The Jury Is Still Out ⚖️
July 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT
Justification
Today's session split the market cleanly: a handful of AI earnings winners pulled the index higher while nine of eleven sectors declined. The RSI (a momentum gauge) recovered to 45.66 from the low-35s, but the trailing P/E (price relative to past earnings) at the 85.8th percentile of history leaves little room for error. The VIX (the market's fear gauge) fell to 18.69 — below 20 — making protective puts cheap to own right now. Rotate toward semiconductors and nuclear-power plays where earnings momentum is real, and buy puts on any position sitting near a 52-week high.
Since the Last Issue
- RSI (momentum gauge) recovered from ~33–35 range to 45.66, the sharpest single-session breadth improvement in recent issues — but still well below neutral 50
- Technology sector led at +4.66% today while Communication Services lagged at -3.28%, a rare intra-day sector split that reshuffles the rotation picture
- MSFT surged +15.14% and META dropped -9.14% on earnings, splitting mega-cap tech into clear winners and losers rather than a uniform move
- Fear & Greed Index edged up from 32 (prior session) to 38, remaining in Fear territory but showing the first measurable sentiment improvement this week
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