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Issue #62 · Thursday, September 17, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 15.9 ▼ from 17.7 yesterday | | Worth noting SpaceX (SPCX) moved +5.15% on the day. | | Stock indexes wavered as Fed rate hike triggered mixed sentiment; geopolitical developments and earnings moves created divergent sector pressures. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,551.81 -0.45%
-1.11% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 25,978.43 -0.01%
-1.05% this week | | Dow Jones | 51,461.90 -1.21%
-1.75% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,858.81 -0.40%
-2.14% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | SPCX SpaceX | +5.15% | | NVDA Nvidia | +0.82% | | META Meta | +0.46% |
| Laggards | MSFT Microsoft | -1.37% | | ^DJI Dow Jones | -1.21% | | AMZN Amazon | -0.99% |
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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 (7,612.00) and 200-day (7,174.92) averages — a trend in transition. 30-day range 7,551.81–7,798.99; currently in the lower third of that range. RSI(14) 40 — momentum weak. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 What actually is a stock? A share of ownership in a company. Own one share of Apple and you own a tiny slice of the business — entitled to a sliver of its profits and a vote on some decisions. |
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“Markets are a description of today, not a forecast of tomorrow.” |
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