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New letter · October 30, 2026The Letter · from SeanThe Economy, in Plain Words.Our Oct. 30 letter on the economy, in plain words: strong growth, weak hiring, hot prices and a Fed that is raising. Where we are in the cycle, how the North Star books are doing, and what we are studying next.3.4%Growth29KSeptember jobs3.7%Prices, 1 yrRaisingThe FedRead the letter →
Also this weekA Selloff in One Corner of the Market →
Capital Wealth Daily No. 194, from the Wall Street Journal of Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. On Thursday the Nasdaq lost about $2.5 trillion, the biggest one-day loss in its history, and the S&P 500 fell 4.36%. Why it happened and who got hurt. Plus your 2027 tax brackets, a 6-year-old in Hanoi who hunts tourists for English practice, and homes built around surf lagoons.
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LPL’s Midyear Outlook, read against the record: what the forecasts got right, what they walked back, and what any of it should change in a portfolio you actually own.
The market rarely tells you what it is doing in a single day. It tells you in a paragraph on page B3 that nobody read.
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