Archive · Monday, August 17, 2026

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⟢ ⟢ ⟢ BEAR TRAP

Pre-market

S&P500 . . . +0.03%

NASDAQ . . . +0.19%

DOW . . . . . -0.09%

Momentum ¹

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Trending This Morning

NU	+0.26%	(Nu Holdings Ltd.)
ONDS	+0.76%	(Ondas Inc)
SPCX	-0.41%	(Space Exploration Technologies)
INTC	-0.54%	(Intel Corporation)
NVDA	+0.20%	(NVIDIA Corporation)

Top Stories

→ China Hunts for Scientific Talent. The U.S. Is Making It Easier.
→ Unexpected Drop in U.S. Retail Sales as Shoppers Feel the Squeeze
→ The U.S. Military Wants A.I. Dominance. Feuds and China May Thwart It.
→ As China Pushes to Expand in Asia, Trump Focuses on Iran
→ China Wants to Shape What the World’s A.I. Knows

Definitions

1 Momentum shows whether an index finished up or down over the last 10 days -- the leftmost arrow is 10 days ago, and rightmost is yesterday.

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