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Broad market movement that may affect product timing, buyer mood, or infrastructure spend. This is not investment advice or deep single-stock research.

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YAHOO high-level watchlist feed
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Market snapshots

The daily automation derives this compact watchlist from the canonical equities snapshot and bundles the latest records into the web app. JSON export is available at /markets.json.

scope
Broad context only

The page tracks broad direction, movers, and product implication. It deliberately avoids valuation models, analyst-style calls, and trade recommendations.

use
Where this matters

Market changes feed the planning brief only when they shift positioning, buyer urgency, infrastructure budget mood, or the evidence needed for a product bet.

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national / 2026-07-29 eod

US market risk appetite

risk-off / -1.74%

Broad US risk-on/risk-off movement changes appetite for new SaaS spending, AI tooling, and experimental product bets.

When broad US growth/risk appetite weakens, prioritize immediate ROI, cost control, and evidence-backed buyer proof over speculative new surfaces.

QQQ
Nasdaq 100 ETF
-2.04%
US growth and AI software beta
close 661.72998046875open 675.489990234375volume 41,725,6622026-07-29
IWM
Russell 2000 ETF
-1.64%
small-cap risk appetite
close 288.57000732421875open 293.3699951171875volume 23,747,0782026-07-29
SPY
S&P 500 ETF
-1.54%
broad US market
close 729.4600219726562open 740.8599853515625volume 52,583,9672026-07-29
national / 2026-07-29 eod

US AI infrastructure bellwethers

risk-off / -3.14%

AI infrastructure equities are a fast proxy for whether the market is rewarding compute, chips, cloud, and model-platform expansion.

Strength supports AI-infra and agent-evaluation narratives; weakness pushes High Signal toward cost control, proof, and practical workflow value.

AMD
AMD
-5.51%
accelerator competition
close 429.55999755859375open 454.6199951171875volume 29,100,7912026-07-29
NVDA
NVIDIA
-3.55%
accelerator demand
close 190.00999450683594open 197.00999450683594volume 137,979,9002026-07-29
AVGO
Broadcom
-2.78%
custom silicon and networking
close 370.32000732421875open 380.9100036621094volume 24,500,9702026-07-29
MSFT
Microsoft
-0.71%
cloud and AI platform spending
close 390.5400085449219open 393.3500061035156volume 41,713,8132026-07-29
international / 2026-07-29 eod

International AI supply chain

risk-off / -2.35%

International semiconductor and platform bellwethers show whether AI demand is broadening outside US mega-cap narratives.

When international AI supply-chain names move together, High Signal should look for cross-border supply, policy, and capex signals before recommending market-intelligence builds.

ARM
Arm Holdings ADR
-8.11%
architecture and licensing
close 224.88999938964844open 244.74000549316406volume 7,866,7932026-07-29
SAP
SAP
+5.26%
international enterprise software demand
close 159.24000549316406open 151.27999877929688volume 2,841,9112026-07-28
TSM
TSMC ADR
-4.50%
foundry demand
close 374.6700134277344open 392.30999755859375volume 15,381,1082026-07-29
ASML
ASML ADR
-2.04%
lithography bottleneck
close 1550.68994140625open 1582.949951171875volume 2,136,0652026-07-29