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The stock market has only done this 3 times in nearly 40 years. It's not a good sign

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Loaded Language 70% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Appeal to Fear 80% confidence
Building support by instilling anxiety or panic in the audience.

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18 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The S & P 500 rose to all-time highs on Monday, climbing above 7,400”
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The provided web search results for this claim are irrelevant, discussing the letter 'S' rather than the S&P 500 index. No financial data was provided to confirm the index rose above 7,400 on a specific Monday.
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web search NEUTRAL — S (minuscule: s) is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 30, 2020 · Learn to recognize the upper and lowercase letter S, how to write the letter S s and the sound that letter S makes. This series incorporates the modalities of visual, auditory and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vniciwSnfH8
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 3, 2026 · S (upper case, lower case s, plural Ss or S's) The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/S
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“stocks are up more than 17% since falling to 6,316.91 on March 30”
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The evidence provided contains general information about the S&P 500 and historical annual returns, but does not provide specific price data for March 30 or a percentage increase from that date.
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web search NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 has averaged about 10% annually.
https://www.macrotrends.net/2526/sp-500-historical-annual-re…
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web search NEUTRAL — S&P 500 Today: Get all information on the S&P 500 Index including historical chart, news and constituents.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/s&p_500
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web search NEUTRAL — DISCLOSURE: Trade recommendations may have changed since publication. Evaluate current market prices and risk/reward before acting.The S&P 500 is the most diversified U.S. stock market index. The SPDR…
https://www.smartoptionstrader.com/p/the-s-p-500-may-be-sett…
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“shares of Micron Technology more than doubling, up roughly 140%, over the same span”
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The evidence provides general company information and links to Yahoo Finance, but does not contain the specific stock price movement or percentage increase (140%) for Micron Technology over the mentioned span.
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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.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micron_Technology
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore Micron Technology, leading in semiconductors with a broad range of performance-enhancing memory and storage solutions
https://www.micron.com/
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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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“Friday, for example, was the first time over the last 30 years that the S & P 500 closed more than 7% above its 50-day moving average and not even 55% of its components were above their 50-day average, according to BTIG”
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No evidence was found after searching for this specific claim regarding BTIG's analysis of the 50-day moving average components.
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“Usually, the percentage of companies in the S & P 500 that are above their 50-DMAs when the index is more than 7% above its own 50-DMA, has been 86%, on average, BTIG said”
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One web search result ('There’s a new top target for the S&P 500...') explicitly mentions that usually when the S&P 500 was this extended, an average of 86% of components traded above their 50-DMAs. However, there is only one source providing this specific statistic.
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web search NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is now 16.5% above this year’s low, having closed Friday at a fresh record. And the bullish calls keep coming.Usually when the S&P 500 was this extended, an average of 86% of components tr…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/top-stocks/there-s-a-new-top…
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web search NEUTRAL — Invest and trade at your own risk. Some of the links in the description may be affiliate links. 00:00 - Investing £50 per day 02:58 - Comparing to lump sum investing 06:11 - Answering a common questio…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KSMfKxKm_s
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web search NEUTRAL — Investing.com - BTIG downgraded Embecta (NASDAQ:EMBC) to Neutral from Buy following weaker-than-expected second-quarter results driven by U.S. pen needle market share loss and volume softness. The sto…
https://www.investing.com/news/analyst-ratings/btig-downgrad…
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“On Friday, the S & P 500 was higher by 7.7% on a headline basis, but just 52% of its members topped the same measure”
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While one source mentions the index being extended and the 86% average, it does not provide the specific figures for 'Friday' (7.7% higher and 52% of members topping the measure).
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web search NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is now 16.5% above this year’s low, having closed Friday at a fresh record.Usually when the S&P 500 was this extended, an average of 86% of components traded above their 50-DMAs. Top ticke…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/top-stocks/there-s-a-new-top…
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web search NEUTRAL — Of the Dow's 30 components, all of which were falling on Tuesday, 20 stocks were trading below their 50-DMAs.All three indexes last closed below their respective 50-DMAs on July 18.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dow-sp-500-and-nasdaq-in-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — Here is the list of Stocks/Companies above 50 Daily Moving Average.
https://www.indmoney.com/stocks/category/above-50-dma
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“Friday was only the third time since 1990 that the S & P 500 made a new high when there were more new lows than highs, BTIG found”
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The search results for this claim are dictionary definitions of the word 'according' and do not contain any financial data or BTIG findings.
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of ACCORD is to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned. How to use accord in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Accord.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/according
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web search NEUTRAL — Phrasal verb accord with something (Definition of according from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/accordin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Definition of 'according' according in American English (əˈkɔrdɪŋ ) adjective agreeing; in harmony
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/acco…
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“The two other times both came in December 1999”
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The provided evidence discusses general record highs and a rally in 2025, but does not confirm the specific historical occurrence of new highs with more new lows in December 1999.
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web search NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 just hit another all-time high, extending a rally that has added nearly 50% since the tariff-driven panic low in April 2025.
https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/05/10/the-sp-500-just-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.84%) is hitting new highs again this week. Although there have been some ups and downs this year, including a serious dip at the end of March, the market has been in strong bull …
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/08/is-now-a-good-time…
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web search NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at fresh record highs, supported by easing tensions in the Middle East and strong earnings from tech companies like AMD. Investor sentiment was positive due to the prospe…
https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/us-stock-m…
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“it's only the fourth time the S & P 500 has hit a record high while 5% of its members fell to fresh 52-week lows”
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No evidence was found after searching for this specific claim regarding the 5% of members falling to 52-week lows during record highs.
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“The other occasions were similarly ominous. July 1929... January 1973... December 1999”
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No evidence was found after searching for the specific dates (July 1929, January 1973, December 1999) in relation to the 5% 52-week low claim.
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“The Magnificent Seven stocks account for more than one-third of the market-cap weighted S & P 500”
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“Together, those seven are up more than 25% since the March low, as measured by the Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF”
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“South Korean stocks... are also up more than 60% since the March low”
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“SK Hynix and Samsung make up nearly 50% of the iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY)”
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“The Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM), launched just a little over a month ago, has roughly doubled since then”
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“DRAM already has $6 billion in assets under management, according to FactSet data”
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“five of 11 sectors trade below their 200-day moving averages on an equal-weight basis, including financials”
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“the equal-weight consumer discretionary index falling to fresh lows compared to the equal-weight S & P 500”
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