Daily coverage · James Nakamura
Earnings, sector rotation and what the index is really pricing.
PPI, retail sales and jobless claims due 12:30Z Thursday, plus a Fed Chair speech, test whether the Fed's 37% October hike odds hold after hot CPI.
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A 13% earnings beat was not enough. Wells Fargo missed on revenue again, and investors priced the shortfall in fee income instead of the record profit.
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A profit beat was not enough. Johnson & Johnson posted its sharpest day in 18 months because its medical devices arm missed estimates again, and investors looked past the raised guidance to the division that keeps short.
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Bank of America reported Q3 2026 adjusted EPS of $1.08, missing consensus as a $1.2 billion anti-money-laundering fine worth about 17 cents a share cut into profit, and shares indicated lower in premarket trading.
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Morgan Stanley reported Q3 2026 adjusted EPS of $3.03, above the $2.94 street consensus but below the $3.17 estimate on our event calendar. Equity trading revenue jumped 41% to a record run, wealth hit $9.1 billion in revenue, and fixed income slipped 7%.
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JPMorgan missed the quarter but raised full-year NII guidance; Goldman beat on a 72% equities revenue surge and Citigroup posted its best Q3 revenue in a decade. The season's depth depends on the macro path, not these beats.
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A hot September CPI that lifts the 10-year back above 5.25% would land hardest on the same multiple-sensitive sectors Tuesday quietly shrugged off: tech heavyweights and consumers.
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Quantum leader IonQ is paying up to $1.3 billion in stock for a security company, and the market is not cheering. The deal logic and the dilution risk.
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The nation's largest insurer finally got a handle on medical costs, and the sector is listening. UnitedHealth beat Q3 estimates and lifted its full-year profit outlook to at least $20.50 a share.
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Investors are suddenly asking how expensive U.S. stocks look, and the 41.85 Shiller CAPE ratio has an awkward answer: only the 1999 dot-com peak sits higher, and history flags that exact zone. Here is the number, the context, and what is dated next.
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JPMorgan Q3 2026 EPS of $5.57 missed the $5.92 consensus on $0.18 of securities losses. Learn what the print means for bank stocks and the quarter ahead.
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KRE rose 0.80% on Monday, reversing Friday's decline as regional banks led financials higher into Wednesday's September CPI. What the reversal and the broader rotation signal before the print.
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