- S&P fut: 7,794 (0.35%)
- Nasdaq fut: 30,966 (0.65%)
- Dow fut: 51,891 (0.34%)
- VIX: 15.06 (-3.89%)
- 10Y: 5.16% (0.94%)
- Dollar: 100.98 (-0.30%)
- Fear & Greed: 36 · fear
- BTC: $84,602 (1.33%)
- XRP: $1.59 (8.33%)
- ETH: $2,717 (2.62%)
- 30Y mortgage: 7.03%
☀️ The Morning Brief
Friday, September 25, 2026
Trump welcomes China's Xi for state dinner at White House after touting "truly great friendship" · Rainy and windy conditions across Connecticut Friday night through Sunday! · Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder arrested at anti-Netanyahu protest in New York
Number of the Day
- 36 — the Fear & Greed Index — Fear
Top Stories
10- 1
Trump welcomes China's Xi for state dinner at White House after touting "truly great friendship" — CBS News
- 2
Rainy and windy conditions across Connecticut Friday night through Sunday! — WTNH.com
- 3
Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder arrested at anti-Netanyahu protest in New York — The Guardian
- 4
Iran says it has given Trump administration new proposal for peace talks — washingtonpost.com
- 5
US Senate rejects resolution curbing Trump's Iran war powers — Reuters
- 6
Deaths of students at the University of Mississippi cast spotlight on kratom — AP News
- 7
New Jersey Gov. Sherrill calls on her lieutenant governor to resign — washingtonpost.com
- 8
With Republicans under pressure, Trump’s White House starts bending — Politico
- 9
Ballot seizure by Riverside County sheriff was ‘unlawful,’ California Supreme Court rules — latimes.com
- 10
Survivor of 2024 Trump rally assassination attempt has died — WTAE
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On the Radar
10- Pre-election agenda may prove too ambitious for Congress — rollcall.com
- House Democrats face divisions on Russian sanctions bill — Axios
- Protect College Sports Act scheduled for historic final vote in U.S. Senate on Monday — The New York Times
- 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
- 2026-09-25 — FOMC Member Williams Speaks
- 2026-09-25 — Building Permits
- 2026-09-25 — Building Permits
- 2026-09-25 — FOMC Member Barkin Speaks
- 2026-09-25 — Continuing Jobless Claims
Entertainment
5- Dakota Johnson on Being in Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ Music Video: ‘We Respect Each Other’s Creative Minds’ — Variety
- Prince Harry’s Silence Over Charles Spencer’s Book Branded an ‘Act of War’ — yahoo.com
- Paramount-WBD Merger Hits a Delay as Judge Grants Last-Ditch Effort — IndieWire
- Horoscope for Friday, 09/25/26 by Christopher Renstrom — SFGATE
- US rapper Macklemore announces Free Palestine tour after Ed Sheeran fallout — aljazeera.com
Pre-Market Pulse
6- S&P 500 fut
7,794.25+0.35% - Nasdaq fut
30,966.25+0.65% - Dow fut
51,891.00+0.34% - VIX
15.06-3.89% - 10-yr yield
5.16%+0.94% - Dollar (DXY)
100.98-0.30%
Fear & Greed
36 · fear
Economic Calendar
6- 04:10 · United States — FOMC Member Williams Speaks →
- 08:00 · United States — Building Permits →
-2.1%vs-2.7%exp - 08:00 · United States — Building Permits →
1.403Mvs1.394Mexp - 08:00 · United States — FOMC Member Barkin Speaks →
- 08:30 · United States — Continuing Jobless Claims →
1,719Kvs1,750Kexp - 08:30 · United States — Current Account →
-246.0Bvs-258.0Bexp
Earnings Today
- TBN Tamboran Resources Corporation — $1.3B, pre market, ($0.25) exp
Stocks Moving
15- Gainers
- NTRBW $2.50 +237.5%
- PDYNW $0.0022 +175.0%
- APUS $4.92 +114.8%
- SRZN $33.68 +108.4%
- SLND.WS $0.0230 +93.3%
- Losers
- JSPRW $0.0002 -84.6%
- ASTLW $0.0050 -61.5%
- BENF $1.45 -50.0%
- MTEKW $0.0502 -45.0%
- TRT $7.26 -36.6%
- Most active
- DCX
516,682,182shares - GLND
165,804,902shares - RETO
163,884,437shares - ATCH
159,992,416shares - ATYR
130,062,719shares
Unusual Activity
3- CDE calls heavy — put/call
0.35 - META calls heavy — put/call
0.58 - AMD calls heavy — put/call
0.74
Crypto
3- BTC $84,602 +1.33%
- XRP $1.59 +8.33%
- ETH $2,717 +2.62%
AI & Tech
3- Show HN: Agentic CUDA Kernel Optimizer — 5 points
- What About Rails? — 90 points
- Rails World 2026 Opening Keynote video — 352 points
Fraud Watch
4- FBI case against fake 49ers player adds more alleged victims — ESPN
- The Cost of Convenience: Why Healthcare Payments Need Intelligent Protection — Healthcare IT Today
- OKX Sets a New Standard for Account Protection with OKX Shield — Business Wire
- Synthetic IDs, ghost broking push insurers beyond one-time identity checks — Biometric Update
Breakthroughs
4- Backing breakthroughs from their own backyard — cshl.edu
- 2026 Hertz Summer Workshop Recap | Newswise — Newswise
- Europe's lab-to-market gap draws proposals from network of more than 120 scientist-innovators — Phys.org
- Anthropic’s A.I. Is Teaching Itself Biology. Now It’s Made Its First Discovery. — The New York Times
Housing
4- 30-year fixed
7.03%(as of 2026-09-24) - Mortgage Rates Just Hit 7%. Here’s How the Housing Market Is About to Change. — WSJ
- Mortgage Rates Hit 7% as Iran War Fallout Crushes a Weak Housing Market — The New York Times
- Mortgage rates top 7%, dealing a further blow to the frozen housing market — CNN
Pets
3On This Day
4- 2018 — Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault.
- 2003 — The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
- 1998 — PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people.
- 1997 — NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-86 to the Mir space station.
Birthdays
4- Leah Jeffries, American actress (17)
- Bella Ramsey, English actor (23)
- Cade Cunningham, American basketball player (25)
- Lilas Ikuta, Japanese singer and songwriter (26)
Recipe of the Day
- Haft Mewa Recipe — Side
Dad Joke of the Day
- Why did the burglar hang his mugshot on the wall? To prove that he was framed!
🧠 Daily trivia
What is the name of the Supermassive Black Hole in the centre of the Milky Way?
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