Archive · Thursday, August 20, 2026

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⟢ ⟢ ⟢ BEAR TRAP

Pre-market

S&P500 . . . -0.39%

NASDAQ . . . -0.78%

DOW . . . . . -0.52%

Momentum ¹

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Trending This Morning

MRNA	+4.79%	(Moderna, Inc.)
NU	-0.34%	(Nu Holdings Ltd.)
INTC	-1.07%	(Intel Corporation)
WBS	-0.51%	(Webster Financial Corporation)
AAL	-0.27%	(American Airlines Group, Inc.)

Top Stories

→ Oil Prices Jump After Trump’s Latest Iran Threat
→ U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge Continues
→ Stripe Buys A.I. Start-Up OpenRouter for $7.5 Billion
→ More Fed Officials Lost Patience About Elevated Inflation at ...
→ China Sentences Evergrande Founder to Life in Prison

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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