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☀️ The Morning Brief

Monday, October 5, 2026

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Number of the Day

  • 38 — 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 7,767.25 -0.13%
  • Nasdaq fut 30,994.75 -0.22%
  • Dow fut 51,390.00 -0.17%
  • VIX 16.19 +5.75%
  • 10-yr yield 5.30% +0.44%
  • Dollar (DXY) 102.24 +0.30%

Fear & Greed

38 · fear

Economic Calendar

  • 06:00 · United States — OPEC Meeting →  

Earnings Today

  • AEHR Aehr Test Systems — $3.3B, not supplied, $0.05 exp

Stocks Moving

15
  • Gainers
  • HPAIW $0.0321 +221.0%
  • AMOD $3.49 +198.3%
  • CYCUW $0.0365 +146.6%
  • SDEV $7.48 +104.4%
  • AMODW $0.0286 +104.3%
  • Losers
  • ASTLW $0.0037 -62.6%
  • SBFMW $0.0251 -52.1%
  • DRCT $0.9100 -39.7%
  • RDACU $6.10 -38.7%
  • SMX $3.82 -38.0%
  • Most active
  • NIVF 303,219,873 shares
  • FNGR 253,381,339 shares
  • AMOD 194,430,485 shares
  • FLUX 167,246,330 shares
  • SCNX 163,386,037 shares

Crypto

3
  • BTC $86,046 +1.08%
  • XRP $1.51 +0.98%
  • ETH $2,716 +0.78%

On This Day

4
  • 2021 — Windows 11 is released to the general public.
  • 2011 — In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.
  • 2000 — Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
  • 1999 — The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in West London kills 31 people.

Birthdays

4
  • Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor (20)
  • Washington Sundar, Indian cricketer (27)
  • Exequiel Palacios, Argentine footballer (28)
  • Michael Hoecht, Canadian American football player (29)

Recipe of the Day

Dad Joke of the Day

  • Why did the feline fail the lie detector test? Because he be lion.

🧠 Daily trivia

Which unlockable character in Super Smash Bros. For Wii U and 3DS does not have to be fought to be unlocked?

🎓AI term of the dayAttentionThe mechanism that lets a model weigh which earlier words matter most for the next one.Learn →

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