How to navigate a treacherous stock market in August after a volatile July

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 03, 2026 · 331 words · By Fred Imbert

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What to know about How to navigate a treacherous stock market in August after a volatile July

Last month wasn't easy for investors, even if the numbers don't fully reflect the volatility.

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What happened

Last month wasn't easy for investors, even if the numbers don't fully reflect the volatility.

Why it matters

The S & P 500 inched down 0.1% in July, its second consecutive monthly decline.

Common ground

That may not seem like much, but it came as volatility in single stocks increased , and investors waded through on-again, off-again negotiations and attacks between the U.S.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “though it has soared more than 350% over the past three years.”

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The provided evidence for Nvidia consists of general company descriptions and does not include a 3-year stock performance percentage.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia Corporation[a] (/ ɛnˈvɪdiə / en-VID-ee-ə) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia

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web search NEUTRAL — Artificial Intelligence Computing Leadership from NVIDIA: inventor of the GPU, which creates interactive graphics on laptops, workstations, mobile devices, notebooks, PCs, and more.
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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA invents the GPU and drives advances in AI, HPC, gaming, creative design, autonomous vehicles, and robotics.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/

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Claim 2: “Data from the Stock Trader's Almanac shows the S & P 500 averages only a marginal gain for the month, making August the third-worst month of the year for the benchmark, going back to 1950.”

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Multiple sources (Almanac Trader and others) confirm that August is among the worst performing months for the S&P 500 and DJIA, specifically mentioning it as the worst since 1987.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles (LA or L.A.) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.87 million residents …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — According to accounts that began to appear during the 1960s or earlier, a substantial mythology has exaggerated the accomplishments of Benjamin Banneker (1731–1806), an African-American naturalist, ma…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Santa Claus rally is a calendar effect that involves a rise in stock prices during the last 5 trading days in December and the first 2 trading days in the following January. According to the 2019 St…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_rally

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Claim 3: “Adam Parker, founder of Trivariate Research and the former chief U.S. equity strategist at Morgan Stanley”

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Three independent web sources confirm Adam Parker is the founder of Trivariate Research (or Trivariate Capital Management) and was previously the Chief US Equity Strategist at Morgan Stanley.

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web search NEUTRAL — Previously, he was Chief US Equity Strategist and director of Global Quantitative Research at Morgan Stanley, ranked as a top strategist and quantitative researcher multiple times by Institutional Inv…
https://ritholtz.com/2022/05/mib-adam-parker/

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web search NEUTRAL — Adam Parker is an American business executive, currently the founder of Trivariate Capital Management. From 2010 to 2017, he was the Chief US Equity Strategist for Morgan Stanley. Previously, he was C…
https://peoplepill.com/people/adam-parker

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web search NEUTRAL — On this episode of Full Signal, I'm sitting down with Adam Parker. He's the founder and CEO of Trivariate Research, which is one of the leading research shops on Wall Street. He was previously the chi…
https://pod.wave.co/podcast/full-signal/the-winning-stocks-f…

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Claim 4: “The S & P 500 inched down 0.1% in July”

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The Carson Group reports that the S&P 500 fell 0.06% in July, which aligns with the claim of 'inching down' approximately 0.1%.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the S&P 500 Index, a United States stock market index.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_S&P_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies (including two share classes of stock from three of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 leading companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly fol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500

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Claim 5: “Year to date, Micron has nearly tripled.”

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The provided evidence contains general information about Micron Technology but does not provide year-to-date stock price percentage changes.

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web search NEUTRAL — Micron Technology, Inc. is an American multinational semiconductor company that manufactures computer memory and computer data storage products, including dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), flash me…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micron_Technology

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web search NEUTRAL — Choose the right data center memory and storage solutions and get control over the essential systems affecting your business. Micron’s flexible memory and storage powers PCs from thin and light notebo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/MU/?fr=sycsrp_catchall

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Claim 6: “its second consecutive monthly decline”

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While one source confirms a slight decline in July, there is no evidence provided regarding the performance of the preceding month to confirm if this was the second consecutive decline.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the S&P 500 Index, a United States stock market index.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_S&P_…

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Claim 7: “UnitedHealth and Merck have done well in 2026, gaining 25% and 23%, respectively.”

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No evidence was found for this claim, and it refers to the year 2026, for which no historical data exists in the provided evidence.

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Claim 8: “Nvidia is up just 7% this year”

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The provided evidence shows current price and short-term changes (2.93% in 24 hours) or a 12-month increase (29.36%), but does not explicitly state the year-to-date gain is 7%.

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web search NEUTRAL — View live NVIDIA Corporation chart to track its stock's price action. Find market predictions, NVDA financials and market news.The current price of NVDA is 207.24 USD — it has increased by 2.93% in th…
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NASDAQ-NVDA/

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web search NEUTRAL — View today's NVIDIA Corporation stock price and latest NVDA news and analysis. Create real-time notifications to follow any changes in the live stock price.
https://www.investing.com/equities/nvidia-corp

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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia Stock Price Hits 7-week Low. Nvidia shares decreased to 199.32 USD, the lowest since May 2026. Over the past 4 weeks, Nvidia Corporation lost 7.09%, and in the last 12 months, it increased 29.3…
https://tradingeconomics.com/nvda:us

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Claim 9: “Tensions in the Middle East, along with fears the Federal Reserve may be behind the curve on inflation, also sparked three daily declines of 1% or more in July.”

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One search result mentions the S&P 500 fell 1.4% for four straight days due to July jobs data, but there is no corroboration for exactly 'three daily declines of 1% or more' specifically linked to Middle East tensions and Fed inflation fears.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the S&P 500 Index, a United States stock market index.
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