S&P 500 Hits New High On Delayed And Reduced Rate Hike Expectations

Ironman at Political Calculations 3.48K Followers Follow Summary The S&P 500 reached a new record-high close of 7,798.99 on Thursday, 13 August 2026, before falling back on Friday to end the trading week at 7,785.76. The latest update of the alternative futures chart shows the level of stock prices is right where the dividend futures-based model forecasts it would be, provided investors are focused on 2027-Q1. The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow tool anticipates real GDP growth for the U.S. economy of +4.3% in 2026-Q3, down from the +5.8% annualized growth it forecast a week earlier. Panuwat Dangsungnoen/iStock via Getty Images The S&P 500 ( SPX ) reached a new record-high close of 7,798.99 on Thursday, 13 August 2026, before falling back on Friday to end the trading week at 7,785.76 . Two developments helped to spur the This article was written by Ironman at Political Calculations 3.48K Followers Follow Ironman is the alias of the blogger at Political Calculations, a site that develops, applies and presents both established and cutting edge theory to the topics of investing, business and economics. We should acknowledge that Ironman is either formerly or currently, and quite possibly, simultaneously employed as some kind of engineer, researcher, analyst, rocket scientist, editor and perhaps as a teacher of some kind or another. The scary thing is that's not even close to being a full list of Ironman's professions and we should potentially acknowledge that Ironman may or may not be one person. We'll leave it to our readers to sort out which Ironman might behind any of the posts that do appear here or comments that appear elsewhere on the web!