Daily coverage · James Nakamura
Earnings, sector rotation and what the index is really pricing.
South Korea's regulators cut leveraged ETF volumes by 92%. The speculative frenzy is over. The $39 billion in retail losses, the 40% KOSPI drawdown, and the semiconductor supply chain overhang are not.
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With 86% of reporting S&P 500 companies beating EPS estimates in Q2 2026, this earnings season is historically strong. Here's what the beat rate means, which sectors are driving it, and what the remaining reporters will tell us about the second half of the year.
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The S&P 500 trades near 7,600 with an 86% EPS beat rate, yet only 64.8% of constituents hold above their 50-day average. What the breadth data says heading into the week's biggest earnings tests.
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The VIX dropped 6.44% to 15.99 on August 3 as Iran war-resolution headlines triggered a broad unwind of hedges. SPY gained 0.72%, but the real story is a sharp rotation into Consumer Discretionary and Energy as defensives and small-caps fell behind.
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SPY gained 0.72% on August 3 as Iran de-escalation triggered a rotation into cyclicals. But small-caps lag, breadth is narrow, and a September Fed hike is still 61% odds.
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SPY closed at $741.69 (+1.68%) Friday as Technology (XLK +5.50%) staged its strongest recovery since February 2026, powered by Amazon's AWS blowout. The real story is what happened beneath the index: 75% of S&P 500 stocks are now above their 200-day moving average, up from 56% at the June all-time high.
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SPY closed at $741.69 on Friday, July 31, up 1.68% as Amazon and Microsoft earnings wiped out Wednesday's post-FOMC losses. Technology (XLK +5.50%) drove the session. Breadth is the real story.
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July 30 is the most macro-dense session of Q2 2026 earnings season. GDP, PCE, a divided FOMC, and META's earnings shock are converging on equities simultaneously.
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SPY holds near record at $740.86 but Technology ETF XLK falls 1.84% as China chip progress shakes semiconductor confidence. FOMC decides today. Here is where capital is going and what to watch.
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SPY closed flat at $739.09 while a decisive rotation moved capital from Technology and Energy into Consumer Staples and Financials. QQQ, down 5.79% over the past month, tests the $675-680 support band as Microsoft's Azure slowdown and an 80% September Fed hike probability reshape the growth trade.
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The 86% EPS beat rate looks exceptional on paper, but strip out Alphabet's $98 billion one-time gain and the picture shifts. Sector rotation, forward P/E at 20.1x, and a 80% September hike probability tell a more complex story.
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SPY closed Friday at $738.18, 2.9% below its July 21 all-time high, as soft inflation data triggered a rotation from tech into industrials and healthcare rather than a broad rally.
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