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☀️ The Morning Brief

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

3 dead after news helicopter reporting for NBC L.A. crashes while covering fatal bus collision · Trump-aligned Kennedy Center board votes to close building · EU's von der Leyen wants Canada to become bloc's first associate member

Number of the Day

  • 28 — the Fear & Greed Index — Fear

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On the Radar

10

Viral Right Now

15

Pre-Market Pulse

6
  • S&P 500 fut 7,680.75 +0.32%
  • Nasdaq fut 29,408.75 +0.55%
  • Dow fut 52,681.00 +0.30%
  • VIX 16.80 -2.33%
  • 10-yr yield 5.00% +0.71%
  • Dollar (DXY) 99.67 +0.06%

Fear & Greed

28 · fear

Economic Calendar

5
  • 08:15 · United States — ADP Employment Change Weekly → 16.30K
  • 08:30 · United States — NY Empire State Manufacturing Index → 7.60 vs 14.80 exp
  • 08:55 · United States — Redbook → 8.5%
  • 13:00 · United States — 20-Year Bond Auction → 5.420%
  • 16:30 · United States — API Weekly Crude Oil Stock → 7.140M vs -1.800M exp

Earnings Today

5
  • LEN Lennar Corporation — $19.3B, after hours, $1.29 exp
  • LEN.B Lennar Corporation — $19.3B, after hours
  • SA Seabridge Gold, Inc. — $3.2B, not supplied
  • ANAB AnaptysBio, Inc. — $1.6B, not supplied, ($0.46) exp
  • LUXE LuxExperience B.V. — $1.0B, pre market, ($0.17) exp

Stocks Moving

15
  • Gainers
  • NFEGP $492.50 +776.0%
  • RETO $2.80 +676.3%
  • AT $20.03 +563.1%
  • VEEA $5.71 +149.3%
  • VEEAW $0.0570 +126.2%
  • Losers
  • FEED $1.03 -69.2%
  • HCAI $0.6089 -67.2%
  • SHFSW $0.0057 -63.9%
  • CTNT $0.0618 -59.2%
  • SOBR $0.2030 -48.0%
  • Most active
  • PDSB 371,663,488 shares
  • ADBT 268,490,632 shares
  • CTNT 252,399,736 shares
  • RETO 232,678,536 shares
  • VEEA 202,109,943 shares

Unusual Activity

3
  • META calls heavy — put/call 0.47
  • GOOGL calls heavy — put/call 0.59
  • NVDA calls heavy — put/call 0.45

Crypto

3
  • BTC $76,178 -0.96%
  • XRP $1.30 -7.56%
  • ETH $2,420 -2.26%

Recipe of the Day

Dad Joke of the Day

  • I have the heart of a lion... and a lifetime ban from the San Diego Zoo.

🧠 Daily trivia

Which musical artist was NOT featured as playable avatars in the game "DJ Hero"?

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