- S&P fut: 7,804 (0.47%)
- Nasdaq fut: 30,889 (0.40%)
- Dow fut: 52,163 (0.86%)
- VIX: 14.87 (-5.11%)
- 10Y: 5.18% (0.43%)
- Dollar: 101.04 (0.06%)
- Fear & Greed: 37 · fear
- BTC: $84,875 (0.85%)
- XRP: $1.54 (-0.55%)
- ETH: $2,709 (0.74%)
- 30Y mortgage: 7.03%
Number of the Day
- 37 — the Fear & Greed Index — Fear
Top Stories
10- 1
Trump rejects Iran’s seven-day roadmap to end war and reopen Hormuz — Al Jazeera
- 2
Heavy Rain and Wind Batter Northeast, Bringing Coastal Flooding — The New York Times
- 3
Men arrested in major incident at UK air base used by US — Reuters
- 4
Falling tree kills NYCHA worker in East New York, Brooklyn — ABC7 New York
- 5
Hurricane Nolo expected to bring heavy rain as it skirts Hawaii’s Big Island — NBC News
- 6
Anger grows across Spain after elderly woman evicted from her home of 70 years — NBC News
- 7
Trump now says the Kennedy Center could be deadly. Months ago, it was ‘great.’ — The Washington Post
- 8
Trump tells female MS Now reporter to ‘be quiet’ amid questions on press pool ban — The Guardian
- 9
Why Xi Jinping skipped the UN after his Trump summit — South China Morning Post
- 10
A ‘Big Problem’: Trump’s War With Iran Drags Down Republicans in Midterms — The New York Times
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On the Radar
10- House passes bill to fully fund DHS through May 22; top Democrat says 'dead on arrival' in Senate — ABC News
- Protect College Sports Act scheduled for historic final vote in U.S. Senate on Monday — The New York Times
- Pre-election agenda may prove too ambitious for Congress — Roll Call
- Will daylight savings time become permanent? Where Senate vote stands — PhillyBurbs
- Senate Banking Committee Advances Brian Johnson’s Nomination to Lead CFPB — Consumer Finance Monitor
- 2026-09-28 — Corporate Services Price Index (CSPI)
- 2026-09-28 — Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
- 2026-09-28 — Chinese Industrial profit YTD
- 2026-09-29 — FOMC Member Bowman Speaks
- 2026-09-29 — Dallas Fed Mfg Business Index
Entertainment
5- Rob Bonta’s Paramount-WBD debacle has created political chaos — New York Post
- Jon Watts to Direct Next ‘Star Wars’ Movie — Variety
- New York Knicks’ Jalen Brunson kicks off the new season of ‘SNL’ tonight — NBC News
- 'Godzilla Minus Zero' Review: Monster Mayhem Rules in Thrilling Sequel — The Hollywood Reporter
- ‘SNL’: Watch Katseye Perform ‘Animal,’ ‘Hootie Frutti’ — Rolling Stone
Pre-Market Pulse
6- S&P 500 fut
7,803.75+0.47% - Nasdaq fut
30,889.25+0.40% - Dow fut
52,163.00+0.86% - VIX
14.87-5.11% - 10-yr yield
5.18%+0.43% - Dollar (DXY)
101.03+0.06%
Fear & Greed
37 · fear
Stocks Moving
15- Gainers
- MSGY $8.07 +309.6%
- GRMLW $1.05 +114.3%
- MGLD $1.93 +93.0%
- INLF $5.10 +72.9%
- AIFF $2.01 +68.9%
- Losers
- AXG $0.2000 -84.6%
- IPEX $3.16 -57.8%
- NRSNW $0.0401 -55.4%
- SLND.WS $0.0103 -55.2%
- WYY $5.47 -50.6%
- Most active
- GPUS
228,803,443shares - AIFF
143,720,663shares - GLND
120,048,263shares - AXG
106,134,378shares - INTC
97,714,384shares
Unusual Activity
3- GOOGL calls heavy — put/call
0.33 - AMZN calls heavy — put/call
0.44 - INTC calls heavy — put/call
0.63
Crypto
3- BTC $84,875 +0.85%
- XRP $1.54 -0.55%
- ETH $2,709 +0.74%
AI & Tech
4- "As a Language Model": Chat Template Switches LLM Self-Referential Voice — 37 points
- OpenAI Feared "Optics" of what might appear on Hacker News — 276 points
- Meta Blocks President Lula's Facebook Page, Campaign Ads 2 Weeks from Election — 223 points
- A searchable library of forgotten public-domain film clips from 1915 onward — 179 points
Fraud Watch
4- White House Claim of Finding $250 Billion in Fraud Uses Questionable Numbers — The New York Times
- New Orleans doctor allegedly used Medicaid fraud proceeds on yacht — The Center Square
- Equifax targets bot-driven fraud with real-time trust scores — FinTech Global
- 153M IDs Leaked in IDScan.net Breach — shattered.io
Breakthroughs
4- Scientists discover an “impossible” cellular survival pathway that could help fight cancer — ScienceDaily
- Momentum: Turning cancer research into patient benefit across Europe — EurekAlert! Science News Releases
- Don’t toss cannabis leaves: They may contain rare compounds with medical potential — ScienceDaily
- Looking Inside Living Antarctic Cells For The First Time — Astrobiology Web
Housing
4- 30-year fixed
7.03%(as of 2026-09-24) - Portland Real Estate Is Such a Mess That All Housing Is Affordable Housing — WSJ
- Housing market shifting toward buyers, but they’re still not feeling it — Toledo Blade
- Why a 7.5% Mortgage Rate Today Is Very Different From an 18% Rate in the 1980s — Substack
Fitness
3- Popular Supplement Increases Strength Even Without Exercise, Study Shows — ScienceAlert
- Scientists study 221,000 people to find which exercise works best for pain relief — The Brighter Side of News
- How to maintain good sleep health this school year — FOX 13 Seattle
Gaming
3The Long Read
On This Day
4- 2024 — Hurricane Helene devastates the Carolinas as a tropical storm, killing hundreds and injuring more.
- 2020 — Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan launches an offensive against the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, inhabit…
- 2019 — Over two million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide.
- 2014 — 63 people are killed in an eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan.
Birthdays
4- Jenna Ortega, American actress (24)
- Caleb Love, American basketball player (25)
- David Malukas, American race car driver (25)
- Ioana Mincă, Romanian tennis player (28)
Recipe of the Day
- Sledz w Oleju (Polish Herrings) — Polish, Seafood
Dad Joke of the Day
- I've just written a song about a tortilla. Well, it is more of a rap really.
🧠 Daily trivia
How many voice channels does the Super Nintendo Entertainment System support?
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