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Issue #78 · Friday, October 9, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 15.3 ▼ from 15.4 yesterday | | Worth noting SpaceX (SPCX) moved -4.19% on the day. | | Stock indexes fell modestly as tech shares sold off, with the Nasdaq down over 1% while cautious sentiment persists. |
| | | | | ● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,765.36 -0.47%
+1.29% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 27,193.34 -1.25%
+1.20% this week | | Dow Jones | 51,231.64 +0.10%
+0.60% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,794.13 +0.03%
-0.45% this week |
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| ● The Movers Leaders | AAPL Apple | +1.11% | | ^DJI Dow Jones | +0.10% | | ^RUT Russell 2000 | +0.03% |
| Laggards | SPCX SpaceX | -4.19% | | NVDA Nvidia | -2.94% | | AMZN Amazon | -2.25% |
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| ● The Read S&P 500 — description, not prediction Trading above both its 50-day (7,689.44) and 200-day (7,245.96) 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) 61 — momentum firm. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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| Markets 101 What are the "Magnificent Seven"? A nickname for seven mega-cap tech giants — Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla — whose size means their moves can sway the whole S&P 500. |
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