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Issue #61 · Wednesday, September 16, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 17.0 ▼ from 17.2 yesterday | | Stock indexes fell modestly as investors await the Federal Reserve decision, with crypto declining after failed legislative clarity. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,585.73 -0.45%
-1.14% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 25,981.57 -0.78%
-1.66% this week | | Dow Jones | 52,093.11 -0.63%
-1.31% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,870.29 -0.76%
-3.04% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | META Meta | +0.70% | | NVDA Nvidia | +0.57% | | ^GSPC S&P 500 | -0.45% |
| Laggards | SPCX SpaceX | -3.15% | | AMZN Amazon | -2.02% | | MSFT Microsoft | -1.64% |
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The day's best and worst of the tracked indices and mega-caps · day-over-day change. |
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● The Read S&P 500 — description, not prediction Between its 50-day (7,611.04) and 200-day (7,171.23) averages — a trend in transition. 30-day range 7,585.73–7,798.99; currently in the lower third of that range. RSI(14) 42 — momentum weak. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 Are half-days real? Yes — around certain holidays (like the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve) US markets close early at 1:00pm ET. Full holidays close the whole day; we skip those mornings. |
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“Markets are a description of today, not a forecast of tomorrow.” |
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