Midterm Tuesday: Futures split as voters hit the polls

Election Day jitters, a Pfizer guidance bump, and Brookfield's giant AI bet. Here's the setup.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

November 03, 2026   |   Read online 🌅 Pre-Market Pulse S&P Futures 7,560.00 ▼ -4.00 (-0.05%) Nasdaq Futures 28,173.50 ▲ +45.00 (+0.16%) Dow Futures 51,686.00 ▼ -253.00 (-0.49%) 10Y Treasury 4.89% ▼ -0.03% US Dollar 101.85 ▲ +0.07 (+0.07%) Bitcoin $76,939 ▲ +$265 (+0.35%) Data as of 7:06 AM ET Good morning! It's Election Day, and futures are sending mixed signals: the Dow is lagging while the Nasdaq edges higher. Americans are voting in the midterms, and that's the backdrop for everything else on today's tape. Grab your coffee, here's what matters before the bell. 👀 What to Watch Today The midterm elections are today's main event. Results will mostly come in after the close, so expect cautious, range-bound trading as investors try to guess how a new Congress might shape fiscal policy, spending, and regulation. Don't be surprised if volume stays light into the afternoon. Earnings also matter. Pfizer (PFE) raised its 2026 profit and revenue forecasts on strong demand for its blood thinner Eliquis, which gives healthcare bulls something to work with. Watch how PFE trades at the open and whether other big pharma names get a sympathy lift. AI infrastructure financing is another theme. Blackstone (BX) President Jon Gray said the AI buildout will need more equity because debt investors face concentration risk, and Pimco CEO Emmanuel Roman warned about the sheer scale of the spending. That conversation could shape how traders price the AI capex trade today. Live… From Inside Cybercab [ad] 🌏 Overnight Recap Treasury yields climbed in early European trading as U.S. voters headed to the polls, but they've since eased. The 10-year now sits at 4.89% and the 30-year at 5.27%, both slightly lower. Oil recovered a bit after Monday's sharp drop, helped along by a Ukrainian drone attack that damaged a Russian refinery in Yaroslavl. Energy headlines kept coming. Saudi Aramco reported a 34.5% jump in third-quarter profit, and TotalEnergies (TTE) signed a five-year LNG supply deal with ADNOC Gas. Meanwhile, Germany is lagging its EU neighbors on refilling gas storage as winter begins, which could keep European energy prices jumpy. In Europe, Bayer (BAYRY) raised its 2026 profit outlook, and UK power producer Drax jumped 8% after Brookfield (BAM) said it is planning a data center of more than one gigawatt at an English power station. The investment could top £20 billion, or about $26.8 billion. Fed's New Power to Seize Bank Accounts [ad] Sponsored Content Your Free Stock Pick for Today It's not Tesla. It's not SpaceX. It's the little-known company Elon pays every time he builds anything. Every Tesla. Every Starlink dish. Every AI satellite. Now he's filed to launch 1,000,000 satellites. That could mean a 100X bigger bill. See today's free stock pick here >> 📊 Pre-Market Movers Pfizer (PFE) is the headline mover after raising its full-year profit and revenue outlook. Eliquis keeps delivering, and investors who've waited a long time for good news from this stock finally got some. Brookfield (BAM) is in focus after unveiling plans for a $27 billion AI data center in England, a project that sent Drax up 8% in London. Apollo (APO) could also get attention after reporting $1.07 trillion in assets on strong demand for alternatives. Blackstone (BX) stays in the conversation thanks to Jon Gray's comments on AI financing. In energy, TotalEnergies (TTE) has its new ADNOC Gas LNG deal, and Aramco's profit jump is a reminder that oil majors are still minting cash. Bayer's (BAYRY) raised outlook adds to an encouraging morning for global healthcare. Tesla just killed its most iconic car [ad] 🔍 Today's Watchlist Midterm election results: expect the real reaction after hours and in Wednesday's futures, so keep position sizes reasonable today. Pfizer (PFE): the Eliquis-driven guidance raise could set the tone for large-cap pharma sentiment. AI infrastructure money: Brookfield's (BAM) mega data center plan and Blackstone's (BX) push for more equity funding keep capital-hungry AI plays in focus. Rates and oil: the 10-year at 4.89% and crude's rebound after Monday's drop are the macro gauges to watch, especially for TTE and other energy names. Alternative asset managers: Apollo (APO) crossing $1.07 trillion in assets shows private markets demand is still strong, which is a tailwind for BX and BAM. Sponsored Content ALERT: Drop These 5 Stocks Before The Market Opens Tomorrow Weiss Ratings has identified five stocks sitting in millions of portfolios right now that could get crushed by a radical market shift hitting in 2026. Some of America's most popular names are on this list. If you own any of them, holding on could mean serious losses. The window to check your portfolio is open right now, before tomorrow's open. Click here now — before it's too late. 🎯 The Morning Playbook The playbook today is patience. The Dow is down about 0.5% in futures while the Nasdaq is up 0.16%, and that split reflects uncertainty, not conviction. With election results arriving after the close, the market's real verdict probably shows up tomorrow. Until then, stick with stories backed by fundamentals: raised guidance at PFE and Bayer, record assets at Apollo, and big real-world AI spending at Brookfield. Watch yields too. If the 10-year keeps easing below 4.9%, rate-sensitive stocks could get a little room to run. Elections make a lot of noise, but earnings pay the bills over time. Vote if you haven't yet, and let the data, not the headlines, drive your decisions. 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November 03, 2026   |   Read online Good morning. The Fast Five → America’s multi-trillion dollar AI buildout is on the ballot, Apple forecast disappoints investors, Disney plans thousands of layoffs, SpaceX wants to buy Boost Mobile, and the mid-term races Wall Street is watching… 🚨  High Risk Alert: Reduce your AI Stock risk by 11/30 → (from TradeSmith) Calendar:  Full Calendar » Today: JOLTS Job Openings, 10:00A Congressional Elections, all day Tomorrow: ISM Services PMI, 10:00A Your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday, November 3: BEFORE THE OPEN As of market close 11/2/2026. Pre-Market: Market Wrap: Futures: Dow +24, S&P +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.3% Mon: Dow +214 (+0.41%), S&P -0.51%, Nasdaq -1.07% Tech stocks slid as investors rotated elsewhere Apple fell 2% after disappointing guidance Oracle sank 8% on AI financing plans Midterm elections take center stage Tuesday Focus shifts to AMD earnings and job openings EARNINGS Here’s what we’re watching: Today: Duolingo $DUOL ( ▲ 2.8% ) , *Pfizer $PFE ( ▲ 0.49% ) , *Shopify $SHOP ( ▼ 0.81% ) , *Sysco $SYY ( ▼ 1.4% ) , *Yum! Brands $YUM ( ▲ 1.42% ) Advanced Micro Devices $AMD ( ▼ 7.52% ) - EPS growth of 62% to $1.94 on 42% revenue growth to $13.B. Full earnings calendar » FROM TRADESMITH       The Only 5 Stocks that Matter Forget complex charts and guesswork. Keith Kaplan's firm TradeSmith spent $17 million on AI tools and research. They've built a system that ranks every stock in the S&P 500, and narrows everything down to just five names. All you do is buy five stocks, then hold them for a month. This simple strategy could make you 1,000% on your money. Buy these five stocks to potentially 1000% your money » - A sponsored message from TradeSmith -       HEADLINES America’s Multi-Trillion Dollar AI Buildout Is on the Ballot—And Wall St. Is Watching Investors are watching races in key states for pushback against the AI infrastructure build-out. Apple Forecast Disappoints Investors Apple delivered a forecast for the holiday period that topped Wall Street estimates, even as it failed to impress investors who have bid up the shares in recent months. S&P 500 ends down; Apple dips ahead of quarterly report (more) The mid-term races Wall Street and other financial firms are watching (more) Investors gaming out Congress control for spending, AI outlook (more) US voters in a sour economic mood heading into midterm elections (more) Major automakers urge Congress to pass ban on Chinese vehicles (more) US manufacturing strengthens in October, input prices stay high (more) Gas prices likely to drop below $4 a gallon in the next week (more) Oil drops 7% as Iran signals openness to peace talks (more) US automakers push for ban on Chinese vehicle imports (more) Anthropic posts $17B quarterly revenue as losses continue in IPO filing (more) Disney plans thousands of layoffs, targeting 20% cost savings (more) Palantir drops despite boost to annual revenue outlook (more) Alphabet kicks off €6 billion bond sale, tests appetite for tech debt (more) Oracle taps investors for $20B to finance AI expansion (more) SpaceX wants to buy Boost Mobile to compete with AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (more) Marvell to buy Lumentum in $115B deal in AI data-center bet (more) Anthropic investors push for cautious valuation closer to $1.5T (more) Robinhood in 'food fight' for Anthropic IPO retail allocation (more) Buyers circle Mark Walter’s F1 team as he offloads sports assets (more) DEALFLOW M+A | Investments Marvell to acquire Lumentum in $115B all-stock deal Blackstone, Canadian pension funds to invest $3.1B in LNG Canada for Mitsubishi stake Aspen Pharmacare to sell European women’s health product to Ennogen VC Kalshi, a financial exchange and prediction market operator, raised $1B in Series G funding Northwood Space, a shared ground network connecting satellites to Earth, raised $375M in Series C funding Dulo, an AI foundation model for software engineering and technical automation, raised $130M in Seed funding Setara Biosciences, a clinical-stage biotech company leveraging genetics to develop medicines for rare diseases, raised $90M in Series A funding &Truth, a public benefit corporation establishing a foundational standard for provably safe code, raised $70M in Seed funding nPhase, an AI-native clinical data platform, raised $30M in Series D funding SuperMe, an AI-powered expert network platform, raised $20M in funding Pathfinder, a fintech platform supporting families using ESA funds, raised $12M in Series A funding Rotoris, a luxury horology brand, raised approx. $7.4M in Series A funding FinMaq, an equipment financing platform for underserved markets, raised $6.5M in Series A funding Kodiact, an intelligent simulation platform for direct materials sourcing, raised $2.5M in Pre-Seed funding CareLumi, a verification layer platform for healthcare AI, raised $2.5M in Pre-Seed funding Wrapped Health, an AI-native digital infrastructure platform connecting clinical care with consumer health, raised $2.1M in Pre-Seed funding Doughy, a cookie dough brand, raised an undisclosed amount in funding CRYPTO Binance clients pull $4.7B after hack as crypto world studies fallout (more) Brazil’s largest exchange Mercado Bitcoin halts withdrawals after $40M hack (more) Nvidia and Nike lead biggest wave yet of tokenized stock objections (more) BULLISH BITES 🚨 Move your money here before November 30th. * 🇺🇸 Final polls, models and markets see a "blue tsunami." 📊 Stock market after midterm elections: What S&P 500 history shows. 📉 Why tech stocks are being dumped, in one image. ⏰ An iconic Porsche was lost to time. 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