Official U.S. CPI releaseTue, Aug 12July 2025
QQQ / SPY · Complete month
August 2025
Replay August 2025 through QQQ/SPY closing paths, intraday turns, recurring news themes, and every daily curve.
- Review days
- 31
- Trading days
- 21
- News
- 2,918
- Recurring news themes
- 6
2025-08-01 — 2025-08-31
Monthly performance
QQQ +0.94%SPY +2.05%
QQQ ended at +0.94% and SPY at +2.05% from the previous regular close before the month.
Monthly change runs from the final trading-day close before the month to the final trading-day close of the month. Each point on the chart is a trading-day close.
Sessions worth replaying
Strongest QQQ session
Mon, Aug 4QQQ +1.85%SPY +1.51%
141 news items Weakest QQQ sessionWeakest SPY session
Fri, Aug 1QQQ -1.98%SPY -1.64%
121 news items Strongest SPY session
Fri, Aug 22QQQ +1.55%SPY +1.53%
112 news items Largest QQQ–SPY divergence
Tue, Aug 19QQQ -1.36%SPY -0.55%
SPY led QQQ by 0.81 pp
128 news itemsStrongest intraday rebound
Wed, Aug 20QQQ -0.60%SPY -0.27%
Rebound after the intraday low · QQQ +1.36% · SPY +0.94%
116 news itemsCalmest session
Mon, Aug 18QQQ -0.04%SPY -0.03%
Intraday range · QQQ +0.40% · SPY +0.25%
111 news itemsBusiest news day
Wed, Aug 6QQQ +1.26%SPY +0.75%
147 news items Recurring news themes
See which themes kept returning during the month and how many review days they appeared in.
01
FOMC
22 related news items · 15 review days
23.9%+14.0 pp vs prior 3 months
02Earnings
14 related news items · 11 review days
15.2%+2.9 pp vs prior 3 months
03CPI
18 related news items · 8 review days
19.6%+10.9 pp vs prior 3 months
04Jobs report
12 related news items · 6 review days
13.0%-4.0 pp vs prior 3 months
05China
7 related news items · 6 review days
7.6%-6.5 pp vs prior 3 months
06Apple
5 related news items · 5 review days
5.4%+3.6 pp vs prior 3 months
Topic counts are descriptive coverage measures. They do not measure price impact.
CPI
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All daily reviews
Trading days show QQQ/SPY closing moves alongside the day’s news. Market-closed dates keep their news timelines.