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08/30/2026

Market Intelligence Report - Week Ending August 28,2026:

Judged by the headline numbers, this was a pleasant week. Four of the five major indexes we track were positive or nearly so, the S&P 500 added 0.49% to 7,711.76, the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.85% to 26,402.42, and the Dow rose 0.53% to 53,559.99 for its first winning week in three. The VIX fell to....

08/24/2026

The NeQuit Advisory - August 2026:

August is when the envelopes start arriving. Your employer's benefits packet. Medicare's Annual Notice of Change, due in mailboxes by the end of September. A retirement plan statement with a footnote you have never once read. Each one is dull, each one is thick, and each one quietly asks you to make...

08/22/2026

Market Intelligence Report - Week Ending August 21, 2026:

U.S. equities snapped a three-week winning streak, with the S&P 500 falling -1.43% to 7,674.37 (its first losing week since late July) after the bond market took center stage. The Nasdaq lost -2.05% to 26,180.45, the Dow shed -0.85% to 53,277.01, and the Russell 2000 gave back -1.65% from its recent...

08/16/2026

Market Intelligence Report - Week Ending August 14, 2026:

It was a week of split screens. On Wednesday and Thursday the inflation data delivered exactly what the bulls ordered: July CPI rose just 0.1% on the month and cooled to 3.4% year over year, while core CPI slowed to 2.5%, tying the slowest pace since March 2021. Producer prices were flat. The S&P 50...

08/08/2026

Market Intelligence Report - Week Ending August 7, 2026:

For once, bad news really was good news. The July employment report landed on Friday with a thud - the economy lost 23,000 jobs where forecasters had penciled in a gain of roughly 80,000 - and Wall Street responded by throwing a party. The logic was cold but clear: a weakening labor market strips th...

08/01/2026

Market Intelligence Report - Week Ending July 31, 2026:

A week after investors put the AI trade on trial, the defense took the stand and largely prevailed. Four of the Magnificent Seven reported, the Fed met, and the economy showed its hand, yet the verdict was clear: spending backed by demand gets rewarded, spending backed by promises does not. Every ma...

07/26/2026

Market Intelligence Report - Week Ending July 24, 2026:

The week that was supposed to crown the AI trade instead put it on trial. Two of the Magnificent Seven reported, and investors did not like the bill. Every major index except the value-tilted Dow finished lower: the Nasdaq shed -2.13% to 24,975.82, the S&P 500 slipped -0.61% to 7,411.98, and the Rus...

07/18/2026

Market Intelligence Report - Week Ending July 17, 2026:

07/13/2026

Market Intelligence Report - Week Ending July 10, 2026:

The first full week of the second half handed investors a split screen. Large-cap tech powered the S&P 500 to a +1.23% weekly gain at 7,575.39 and the Nasdaq to +1.74% at 26,281.61, both closing the week within a whisker of records. The Dow lagged, shedding -0.50% to 52,637.01 after briefly setting....

07/05/2026

Market Intelligence Report - Week Ending July 3, 2026:

A holiday-shortened week delivered a decisive shift in the macro narrative. Thursday's June Employment Situation Report stunned to the downside: only 57,000 nonfarm payrolls added versus the 115,000 Dow Jones consensus, with April revised DOWN 31K and May revised DOWN 43K (combined -74K). The unempl...