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☀️ The Morning Brief

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Trump suggests he would let Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego · Ex-Army major who killed 13 at Fort Hood set to be executed by firing squad · Hundreds protest at Cornell, call for expulsion of frat members after rape report

Number of the Day

  • 43 — the Fear & Greed Index — Fear

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On the Radar

10

Viral Right Now

15

Pre-Market Pulse

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  • S&P 500 fut 7,863.00 +0.47%
  • Nasdaq fut 31,514.50 +0.63%
  • Dow fut 51,909.00 +0.68%
  • VIX 15.31 -1.35%
  • 10-yr yield 5.31% +0.64%
  • Dollar (DXY) 101.78 -0.38%

Fear & Greed

43 · fear

Economic Calendar

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  • 08:00 · United States — All Car Sales → 2.52M
  • 09:30 · United States — All Truck Sales → 13.46M
  • 09:45 · United States — S&P Global Composite PMI → 58.4 vs 58.4 exp
  • 09:45 · United States — S&P Global Services PMI → 58.8 vs 58.7 exp
  • 10:00 · United States — CB Employment Trends Index → 107.56
  • 10:00 · United States — ISM Non-Manufacturing Business Activity → 56.5

Earnings Today

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  • STZ Constellation Brands Inc — $19.3B, after hours, $3.62 exp
  • RPM RPM International Inc. — $12.7B, pre market, $1.95 exp
  • LW Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. — $6.0B, pre market, $0.59 exp
  • PENG Penguin Solutions, Inc. — $3.1B, after hours, $0.61 exp
  • NEOG Neogen Corporation — $2.6B, after hours, $0.04 exp
  • WS Worthington Steel, Inc. — $1.9B, after hours, $1.16 exp

Stocks Moving

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  • Gainers
  • MI $7.00 +683.0%
  • SAIQ $6.67 +260.5%
  • SSEAR $0.1400 +158.3%
  • VJET $1.62 +153.1%
  • HSCSW $0.0995 +116.8%
  • Losers
  • NMCO.RT $0.0075 -75.0%
  • CYCUW $0.0190 -48.0%
  • WHLR $1.09 -47.3%
  • SDEV $3.94 -47.3%
  • DAAQW $0.0800 -43.1%
  • Most active
  • WBD 481,686,662 shares
  • BEAT 404,205,541 shares
  • EWZ 191,108,624 shares
  • CTVA 183,238,510 shares
  • NU 180,690,530 shares

Unusual Activity

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  • INTC calls heavy — put/call 0.74
  • GOOGL calls heavy — put/call 0.29
  • META calls heavy — put/call 0.59

On This Day

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  • 2025 — The 2025 Alberta teachers' strike begins, leaving approximately 51,000 teachers off-work, impacting about 730,000 Albertan students.
  • 2022 — Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • 2018 — The United States Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process.
  • 2010 — Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.

Birthdays

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  • Bronny James, American basketball player (22)
  • Hanni, Australian singer (22)
  • Jonathan Kuminga, Congolese basketball player (24)
  • Hitomi Honda, Japanese singer based in South Korea (25)

Recipe of the Day

Dad Joke of the Day

  • I knew i shouldn’t have ate that seafood. Because now i’m feeling a little… Eel

🧠 Daily trivia

The series of the Intel HD graphics generation succeeding that of the 5000 and 6000 series (Broadwell) is called:

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