Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
S&P 500 record highs are holding because risk appetite has broadened across global equities, emerging markets, high yield, crypto and gold at once.
John Kicklighter, Senior Strategist at StoneX Media, explains what that breadth signals and which markets carry the week's event risk.
Gold rallying alongside record stocks arrives with put and call option volume near the highest levels Cboe has on record and investor exposure running on record leverage. August typically brings the lowest volume of the year for the S&P 500, and that quiet historically breaks around the 38th week. Also covered are the AI trade recovery, a possible U.S. dollar break on the DXY, and gasoline as the early energy tell.
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0:00 Records Rise as Consumers Slip
0:29 Gold and Crypto Join the Rally
1:36 Record Leverage Underneath
2:34 August Volume Hits Yearly Low
4:38 The AI Trade Rebuilds Quietly
6:18 Dollar Slips, Gasoline Heats
9:19 Where the Week's Risk Sits
11:49 Nvidia and Jackson Hole Next
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S&P 500 record highs are holding because risk appetite has broadened across global equities, emerging markets, high yield, crypto and gold at once.
John Kicklighter, Senior Strategist at StoneX Media, explains what that breadth signals and which markets carry the week's event risk.
Gold rallying alongside record stocks arrives with put and call option volume near the highest levels Cboe has on record and investor exposure running on record leverage. August typically brings the lowest volume of the year for the S&P 500, and that quiet historically breaks around the 38th week. Also covered are the AI trade recovery, a possible U.S. dollar break on the DXY, and gasoline as the early energy tell.
Discover Actionable Insights with the latest Market Outlook Reports: intel.stonex.com/offer?language=en&campaignId=A908C315-DC62-4F35-AC16-870BB71E84D1&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sxtv_guest_john_kicklighter&utm_content=share
0:00 Records Rise as Consumers Slip
0:29 Gold and Crypto Join the Rally
1:36 Record Leverage Underneath
2:34 August Volume Hits Yearly Low
4:38 The AI Trade Rebuilds Quietly
6:18 Dollar Slips, Gasoline Heats
9:19 Where the Week's Risk Sits
11:49 Nvidia and Jackson Hole Next
Like and subscribe for more financial market insights.
#StoneX #JohnKicklighter #Gold #SP500
