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Bearish Market Analysis Aug 26, 2026

Market Summary — Pre market — 2026-08-26

  • Wall Street enters Wednesday's pre-market session on cautious footing, with S&P 500 futures trading 15.00 points below fair value and Nasdaq futures down 58.00 points, pointing to a subdued open ahead of what Briefing.com calls "easily the most catalyst-driven session of the week." Today's slate includes the July Personal Income and Spending report — featuring the Fed's preferred PCE inflation gauge — as well as the second estimate of Q2 GDP, all landing just hours before NVIDIA (NVDA) reports earnings after today's close
  • The CME FedWatch tool currently prices a 36% probability of a 25-basis-point rate hike at the September FOMC meeting
  • Tuesday's session ended with modest broad-market gains as a rebound in semiconductors offset mixed action elsewhere