Saturday, October 17, 2026

Today's Headlines

Around X:

  • @Zerohedge 
  • @BarronsOnline
  • Had bullish commentary on (BUD), (XLU), (BJ) and (Q).
  • @IGSquawk 
  • @MarioNawfal
  • RIOTING, LOOTING AND DESTRUCTION SPREAD ACROSS MAJOR CITIES IN FRANCE. Paris, Marseille, Lyon. The scenes are extraordinary. Shops have been smashed and looted, vehicles set ablaze, and police are battling masked rioters in the streets. In Marseille, protesters even forced their way into City Hall before police drove them out. In Lyon, a tourist office caught fire as firefighters responded under police protection. France is demanding answers to its economic problems. Instead, parts of its major cities are ending the day looking like battlefields. (video)
  • Legal fine print is about to lose its biggest weapon: intimidation. And it's about time. Grok Bot can now go through contracts, leases, and legal documents, flagging hidden fees, tricky clauses, and details you might have missed. It can even help draft a dispute letter or suggest better contract terms. People sign agreements without fully understanding what they're agreeing to, because making sense of all that legal jargon is one hell of a schlep. Grok Bot actually enjoys digging through all that. (video)
  • @Liz_Churchill10
  • @BGatesIsaPsycho
  • @WallStreetApes
  • WOW! Former Muslim who grew up in an Islamic country says they are all taught in school from a very young age about “migration jihad”. He says that’s the plan being implemented right now in the UK and all over the West. To send Muslims into our countries as “migration jihad” to take us over, this is a plan that’s been in the motion since they were all little kids. “They are allowing migration jihad. I'm saying it blatantly because that's what I grew up learning with other kids in school. Migration jihad is exactly what they're allowing”. “Migration jihad is the essential doctrine of Islam. It's what Islam was built on”. (video)
  • @KobeissiLetter
  • @LaraLogan
  • @DisrespectedThe
  • @tparon
  • @HormuzLetter
  • @Alexandr4Denman
  • @Polymarket
  • @EmeraldRobinson
  • As the top election fraud reporter in America, with the depositions from Dominion to prove it, let me explain what you are about to see: 1. There will be "glitches" in all the swing states that use voting machines. 2. There are no "glitches." It's election fraud.
  • @C_3C_3
  • @MaxBlumenthal
  • @Riley_Gaines
  • @TRobinsonNewEra
  • @mattvanswol
  • Why does everything feel fake? We have a Congress that won't pass something 83% people want. We have courts that release criminals faster than police can arrest them. We have schools that graduate kids who can’t read. We have colleges that charge $200K for degrees that don’t get you jobs. We have a non-profit system that profits from our tax dollars. We have a health care industry that profits from you staying sick. We have “representatives” who don’t represent us. We have “news” networks that report opinions and call them facts. We have an insurance industry that fights every single claim. None of it works the way they tell you it works. And deep down, everyone knows it. It just all feels so so fake…
  • @MikeZaccardi
  • @Polymarket
  • @UnshadowedShow
  • South Italy Stripped of Food, Fuel in 4 Days as Diesel Protests Block Deliveries. Southern Italy’s supermarkets went from normal to stripped bare in just four days. What started as diesel-price protests and a refinery blockade quickly cut fuel deliveries, then grocery deliveries, before the shelves emptied. In the Foggia area and nearby towns, people posted empty meat cases, bare bread aisles, and missing staples as panic buying depleted supplies. This is how quickly our just-in-time inventory breaks. Is Europe live-wargaming a fuel and food crisis? (video)
  • @RT_com
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Friday, October 16, 2026

Weekly Scoreboard*


S&P 500 7,638.2 -2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Market Wrap by Edward Jones.

Indices

  • DJIA 51,932.0 +.5%
  • NASDAQ 26,136.2 -4.6%
  • Russell 2000 2,716.8 -3.2%
  • NYSE FANG+ 18,513.1 -5.3%
  • Goldman 50 Most Shorted 270.2 -10.0%
  • Vaneck Social Sentiment 34.8 -9.8%
  • Wilshire 5000 75,172.7 -1.6%
  • Russell 1000 Growth 4,875.2 -5.2%
  • Russell 1000 Value 2,505.9 +.6%
  • S&P 500 Consumer Staples 979.2 +4.8%
  • Bloomberg Cyclicals/Defensives Index(Ex Telecom) 263.8 -2.7% 
  • NYSE Technology 9,235.4 -9.0%
  • Transports 19,810.9 +.1%
  • Utilities 1,080.5 +2.4%
  • MSCI Europe Banks 128.2 -.3%
  • MSCI Emerging Markets 62.8 -6.1%
  • Credit Suisse AllHedge Long/Short Equity Index 263.6 +.02%
  • Credit Suisse AllHedge Equity Market Neutral Index 137.8 +.6%
Sentiment/Internals
  • NYSE Cumulative A/D Line 611,586 +.2%
  • Nasdaq/NYSE Volume Ratio 13.1 +114.8%
  • Bloomberg New Highs-Lows Index -728 -70
  • Crude Oil Commercial Bullish % Net Position -12.4 +11.7%
  • CFTC Oil Net Speculative Position 99,060 -9.5%
  • CFTC Oil Total Open Interest 1,889,442 +.6%
  • Total Put/Call .92 +6.0%
  • OEX Put/Call .77 +4.4%
  • Equity Put/Call .78 +12.1%
  • NYSE Arms .85 +39.7%
  • Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk-Off Index 128.8 -5.8%
  • Bloomberg US Financial Conditions Index 1.08 -7.0 basis points
  • Bloomberg European Financial Conditions Index 1.18 +9.0 basis points
  • Volatility(VIX) 21.2 +43.4%
  • S&P 500 Intraday % Swing .96 +81.9%
  • CBOE S&P 500 3M Implied Correlation Index 15.0 +31.2%
  • G7 Currency Volatility (VXY) 6.64 -1.6%
  • Emerging Markets Currency Volatility (EM-VXY) 7.35 +4.5%
  • Smart Money Flow Index 18,743.0 +2.6%
  • CFTC Weekly Equity Positioning Sentiment Gauge(0-100) 40.0 +4.0
  • ICI Money Mkt Mutual Fund Assets $7.923 Trillion -.5%
  • ICI Domestic Equity Long-Term Mutual Fund/ETFs Weekly Flows -$18.355 Million
  • AAII % Bulls 38.7 -4.0%
Futures Spot Prices
  • CRB Index 417.49 +1.5%
  • Crude Oil 101.5/bbl. +10.5%
  • Reformulated Gasoline 324.01 -1.5%
  • Natural Gas 3.11 -3.1%
  • US Power PJM Western Hub Peak Forward Y1 90.2 USD/Megawatt -1.9% 
  • Dutch TTF Nat Gas(European benchmark) 88.7 euros/megawatt-hour +10.4%
  • Heating Oil 490.3 +4.1% 
  • Newcastle Coal 154.7 (1,000/metric ton) +3.1%
  • Gold 4,160.2 -.9%
  • Silver 56.9 -6.3%
  • Bloomberg Industrial Metals Index 172.0 -1.8%
  • Copper 655.8 -2.2%
  • US No. 1 Heavy Melt Scrap Steel 388.5 USD/Metric Tonne -1.1%
  • China Iron Ore Spot 91.7 USD/Metric Tonne +.6%
  • China Battery Grade Lithium Carbonate 17,425.0 USD/metric tonne -8.4%
  • Silicon Data LLM Token Expenditure Index .97(price per million tokens) -.9% 
  • inSpectrum Tech Inc. DRAM Spot DDR5 16Gb 1Gx16 51.22 +2.4%  
  • CME Lumber 535.0 -.4%
  • UBS-Bloomberg Agriculture 1,567.1 -.1%
  • US Gulf NOLA Potash Spot 352.5 USD/Short Ton unch.
  • US Gulf NOLA Urea Granular Spot 428.5 USD/Short Ton -2.8%
Economy
  • Atlanta Fed GDPNow Q3 Forecast +3.6% unch.
  • US Recession Within 6 Months Probability(3M/18M Forward Yld Curve Spread) 10.3 +.9 percentage point
  • NY Fed Real-Time Weekly Economic Index 3.1 +13.8%
  • Caldara Iacoviello Geopolitical Risk Index 342.4 +113.9% 
  • Global Monitor Iran Instability Index 69.0 unch.
  • Strait of Hormuz Oil Tanker Traffic Curtailed 45.0% +15.0 percentage points
  • US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index 149.2 -57.8%
  • Bloomberg Global Trade Policy Uncertainty Index .5 -.3
  • DOGE Total Taxpayer Dollars Saved $215.0 Billion($1,335.40 Savings Per Taxpayer) unch.
  • S&P 500 Current Quarter EPS Growth Rate YoY(45 of 500 reporting) +47.3% -96.7 percentage points
  • S&P 500 Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 408.48 +1.65:  Growth Rate +24.9% +.4 percentage point, P/E 18.9 -.1
  • S&P 500 Current Year Estimated Profit Margin 16.31% -6.0 basis points
  • NYSE FANG+ Current Quarter EPS Growth Rate YoY(1 of 10 reporting) +1,013.1% unch.
  • NYSE FANG+ Blended Forward 12 Months Mean EPS Estimate 1,091.13 +5.31: Growth Rate +62.5% +.8 percentage point, P/E 17.6 -.3
  • Citi US Economic Surprise Index 45.1 +9.0 points
  • Citi Eurozone Economic Surprise Index 43.4 -9.1 points
  • Citi Emerging Markets Economic Surprise Index 31.20 +9.8 points
  • Fed Fund Futures imply 0.0%(unch.) chance of -25.0 basis point cut to 3.5-3.75%, 82.8%(+.5 percentage point) chance of no change, 17.2%(-.5 percentage point) chance of +25.0 basis point hike to 4.0-4.25% on 10/28
  • US Dollar Index 101.8 -.4%
  • MSCI Emerging Markets Currency Index 1,924.9 -.3%
  • Bitcoin/USD 81,000 -2.7%
  • Euro/Yen Carry Return Index 203.72 +.2%
  • Swiss Franc/Offshore Chinese Renminbi Cross 8.11 +.61%
  • Yield Curve(2s/10s) 35.25 -10.25 basis points
  • 10-Year US Treasury Yield 5.10% -15.0 basis points
  • Japan 30-Year Yield 4.02% -5.0 basis points
  • Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet $6.709 Trillion +.1%
  • Federal Reserve's Discount Window Usage $11.312 Billion +46.9%
  • U.S. Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 44. +5.7%
  • Illinois Municipal Debt Credit Default Swap 190.4 -3.3%
  • Italian/German 10Y Yld Spread 106.0 -3.0 basis points
  • France Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 79.1 -.1% 
  • UK Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 25.9 +.5%
  • China Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 37.3 +2.6%
  • Brazil Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 119.2 +9.2%
  • Israel Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 59.5 +1.5%
  • Dubai Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 62.1 -1.2%
  • South Korea Sovereign Debt Credit Default Swap 23.99 +2.0%
  • China Corp. High-Yield Bond USD ETF(KHYB) 23.59 -.19%
  • China High-Yield Real Estate Total Return Index 118.9 -.4%
  • Atlanta Fed Low Skill Wage Growth Tracker YoY +3.4% unch.
  • Zillow US All Homes Rent Index YoY +2.9% +30.0 basis points
  • US Urban Consumers Food CPI YoY +2.5% -10.0 basis points
  • CPI Core Services Ex-Shelter YoY +3.0% unch.
  • Cleveland Fed Inflation Nowcast Core PCE YoY +3.05% +3.0 basis points: CPI YoY +3.77% +17.0 basis points
  • 1-Year TIPS Spread 3.0 +21.0 basis points
  • 10-Year TIPS Spread 2.36 +1.0 basis point
  • Treasury Repo 3M T-Bill Spread 30.0 -.5 basis point
  • 2-Year SOFR Swap Spread -14.0 -.5 basis point
  • 3-Month EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap -3.0 -.75 basis point
  • N. America Investment Grade Credit Default Swap Index 62.5 +6.9% 
  • BofA Private Credit Proxy Index 66.7 -1.1%
  • America Energy Sector High-Yield Credit Default Swap Index 149.0 -1.4%
  • High-Yield Tech Sector OAS Index 482.0 +9.9% 
  • Bloomberg TRACE # Distressed Bonds Traded 237.0 -16.0
  • European Financial Sector Credit Default Swap Index 71.3 +1.2%
  • Emerging Markets Credit Default Swap Index 164.2 +4.7%
  • MBS 5/10 Treasury Spread 123.0 unch.
  • Bloomberg CMBS Investment Grade Bbb Average OAS 558.0 -7.0 basis points
  • Avg. Auto ABS OAS .49 +4.0 basis points
  • M2 Money Supply YoY % Change +5.7% unch.
  • Commercial Paper Outstanding $1,479.9B -.4%
  • 4-Week Moving Average of Jobless Claims 198,500 +.1%
  • Continuing Claims Unemployment Rate 1.1% unch.
  • Kastle Back-to-Work Barometer(entries in secured buildings) 56.0 +1.1%
  • Average 30-Year Fixed Home Mortgage Rate 7.52% +7.0 basis points
  • Weekly Mortgage Applications 199,200 -2.7%
  • Weekly Retail Sales +10.40% +210.0 basis points
  • OpenTable US Seated Diners % Change YoY +9.0% -2.0 percentage points
  • Box Office Weekly Gross $132.9M -19.9%
  • Nationwide Gas $4.33/gallon -.04/gallon 
  • Nationwide Diesel $6.33/gallon +.05/gallon 
  • Baltic Dry Index 2,545.0 -12.8%
  • Drewry World Container Freight Index $4,485.4/40 ft Box +3.1%
  • China (Export) Containerized Freight Index 1,922.6 +.5%
  • Oil Tanker Rate(Arabian Gulf to U.S. Gulf Coast) 550.0 unch.
  • Truckstop.com Market Demand Index 93.4 -15.6%
  • Rail Freight Carloads 302,252 +1.1%
  • TSA Total Traveler Throughput 2,419,474 -17.0% 
  • US Morning Consult Daily Consume Sentiment Index 85.8 -1.1 points
  • Rasmussen Reports Daily Presidential Approval Tacking Poll 43.0% +2.0 percentage point
Best Performing Style
  • Large-Cap Value +.5%
Worst Performing Style
  • Mid-Cap Growth -6.5%
Leading Sectors
  • Energy +5.5%
  • Healthcare Providers +5.2%
  • Foods +4.8%
  • Insurance +4.2%
  • Medical Equipment +3.9%
Lagging Sectors
  • Cyber Security -10.3%
  • Alt Energy -11.0%
  • AI/Innovation -14.1%
  • Space -14.3%
  • Computer Hardware -15.5%
Weekly High-Volume Stock Gainers (10)
  • HPK, CRGY, FMX, KRMN, INDB, CNQ, BP, NGL, TALO and CCI
Weekly High-Volume Stock Losers (70)
  • SNDX, AXON, CSQR, MAN, MESO, SKHY, ASST, STX, HPE, TENB, TTMI, ANL, COHR, HSAI, ICHR, WULF, ESTC, CRWD, PAYS, KARD, NET, AZTA, FLEX, NTSK, PAYS, FLGT, FTH, HNRG, VKTX, DRTS, GDS, IONQ, SNOW, TWST, MDB, AAOI, CELC, AI, ATTO, WSE, MSTR, S, CBRS, CDNL, OKTA, MRNA, ERAS, GLXY, FOXF, IREN, SDGR, APLD, XE, VICR, TWLO, SLS, SHAZ, NBIS, NVAX, CRWV, DNA, TLK and OMER
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