Research Report

Question: You are a rigorous financial research analyst. Ground EVERY quantitative claim in data you actually pulled from the finance tools — never invent a price, multiple, or indicator. Answer the REQUEST below by:

Identifying the specific publicly-tradable assets (tickers) it concerns. When the request is open-ended (e.g. "top up-and-coming tech companies"), first find concrete candidates: use finance_data (action=search) to resolve names to tickers, and web search / the browser for qualitative discovery.
For EVERY ticker you discuss, pull real data with the finance tools:

finance_data action=analyze — LIVE price, % returns, 52-week range position, and the indicator panel (RSI-14, MACD, SMA 50/200, VWMA-20/67, trend). Batch multiple tickers in one call.
finance_data action=fundamentals — market cap, P/E & forward P/E, PEG, margins, revenue growth, analyst target & rating (use for valuation).
finance_data action=quote source=pyth — fastest realtime spot price (esp. crypto) with a confidence band, when you need the very latest tick.
finance_data action=liquidation — the VWMA-67 'true price' and leverage liquidation levels (great for crypto/timing context).
finance_news — recent catalysts/sentiment (macro + per-ticker headlines).
finance_insider — corporate insider (SEC Form 4) and, with scope=congress, political trades, to see informed-money flow. If scope=congress returns a browser_fallback (the free API was gated), follow it: use the browser tool on the given capitoltrades.com URL(s) and read the rendered trades table.

Writing a concise report: a short investment thesis for each asset (why it is interesting, grounded in the pulled price/fundamentals/news/insider data), then a summary table with columns: Ticker | Price | 1d% | 5d% | 20d% | RSI | P/E | Trend. Rank assets by thesis strength, cite notable news/insider signals, and clearly flag any ticker you could not fetch.

REQUEST: How did the US stock market perform today, including the major indices, the biggest movers, and what drove them?

Date: 2026-08-17T04:31:05.706762540+00:00

Rounds: 1

Status: COMPLETE

Evidence: 108 claims · 51 sourced · 8 partial · 7 unsupported · 40 self-reported (no independent source) · 24 single-source

Executive Summary

On the most recent US trading day — Friday, August 14, 2026 — the US stock market pulled back modestly from the all-time highs set the prior session, but still locked in a third consecutive weekly gain. The S&P 500 slipped -0.2% to 7,785.76, the Dow -0.2% to 53,732.41, and the Nasdaq Composite -0.3% to 26,729.16 (AP), while the Russell 2000 bucked the trend, +0.5% to 3,068.42 at 99.9% of its 52-week range — a clear small-cap-over-large, value-over-growth rotation.

The session was driven by two soft consumer data points: July retail sales fell 0.6% (vs. +0.1% expected — the first decline in nine months) and University of Michigan August consumer sentiment dropped to 51 from 55.2 (Motley Fool). The market read that as both rate-cut-supportive and growth-worrying, and gave back early gains. Energy led (+1.39%) on higher oil; technology (-0.40%) and healthcare (-0.60%) lagged, dragged by Broadcom's ~6% plunge — the worst stock in the S&P 500. Despite Friday's dip, the S&P 500 (+0.4% wk) and Nasdaq (+0.1% wk) capped a third straight winning week; the Dow fell 0.6% for the week (Investopedia).

Major Indices

Index	Official close (8/14)	1d%	Proxy ETF (live)	5d%	20d%	RSI-14	Trend	52-wk pos.
S&P 500	7,785.76	-0.2%	SPY $776.34	+0.40%	+4.45%	65.7	strong uptrend	98.0%
Dow Jones	53,732.41	-0.2%	DIA $536.80	-0.52%	+3.07%	59.4	strong uptrend	90.1%
Nasdaq Composite	26,729.16	-0.3%	QQQ $731.07	+1.11%	+5.14%	59.6	strong uptrend	90.9%
Russell 2000	3,068.42	+0.5%	IWM $305.09	+1.17%	+3.76%	63.4	strong uptrend	99.9%

All index closes per AP; ETF levels/technicals from finance_data (analyze, last bar 2026-08-14).

Biggest Movers

Ticker	Price	1d%	5d%	20d%	RSI	P/E	Trend	Driver
RDDT	$178.09	+12.63%	+10.1%	—	—	n/f	—	Joining the S&P 500 next week — mechanical index-buying (Fool)
BYND	—	~+12%	—	—	—	n/f	—	1-for-30 reverse split took effect (technical; still -44% YTD)
CPRT	—	+7%	—	—	—	n/f	—	No apparent catalyst; still ~-20% YTD
SNDK	—	+7%	—	—	—	n/f	—	Chip/memory rally (after +14% Thursday)
MU	$971.66	+2.3%	+10.7%	+14.5%	—	n/f	—	AI optimism in semis
AVGO	$392.99	-5.94%	-8.13%	+5.98%	46.5	n/f	strong uptrend	BofA questioned a reported ~$370B AI debt-financing vehicle; VMware vCenter RCE security scare; profit-taking after a big run (TipRanks)
AMAT	$507.18	-5.12%	—	-4.24%	44.9	n/f	downtrend	Beat Q3 (EPS $3.50, revenue +25% to $9.12B, Q4 guide ~$10.25B vs. $9.54B consensus) but "wasn't enough" after the stock more than doubled YTD (Reuters)
WDAY	—	-5%	—	—	—	n/f	—	Profit-taking after +18% Thursday on Silver Lake takeover talks
INTC	$102.50	-1.97%	—	—	—	n/f	—	Semi/AI-capex valuation pullback
TSM	$426.35	-0.96%	—	—	—	n/f	—	Same sector-wide selling
COIN / HOOD / MSTR	—	≥-2%	—	—	—	n/f	—	Crypto-linked: SEC cancelled planned crypto-framework meeting; Senate recessed without the Clarity Act; BTC slipped toward $62.5k
TMUS	$182.61	-0.4%	—	—	—	n/f	—	Brokerage downgrade citing revenue risk

P/E marked n/f throughout — fundamentals (multiples, analyst targets) were not pulled for the session movers in the available data, so none are asserted. AVGO's 5d/20d, RSI, and trend are tool-verified; the rest are reported per Investopedia / Fool.

What Drove the Session

Weak consumer data (primary catalyst). July retail sales fell for the first time in nine months; August consumer sentiment dropped to 51. Two-sided read: cooler inflation earlier in the week supports a Fed rate cut, but consumer weakness raises growth concerns at record highs — hence the "wobble," not a selloff (Fool, Yahoo).
Rates. The 10-year Treasury yield rose ~5bp to ~4.69%, pressuring high-multiple growth/tech. The US 30-year auctioned at 5.216% — the highest yield in 25 years (Fool).
Oil & geopolitics. WTI +1.3% to $82.25, Brent +1.6% to $88.45 on Middle East hostilities / Strait of Hormuz tanker-assault headlines; gold ~$4,351 (+1.3%). Energy was the day's clear leader: XLE +1.39% on the day, +7.67% on the week (Fool, FinancialJuice).
AI-capex financing scrutiny. A Goldman note flagged hyperscaler leverage from lease/debt-financed buildouts; BofA's Broadcom question was part of the same theme — the reason AVGO, AMAT, INTC, and TSM all fell together.
Rotation, not risk-off. Seven of eleven sectors rose. Value (VTV +0.20%) beat growth (VUG -0.44%); small caps (+0.52%) beat large caps (-0.20%). Credit showed no stress (HYG -0.10%). The cap-weighted indices fell mainly because tech is the largest weight and AVGO alone dragged.

Insider Flow

No notable mega-cap Form 4 buys or sales appeared around the session. The largest filings: CoreWeave (CRWV) 10% owner Magnetar Financial sold $478M across Aug 12–14 at $107.83–$111.27 (a fund distribution, not C-suite discretion); WBD CEO David Zaslav sold 968k shares at $28.01 ($27.1M); KTOS CEO sold ~$19.3M; CRWD CEO sold ~$4.5M. Reading: routine insider selling, no informed-money accumulation signal on the day.

Analysis

The index decline of ~0.2% understates how much happened under the surface. The tape was broad-based and cyclically/defensively led — energy, utilities, materials, industrials, real estate, staples, and communication services all rose while tech, healthcare, and discretionary fell. That is the signature of leadership broadening after the S&P's Thursday break above 7,800, not a defensive flight: both value and small caps gained, and high-yield credit was flat.

The single most important stock-specific driver was Broadcom's -5.94% (Investopedia). As the ~$1.9T #6 company, it single-handedly turned the S&P 500's tech sector negative — amplified by Applied Materials fading a beat. This is the first crack in the AI-trade's momentum after a ~20% semis rebound, and it ties directly to the day's second force: the AI-financing debate (debt-funded hyperscaler capex vs. a BofA-flagged ~$370B vehicle at Broadcom). Watch whether AVGO and the SOX hold above recent levels; an RSI of 46.5 with a -8.13% five-day already marks a momentum break.

The macro read remains constructive but conditional. The "bad news = rate cut = good for equities" dynamic survived Friday's data, but only because the softness hit sentiment and spending, not employment. Higher oil is the connecting thread — it powered the energy sector but is exactly what is squeezing the consumer. If oil stays elevated, the next retail-sales/CPI prints will decide whether this was rotation or the start of a growth scare.

Risks & Open Questions

finance_news was rate-limited (HTTP 429) in most rounds; catalysts were corroborated via published recaps (Fool, AP, Investopedia, Reuters) rather than the news tool.
Price-source conflicts: several sector ETFs (XLY/XLB/XLU/XLC/XLP) and META/NDX returned Pyth spot disagreements; TradingView values were used and are internally consistent.
Valneva (+22%) was reported by Motley Fool but no live valuation could be pulled — its magnitude is unverified.
Fundamentals were not pulled for the movers, so no P/E, PEG, or analyst-target figures are reported (flagged n/f above).
TheStreet and Investopedia full pages were partly bot-blocked; headline-level claims from them were cross-checked against at least one other source.

Claims without independent support

These statements appear in the narrative above but are not backed by text retrieved from a source. SELF-REPORTED means the only thing asserting it is the swarm's own worker output — the narrative was written from that output, so it corroborates nothing. Treat all of these as unverified.

[PARTIAL] The S&P 500 slipped -0.2% to 7,785.76, the Dow -0.2% to 53,732.41, and the Nasdaq Composite -0.3% to 26,729.16 (AP), while the Russell 2000 bucked the trend, +0.5% to 3,068.42 at 99.9% of its 52-week range — a clear small-cap-over-large, value-over-growth rotation. (unmatched: 7785.76, 53732.41, 26729.16, 0.5, 3068.42, 99.9, 52)
[PARTIAL] Energy led (+1.39%) on higher oil; technology (-0.40%) and healthcare (-0.60%) lagged, dragged by Broadcom's ~6% plunge — the worst stock in the S&P 500. (unmatched: 1.39)
[PARTIAL] Despite Friday's dip, the S&P 500 (+0.4% wk) and Nasdaq (+0.1% wk) capped a third straight winning week; the Dow fell 0.6% for the week (Investopedia). (unmatched: 0.4, 0.6)
[UNSUPPORTED] 1d%
[UNSUPPORTED] 5d%
[SELF-REPORTED] SPY $776.34
[SELF-REPORTED] +4.45%
[SELF-REPORTED] 65.7
[SELF-REPORTED] DIA $536.80
[SELF-REPORTED] +3.07%
[SELF-REPORTED] 59.4
[SELF-REPORTED] 90.1%
[SELF-REPORTED] +1.11%
[SELF-REPORTED] +5.14%
[SELF-REPORTED] 59.6
[SELF-REPORTED] 90.9%
[SELF-REPORTED] 3,068.42
[SELF-REPORTED] IWM $305.09
[SELF-REPORTED] +1.17%
[SELF-REPORTED] +3.76%
[SELF-REPORTED] 63.4
[SELF-REPORTED] 99.9%
[SELF-REPORTED] +10.1%
[UNSUPPORTED] +7%
[SELF-REPORTED] No apparent catalyst; still ~-20% YTD
[SELF-REPORTED] $971.66
[SELF-REPORTED] +10.7%
[SELF-REPORTED] +14.5%
[SELF-REPORTED] -8.13%
[SELF-REPORTED] +5.98%
[SELF-REPORTED] 46.5
[SELF-REPORTED] $507.18
[SELF-REPORTED] -5.12%
[SELF-REPORTED] -4.24%
[SELF-REPORTED] 44.9
[PARTIAL] Beat Q3 (EPS $3.50, revenue +25% to $9.12B, Q4 guide ~$10.25B vs. $9.54B consensus) but "wasn't enough" after the stock more than doubled YTD (Reuters) (unmatched: 9.12)
[UNSUPPORTED] -5%
[SELF-REPORTED] $102.50
[SELF-REPORTED] -1.97%
[SELF-REPORTED] $426.35
[SELF-REPORTED] -0.96%
[UNSUPPORTED] ≥-2%
[SELF-REPORTED] Crypto-linked: SEC cancelled planned crypto-framework meeting; Senate recessed without the Clarity Act; BTC slipped toward $62.5k
[SELF-REPORTED] $182.61
[UNSUPPORTED] P/E marked n/f throughout — fundamentals (multiples, analyst targets) were not pulled for the session movers in the available data, so none are asserted.
[PARTIAL] Oil & geopolitics. WTI +1.3% to $82.25, Brent +1.6% to $88.45 on Middle East hostilities / Strait of Hormuz tanker-assault headlines; gold ~$4,351 (+1.3%). (unmatched: 82.25, 88.45, 4351)
[SELF-REPORTED] Energy was the day's clear leader: XLE +1.39% on the day, +7.67% on the week (Fool, FinancialJuice).
[SELF-REPORTED] Value (VTV +0.20%) beat growth (VUG -0.44%); small caps (+0.52%) beat large caps (-0.20%).
[PARTIAL] The largest filings: CoreWeave (CRWV) 10% owner Magnetar Financial sold $478M across Aug 12–14 at $107.83–$111.27 (a fund distribution, not C-suite discretion); WBD CEO David Zaslav sold 968k shares at $28.01 ($27.1M); KTOS CEO sold ~$19.3M; CRWD CEO sold ~$4.5M. (unmatched: 478, 107.83, 111.27, 968, 28.01, 27.1, 19.3, 4.5)
[SELF-REPORTED] Reading: routine insider selling, no informed-money accumulation signal on the day.
[PARTIAL] The single most important stock-specific driver was Broadcom's -5.94% (Investopedia). (unmatched: 5.94)
[PARTIAL] As the ~$1.9T #6 company, it single-handedly turned the S&P 500's tech sector negative — amplified by Applied Materials fading a beat. (unmatched: 1.9)
[UNSUPPORTED] Watch whether AVGO and the SOX hold above recent levels; an RSI of 46.5 with a -8.13% five-day already marks a momentum break. (unmatched: 46.5, 8.13)
[SELF-REPORTED] finance_news was rate-limited (HTTP 429) in most rounds; catalysts were corroborated via published recaps (Fool, AP, Investopedia, Reuters) rather than the news tool.
[SELF-REPORTED] Price-source conflicts: several sector ETFs (XLY/XLB/XLU/XLC/XLP) and META/NDX returned Pyth spot disagreements; TradingView values were used and are internally consistent.

Detailed Findings

Round 0 · Finding 1

US Stock Market Performance — Friday, August 14, 2026

1. Executive Summary

On the most recent US trading day — Friday, August 14, 2026 — the major indices pulled back slightly from the record high set the prior session, but still locked in a third consecutive weekly gain. The S&P 500 slipped ~0.2%, the Nasdaq Composite ~0.3-0.5%, and the Dow ~0.2% as soft economic data (first decline in retail sales in nine months, falling consumer sentiment) tempered the AI/tech-led rally. Crucially, the day was defined by defensive and cyclical sector rotation: energy, utilities, materials, industrials, and real estate led, while technology, healthcare, and consumer discretionary lagged. The style picture was value over growth, small-cap over large-cap — a broad-based, risk-on-but-not-tech-led tape rather than a concentrated megacap move.

2. Key Findings (with confidence levels)

F1 — Index performance (1d), High confidence. All figures from finance_data action=analyze (TradingView/DIA proxies for indices):

S&P 500 proxy (SPY): -0.20% to $776.34 (AP News confirms S&P -0.2% Friday off its record)
Dow proxy (DIA): -0.21% to $536.80
Nasdaq-100 proxy (QQQ): -0.14% to $731.07
Nasdaq Composite proxy (^IXIC per Motley Fool): -0.28% to 26,729.16
Confirmed by AP News headline: "S&P 500 slipped 0.2% Friday from its record set the day before. The Dow dipped 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.3%."

F2 — Sectors split decisively: cyclical/defensive up, tech/health down. High confidence. From the sector SPDR batch (finance_data), 1d returns:

Sector	ETF	1d%	5d%	20d%	RSI	Trend
Energy	XLE	+1.39%	+7.67%	+7.33%	67.5	strong uptrend
Utilities	XLU	+0.61%	+1.61%	-1.90%	47.7	downtrend
Materials	XLB	+0.44%	-0.61%	+3.98%	55.7	strong uptrend
Industrials	XLI	+0.39%	+0.72%	+3.96%	61.1	strong uptrend
Comm. Svcs	XLC	+0.36%	+1.53%	+2.08%	58.0	uptrend
Real Estate	XLRE	+0.33%	+0.65%	-0.33%	54.0	strong uptrend
Staples	XLP	+0.11%	+1.14%	+1.06%	56.9	strong uptrend
Financials	XLF	-0.17%	+0.97%	+3.38%	67.1	strong uptrend
Discretionary	XLY	-0.21%	-1.39%	+2.39%	55.6	uptrend
Technology	XLK	-0.40%	+1.09%	+8.21%	60.3	strong uptrend
Health Care	XLV	-0.60%	+1.02%	+3.90%	61.9	strong uptrend

Motley Fool independently confirms: "Energy, real estate, and basic materials lead the sector gainers, as technology and healthcare stocks fall."

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Round 0 · Finding 2

US Stock Market Performance — Friday, August 14, 2026

Trading session under analysis: Friday, August 14, 2026 (US close 4:00 p.m. ET). Every ticker below had its most recent 1-day bar on 2026-08-14 in the finance-data feed, matching the market date independently confirmed by Investopedia, the WSJ, TheStreet, Zacks, and a market recap site.

1. Executive Summary

All three major US indices closed lower on Friday, Aug 14, 2026, after a weak US retail-sales print and soft consumer sentiment knocked the market back from a week where the S&P 500 briefly cleared its record (7,800) area. Tech led the decline: Broadcom (AVGO) fell ~6%, the worst individual stock in both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, weighing on the whole semis/computing complex. Despite the down day, the S&P 500 (+0.4% wk) and Nasdaq Composite (+0.1% wk) each closed higher for a third straight week, while the Dow snapped a two-week winning streak (-0.6% wk). Insider Form 4 activity around the session showed mostly routine insider sales (including a large CRWV — CoreWeave — 10%-owner sell-down and a WBD CEO sale), with no notable mega-cap Form 4 buys or sells to signal informed-money accumulation.

2. Key Findings (with confidence & catalysts)

Indices (live data, all last bar 2026-08-14):

Index (proxy)	Close	1d%	5d%	20d%	52-wk pos.	Trend	RSI-14
S&P 500 (SPY)	$776.34	-0.20%	+0.40%	+4.45%	98.0%	strong_uptrend	65.7
Dow (DIA)	$536.80	-0.21%	-0.52%	+3.07%	90.1%	strong_uptrend	59.4
Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)	$731.07	-0.14%	+1.11%	+5.14%	90.9%	strong_uptrend	59.6
Nasdaq-100 index (NDX)	30,046.14	-0.13%	+1.09%	+5.08%	91.0%	strong_uptrend	59.6

Confidence: High. The -0.2% S&P and -0.1–0.2% Dow day moves reconcile with Investopedia's close: "Nasdaq ... down 0.4%, S&P 500 down 0.2%, and Dow ... 0.1%" (Investopedia https://www.investopedia.com/stock-market-today-dow-jones-s-and-p-500-08142026-12059818).
Weekly context (Investopedia): S&P 500 +0.4% for the week (3rd straight gain), Nasdaq +0.1% (3rd straight gain), Dow -0.6% (two-week streak snapped). Year-to-date: Nasdaq ~+15%, S&P ~+14%, Dow ~+12%.

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Round 0 · Finding 3

US Stock Market Session Review — Friday, August 14, 2026

Trade Date

The most recent completed US trading session is Friday, August 14, 2026. All quantitative figures below are drawn from live finance_data tool outputs (TradingView/Pyth feed, 1d bars through the 2026-08-14 close) or the cited AP News closing report. Index cash proxies (SPY/DIA/QQQ/IWM) reconcile closely with the official index closes.

1. Major Index Performance (official closes, AP News)

Index	Close	1-Day Δ	%Δ
S&P 500	7,785.76	−13.23	−0.2%
Dow Jones Industrial Average	53,732.41	−107.58	−0.2%
Nasdaq Composite	26,729.16	−73.86	−0.3%
Russell 2000	3,068.42	+15.57	+0.5%

Source: https://apnews.com/article/wall-street-stocks-dow-nasdaq-41b7cf2acc6562758183b1c5eae73635

2. Live Finance-Tool Index ETF Proxies (finance_data, analyze, 1d bars through 2026-08-14)

Ticker	Price	1d%	5d%	20d%	RSI-14	52wk range pos	Trend
SPY (S&P 500)	$776.34	−0.198%	+0.40%	+4.45%	65.7	98.0%	strong uptrend
DIA (Dow)	$536.80	−0.206%	−0.52%	+3.07%	59.4	90.1%	strong uptrend
QQQ (Nasdaq-100)	$731.07	−0.137%	+1.11%	+5.14%	59.6	90.9%	strong uptrend
IWM (Russell 2000)	$305.09	+0.524%	+1.17%	+3.76%	63.4	99.9%	strong uptrend

The tool's 1d percentages (SPY −0.20%, DIA −0.21%, QQQ −0.14%, IWM +0.52%) match the official index closes (S&P −0.2%, Dow −0.2%, Nasdaq −0.3%, Russell +0.5%) despite a modest intraday Nasdaq/QQQ divergence. Note: direct index tickers ^GSPC and ^IXIC returned "no data" from the tool, so the Nasdaq Composite and index levels are sourced from AP News; SPY/DIA/QQQ/IWM serve as the tool-verified ETF proxies. Nasdaq-100 index level itself was not directly fetched (QQQ used as proxy).

3. Breadth & Market Internals

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Round 0 · Finding 4

US Stock Market Report — Trading Session of Friday, August 14, 2026

Executive Summary

US stocks pulled back modestly from record highs on Friday, August 14, 2026, after disappointing July retail sales and falling consumer confidence rattled risk appetite. The technology and semiconductor sectors led the decline — Broadcom (AVGO) fell ~5.9% after Bank of America questioned a reported $370B debt-financing vehicle (plus a VMware security scare), and Applied Materials (AMAT) fell ~5.1% despite beating earnings, as investors questioned its growth pace. The moves came against a backdrop of a durable AI-spending-financing debate (Goldman Sachs note on hyperscaler leverage) and the US 30-year bond selling at 5.216% — the highest in 25 years. Despite the Friday dip, the small-cap Russell 2000 rose, and the S&P 500/Nasdaq logged their third consecutive winning week.

1. Major Indices — Closing Levels (Session: 2026-08-14)

Index (ETF proxy)	Close	1d %	5d %	20d %	RSI-14	Trend (tool)
S&P 500 (SPY)	$776.34	-0.20%	+0.40%	+4.45%	65.7	strong uptrend
Dow (DIA)	$536.80	-0.21%	-0.52%	+3.07%	59.4	strong uptrend
Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)	$731.07	-0.14%	+1.11%	+5.14%	59.6	strong uptrend
Russell 2000 (IWM, per stockanalysis.com)	~3,068	+0.51%	—	—	—	—

All index prices/returns from finance_data action=analyze (2026-08-14 session), symbols SPY/DIA/QQQ. Index point levels confirmed by Motley Fool live coverage: S&P 500 -0.17% to 7,785.76; Nasdaq Composite -0.28% to 26,729.16; Dow -0.20% to 53,732.41 (https://www.fool.com/coverage/stock-market-today/2026/08/14/stock-market-today-aug-14-stocks-slip-as-consumer-data-disappoints-broadcom-falls-6/). The ETF 1d% figures reconcile with the index figures. SPY sits at 98% of its 52-week range (77.6 top of range per tool), confirming it was at record territory pulling back.

2. Biggest Named Decliners (verified with finance_data)

Ticker	Price	1d %	Catalyst cited
AVGO Broadcom	$392.99	-5.94%	BofA questioned a reported ~$370B debt-financing vehicle for AI buildout; VMware/vCenter CVE-2026-59310 security scare (unauthenticated RCE exploited in the wild); AI-capex valuation + financing scrutiny
AMAT Applied Materials	$507.18	-5.12%	Beating Q3 earnings + Q4 revenue guidance of ~$10.25B (vs $9.54B consensus) still not enough — investors questioned growth pace vs peers and margins (50.4%); noted as leading the semiconductor selloff
INTC Intel	$102.50	-1.97%	"Other AI-linked chip stocks, including Broadcom and Intel, moved lower as investors remained cautious about elevated valuations" after the tech rally
TSM TSMC	$426.35	-0.96%	Part of the broad semiconductor/AI-capital-expenditure pullback; sector-wide selling pressure

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Round 0 · Finding 5

US Stock Market Report — Trading Session: Friday, August 14, 2026

Executive Summary

On Friday, August 14, 2026, US stocks pulled back modestly from record highs after two soft consumer data releases (July retail sales and August consumer sentiment) collided with elevated oil prices and ongoing Middle East hostilities. All three major cap-weighted indices closed slightly lower — the S&P 500 fell 0.17% to 7,785.76, the Dow fell 0.20% to 53,732.41, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.28% to 26,729.16. Despite the late-week tech pullback, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq still locked in a third straight weekly gain. The day's distinctive feature was a clear rotation: small caps (Russell 2000 +0.51%) and energy/gold rose while technology and healthcare fell. The macro narrative was a two-sided story — disinflation this week (which supports Fed rate cuts) versus consumer-weakness signals that raise recession/jacking-of-highs concerns.

Most recent US trading day: Friday, August 14, 2026 (data timestamped 2026-08-14, session close ~20:00 UTC).

Key Findings (with confidence levels)

Finding	Confidence
S&P 500 closed -0.17% to 7,785.76, ending a 3rd straight weekly gain	High (multi-source + ETF proxy)
Dow closed -0.20%, Nasdaq Composite -0.28%; tech led the decline	High
July retail sales fell (first decline in 9 months) and August UMich consumer sentiment dropped to 51 from 55.2 — the primary downside catalysts	High
Middle East hostilities (Iran/Gaza) weighed on risk appetite and boosted oil/gold	High
Russell 2000 +0.51% (near 52-week high) — small-cap outperformance; energy, real estate, materials led; tech & healthcare lagged	High
Reddit (RDDT) +12.6% on news it will join the S&P 500	High (tool-verified)
Gold +1.3% (~$4,350); 10Y Treasury yield rose ~5 bp to 4.69%; WTI oil proxy USO +1.3%	Medium–High

Detailed Analysis

1. Major Indices — Closing Levels & Returns (live tool data)

I pulled live finance_data on the principal market-tracking ETFs and confirmed index levels via closing recaps.

Index	Close (Aug 14, 2026)	1d %	ETF proxy (live)	1d%	5d%	20d%	RSI-14	Trend
S&P 500	7,785.76	-0.17%	SPY $776.34	-0.20%	+0.40%	+4.45%	65.7	strong uptrend
Dow Jones	53,732.41	-0.20%	DIA $536.80	-0.21%	-0.52%	+3.07%	59.4	strong uptrend
Nasdaq Composite	26,729.16	-0.28%	QQQ $731.07 (Nasdaq-100)	-0.14%	+1.11%	+5.14%	59.6	strong uptrend
Russell 2000	~3,068	+0.51%	IWM $305.09	+0.52%	+1.17%	+3.76%	63.4	strong uptrend

…(truncated — the summary above captures the substance)

Round 0 · Finding 6

The page body returned empty. Let me try the COT-trading recap which promises named movers and catalysts. This is my last round. Let me fetch it.

Investigation Trail

Round 0

What were the closing levels and percentage changes for the major US stock indices (S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite, Nasdaq-100, and Russell 2000) on the most recent US trading day, and what does breadth look like (e.g., advancing/declining stocks, % of S&P 500 members above their 50-day average)? Use finance_data action=analyze/quote for index ETF proxies (SPY, DIA, QQQ, IWM) and any available index data, and finance_news for index-level headlines. State the exact trade date.
Which individual US stocks were the biggest percentage gainers on the most recent US trading day (top ~10 on NYSE/Nasdaq), and what specific earnings, news, guidance, analyst upgrades, or other catalysts drove each rise? Use web search and finance_news to find the movers, then verify each with finance_data action=analyze/quote and pull the relevant headline. Provide ticker, price, 1d%, and the cited catalyst.
Which individual US stocks were the biggest percentage decliners on the most recent US trading day (top ~10 on NYSE/Nasdaq), and what specific earnings, news, guidance cuts, analyst downgrades, or sector sell-offs drove each fall? Use web search and finance_news to find the movers, then verify each with finance_data action=analyze/quote and pull the relevant headline. Provide ticker, price, 1d%, and the cited catalyst.
What macro and market-level catalysts drove US stocks on the most recent US trading day — specifically, which economic data releases (e.g., CPI, PPI, jobs reports, jobless claims, PMIs, consumer confidence), Federal Reserve speakers or rate-expectation moves, US Treasury yield changes (10Y/2Y), oil or commodity prices, and geopolitical headlines were in the news, and how did the market react to each? Pull macro headlines via finance_news and, where possible, confirm yield/commodity moves with finance_data quote/analyze on proxies such as TLT, SHY, USO, or GLD.
How did US equity sectors rotate on the most recent US trading day — which S&P 500 sectors (via sector SPDRs: XLK, XLF, XLE, XLV, XLY, XLI, XLB, XLRE, XLU, XLC, XLP) led and lagged, and what was the style picture (growth vs value via e.g. VUG/VTV, and large vs small cap via e.g. SPY/IWM)? Use finance_data action=analyze batch on these ETFs to get 1d/5d/20d returns and trend signals, and finance_news to note sector-level headlines.
Were there notable moves among mega-cap and heavily traded US stocks (e.g., NVDA, AAPL, MSFT, AMZN, GOOGL, META, TSLA, AVGO) on the most recent US trading day, and were there any unusual insider (SEC Form 4) transactions reported around that session indicating informed-money flow? Pull live price and 1d% for those tickers with finance_data action=analyze, run finance_insider for Form 4 activity, and use finance_news to identify single-stock catalysts that could have moved the broader index.

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Trace Index

Tool-call traces are persisted under /srv/swarm_web_runs/run-1786940620626-0001/finance_output/traces.