Note: Our nightly “S&P 500 Outlook, Forecast, and Trading plan for Monday, 08/06” will be posted by 7:30am/8:00am EDT, Monday. THE GIST (“THE WHAT”) Upbeat earnings took center stage once again, as investors largely ignored escalating trade tensions in the background. The S&P 500 index opened higher as investors found refuge in modest jobs data (more…)