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Issue #86 · Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 17.4 ▲ from 17.3 yesterday | | Stocks edged higher as mixed earnings and housing weakness offset AI-sector momentum from SpaceX's strong results. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,712.57 +0.28%
-1.19% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 26,424.82 -0.02%
-2.87% this week | | Dow Jones | 52,495.88 +1.02%
+1.60% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,773.42 +1.65%
-0.36% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | ^RUT Russell 2000 | +1.65% | | TSLA Tesla | +1.54% | | ^DJI Dow Jones | +1.02% |
| Laggards | META Meta | -1.59% | | GOOGL Alphabet | -1.13% | | AAPL Apple | -1.00% |
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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 (7,704.27) and 200-day (7,279.93) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range 7,551.81–7,818.93; currently in the middle third of that range. RSI(14) 56 — momentum firm. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 What is diversification? Spreading money across many holdings so no single one can sink you. It's why broad index funds are popular — one purchase holds hundreds of companies across sectors. |
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