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Every indicator on the site, by theme, each with its chart. Tap one to open it; this week's brief is here.

Indicator	As of	Latest	1Y change	vs avg	This week
US stock market (S&P 500) Stocks	10/22/26	7,663	▲ +13.7%	+82.6%	Tech's worst week since June broke the market's narrow leadership; record profits are the main support left. The Nasdaq-100 fell 5.5% this week to 29,188 (Oct 16); tech against the whole market fell 3.6%, about three times its usual week. The driver is debt: worry that AI companies reliant on borrowing cannot keep spending at multi-year-high yields; twenty big AI stocks shed over $1 trillion. Corporate profits growth of 26.6% (Q2) is the best since Q2-2021 and margins of 13.1% a record; the VIX at 20.0 is anxious, not stormy. The Shiller CAPE at 40.6 (September) is more than double its long-run average near 17, a level that has preceded below-average decade returns.
Tech-heavy stocks (Nasdaq-100) Stocks	10/22/26	28,959	▲ +15.4%	+110.9%
Market fear gauge (VIX) Stocks	10/23/26	19.6	▲ +19.8%	+5.1%
US mid-size companies Stocks	10/22/26	$72.8	▲ +12.4%	+57.4%
US small companies Stocks	10/22/26	$138.6	▲ +16.9%	+54.6%
Developed-world stocks (ex-US) Stocks	10/22/26	$69.3	▲ +16.5%	+66.2%
Emerging-market stocks Stocks	10/22/26	$56.8	▲ +5.9%	+43.6%
Shiller CAPE (10-year P/E) Stocks	September 2026	40.6	▲ +5.2%	+24.8%
Earnings yield on 10-year profits (CAPE) Stocks	September 2026	2.46%	▼ -13 bps	-66 bps
Stocks' real extra return over TIPS Stocks Lowest since the data begins (2003)	September 2026	-0.47%	▼ -126 bps	-283 bps
Private equity (listed funds) Stocks	10/22/26	$57.20	▼ -11.2%	+22.4%
Tech-heavy stocks against the whole market Stocks	10/22/26	169	▲ +1.5%	+21.3%
Corporate profits growth Stocks Highest since Q2-2021	Q2-2026	26.6%	▲ +2,745 bps	+1,880 bps
Corporate profit margins Stocks Highest since the data begins (1947)	Q2-2026	13.1%	▲ +211 bps	+226 bps