The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up almost 800 points.
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The Gerry Callahan ShowAug 4, 2026
The Dow was up strongly around the posting date, but no close matches 'almost 800' points: it rose 907.47 points on Aug 4 (a record close), 693.38 on Aug 3 (intraday above 745), and about 1,600 for the week.
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… She'll talk about her, you know, her bowel movements and her facelifts, and all. It'll be disgusting, but it will help with the numbers. All right, let me check. Can I check the Dow before we go, Ironhead? Because I swore I was never going to do this again. I know, I know. We did this one day, and I said, oh, the Dow's way up, and by the time we were done, it was it's up almost 800. That means no ticker on CNN or MSNBC today. No, no Dow updates. Another it's almost 54,000. It's up for the 23rd time. A record is set. We're going to get, we're going to get to Francesca this week. Belongs to El. …
The Gerry Callahan Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The Aug 4 closing gain was 907.47 points (1.7%), not roughly 800 points, so the claim's figure does not match the day's close.[1][2][3]
Supports. The Dow rose sharply in the days around August 4, including gains of 693.38 points on Monday (Aug 3, with intraday gains above 745 points) and 907.47 points on Tuesday (Aug 4).[1][2][4]
Context. The post refers to a single past day when the Dow was 'up almost 800', and the extraction presents this as a present-tense state; the post's own surrounding numbers (almost 54,000, 23rd record) match Aug 4 closing levels.[1][5]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 not rated
- 1How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 8/4/2026apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
- 2Stock indexes register records after upbeat company ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 3US stocks hit records as profits keep piling upkcra.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Stock Market News for Aug 4, 2026theglobeandmail.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Market Review: August 04, 2026eoption.com · not rated · cited for: context
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