10/26/2026
Salt River Wealth - Morning Brief
Monday, October 26, 2026
Friday's close:
S&P 500: 7,623.68 (-0.52%)
Dow: 52,215.16 (-1.23%)
Nasdaq: 25,955.34 (-0.21%)
What you need to know:
- Futures are bouncing after two straight losing weeks, with S&P 500 futures up about 0.3-0.4% and Nasdaq-100 futures up as much as 0.7%, as Brent crude eases back to roughly $115 while Qatari mediators work to de-escalate tensions with Iran.
- It's a big week for the AI trade: Alphabet and Microsoft report Wednesday and Amazon Thursday, and chip stocks are firmer premarket.
- The Fed decides Wednesday, with futures pricing about a 90% chance of a hold at 3.75-4.00%. September PCE inflation and Q3 GDP land later in the week.
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