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☀️ The Morning Brief

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

The Failures of Emmanuel Macron · Alberta rejects a move toward independence from Canada in a victory for Carney · Judge leans toward extending halt on tree clearing at golf course where Trump says redesign should start ‘immediately’

Number of the Day

  • 22 — the Fear & Greed Index — Extreme Fear

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On the Radar

10

Viral Right Now

15

Pre-Market Pulse

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  • S&P 500 fut 7,715.75 -0.24%
  • Nasdaq fut 29,512.00 -0.71%
  • Dow fut 52,189.00 +0.01%
  • VIX 18.66 +1.19%
  • 10-yr yield 5.14% +0.75%
  • Dollar (DXY) 101.88 -0.10%

Fear & Greed

22 · extreme fear

Economic Calendar

3
  • 10:00 · United States — NAHB Housing Market Index → 29 vs 31 exp
  • 11:30 · United States — 3-Month Bill Auction → 4.095%
  • 11:30 · United States — 6-Month Bill Auction → 4.220%

Earnings Today

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  • GE GE Aerospace — $325.6B, pre market, $2.02 exp
  • NFLX Netflix, Inc. — $293.7B, after hours, $0.82 exp
  • RTX RTX Corporation — $261.4B, pre market, $1.78 exp
  • ISRG Intuitive Surgical, Inc. — $150.7B, after hours, $2.13 exp
  • CB Chubb Limited — $138.8B, after hours, $6.53 exp
  • COF Capital One Financial Corporation — $123.8B, after hours, $5.45 exp
  • MMM 3M Company — $85.0B, pre market, $2.41 exp
  • NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation — $73.9B, pre market, $7.22 exp

Stocks Moving

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  • Gainers
  • BEATW $0.0202 +551.6%
  • SLN $19.58 +125.6%
  • AUROW $0.0150 +114.3%
  • JACS.RT $0.0600 +100.0%
  • GPATW $0.0501 +96.5%
  • Losers
  • INLF $0.3180 -87.5%
  • EYPT $0.4400 -85.3%
  • ASTLW $0.0002 -75.0%
  • BCAT.RT $0.0002 -71.4%
  • DFSCW $0.0106 -55.1%
  • Most active
  • WFF 200,130,491 shares
  • TWG 195,412,862 shares
  • SAFX 185,631,302 shares
  • EYPT 184,356,403 shares
  • CHOW 148,283,651 shares

Unusual Activity

3
  • CIFR calls heavy — put/call 0.28
  • GOOGL calls heavy — put/call 0.2
  • INTC calls heavy — put/call 0.54

Crypto

3
  • BTC $81,406 -1.08%
  • XRP $1.30 -0.49%
  • ETH $2,382 -1.52%

Housing

4

The Long Read

On This Day

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  • 2022 — Liz Truss steps down as British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party amid the country's political crisis, serving for the least time o…
  • 2018 — The BepiColombo spacecraft is launched on an Ariane 5 rocket to study Mercury.
  • 2017 — Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declare victory in the Raqqa campaign.
  • 2011 — Libyan Crisis: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mutassim in his hometown of Sirte and kill them shortly thereafter, e…

Birthdays

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  • Carney Chukwuemeka, English footballer (23)
  • Yéremy Pino, Spanish footballer (24)
  • Paige Bueckers, American basketball player (25)
  • Kenneth Walker III, American football player (26)

Recipe of the Day

Dad Joke of the Day

  • Why do ducks make great detectives? They always quack the case.

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