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Issue #72 · Thursday, October 1, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 16.4 ▲ from 16.3 yesterday | | Stocks mixed as Treasury yields hit 22-year highs amid global bond selloff, pressuring equities while tech gains offset broader declines. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,651.54 -0.25%
-0.71% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 26,861.06 +0.24%
-0.28% this week | | Dow Jones | 50,906.05 -0.86%
-1.18% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,796.86 -0.39%
-1.47% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | AAPL Apple | +1.10% | | SPCX SpaceX | +1.09% | | AMZN Amazon | +1.01% |
| Laggards | META Meta | -1.84% | | ^DJI Dow Jones | -0.86% | | ^RUT Russell 2000 | -0.39% |
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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 Trading above both its 50-day (7,648.00) and 200-day (7,217.09) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range 7,551.81–7,764.70; currently in the middle third of that range. RSI(14) 55 — momentum roughly neutral. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 What is an index fund? A fund that simply mirrors an index like the S&P 500 rather than trying to beat it. Low fees and broad exposure made them the default way most people hold stocks. |
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