The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up by +0.09%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) is up by +0.22%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down by -0.05%. Stocks today are mixed. Positive comments from Fed Vice Chair Jefferson are boosting stocks when he said the US economy is growing at a “solid pace.” Weakness in chip stocks is weighing on the Nasdaq 100. Also, Boeing is down more than -3% after negotiations to end an almost month-long workers’ strike collapsed. Middle East tensions continue to be a negative factor for stocks. In addition to Gaza, Israel is waging a groun…