8/1/26

Amazon Soars 15% While Apple Loses $475 BILLION | 30-Year Yield Hits 2007 High | Aug 1, 2026

Amazon delivered the biggest single boost to the Dow while Apple erased roughly $475 billion in market value in the same session. The 30-year Treasury yield hit its highest level since 2007. And South Korea's Kospi posted the largest single-day gain in its history.

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FULL BREAKDOWN — Saturday, August 1, 2026:

  • Amazon +15% on Q2 revenue near $200.6B, AWS growing 37% — fastest in 18 quarters

  • Apple -7% despite a record June quarter, guidance hit by rising memory chip costs

  • S&P 500 +0.7% to 7,489 | Nasdaq +1% | Dow +277 points | Nasdaq still -3% for July

  • 30-year Treasury yield near 5.25%, highest since 2007 | 10-year topped 4.7%

  • Futures price roughly a two-thirds chance of a September Fed rate INCREASE

  • Kospi +17.9% — largest single-day gain on record | SK Hynix +30% | Samsung +27%

  • Kospi still lost more than 22% in July — chasing that move carries added risk

  • WTI settled near $84.67 after Iran claimed Strait of Hormuz tanker attacks (unconfirmed)

  • Brent around $90, capping a July gain above 20% | Gold -1.5% toward $4,040

  • Bitcoin near $63,000 | Ethereum ~$1,870 | XRP ~$1.06

  • Coinbase -10.5% after a $359 million quarterly loss

  • Spot bitcoin funds drew only ~$205 million in July — smallest monthly total on record

Capital appears to be rotating toward proven AI cash flows and energy, away from rate-sensitive and crypto-linked names. Next catalyst: the July jobs report on Friday, August 7.

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