Daily coverage · James Nakamura
Earnings, sector rotation and what the index is really pricing.
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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SPY closed Friday at $738.18, 2.9% below its all-time high, as mega-cap tech sold off on Alphabet's $195-205B capex shock. James Nakamura analyzes the sector rotation, market internals, and the FOMC binary setting up the next major move.
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South Korea's KOSPI surged more than 3% on July 23 after Alphabet raised full-year AI capex guidance to $195-205 billion, lifting SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics. Japan's Nikkei added 0.7%. Here's what the move signals and what investors watch next.
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Q2 earnings reveal a sharp S&P 500 sector rotation as Alphabet raises AI capex to $195-205B. James Nakamura analyzes what it means for tech vs. defensives.
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SPY sits at $748.28, 1.6% below its 52-week high of $760.40. James Nakamura breaks down the sector rotation, market breadth data, and earnings bar that define the bull and bear cases.
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SPY slipped to $742.09 Monday as eight of eleven S&P 500 sectors declined. Q2 earnings are tracking at 24.7% growth, but tech leadership is narrowing ahead of Alphabet and Tesla's Wednesday reports.
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