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StockMKTNewz Daily Recap 8/1
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Daily Stock Market Recap: 8/1
Hey everyone, it’s @StockMKTNewz - Evan! I’ve posted stock market news every day for almost half a decade. I write this daily recap to make sure you don't miss anything important!
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The S&P 500 just had its worst trading day since May 21st
The NASDAQ 100 just had its worst trading day since April 21st
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
9:15 PM • Aug 1, 2025
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Apple $AAPL CEO Tim Cook held a rare all-hands meeting following earnings results telling employees that the:
AI revolution is “as big or bigger” as the internet, smartphones, cloud computing and apps. “Apple must do this. Apple will do this. This is sort of ours to grab,” Cook
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
9:01 PM • Aug 1, 2025
Tim Cook has now officially been the CEO of Apple $AAPL for a longer time period than Steve Jobs - MacRumors
Time spent as CEO of Apple
5,091 days - Tim Cook
5,090 days - Steve Jobs— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
12:42 PM • Aug 1, 2025
The 🇺🇸 economy added 73,000 jobs in July below expectations of 106,000 (NFP Non-farm Payrolls)
The Unemployment Rate in the 🇺🇸 for July just came in 4.2% in line with expectations
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
12:31 PM • Aug 1, 2025
Big tech is now on pace to spend more than $400 Billion per year on Capital expenditures as the AI arms race heats up - WSJ
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
2:57 AM • Aug 1, 2025
🇺🇸PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRES COMMISSIONER OF LABOR STATISTICS AFTER WEAKER-THAN-EXPECTED JOBS FIGURES SLAM MARKETS - CNBC
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
7:06 PM • Aug 1, 2025
🇺🇸 Fed Governor Kugler just announced she is stepping down from her role at the central bank - CNBC
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
7:32 PM • Aug 1, 2025
NFL DEALS RED ZONE, NFL MEDIA ASSETS TO ESPN $DIS IN BLOCKBUSTER BILLION-DOLLAR AGREEMENT - The Athletic
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
5:43 PM • Aug 1, 2025
Amazon $AMZN is now back to being RED 🔴 so far in 2025
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
4:28 PM • Aug 1, 2025
All these stocks hit new 52 WEEK LOWS at some point today
UnitedHealth $UNH
$UPS
Chipotle $CMG
Lululemon $LULU
Accenture $ACN
Brown & Brown $BRO
Confluent $CFLT
Charter $CHTR
Cigna $CI
Colgate $CL
Copart $CPRT
Diageo $DEO
$DOW
Eastman $EMN
Factset $FDS
Fair Isaac $FICO
Fortive— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
7:52 PM • Aug 1, 2025
🇺🇸 FED'S WALLER JUST SAID:
- I see no reason that we should hold the policy rate at its current level and risk a sudden decline in the labor market.
🇺🇸 FED'S BOWMAN JUST SAID:
Cutting would have proactively hedged against a further weakening in the economy and the risk of
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
12:03 PM • Aug 1, 2025
OpenAI has reportedly raised $8.3 billion at a $300 billion valuation - NYT
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
12:11 PM • Aug 1, 2025
Nintendo $NTDOY said today it has now sold 5.82 Million units of its Switch 2 console - CNBC
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
11:54 AM • Aug 1, 2025
Early look at the largest stocks that report earnings next week
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
3:26 PM • Aug 1, 2025
Merry $SPY dividend day
SPY just paid out its $1.76 per share quarterly dividend
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
2:24 AM • Aug 1, 2025
Merry $QQQ dividend day
QQQ just paid out its $0.59 per share quarterly dividend
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
1:10 AM • Aug 1, 2025
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