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Issue #76 · Wednesday, October 7, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 15.8 ▲ from 15.0 yesterday | | Stocks edged higher on mixed signals: modest gains offset by rising mortgage rates and geopolitical concerns weighing on sentiment. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,818.93 +0.58%
+1.93% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 27,599.79 +0.45%
+2.99% this week | | Dow Jones | 51,521.28 +0.49%
+0.33% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,830.30 -0.59%
+0.80% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | AMZN Amazon | +1.95% | | MSFT Microsoft | +0.78% | | ^GSPC S&P 500 | +0.58% |
| Laggards | ^RUT Russell 2000 | -0.59% | | META Meta | -0.41% | | NVDA Nvidia | +0.14% |
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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 (7,673.00) and 200-day (7,236.17) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range 7,551.81–7,818.93; currently in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) 73 — traditionally described as overbought. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 What is a stock split? Dividing each share into more shares at a proportionally lower price — a 4-for-1 split turns one $400 share into four $100 shares. Total value is unchanged; it just lowers the sticker price. |
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“Markets are a description of today, not a forecast of tomorrow.” |
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