The Federal Reserve kicked off its October meeting today. The central bank is expected to cut interest rates by another quarter percent and could announce a timetable to end the balance sheet reduction.

After opening the day higher, the benchmark indices continued their downward momentum and ended the session in the red.

Conagra has paid variable quarterly dividends since September 1989. The current forward-looking annual dividend of $1.40 yields 7.61% as of Monday’s share price.

As the government shutdown drags on, the data drought follows, which makes betting markets all the more useful for gauging sentiment on the macro outlook.

Palantir Technologies approaches its 52-week high following significant AI partnerships and successful defense demonstrations, attracting market interest ahead of an upcoming earnings report.

The Dow broke above the resistance of 46700 last week and managed to add more gains on the price gap this week.