Paid Subscriber – Risk Off eases – Model Portfolios gain – New Quant Top Stock Portfolio coverage – Update 07/13/26

Top Ten Good Habits for Investors

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• Quant Weekly – Up over 77% since June 2025

• Quant 30 – Up over 80% since June 2025

• Legacy – Up over 360% since April 2023

• No changes to the main Quant Portfolios

• Top Quant Stocks – Materials

• Education – Top Ten Good Habits for Investors

• Quant Top Stock Model Portfolio coverage begins

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USA Stock market week ending 07/10/26

• SPY (S&P 500 ETF):+1.4% – Large-cap U.S. stocks posted a solid weekly gain.

• NASDAQ Composite (^IXIC):+1.7% – Technology and growth stocks led the major indexes higher.

• DIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF):-0.4% – Blue-chip stocks finished the week slightly lower.

• IWM (Russell 2000 ETF):-0.5% – Small-cap stocks modestly underperformed during the week.

• SPMO (Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF):+1.9% – Momentum stocks outperformed the broader market.

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Market Drivers this Week (07/13/26 – 07/17/26)

Monday, 7/13

• Treasury Budget (June) releases at 2:00 PM ET.

• Fastenal (FAST) reports earnings, offering an early read on industrial activity.

Tuesday, 7/14

• June CPI releases at 8:30 AM ET — the week’s most important economic report.

• Major banks report earnings, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Wells Fargo.

Wednesday, 7/15

• Producer Price Index (PPI) and the Empire State Manufacturing Survey are released.

• Fed Chair Kevin Warsh testifies before Congress.

• Earnings highlights include Johnson & Johnson, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock, United Airlines, and J.B. Hunt.

Thursday, 7/16

• Retail Sales, Initial Jobless Claims, and the Philadelphia Fed Index headline the economic calendar.

• Netflix (NFLX) reports after the close, alongside earnings from UnitedHealth, Abbott Laboratories, GE Aerospace, and several financial firms.

Friday, 7/17

• Housing Starts, Import & Export Prices, Industrial Production, and Capacity Utilization are released.

• University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment provides an updated view of consumer confidence.

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The CNN Fear and Greed Index ends the week at 49 in the Neutral area. This follows five straight weeks in the Fear area. It is encouraging to see the Index finally climb out of the Fear area.

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The Quant Model Portfolios made slight gains this past week as the market environment turned slightly favorable. With earning season just now starting, expect the Model Portfolios to benefit from the new updates released by the companies.

The new Quant Top Stock Portfolio will now be tracked here. There is one addition a week in this new one. It will be very volatile.