It was an unusually turbulent late-summer week on Wall Street. Stocks fell, oil climbed, Treasury yields remained near multi-year highs, and the U.S. national debt crossed $40 trillion for the first time. Together, those forces raised an increasingly important question for investors: Is the price of money becoming a threat to the AI boom? Weekly…

📊 Alain’s Holdings — August 21, 2026 Symbol Name Price Change Change % VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 703.71 +2.70 +0.39% QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust 713.44 +2.51 +0.35% XIU.TO iShares S&P/TSX 60 ETF 54.36 +0.38 +0.70% Wall Street ended a turbulent week on a positive note Friday as stocks rebounded and Bitcoin surged to $77,000,…

📊 Alain’s Holdings — August 20, 2026 Symbol Name Price Change Change % VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 701.01 -5.90 -0.83% QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust 710.93 -5.15 -0.72% XIU.TO iShares S&P/TSX 60 ETF 53.98 -0.14 -0.26% Wall Street’s relief rally lasted exactly one day. Stocks fell sharply Thursday as Treasury yields rebounded, oil surged above…

📊 Alain’s Holdings — August 19, 2026 Symbol Name Price Change Change % VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 706.91 +1.51 +0.21% QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust 716.08 -1.43 -0.20% XIU.TO iShares S&P/TSX 60 ETF 54.12 -0.16 -0.29% Wall Street finally broke its three-day losing streak Wednesday as a sharp decline in Treasury yields gave stocks some…

📊 Alain’s Holdings — August 18, 2026 Symbol Name Price Change Change % VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 705.40 -8.31 -1.16% QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust 717.51 -13.56 -1.85% XIU.TO iShares S&P/TSX 60 ETF 54.28 -0.54 -0.99% Wall Street fell for a second consecutive day Tuesday as investors faced an increasingly uncomfortable combination: a technology sell-off,…

Wall Street finished a relatively quiet but revealing week with the S&P 500 reaching another record high, even as new economic data raised questions about the strength of the American consumer. Inflation cooled, corporate earnings remained remarkably strong, energy companies joined technology stocks in driving the market, and Reddit prepared to join the S&P 500.…