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The in fact, has powered more than 3.3% higher since the end of July, running a four-day winning streak and reaching a record high of 7736. The gains are mainly tied in part to 7.7% gain for the and more modest 4.3% bump for an index of the tech giants. All three of the market’s major sectors that include the biggest tech stocks, in fact, are pacing gains for the week, with consumer discretionary leaping 6.6%, communications services rising 3.4%, and information technology rising 2.1%.

Investors are expressing positive vibes about U.S. equities, despite ongoing concerns that the market is overvalued. The report shows that 47% of retail clients are bullish on the U.S. stock market. A separate report from The CFP Board also suggests that clients are more optimistic about their financial outlook this summer than they were three months ago.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.7%, or 906 points. The Nasdaq Composite gained 2% as the tech rally raged on. Both indexes are on pace for their best four-day stretches in more than a year, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

The tech stock rally continued, extending yesterday's gains, but today's rise looks a little different. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was up 1.1%. The tech sector led the S&P 500, up 3.1%. Unlike yesterday, it wasn't the Magnificent Seven stocks doing the heavy lifting.

REVIEW PREVIEW NEWSLETTER Fresh Record. Markets kicked off the first trading day of August on a strong note, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at a new high on Monday. The pullback in oil prices held despite Iran’s denial of any peace talks taking place, allowing markets to look through the latest geopolitical back-and-forth and focus on a Magnificent 7 rally.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at a fresh record, and the S&P 500 wasn't too far off its a record of its own. The Dow rose 1.3% or 693 points, setting a fresh record close. The Magnificent Seven were pulling their weight, shaking off recent underperformance.

In fact, the PHLX Semiconductor Index saw its worst monthly performance since 2008 in July. The tech-heavy Nasdaq saw its worst July since 2006. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF also fell, with positive post-earnings moves unable to offset losses.

Meta could deliver a record quarter for its core advertising business. But Wall Street will look past that for the latest on the company’s AI spending.

Buying all seven tech giants together made investors rich during the AI boom, but the basket trade has quietly become a drag on portfolios. Some of these companies are pulling ahead while others face serious questions about whether AI will ever pay off for them.

Rising Treasury yields are weighing on equities as the S&P 500 breaks key technical levels, while charts suggest the 10-year yield could climb back toward 5%.

Rising Treasury yields are weighing on equities as the S&P 500 breaks key technical levels, while charts suggest the 10-year yield could climb back toward 5%.

$888.2 billion That's how much the Mag Seven tech stocks have collectively lost in market value today, as of midday trading. It's the biggest one-day market cap decline for those names since the tariff turmoil of April 2025.

The start to Magnificent Seven earnings season has been disastrous for tech investors. The Mag 7 is collectively down $888.2 billion in market capitalization, which would be the second-largest decline in value for the group on record, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

Alphabet and Tesla reported earnings last night and Wall Street was less than impressed. Alphabet and Tesla both boosted their already hefty capital expenditure forecasts. "The market's reacting to not just the capex spend, but the free cash flow issue, and that spans across all the tech names," Laffer Tengler Investment's Nancy Tengler wrote.

The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF has crushed the broad market since its launch, but equal-weighting seven mega-cap giants cuts both ways, and 2026 is exposing exactly how badly that math can unravel when the group stops moving together.

The Magnificent Seven will again reign supreme over S&P 500 earnings, but their dominance is fading. As second-quarter earnings reports start to flow in, analysts expect the Magnificent Seven companies to grow earnings by a combined 31.1%. The other 493 S&P 500 companies are expected to increase earnings 22.8%, FactSet Senior Earnings Analyst John Butters wrote in a report.

Apple has unlocked a major AI opportunity in China in partnership with Alibaba, and the regulatory green light could become a powerful long-term catalyst for AAPL stock.

The PHLX Semiconductor Index hit a record high in late June and has since tumbled nearly 20%

Yesterday the PHLX Semiconductor Index ended the session down 2%, but the Nasdaq closed in the green, up 0.6%. Today the chip index is down roughly 4.4%, but the Nasdaq is also trading lower, down 1%.

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Wall Street's AI darlings had a tough day, but you wouldn't guess it looking at the three major indexes at the the closing bell. The Nasdaq ended the trading day 0.6% higher. The PHLX Semiconductor Index ended the session lower with some memory names that are the market's top gainers year to date seeing more significant losses.

Today’s S&P 500 gains wouldn’t suggest it, but most of the index’s components are actually in the red. The S&P 500 is up 0.4% while the Equal Weight S&P 500 is moving in the other direction, down 0.3%. Nearly two-thirds of names in the S&P 500 were down despite session gains, signaling that stocks on the rise are doing the heavy lifting, offsetting the larger group of laggards and then some.

Every other Magnificent 7 stock sits far below its all-time high, yet Apple kept climbing while rivals splurged on AI. Whether that gap reflects genuine strength or a valuation trap worth avoiding is the question every investor needs to answer before July 30.

Meta stock’s gains are leading the S&P 500 and the Magnificent Seven on Friday. The S&P 500 was up 0.2%, and the Dow gained 0.2%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was up 0.1%. Meta stock was up 5.8%, adding to its best week since 2024, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

There were multiple recent catalysts that sent Meta stock higher from reports that the company plans to rent out its surplus compute to Mark Zuckerberg announcing the release of Muse Spark 1.1, and a reported internal memo about expanding its computing capacity and a new AI chip through a partnership with Broadcom. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF was up 1.2%, mostly thanks to Meta’s climb.

Apple and Nvidia are the world’s largest publicly traded companies by market capitalization, and they have the technical foundation to lead a Mag 7 resurgence.

All three major indexes are marching higher, following the Nasdaq’s lead. The tech heavy Nasdaq is up nearly 1.2%, followed by the S&P 500, up 0.8%. The Dow is up 196 points, or 0.4%. Broad participation is supporting the move higher, with the majority of Nasdaq and the S&P 500 components in the green.

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Chip stocks are on the move, inching higher to shake off some recent losses. The PHLX Semiconductor Index is up 1.3%, with 27 of its 30 stocks in the green despite the broader market sell-off fueled by a reignited U.