- S&P fut: 7,684 (0.79%)
- Nasdaq fut: 29,565 (1.05%)
- Dow fut: 52,299 (0.74%)
- VIX: 15.98 (-7.09%)
- 10Y: 5.01% (0.20%)
- Dollar: 100.26 (0.01%)
- Fear & Greed: 26 · fear
- BTC: $76,232 (0.05%)
- XRP: $1.29 (-0.06%)
- ETH: $2,432 (0.47%)
- 30Y mortgage: 6.76%
☀️ The Morning Brief
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Carney to address EU Parliament after Trump calls Canada associate membership a possible hostile act · Fencing goes up around the main Kennedy Center building after Trump-aligned board votes to close it · India warns new US tariffs over Russian oil could impact ties
Number of the Day
- 26 — the Fear & Greed Index — Fear
Top Stories
10- 1
Carney to address EU Parliament after Trump calls Canada associate membership a possible hostile act — AP News
- 2
Fencing goes up around the main Kennedy Center building after Trump-aligned board votes to close it — PBS
- 3
India warns new US tariffs over Russian oil could impact ties — Al Jazeera
- 4
House passes bill to shield Americans from data center energy costs — CBS News
- 5
People's houses are collapsing into the ocean. FEMA gives them no other option — NPR
- 6
Yemenis take to boats to flee as Middle East war spreads — reuters.com
- 7
Dramatic recording could help answer why NBC4 helicopter crashed — Los Angeles Times
- 8
Trump bashes Democrats on crime while campaigning for Michael Whatley in North Carolina — nbcnews.com
- 9
Three dead after flooding inundates Navajo Nation in New Mexico — Al Jazeera
- 10
From Yanbu to Sohar: Tracking Saudi Arabia’s alternative oil routes — Al Jazeera
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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
- House passes bill to shield consumers from data center price hikes on energy — nbcnews.com
- House cancels votes, cutting week short before adjourning until after midterms — CBS News
- House Democrats face divisions on Russian sanctions bill — Axios
- Ted Cruz expects Senate vote on Protect College Sports Act soon — ESPN
- 2026-09-17 — MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate
- 2026-09-17 — MBA Mortgage Applications
- 2026-09-17 — MBA Purchase Index
- 2026-09-17 — Mortgage Market Index
- 2026-09-17 — Mortgage Refinance Index
Entertainment
5- Billionaire Kraft says Ed Sheeran sought $2 million aid donation from him amid fracas over Macklemore's Palestine comments — CNBC
- Box Office: ‘Resident Evil’ Reboot Targets Franchise-Best $45 Million Debut — Variety
- 'South Park' Review: Now Named South America, Series Mocks Minus Trump — Deadline
- King Charles Makes Rare Statement Over Bombshell Diana Memoir — The Hollywood Reporter
- Jimmy Buffett's Kids Grilled About Mom's Alleged Ketamine Use In $275M Legal War — TMZ
Pre-Market Pulse
6- S&P 500 fut
7,683.50+0.79% - Nasdaq fut
29,564.75+1.05% - Dow fut
52,299.00+0.74% - VIX
15.98-7.09% - 10-yr yield
5.01%+0.20% - Dollar (DXY)
100.26+0.01%
Fear & Greed
26 · fear
Economic Calendar
6- 07:00 · United States — MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate →
6.97% - 07:00 · United States — MBA Mortgage Applications →
-4.1% - 07:00 · United States — MBA Purchase Index →
156.2 - 07:00 · United States — Mortgage Market Index →
230.8 - 07:00 · United States — Mortgage Refinance Index →
627.1 - 08:30 · United States — Core Retail Sales →
1.4%vs0.6%exp
Earnings Today
- VFS VinFast Auto Ltd. — $7.3B, not supplied
- HUBG Hub Group, Inc. — $2.0B, not supplied, $0.52 exp
Stocks Moving
15- Gainers
- DLXY $2.29 +451.8%
- MEDS $6.07 +274.7%
- SNYR $0.2744 +233.4%
- QCLS $0.9640 +118.5%
- SHFSW $0.0112 +96.5%
- Losers
- XBIO $2.19 -48.7%
- CUPR $1.60 -45.4%
- EDBLW $0.0315 -45.1%
- ILLRW $0.0355 -37.6%
- NXATW $0.0102 -36.2%
- Most active
- SNYR
1,082,582,916shares - DLXY
246,489,912shares - QCLS
237,574,093shares - PDSB
195,807,949shares - MEDS
188,755,283shares
Unusual Activity
3- AMZN calls heavy — put/call
0.46 - AUR calls heavy — put/call
0.03 - NVDA calls heavy — put/call
0.53
Crypto
3- BTC $76,232 +0.05%
- XRP $1.29 -0.06%
- ETH $2,432 +0.47%
AI & Tech
3- Training a 4B model to produce 81% faster query plans than Postgres — 575 points
- OpenAI Model Misalignment Report — 72 points
- Xiaomi Mimo 2.6 live post-training dashboard — 459 points
Breakthroughs
4- NSF announces 3 additional topics as part of the NSF X-Labs initiative to pursue generational breakthrough science and technology efforts — U.S. National Science Foundation (.gov)
- The new currency of scientific prestige — Nature
- Top Brain-Computer Interface Expert Philip Sabes: The Real Neuromodulation Bottleneck Is "Prediction" – Simultaneous Treatment & Scientific Discovery… — 36 Kr
- NSF advances NSF OPAL toward construction-ready design — rochester.edu
Housing
4- 30-year fixed
6.76%(as of 2026-09-10) - Housing market may be shifting in buyers' favor despite rising mortgage rates — Scripps News
- Zillow predicts mortgage rate, housing market change — thestreet.com
- Six years — and counting — since last CT 'buyer's market' — ctinsider.com
The Long Read
On This Day
4- 2025 — Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement.
- 2018 — A Russian reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people on board is brought down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea.
- 2016 — Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
- 2013 — Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.
Birthdays
4- Elina Avanesyan, Russian-Armenian tennis player (24)
- Jaimee Fourlis, Australian tennis player (27)
- Daniel Huttlestone, English actor (27)
- Kim Dong-hyun, South Korean singer (28)
Recipe of the Day
- Jamaican Spice Bun Recipe — Jamaican, Dessert
Dad Joke of the Day
- I'll tell you what often gets over looked... garden fences.
🧠 Daily trivia
Ed Koch, the Mayor of New York in 1984, played himself in which Muppets movie?
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