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US Stock Market – #Economic Calendar | October 26–30, 2026 All times are in Eastern Time (ET). Actual figures are not yet available in the supplied calendar; forecasts and previous readings are listed where provided. Monday, October 26, 2026 🔹 No major economic releases scheduled. Tuesday, October 27, 2026 🔹 8:30 AM ET – Durable Goods Orders (September): Forecast 1.2% | Previous 0.0%. 🔹 9:00 AM ET – S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index (August): Forecast — | Previous 0.0%. 🔹 10:00 AM ET – New Home Sales (September): Forecast 655K | Previous 684K. 🔹 10:00 AM ET – Conference Board Consumer Confidence (October): Forecast 81.2 | Previous 81.9. 🔹 Time TBA – U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting schedule. Wednesday, October 28, 2026 🔹 8:30 AM ET – Advance U.S. Trade Balance in Goods (September): Forecast — | Previous -$132.6 billion. 🔹 8:30 AM ET – Wholesale Inventories (September): Forecast — | Previous 0.7%. 🔹 8:30 AM ET – Retail Inventories (September): Forecast — | Previous 0.3%. 🔹 2:00 PM ET – Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decision: Forecast — | Previous 3.75%–4.00%. 🔹 2:30 PM ET – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference (as listed in the supplied schedule). Thursday, October 29, 2026 🔹 8:30 AM ET – Advance Estimate of U.S. GDP (Q3): Forecast 3.2% | Previous 2.2%. 🔹 8:30 AM ET – Initial Jobless Claims (week ended October 24): Forecast 200K | Previous 194K. 🔹 8:30 AM ET – Personal Income, Month-over-Month (September): Forecast 0.3% | Previous 0.2%. 🔹 8:30 AM ET – Consumer Spending, Month-over-Month (September): Forecast 0.6% | Previous 0.9%. 🔹 8:30 AM ET – PCE Price Index, Month-over-Month (September): Forecast 0.5% | Previous 0.3%. 🔹 8:30 AM ET – PCE Price Index, Year-over-Year (September): Forecast 3.7% | Previous 3.4%. 🔹 8:30 AM ET – Core PCE Price Index, Month-over-Month (September): Forecast 0.3% | Previous 0.2%. 🔹 8:30 AM ET – Core PCE Price Index, Year-over-Year (September): Forecast 3.1% | Previous 3.0%. 🔹 2:15 PM ET – European Central Bank (ECB) Interest Rate Decision. 🔹 2:45 PM ET – ECB President Christine Lagarde’s press conference. Friday, October 30, 2026 🔹 8:30 AM ET – Employment Cost Index (Q3): Forecast 0.8% | Previous 0.9%. 🔹 9:45 AM ET – Chicago PMI / Chicago Business Barometer (October): Forecast — | Previous 58.8. 🔹 11:00 AM ET – Eurozone GDP, Preliminary Estimate (Q3): Forecast — | Previous —. Key Economic Events to Watch 🔹 Federal Reserve interest rate decision and Chair Powell’s commentary on the monetary policy outlook. 🔹 U.S. Q3 GDP growth for insights into the pace of economic activity. 🔹 September PCE inflation and core PCE inflation, key indicators monitored by the Federal Reserve. 🔹 Consumer confidence and new home sales for signals on household sentiment and housing demand. 🔹 Weekly jobless claims for updates on U.S. labor-market conditions. #EconomicCalendar #USEconomy #FederalReserve #GDP #PCEInflation #InterestRates #ConsumerConfidence #JoblessClaims #USMarkets #Investing

U.S. STOCK MARKET – #EARNINGS CALENDAR (OCTOBER 26–30, 2026) Wednesday, October 28, 2026 Before Market Open (BMO) 🔹 Amphenol $APH 🔹 Boston Scientific $BSX 🔹 GE Vernova $GEV 🔹 Vertiv $VRT 🔹 International Paper $IP 🔹 VF Corp $VFC 🔹 UBS $UBS After Market Close (AMC) 🔹 Microsoft $MSFT 🔹 Alphabet $GOOGL 🔹 ServiceNow $NOW 🔹 KLA Corp $KLAC 🔹 Carvana $CVNA 🔹 Chipotle $CMG 🔹 FedEx $FDX 🔹 Fortinet $FTNT 🔹 T-Mobile $TMUS Thursday, October 29, 2026 Before Market Open (BMO) 🔹 Caterpillar $CAT 🔹 Eli Lilly $LLY 🔹 Carrier Global $CARR 🔹 Mastercard $MA 🔹 STMicroelectronics $STM 🔹 Vulcan Materials $VMC After Market Close (AMC) 🔹 Amazon $AMZN 🔹 Intel $INTC 🔹 SanDisk $SNDK 🔹 AXT $AXTI 🔹 Roblox $RBLX 🔹 Reddit $RDDT 🔹 Twilio $TWLO 🔹 Coinbase $COIN 🔹 MicroStrategy $MSTR 🔹 Starbucks $SBUX 🔹 Rivian $RIVN Friday, October 30, 2026 Before Market Open (BMO) 🔹 Cameco $CCJ 🔹 Exxon Mobil $XOM 🔹 Chevron $CVX 🌟 Most Anticipated Earnings Releases of the Week Microsoft $MSFT Alphabet $GOOGL Amazon $AMZN Intel $INTC SoFi $SOFI SanDisk $SNDK Robinhood $HOOD SK hynix $SKHY ServiceNow $NOW Canon $CAJPY #USStocks #EarningsCalendar #MSFT #GOOGL #AMZN #INTC #NOW #SOFI #HOOD #RDDT #COIN #StockMarket #WallStreet #Investing #EarningsSeason

U.S. STOCK MARKET – #EARNINGS CALENDAR (OCTOBER 26–30, 2026) 🎯 KEY EARNINGS TO WATCH Microsoft $MSFT • Alphabet $GOOGL • Amazon $AMZN • Intel $INTC • ServiceNow $NOW • Robinhood $HOOD • SoFi $SOFI • Visa $V • Coca-Cola $KO • Caterpillar $CAT • Eli Lilly $LLY • Reddit $RDDT • Coinbase $COIN • Roblox $RBLX Monday, October 26, 2026 Before Market Open (BMO) 🔹 Verizon $VZ After Market Close (AMC) 🔹 Celestica $CLS EPS Est: $3.01 🔹 Cadence Design $CDNS EPS Est: $2.04 🔹 Rambus $RMBS EPS Est: $0.78 🔹 Amkor Technology $AMKR EPS Est: $0.79 🔹 Welltower $WELL EPS Est: $1.64 🔹 Nucor $NUE EPS Est: $5.71 Tuesday, October 27, 2026 Before Market Open (BMO) 🔹 Canon ADR $CAJPY 🔹 SoFi Technologies $SOFI EPS Est: $0.17 🔹 Coca-Cola $KO EPS Est: $0.90 🔹 UPS $UPS EPS Est: $1.65 🔹 Corning $GLW EPS Est: $0.89 🔹 Freeport-McMoRan $FCX EPS Est: $0.73 🔹 PayPal $PYPL EPS Est: $1.34 🔹 Centene $CNC EPS Est: $0.10 🔹 Pentair $PNR EPS Est: $1.10 🔹 Boeing $BA 🔹 S&P Global $SPGI 🔹 Royal Caribbean $RCL After Market Close (AMC) 🔹 Robinhood $HOOD EPS Est: $0.53 🔹 SK hynix $SKHY 🔹 Seagate $STX 🔹 Visa $V EPS Est: $3.50 🔹 Enphase Energy $ENPH EPS Est: $0.52 🔹 Cheesecake Factory $CAKE 🔹 F5 $FFIV EPS Est: $4.34 🔹 BigBear.ai $BBAI 🔹 NXP Semiconductors $NXPI 🔹 Waste Management $WM

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest $GOOG Portfolio Rotation | Oct 23, 2026 🔹 Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest sold 77,167 shares of Alphabet Inc $GOOG across its ARKK and ARKW ETFs on October 23, 2026, valued at approximately $24.75 million. 🔹 The sale continues a broader strategic capital rotation away from mega-cap technology and mature artificial intelligence platforms. 🔹 Alongside the Alphabet Inc $GOOG trim, ARK Invest offloaded approximately $4.8 million in Palantir Technologies Inc $PLTR and $3.6 million in Cloudflare Inc $NET. 🔹 Proceeds from the recent technology trims were redirected toward high-growth biotechnology, including a $2.22 million position in Freenome Inc $FRNM. 🔹 Despite the recent profit-taking and strategic rebalancing, Alphabet Inc $GOOG maintains a significant structural position across ARK Invest's innovation funds. #CathieWood #ArkInvest #GOOG #Alphabet #WallStreet #TechStocks #StockMarket #USEquities #Investing

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The Houthis have targeted the Coast Guard headquarters in Aden with three ballistic missiles, Yemen’s Interior Ministry says.

Iran has stepped up efforts to target US diplomats and officials in the Middle East, including advanced plans for deadly attacks, the US news outlet Axios reported, citing US intelligence assessments.

Iran warns that even limited military action against the country would draw a response “several times greater", dismissing US threats as "hostile rhetoric"

Several industrial facilities were damaged in a drone attack on the Russian city of Togliatti, local authorities say, while Ukraine said it had struck a major petrochemical plant there

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