(12 July 2026) Stocks were mixed last week as chip makers and big tech rebounded from their recent sell-off while the broader market finished modestly lower.  Despite the collapse of the Iran ceasefire deal, the S&P 500 is now less than 1% from its all-time high of 7620 set in early June. While markets have been choppy lately, they are still mostly bullish as we approach the July 21 Jupiter-Uranus-Neptune-Pluto alignment.  This rare alignment has all the appearances of being bullish, although its rarity means there is very little data which supports its positive market influence.  There have only been two analogous alignments over the past 130 years with one being bearish and one bullish, although the bearish outcome also had an additional simultaneous Saturn aspect which our current transit set up thankfully lacks. One element of this four-planet Jupiter-centered alignment is the Jupiter-Uranus sextile marked by its 60-degree angular separation. Our backtest study demonstrated its bullish track record, although somewhat surprisingly its most bullish period occurred after the exact sextile aspect.  As the updated cumulative chart below shows, the period 10...