Friday, October 16, 2026 closed a punishing week for growth stocks. The Nasdaq Composite settled at 26,140.03, the S&P 500 at 7,659.44 and the Dow at 52,002.41, while the Russell 2000 finished at 2,721.37. Chip stocks extended a long losing run, CoreWeave plunged onCreditworries …
Kevin Warsh, chair of the Federal Reserve, spoke in Bangkok on Friday, October 16, 2026, during the IMF and World Bank meetings. He declined to signal what the Fed would decide at its October 27 to 28 meeting, saying he would not prejudge meetings. …
The 10-year Treasury yield stayed near 5.09% to 5.10% at the Friday, October 16, 2026 close. That is down from 5.19% on Wednesday, October 14, but still above 5%, a level that matters for borrowers and valuation models. On Monday, October 19, one provider …
The Cboe Volatility Index, known as the fear gauge, jumped on Friday, October 16, 2026 as stocks sold off. One account said the VIX rose above 22 for the first time in four months. Another data set shows a reading of 19.99, up 21.5%, …
The Kospi opened 3.17% lower at 5,488.41 on October 19, 2026 after the worst week for theindexsince October 2008. The Nikkei 225 fell about 1.73% to 64,194.90 and the Taiex fell 1.42% to 46,440.75, with chipmakers leading each market. A new DeepSeek model described …
Futures on the Nasdaq 100 were up between 0.7% and 1.3% and S&P 500 futures were up between 0.4% and 0.8% in different morning quotes, while the Dow was roughly flat to 0.4% higher. One provider at 5:26 a.m. ET showed the S&P 500 …
On October 19, 1987 the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 508 points, or 22.6%, according to Federal Reserve history, the largest one-day decline in its history. Analysts later pointed to program trading and portfolio insurance, strategies that sold futures as prices fell and thereby …
The week is light on major economic data but heavy on housing. The NAHB Housing Market Index arrives on Monday, October 19 at 10:00 a.m. ET, with a forecast of 31 against 32 prior. September housing starts and permits follow on Tuesday at 8:30 …
Michael Hartnett, the chiefInvestmentstrategist at Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), said the bank's sell signal was cancelled but no buy signal has formed. The note also reports that private clients are at a record 66.4% in equities, global equity indices are about 52% oversold and …
China reported third-quarter gross domestic product growth of 4.5% year on year on Monday, October 19, 2026, against a forecast of 4.4%. Retail sales rose 1.1% against a forecast of 0.5%, and industrial output rose 5.5%. New home prices fell 0.14% from the previous …