Paid Subscriber – Quant portfolios manage a small gain as the market drops – Update 07/27/26

Top 10 Bad Habits of Investors

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• Quant Weekly – Up over 63% since June 2025

• Quant 30 – Up over 67 since June 2025

• Legacy – Up over 350% since April 2023

• No changes to the main Quant Portfolios

• Top Quant Stocks – Real Estate

• Education – Top 10 Bad Habits of Investors

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USA Stock market week ending 07/24/26

• S&P 500 (SPY):-0.6% — The broad market posted a modest weekly decline as investors became more cautious after recent gains.

• Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA):-0.4% — Blue-chip stocks slipped slightly, outperforming most of the major indexes.

• Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC):-2.1% — Technology and growth stocks led the market lower, making the Nasdaq the weakest major index for the week.

• Russell 2000 (IWM):-1.0% — Small-cap stocks declined as investors shifted toward larger, more defensive companies.

• Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF (SPMO):+1.8% — Momentum stocks bucked the broader market, extending their relative strength and significantly outperforming the major indexes.

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Market Drivers this Week (07/27/26 – 07/31/26)

Monday, 7/27 — Durable Goods & Earnings Begin

• Durable Goods Orders (8:30 AM ET) provide an early look at business investment.

• Key earnings: Cadence Design Systems, Nucor, Welltower, Universal Health Services, UDR, and Cincinnati Financial.

Tuesday, 7/28 — Consumer Confidence & Busy Earnings Day

• Consumer Confidence (10:00 AM ET) highlights consumer sentiment.

• Key earnings: Boeing, Visa, UPS, Coca-Cola, PayPal, Ford, Hilton, Mondelez, NXP Semiconductors, KLA, Sherwin-Williams, and Centene.

• The Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting begins.

Wednesday, 7/29 — Fed Decision Takes Center Stage

• FOMC interest-rate decision (2:00 PM ET) followed by Chair Kevin Warsh’s press conference (2:30 PM ET).

• Key earnings: Procter & Gamble, ServiceNow, Humana, Boston Scientific, Garmin, Cigna, and UBS.

Thursday, 7/30 — Mega-Cap Tech Earnings

• Weekly Initial Jobless Claims are released before the market opens.

• Key earnings: Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta Platforms, Mastercard, Comcast, and Robinhood.

Friday, 7/31 — Inflation Data Closes the Week

• Personal Income & Spending, PCE Inflation, Chicago PMI, and Final University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment are released.

• Key earnings: Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and Colgate-Palmolive.

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The CNN Fear and Greed Index ends the week at 39 in the Fear area. Out of the last 8 weeks, it has been in the Fear area for 7 of them. Caution needs to be maintained in establishing short term positions in this environment. Stocks with good fundamentals that have been beaten down over the last 8 weeks, look ripe for accumulation right now.

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The Quant Model Portfolios made modest gains this week even though the general market indexes saw drops. Momentum stocks showed some signs of a spark this week.