2026 08/03 - 08/07. Wall Street's Major Hits Record Highs as Investors Embrace 'Bad News is Good News' Mentality Amid Job Data Contraction

= * S&P 500 2.07% | * 08/03 M. 7,600.50 / * 08/04 T. 7,736.52 / * 08/05 W. 7,723.55 / * 08/06 T. 7,709.96 / * 08/07 F. 7,757.64 / = * Nasdaq 3.00% | * 08/03 M. 25,913.90 / * 08/04 T. 26,584.99 / * 08/05 W. 26,363.44 / * 08/06 T. 26,348.35 / * 08/07 F. 26,690.62 / = * DJIA 1.61% | * 08/03 M. 53,178.41 / * 08/04 T. 54,085.88 / * 08/05 W. 54,349.12 / * 08/06 T. 53,885.10 / * 08/07 F. 54,036.93 / = * S&P 600 0.72% | * 08/03 M. 1,798.18 / * 08/04 T. 1,828.54 / * 08/05 W. 1,811.84 / * 08/06 T. 1,797.50 / * 08/07 F. 1,811.16 / = * 10-yr T Bond -0.56% | * 08/03 M. 4.684 / * 08/04 T. 4.627 / * 08/05 W. 4.617 / * 08/06 T. 4.670 / * 08/07 F. 4.658 / = * 2-yr T Bond -1.22% | * 08/03 M. 4.256 / * 08/04 T. 4.194 / * 08/05 W. 4.179 / * 08/06 T. 4.245 / * 08/07 F. 4.204 / = * Russell 3K 2.15% | * 08/03 M. 4,321.32 / * 08/04 T. 4,399.97 / * 08/05 W. 4,389.55 / * 08/06 T. 4,380.92 / * 08/07 F. 4,414.12 / = * Russell 1K 2.16% | * 08/03 M. 4,138.42 / * 08/04 T. 4,213.69 / * 08/05 W. 4,204.36 / * 08/06 T. 4,196.80 / * 08/07 F. 4,227.99 / = * Russell Midcap 1.88% | * 08/03 M. 4,424.51 / * 08/04 T. 4,498.39 / * 08/05 W. 4,475.08 / * 08/06 T. 4,453.29 / * 08/07 F. 4,507.47 / = * Russell 2K 1.76% | * 08/03 M. 2,981.91 / * 08/04 T. 3,036.98 / * 08/05 W. 3,019.19 / * 08/06 T. 3,001.55 / * 08/07 F. 3,034.49 / = * BCOM 0.87% | * 08/03 M. 130.5969 / * 08/04 T. 128.8513 / * 08/05 W. 129.6780 / * 08/06 T. 130.2716 / * 08/07 F. 131.7293 / = * BCOMENTR -1.12% | * 08/03 M. 98.2212 / * 08/04 T. 94.0499 / * 08/05 W. 94.1027 / * 08/06 T. 95.8280 / * 08/07 F. 97.1200 / = * BCOMGC 7.56% | * 08/03 M. 357.22 / * 08/04 T. 362.65 / * 08/05 W. 375.97 / * 08/06 T. 375.48 / * 08/07 F. 384.23 / = * BCOMINTR 1.00% | * 08/03 M. 457.52 / * 08/04 T. 461.97 / * 08/05 W. 465.64 / * 08/06 T. 465.11 / * 08/07 F. 462.10 / = * SPGSAG 0.36% | * 08/03 M. 388.86 / * 08/04 T. 385.13 / * 08/05 W. 384.93 / * 08/06 T. 383.87 / * 08/07 F. 390.25 / = * SPGSPM 7.81% | * 08/03 M. 5,399.92 / * 08/04 T. 5,496.31 / * 08/05 W. 5,696.66 / * 08/06 T. 5,683.52 / * 08/07 F. 5,821.59 / = * Brent -0.26% | * 08/03 M. 83.77 / * 08/04 T. 79.36 / * 08/05 W. 79.45 / * 08/06 T. 82.49 / * 08/07 F. 83.55 / = * Crude -2.69% | * 08/03 M. 80.34 / * 08/04 T. 75.77 / * 08/05 W. 75.22 / * 08/06 T. 77.29 / * 08/07 F. 78.18 / = * Natural Gas -3.60% | * 08/03 M. 141.02 / * 08/04 T. 136.78 / * 08/05 W. 128.04 / * 08/06 T. 136.91 / * 08/07 F. 135.95 / = * Key Economic Report 08/10-08/14 | * 08/12 W. CPI (MoM) & (YoY) (Jul) / * 08/13 T. PPI (MoM) (Jul) / * 08/14 F. Retail Sales (MoM) (Jul), Michigan Consumer Sentiment (Aug) /= Audio transcript will be accessible at the following link: https://wallstreetweek.substack.com/ when it becomes available.Follow "Wall Street Weekly" on YouTube.