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Market Dashboard

The Market Dashboard puts the day's market snapshot (S&P 500, Nasdaq, Dow, VIX), the daily briefing, the economic indicators that move markets and world-market performance on one page. Nothing to sign up for.

Figures below are from the page as rendered on 2026-10-21. Open the page for today's live data.

📈 Market Dashboard

The economy and the news, one page — every figure credited to its source.
Right now
Recession risk: low🐂 Bull marketMood: Greed (65/100)📅 Next: US GDP (advance estimate) · Oct 25, 26
S&P 500
7,757 0.6%
Nasdaq
26,703 1.1%
Dow
52,856 0.7%
Russell 2000
2,781 0.3%
VIX
16.68 -3.6%
US 10-yr yield
5.15% 0.6%
US dollar index
101.70 -0.1%
Gold
4,160 0.6%
Oil (WTI)
97.71 -1.6%
Bitcoin
84,688 2.1%
Quotes via Yahoo Finance · as of 5:26:03 PM
📋 Today’s briefing
US stocks are up today (S&P 500 +0.6%). Volatility is low (VIX 17). The 10-year Treasury yields 5.15% Around the world (1-month): strongest are Brazil (+11.1%) and Mexico (+1.5%); weakest are China (-7.7%) and South Korea (-18.6%).
Written automatically by MoneyDesk from the sourced data on this page — it is commentary, not advice.
🧭 Economic indicators
Data unavailable right now.
Series from FRED® — Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
🏦 Rates that matter
Rates from FRED® — Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
📰 Top headlines right now
Each headline belongs to the newsroom named under it — the links open the original article on the publisher’s own site.
📜 Sources & credits
MoneyDesk does not create market data or news — this page assembles and links to the work of others, with thanks:
· Market quotes & price history: Yahoo Finance (with Stooq as a fallback)
· Economic data series: FRED®, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
· GDP figures: The World Bank
· Company fundamentals: U.S. SEC EDGAR
· News headlines: © their publishers (CNBC, MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, The New York Times, The Guardian, the Federal Reserve, CoinDesk and others) — shown here only as headline, source name and a link to the original story
The briefing, gauges and plain-English interpretations are MoneyDesk’s own commentary built on this data. All trademarks belong to their owners; no endorsement is implied.
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About Moneydesks

MoneyDesk is a free, all-in-one stock market dashboard and personal-finance tool. Check any ticker with live quotes and charts, practice with a paper-trading portfolio, and get a plain-English action plan for the stocks you really own.

Markets & investing

Live stock quotes and charts · paper trading with portfolio health score · stock screeners · contrarian value "Best Buys" · dividend-capture and swing-trading strategies · Dow 30, S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 index lists · strategy backtesting · earnings calendar · price and trailing-stop alerts.

News & economy

A daily market briefing, curated financial news, economic indicators (inflation, jobs, rates, yield curve), recession watch, fear & greed mood dial, and world-market performance.

Personal finance

Debt payoff planner (avalanche vs snowball) · emergency-fund tracker · bill reminders · savings goals · financial education for beginners.

Starting a business — two goals

MoneyDesk helps people start businesses with two goals for the country: export businesses that sell American goods and services abroad and shrink the trade deficit, and Main Street businesses that make families better off and the economy robust. Step-by-step game plans — budgets, permits, licenses, funding programs, marketing, hiring — plus a private launch tracker, printable field manuals and research white papers.

MoneyDesk is an educational simulation — not financial advice. Paper trading uses no real money and places no real trades.

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Market Dashboard · News & Economy · Dow 30, S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 constituents · Backtest a Strategy · Model Portfolios · Best Buys: Contrarian Value Screen · Short-Term Trading Setups · Dividend Capture Strategy · Stock Screener · Investing 101 · Today's Rates: Savings, CDs, Treasuries, I Bonds · Secure Your Future: the 12 moves, in order · Start a Business · Money Theft & Financial Forensics · Paying for College · Community Board · Export Business: sell what America makes to the world · The Open Door: a white paper on the export opportunity · Main Street Business: open the doors in your town · Main Street: a white paper on small business by the numbers

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Money basics in plain English · Starting an export business · Starting a Main Street business · all guides

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