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☀️ The Morning Brief

Thursday, September 24, 2026

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Number of the Day

  • 35 — the Fear & Greed Index — Fear

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On the Radar

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Pre-Market Pulse

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  • S&P 500 fut 7,722.25 -0.65%
  • Nasdaq fut 30,429.00 -1.09%
  • Dow fut 51,666.00 -0.40%
  • VIX 16.16 +6.46%
  • 10-yr yield 5.11% +2.94%
  • Dollar (DXY) 101.27 +0.17%

Fear & Greed

35 · fear

Economic Calendar

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  • 07:00 · United States — MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate → 7.12%
  • 07:00 · United States — MBA Mortgage Applications → -1.5%
  • 07:00 · United States — MBA Purchase Index → 154.9
  • 07:00 · United States — Mortgage Market Index → 227.3
  • 07:00 · United States — Mortgage Refinance Index → 611.0
  • 09:45 · United States — S&P Global Manufacturing PMI → 57.0 vs 53.6 exp

Earnings Today

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  • COST Costco Wholesale Corporation — $398.9B, after hours, $6.48 exp
  • DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. — $24.4B, pre market, $2.06 exp
  • SNX TD SYNNEX Corporation — $22.6B, pre market, $4.46 exp
  • VFS VinFast Auto Ltd. — $7.6B, not supplied
  • BB BlackBerry Limited — $5.1B, pre market, $0.03 exp
  • HUBG Hub Group, Inc. — $2.0B, not supplied, $0.38 exp

Stocks Moving

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  • Gainers
  • BENF $2.90 +438.7%
  • WHLR $5.44 +190.9%
  • BFRGW $0.2582 +139.7%
  • NIVFW $0.0193 +114.4%
  • VSA $3.64 +83.8%
  • Losers
  • JAGX $8.91 -74.1%
  • JSPRW $0.0013 -56.7%
  • HVIIU $4.65 -55.3%
  • ADGM $0.2280 -53.0%
  • HVII $4.46 -50.9%
  • Most active
  • VTGN 574,327,602 shares
  • BENF 294,949,299 shares
  • GCDT 193,768,108 shares
  • BFRG 191,394,465 shares
  • GRAB 146,223,547 shares

Unusual Activity

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  • GOOGL calls heavy — put/call 0.45
  • MSFT calls heavy — put/call 0.26
  • META calls heavy — put/call 0.6
  • AMD puts heavy — put/call 1.33

Crypto

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  • BTC $83,414 -2.59%
  • XRP $1.47 -6.71%
  • ETH $2,645 -3.02%

On This Day

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  • 2023 — NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.
  • 2015 — At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
  • 2014 — The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
  • 2013 — A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.

Birthdays

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  • Joe Locke, Manx actor (23)
  • Gaeul, South Korean singer, rapper, and dancer (24)
  • Tosin Adarabioyo, English footballer (29)

Recipe of the Day

  • Mutabbaq — Saudi Arabian, Miscellaneous

Dad Joke of the Day

  • How do you find Will Smith in the snow? Look for fresh prints.

🧠 Daily trivia

How much weight did Chris Pratt lose for his role as Star-Lord in "Guardians of the Galaxy"?

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