Wednesday, October 28, 2026 — post-close edition · Every section as of the Wed Oct 28 market close
Fed: held rates at 3.75%–4.00% in a 10–2 vote — Cook and Hammack dissented for a hike. Statement: inflation "remains elevated," no forward guidance. Futures now price ~85% odds of a December hike. Third straight up day for the S&P, Nasdaq and Dow; chips carried the session after SK hynix's record print (KOSPI +6.63%).
Reversal (263 names today — first 20 by rank)
New Uptrend (44 names today — top 12 by market cap)
| Symbol | Name | Price | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | $110.03 | $433.78B |
| GS | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | $918.78 | $267.52B |
| CDNS | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | $343.88 | $94.7B |
| MRNA | Moderna, Inc. | $215.99 | $86.23B |
| TEVA | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited | $40.37 | $47.04B |
| P | Everpure, Inc. | $139.10 | $46.35B |
| FER | Ferrovial SE | $53.98 | $38.92B |
| SOFI | SoFi Technologies, Inc. | $16.80 | $21.69B |
| EXE | Expand Energy Corporation | $92.99 | $21.53B |
| LECO | Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. | $281.72 | $15.36B |
| TXG | 10x Genomics, Inc. | $87.20 | $11.36B |
| ACM | Aecom | $62.14 | $8.0B |
| ETF | Sector | Wed Oct 28 | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|
| XLK | Technology | +0.80% | +27.70% |
| XLF | Financials | +0.45% | -0.51% |
| XLE | Energy | +0.35% | +49.74% |
| XLI | Industrials | +0.34% | — |
| XLV | Health Care | +0.30% | +12.73% |
| XLB | Materials | +0.15% | — |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary | -0.10% | — |
| XLP | Consumer Staples | -0.36% | — |
| XLC | Communication Services | -0.42% | -15.20% |
| XLRE | Real Estate | -0.73% | — |
| XLU | Utilities | -0.84% | -2.55% |
Day moves: sector SPDR closes, Wed Oct 28 (EOD brief; XLK/XLF/XLE cross-checked on exchange data). YTD through Oct 28 where tracked (TotalRealReturns). Tech led the day and energy still leads the year by a wide margin; the defensive end — utilities and real estate — lagged as the 10-year pushed to 5.05% after the Fed hold.
| Index | Market | Close | Wed Oct 28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOSPI | South Korea · SK hynix +10.9% on its record print | 6,012.44 | +6.63% |
| TAIEX | Taiwan · chip-led | ~47,060 | ~+2% |
| Nikkei 225 | Japan · semi equipment advanced | 63,954.19 | +1.08% |
| Shanghai Composite | China | 3,681.47 | +0.91% |
| Hang Seng | Hong Kong · tech offset banks/property | 23,094.83 | +0.23% |
| ASX 200 | Australia · Sep CPI 4.3% kept RBA hike case alive | 8,847.30 | -0.03% |
| Sensex | India · IT fell ~2% as crude rose | 73,246.03 | -0.48% |
| DAX | Germany | 25,697.45 | +0.42% |
| FTSE 100 | United Kingdom | 10,694.50 | +0.07% |
| CAC 40 | France | 7,886.96 | 0.00% |
| STOXX 600 | Europe · bank beats, flat into the Fed | — | ~flat |
| TSX Composite | Canada | 36,265.09 | +0.26% |
| S&P 500 | United States | 7,743.98 | +0.28% |
Asia and Europe: Wed Oct 28 local closes (Market Briefer Global Close; Armstrong Economics market talk). The day belonged to Asia's chip complex — the KOSPI's +6.63% was its most dramatic session of the year — while Europe hugged the flatline ahead of the Fed decision and Thursday's ECB meeting.
Trend reads as of the Wed Oct 28 close. The uptrend is intact — price above the 50- and 200-day averages with both rising — but momentum is capped under the highs until the S&P clears them, and the long end (10-year at 5.05%) is doing the tightening the Fed declined to do.
| ETF | Fund | Assets | Close | Wed | YTD | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHD | Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity | ~$118B | $35.09 | -0.09% | +27.93% | 3.00% |
| VIG | Vanguard Dividend Appreciation | ~$114B | $245.96 | +0.45% | +11.91% | 1.48% |
| VYM | Vanguard High Dividend Yield | ~$82B | $163.37 | +0.31% | +13.83% | ~2.3% |
| DGRO | iShares Core Dividend Growth | ~$45B | $80.10 | +0.19% | +15.38% | ~1.9% |
| CGDV | Capital Group Dividend Value | ~$39B | $49.44 | — | — | 1.22% |
Closes and day moves: Wed Oct 28 (exchange data via Finnhub). Yields: latest published (FinanceCharts / TopDividendETFs, updated Oct 28) — indicative, they move with price. SCHD remains the standout: biggest fund in the group, the top YTD return at +27.9%, and the richest yield at 3.0%.
Sources: CNN Fear & Greed via FGScore/Adanos (Oct 28), AAII Sentiment Survey via World Monitor. Three straight up days and the index still reads Fear — sentiment is lagging price, which has been the contrarian-friendly setup all month. The gap between CNN (36) and retail social (25) is +11, inside the balanced band: neither side is stretched.
| Ticker | Name | Calls bought | vs typical | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNF | UniFirst | 6,752 | +2,836% | The day's biggest spike — 29x the typical 230 calls, a lottery-ticket-sized bet on a quiet name |
| MIR | Mirion Technologies | 13,224 | +576% | Radiation-detection name; call buying ran ~7x its 1,955 average |
| DASH | DoorDash | 12,500+ | 71x open interest | Jan '27 $180 calls at ~$14 ahead of earnings — all-in strike $194, ~14% above the price (Barchart) |
| JOBY | Joby Aviation | — | +638% | Toyota's $250M investment lit up both the stock (~70M shares by midday) and its calls |
| WMB | Williams Companies | 151,361 | +997% | Tuesday Oct 27's flow, reported Wed — positioning ahead of its Q3 print, dividend maintained |
MarketBeat unusual-options alerts for Wed Oct 28, 2026 (WMB dated Tue Oct 27 as labeled). Call volume vs typical daily average. Unusual flow is a sentiment tell, not a signal on its own.