Market update for Thursday August 6, 2026 Check out the Public app for incredible investing tools and to support the show (LINK) Follow us on Instagram (@TheRundownDaily) for bonus content and instant reactions. In today’s episode, Zaid covers: What the gold rally says about the dollar, bond yields and the Fed Disney’s earnings beat, powered by parks, streaming and Toy Story 5 Eli Lilly’s monster quarter as Mounjaro and Zepbound sales surge DoorDash’s DashPass growth and Sandisk’s surprising post-earnings selloff Why used electric vehicles are suddenly rising in value

Disney Eyes Free Streaming, Eli Lilly Sells $15B of Weight-Loss Drugs

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Public.com presents The Rundown, your daily market update in 10 minutes. My name is Zaid Admani and today is Thursday, August 6th. In today's episode, we'll dig into why gold just had its biggest day since February. We'll also break down earnings from Disney, Eli Lilly, DoorDash, and Sandus. Then stick around to the end of the show to find out why used electric cars are going up in value right now.

We got a great show for you today. Let's go. Yesterday was a mixed day for the markets. The S&P 500 fell 0.2%, while the Nasdaq dropped by 0.8%, dragged down by Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. Now, the Dow Jones did finish a half a percent higher to another record close, but nobody cares about the Dow. So, you know, what caught my attention yesterday was gold.

It jumped 4% for its biggest one-day gain since February. Gold is now back above $4,300 an ounce for the first time since June. You know, gold prices rallying right now could be a sign that traders don't think the Fed will raise interest rates this year. You know, higher interest rates is usually bad for gold since gold doesn't pay you anything to hold it. You don't get any interest or dividends. It's just a shiny metal that produces no yield.

So this mini rally in gold right now could be the market saying that they don't think the Fed will hike interest rates, despite Fed Chair Kevin Warsh talking tough on inflation. Now, that could just be one factor, though. The other factor could be that the dollar is weakening right now. And since gold is priced in U.S. dollars, a weaker dollar tends to push up gold prices.

Disney Eyes Free Streaming, Eli Lilly Sells $15B of Weight-Loss Drugs

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The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.

Disney Eyes Free Streaming, Eli Lilly Sells $15B of Weight-Loss Drugs

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.