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August 2026 (11)
- 2026-08-11·Tuesday, August 1185/100
GOOGL -3.84%, insider sells hit $829M as Energy and Utilities catch the defensive rotation
- 2026-08-10·Monday, August 1082/100
Energy surges 4.7% on Strait of Hormuz jitters as Tech bleeds — semis hammered and insider sales hit $273M
- 2026-08-09·Sunday, August 987/100
Tech and consumer discretionary lead Sunday's session; $111M insider sales dwarf $3.4M buys as Trane CEO exits $20.8M
- 2026-08-08·Saturday, August 884/100
S&P 500 hit a record 7,758 as July payrolls surprised to the downside, cutting September rate-hike odds and sending Atlassian +35%.
- 2026-08-07·Friday, August 796/100
Tech adds 1.4% as SaaS debate rages, but 23K July job losses and $151M insider exodus cloud the bull case
- 2026-08-06·Thursday, August 682/100
Energy +1.5% leads while seven of eleven S&P sectors close red; Airbnb soars 9% after Q2 earnings beat
- 2026-08-05·Wednesday, August 591/100
AMD craters 7.0% on guidance miss as $74.8M insider exodus signals buy-side skepticism; GOOGL -4.0% deepens the tech carnage
- 2026-08-04·Tuesday, August 483/100
Semis ignite the tape: INTC +10.8%, AMD +7.0% hand Tech its best session in months as S&P 500 breaks higher
- 2026-08-03·Monday, August 382/100
Oracle +9.2% and Palantir's 150% US commercial revenue blowout lit an AI-driven surge that swept ORCL, META, MSFT, GOOGL, and AMZN to session highs while defensives quietly distributed
- 2026-08-02·Sunday, August 288/100
Amazon +15.3% earnings blowout leads mega-cap growth sweep as Apple -7.4% flags margin squeeze
- 2026-08-01·Saturday, August 185/100
Amazon's AWS four-year high powered Consumer Discretionary +3.3% — but AAPL's -7.4% selloff split Big Tech in half, revealing the earnings season's first major fault line.
July 2026 (19)
- 2026-07-31·Friday, July 3188/100
Amazon +15% on Q2 beat and $50B OpenAI deal cement the AI infrastructure thesis; AAPL -7% signals earnings rotation
- 2026-07-30·Thursday, July 3088/100
Tech bifurcates: MSFT surges 15.5% to $451 and AMD rockets 13% on AI cloud beats while META slips 7.9% on capex worry
- 2026-07-29·Wednesday, July 2984/100
Fed holds for 5th time as AMD -5.5% and NVDA -3.6% drive semiconductor rout; Dow +500 on Nucor beat masks bifurcated session
- 2026-07-28·Tuesday, July 2885/100
Sell-the-news hits Corning -8% despite beat; Citadel's rate-hike call adds 5bps to short-end yields as Wall Street holds breath for Meta and Microsoft
- 2026-07-27·Monday, July 2788/100
Financials and Consumer names absorb chipmaker selloff as Energy drops 2.1% on Iran ceasefire progress
- 2026-07-26·Sunday, July 2691/100
Tech -1.44% Opens FOMC Week's Rotation Trade as INTC -7.9% Flashes Warning and Insider Sales Hit $74.85M
- 2026-07-25·Saturday, July 2582/100
Tech split sends mixed signals: INTC -7.9% on earnings miss while CRM +4.3% and AAPL +3.5% fight back; insider selling hits $174M vs just $10M in buys.
- 2026-07-24·Friday, July 2488/100
Sell-the-News Hits Intel; Insider Exodus Warns the Rally Is on Borrowed Time
- 2026-07-23·Thursday, July 2382/100
S&P Rotation Deepens: Tech -1%, Intel Surges 11% on AI Revenue Milestone, Lockheed Raises Bar to $79.75B
- 2026-07-22·Wednesday, July 2282/100
Alphabet Q2 Cloud Beat Drives AI-Stock Split as CRM and META Shed 4%; Insider Sellers Unload $66M+
- 2026-07-21·Tuesday, July 2194/100
Semis lead tech's best session in weeks — INTC +8.6%, AMD +8.1%, SMCI +15% as AI server demand clears the margin-doubt overhang
- 2026-07-20·Monday, July 2091/100
MSFT +2.2% splits the tape from ORCL -4.0% while Healthcare leads broad losses; 8 of 11 sectors red as insider flows land in near-perfect equilibrium at $30M buy vs $31.8M sell
- 2026-07-19·Sunday, July 1982/100
Comm. Svcs. -1.8% and Tech -1.1% led a broad Friday selloff as NFLX crashed 7.3%; Energy +1.2% alone bucked the tide on $84 Brent as US-Iran strikes hit night eight.
- 2026-07-18·Saturday, July 1882/100
Tech rout and $219.7M insider exodus signal caution — NFLX -7.3%, META -2.8% while Energy holds as the only green sector
- 2026-07-17·Friday, July 1788/100
Nasdaq and S&P post weekly losses as chip selloff broadens, NFLX -7.3% on guidance miss, insider sales hit $257M
- 2026-07-16·Thursday, July 1681/100
Tech rout led by ORCL -6.2%, INTC -5.8%, AMD -5.3% as chip contagion hit US; $1.6B insider selling overshadowed PYPL's 17% M&A surge.
- 2026-07-15·Wednesday, July 1584/100
Mega-cap internet platforms surge 3-4% while chip hardware craters — $1.5B in insider sales with zero buys screams caution
- 2026-07-14·Tuesday, July 1482/100
IBM's -23% Earnings Crater Splits Tech and Banks as June CPI Surprise Keeps the Cut Alive
- 2026-07-13·Monday, July 1382/100
US semis collapse on dual shock — NVDA -3.5%, INTC -6.1%, AMD -4.2% as US-Iran strikes send oil +4% and rotate capital from tech into energy
June 2026 (29)
- 2026-06-29·Monday, June 2984/100
Tech +2.4% and Discretionary +2.4% carry the session as TSLA surges 8.5% and GOOGL +4.8%; $62.6M in insider sales vs zero buys flashes a distribution signal
- 2026-06-28·Sunday, June 2882/100
Tech posted a split personality session: MSFT +5.7% and CRM +5.4% surged on enterprise AI thesis, but CSCO -4.4% and INTC -3.4% dragged the XLK sector -1.9% — rotation within the complex, not a clean break.
- 2026-06-27·Saturday, June 2788/100
Healthcare +3.03% rescues the tape — MSFT +5.71% and CRM +5.45% headline a split session but 26 insiders dump $115.7M at a 3.9x sell-to-buy ratio
- 2026-06-26·Friday, June 2682/100
MSFT +5.71%, insiders dump $521.89M as Nasdaq slides 0.46% on three-year-high inflation print
- 2026-06-25·Thursday, June 2590/100
US sectors split after May PCE hits 4.1% three-year high — Industrials +2.17% and Healthcare lead while Cons. Discr. -1.49% and Tech rotation off Micron recovery net out to a cautious session
- 2026-06-24·Wednesday, June 2485/100
Micron jumps 10% on memory revenue quadruple as Nasdaq retreats 0.6% in defensive-rotation session
- 2026-06-23·Tuesday, June 2382/100
Insider selling hit $560M vs $11.8M buys; Nasdaq and S&P 500 lower as megacap tech sold off on Iran uncertainty
- 2026-06-22·Monday, June 2284/100
ABBV +6.25% on M&A deal euphoria leads healthcare surge; GOOGL -5%, NFLX -5.8% tech rout as BofA calls for Fed rate hikes
- 2026-06-21·Sunday, June 2191/100
Semis ignite Tech +3.0% with INTC up 10.6%, but Walton family books $533M WMT exit — smart money sends a clear warning
- 2026-06-20·Saturday, June 2082/100
INTC +10.6% and AMD +4.9% drive a 3% tech-sector eruption as AI semiconductors re-rate while $929M insider sales log zero buys
- 2026-06-19·Friday, June 1982/100
Semis sprint: INTC +10.6%, AMD +4.9% on Iran-deal energy relief and AI tailwind, but JPM -2.5% and zero insider buys against $967M in Form 4 sales flash caution.
- 2026-06-18·Thursday, June 1887/100
Intel surges 10.6% on Apple manufacturing deal as tech leads factor rotation; $404M insider sell wave warrants pause
- 2026-06-17·Wednesday, June 1782/100
Fed holds at 3.5-3.75% but Warsh drops the cut language — META -5.4% leads a broad tech flush that takes every S&P sector into the red
- 2026-06-16·Tuesday, June 1691/100
Semis craters as INTC -8.5% and AMD -7.3% while JPM +3.7% catches the rotation bid — factor switch, not market break.
- 2026-06-15·Monday, June 1581/100
Tech ripped +3.8% Monday as AMD +7% and NVDA +3.5% led semis higher — but Energy's -3.5% collapse told a different story beneath the headline
- 2026-06-14·Sunday, June 1487/100
Materials rip +1.87% and Financials surge +1.37% as broad-based rotation lifts 9 of 11 sectors
- 2026-06-13·Saturday, June 1382/100
Semis surge 5-6% as INTC and AMD lead risk-on rally — but $250M insider sales in 72h are the tell
- 2026-06-12·Friday, June 1282/100
Semiconductors Rip 4-7% as Iran Deal Unblocks Risk; Insider Tape Flags 36:1 Sell/Buy Ratio
- 2026-06-11·Thursday, June 1188/100
SpaceX IPO Day Sparks Tech-Hardware Rotation — INTC +9.3%, AMD +8.0% as Semis Capture the Float Trade
- 2026-06-10·Wednesday, June 1087/100
Defensive Rotation Day: AMD -4.9%, NVDA -3.7% Bear Brunt of Iran Risk While KO, CVX, XOM Advance
- 2026-06-09·Tuesday, June 982/100
Defensive rotation drove Real Estate +2.1% and Healthcare +1.3% while Tech shed 1.9% and AAPL dropped 3.6%; VisionWave filed $6.8B in SVRE purchases via Form 4
- 2026-06-08·Monday, June 882/100
Intel +11.1% leads AI chip revival — semis drove the session while insider selling hit $179M
- 2026-06-07·Sunday, June 786/100
Tech nuked — INTC -11.3%, AMD -10.9%, ORCL -9.6% — while insiders dump $851M into the carnage
- 2026-06-06·Saturday, June 683/100
Tech massacre: INTC -11.3%, AMD -10.9% as 25bp hike pricing triggers 180° defensive rotation
- 2026-06-05·Friday, June 582/100
Tech carnage (-6.7%) triggers defensive stampede as insider sales hit $929M — semis face structural re-rate
- 2026-06-04·Thursday, June 492/100
Dow hits record high as Healthcare +3.1% and Financials +2.6% engineer the sharpest sector rotation of the month while Tech bleeds -1.6%
- 2026-06-03·Wednesday, June 383/100
Enterprise software ORCL -5.8% and CRM -5.1% split the session while Energy +1.3% and insider selling hit $134.9M — sector rotation at the index ceiling.
- 2026-06-02·Tuesday, June 281/100
CSCO Surges 5.5% as Infrastructure Wins the Day — MSFT, GOOGL, CRM All Drop 4%+
- 2026-06-01·Monday, June 190/100
Enterprise AI repricing day: ORCL +9.9%, CRM +9.7%, HPE +30% on blockbuster Q1 — META -5.1% and TSLA -4.6% show the bifurcation is deepening
May 2026 (18)
- 2026-05-31·Sunday, May 3182/100
Oracle +10.8% and Salesforce +8.5% power enterprise AI rally as S&P 500 extends winning streak; insider selling at $90.8M swamps $14.6M in buys
- 2026-05-30·Saturday, May 3082/100
Enterprise software leads S&P higher: ORCL +10.8%, CRM +8.5%, MSFT +5.5% as AI infrastructure spending re-rates software over chips.
- 2026-05-29·Friday, May 2984/100
S&P 500 records again as software posts best month since 2001 — ORCL +10.8%, Dell +30% on $16.1B AI server quarter
- 2026-05-28·Thursday, May 2893/100
Tech and Healthcare lead +1.3%/+1.4% as Walton Trust dumps $252M WMT and Twilio insider exits $184M
- 2026-05-27·Wednesday, May 2782/100
Consumer Rotation Leads As JPM Falls 2.4%; Walton Family Sells $252M of WMT in Three Form 4 Tranches
- 2026-05-26·Tuesday, May 2682/100
AMD +7.8%, Dow off 118pts: Tech sweeps higher while Energy bleeds on Iran ceasefire positioning
- 2026-05-25·Monday, May 2582/100
AMD +4% on $10B Taiwan AI Bet, Broad Rally Lifts 10/11 Sectors as Oil Tanks 7% on Iran Deal Hopes
- 2026-05-24·Sunday, May 2493/100
NVDA slips 1.9% as AMD surges 4% on AGI rotation; insider sales run 9-to-1 against buys as Iran peace deal speculation builds
- 2026-05-23·Saturday, May 2391/100
S&P 500 pushes back near records with 10 of 11 sectors green — AMD +4% leads AI inference rotation as NVDA sheds -1.9%
- 2026-05-22·Friday, May 2290/100
Warsh Sworn In as Fed Chair While Insiders Unload $989M — 82:1 Sell Ratio Flashes Distribution Signal
- 2026-05-21·Thursday, May 2195/100
April CPI hits 3.8% as WMT craters 7.3% and insiders dump $984M in a day-defining macro reset
- 2026-05-20·Wednesday, May 2087/100
AMD surges 8.1% to $447 as chip stocks lead a broad risk-on session with Tech +2.3% and Cons. Discr. +2.5%
- 2026-05-18·Monday, May 1888/100
Tech Fumbles as $696M Insider Sales Set Up Bear Case Ahead of Nvidia Earnings
- 2026-05-17·Sunday, May 1786/100
S&P 500 Dumps as 30-Year Yield Breaks 5% — Semis Crushed, Energy the Lone Survivor
- 2026-05-16·Saturday, May 1692/100
Semis dragged the tape as AMD fell 5.7% and NVDA shed 4.4%, while Energy was the lone sector in the green at +2.4%
- 2026-05-15·Friday, May 1590/100
Semis crater up to 6% as Materials and Utilities lead a broad selloff, with only Energy and a handful of mega-caps left standing
- 2026-05-13·Wednesday, May 1389/100
Tech leads a split tape as GOOGL surges 3.9% and Financials sink 1.1% on yield pressure
- 2026-05-12·Tuesday, May 1290/100
Healthcare surges +1.96% as UNH rebounds $11.95 while Tech bleeds -1.51% on INTC's -6.82% collapse