a cleaner driver again: technology. The Nasdaq rose 1.52%. The S&P 500 gained 0.79%. The Dow added 0.26%. The Russell 2000 climbed 0.46%. Volatility cooled sharply, with the
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