Mutual Funds & ETFs

Defiance Daily Target 2X Long VST ETF (NASDAQ:VSTL) rose 21.1% to USD 26.50 on October 6, 2026, according to published market data, topping the list of gainers that day. The fund tracks Vistra (NYSE:VST), which gained about 10.8% after the Energy Department announced a …

Flavio Bolsonaro, a senator, took about 47 percent of the first-round vote on October 4, 2026, against about 45 percent for Lula, and neither passed 50 percent, so the two meet in a runoff on October 25. Published pre-election polls had mostly favored Lula, …

Gold changed hands near USD 4,175 to USD 4,194 an ounce on October 5, 2026, after dropping as much as 4 percent to USD 4,111 on October 1. One published account put the year-to-date change near negative 5.4 percent and the all-time high at …

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) rose 12.5 percent to USD 42.98 on October 5, 2026, according to published market data. On October 2 it closed near USD 38.19 against a 52-week range of USD 28.78 to USD 41.66, so the new price is above …

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) closed at a record USD 238.90 on October 5, 2026, up 2.1 percent, and published tallies place its value near USD 6 trillion, or about USD 5.76 trillion in some accounts. A published semiconductor index fund rose 0.52 percent, less than the …

The Russell 2000 closed at 2,853.27 on October 5, 2026, up 0.72 percent, per published market data. That beat the S&P 500 by 0.06 percentage points, simple arithmetic on two published numbers, but trailed the Nasdaq Composite's 1.05 percent gain to a record 27,477.31. …

The Nasdaq Composite rose 1.05 percent to a record 27,477.31 on October 5, 2026, and the Nasdaq-100 also set a record, while the S&P 500 added 0.66 percent to 7,773.99. At the same time the 10-year yield closed near 5.31 percent and the 30-year …