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Issue #81 · Wednesday, October 14, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 15.3 ▲ from 15.3 yesterday | | Worth noting SpaceX (SPCX) moved -4.21% on the day. | | Major banks report earnings as markets hold steady; regulatory action and profit pressures weigh on financial sector performance. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,805.45 -0.02%
-0.17% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 27,204.38 -0.15%
-1.43% this week | | Dow Jones | 51,670.10 -0.35%
+0.29% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,783.37 -0.40%
-1.66% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | META Meta | +2.63% | | NVDA Nvidia | +0.97% | | MSFT Microsoft | +0.43% |
| Laggards | SPCX SpaceX | -4.21% | | TSLA Tesla | -0.74% | | ^RUT Russell 2000 | -0.40% |
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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 (7,707.37) and 200-day (7,259.48) 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) 62 — momentum firm. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 How does the Federal Reserve affect stocks? The Fed sets short-term interest rates. Higher rates make borrowing costlier and bonds more attractive, which often pressures stock valuations; rate cuts often do the reverse. |
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“Markets are a description of today, not a forecast of tomorrow.” |
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