Rotation week into biotech and small cap stocks and Bitcoin breakout fails – Stock Market Weekly for August 15, 2025

Welcome back everyone to Stock Market Weekly Episode #795 for Friday, August 15, 2025 where we will be breaking down the most important trends, price action, and noteworthy moves across financial markets.

As always, we will share extensive analytics on the S&P500 (SPX), Nasdaq 100 (NDX), Russell 2000 (RUT), and current volatility environments.

In this week’s episode:

• PPI Inflation surprise; Sept rate cuts maintained
• Biotech and small cap stocks breakout
• Bitcoin breakout over 120K fails
• Healthcare boosted by Warren Buffet UNH stake

Markets covered: Bitcoin IBIT XBI IWM

Stocks covered: UNH APP INTC

We hope that you enjoyed this week’s episode!

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