securities

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Oct

Mortgage Rates — 30 Yr. Fixed: 7.37% - October 16, 2026 — Today (Pacific Time)

US mortgage rates for October 16, 2026: 30-Yr Fixed at 7.37% (+0.04% daily, -0.11% weekly). 15-Yr Fixed at 7.04%. Full rate table and trends inside.
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15
Oct

Global Business News — October 15, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Proofpoint acquired Varonis Systems for $6.3 billion in a landmark cybersecurity deal, while City Therapeutics priced its upsized IPO at $18/share. The biotech and pharma sectors dominated with FDA approvals and clinical trial clearances, as regional bank consolidation advanced with Colony Bankcorp'
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15
Oct

Insider Trading Signals — October 15, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Insider selling dominated the past 12 hours with $219.5M in sales versus just $25.6M in purchases. Top bearish signals include Kinetik Holdings' $109.5M block sale, Talos Energy's $51.8M liquidation by a controlling shareholder, and BJ's Wholesale Club CEO Robert Eddy's $19.7M exit—signaling strong
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15
Oct

Stock Market News — October 15, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

CoreWeave's debt crisis and record-high credit default swaps rattled AI-sector confidence, while Indonesia's stock market plunged over 11%—its worst day since 1998—after MSCI signaled a potential downgrade. Despite these shocks, the Dow rose 1.08% and the Nasdaq rebounded as falling bond yields offs
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15
Oct

Stock Market News — October 15, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Global tech stocks plummeted overnight as hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data and CoreWeave's debt crisis sparked an AI infrastructure selloff, with South Korea's KOSPI triggering a circuit breaker after an 8% drop and U.S. semiconductor stocks erasing roughly $2 trillion in value. Key movers i
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14
Oct

Earnings Reports — October 14, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 20 Hours (Pacific Time)

Morgan Stanley and BlackRock delivered strong double beats on robust trading and asset management demand, while Bank of America disappointed with misses on both EPS and revenue. ASML posted record Q3 sales with an upgraded outlook, though mixed results dominated smaller financials and industrials as
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14
Oct

Stock Market News — October 14, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

A scorching September CPI print triggered a global selloff, with South Korea's KOSPI plunging 8% and halting trading, while the Nasdaq fell nearly 2% as Fed rate hike fears resurface. Semiconductor stocks cratered across the board—SK Hynix down 11%, Samsung off 9.2%, and Advantest tumbling 14.7%—as
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13
Oct

Mortgage Rates — October 13, 2026 — Today (Pacific Time)

US mortgage rates for October 13, 2026: 30-Yr Fixed at 7.46% (-0.02% daily, -0.10% weekly). 15-Yr Fixed at 7.14%. Full rate table and trends inside.
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13
Oct

Earnings Reports — October 13, 2026 — Midday Update — Last 16 Hours (Pacific Time)

Q3 earnings season kicks off with mixed signals: Goldman Sachs and Citigroup deliver strong beats on trading strength, while JPMorgan disappoints on both earnings and revenue. Healthcare leaders like UnitedHealth and J&J raise guidance, but cautious outlooks temper overall enthusiasm.
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13
Oct

Stock Market News — October 13, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Tech stocks plummeted Tuesday as Chinese memory chip competition and AI spending concerns triggered a global semiconductor selloff, while mixed bank earnings and Citigroup's cautious U.S. equity downgrade kept markets choppy. Goldman Sachs surged on strong results, but Wells Fargo disappointed, and
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