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Issue #88 · Friday, October 23, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 19.6 ▲ from 19.0 yesterday | | Worth noting SpaceX (SPCX) moved -9.14% on the day. | | Nasdaq fell 2.6% as Treasury yields dropped sharply and tech stocks weakened, while broader market breadth held relatively stable. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,663.43 -1.21%
-1.04% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 26,008.86 -2.60%
-2.64% this week | | Dow Jones | 52,867.98 +0.02%
+1.32% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,784.03 +0.11%
+0.61% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | AAPL Apple | +1.23% | | ^RUT Russell 2000 | +0.11% | | ^DJI Dow Jones | +0.02% |
| Laggards | SPCX SpaceX | -9.14% | | META Meta | -6.98% | | AMZN Amazon | -4.57% |
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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 Between its 50-day (7,703.15) and 200-day (7,287.80) averages — a trend in transition. 30-day range 7,551.81–7,818.93; currently in the middle third of that range. RSI(14) 45 — momentum roughly neutral. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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