Dear Fellow Investors,
This week the market got its relief. The S&P 500 rose 1.05%, the Nasdaq led with a 1.59% gain, and the Dow added 1.04%. The VIX fell to 15.99, the calmest reading in weeks. Cheaper oil, a steady Fed, and Microsoft's 16% Azure-driven jump did the work.
What matters more is what our algorithm was saying before any of it happened. Two weeks ago we flagged the rotation out of chips and into software. This week it paid in full: our Top Technology Stocks package returned up to 28.64% over 14 days, led by Manhattan Associates and Workday, while semiconductor names corrected more than 16%. The package averaged 12.45% against the S&P 500's negative 3.02% over the same stretch, a 15.47 point premium.
On Friday, IES Holdings jumped roughly 30% in a single session. It's a current holding in our AI Monthly Portfolio, which is up 39.88% since inception against 34.03% for the S&P 500, live and documented rather than backtested.
We also published a longer piece on the overweight decision, walking through how the algorithm read eleven sector ETFs and the megacaps ahead of the price. Technology's signal peaked in May and collapsed 55% four sessions before the sector's 11.30% drawdown from its June high.
And if you missed it, the replay of our AI-Recommended Stocks for August 2026 webinar is now live, along with the exclusive webinar deals from the session.
The algorithm is speaking again. Are you listening?
Warm regards,
Yaron Golgher
CEO and Co-Founder, I Know First