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Economy

Stock Market

The S&P 500 is near 7,743 and the VIX is around 14-16, indicating low volatility with no market-wide circuit breakers triggered in 2026.
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Why this is rated unknown

VIX closed at 14.21 on 2026-09-22 (FRED) and Cboe showed 16.22 intraday on 2026-09-28, both below the 25 threshold for elevated status. No market-wide circuit breakers have triggered in 2026 per SEC press releases. S&P 500 closed at 7,743.41 on 2026-09-25.

Unknown: Data is missing, delayed, or too stale to assess. Methodology

About this area

Equity markets reflect investor expectations about corporate earnings and the broader economy. This page tracks broad indexes, volatility, and market-structure events such as trading halts. The S&P 500 has traded in a narrow range in recent sessions, and implied volatility remains subdued.

Indicators

Latest readings. Changes are shown without judgment of whether up or down is better.

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S&P 500

Daily closing price of the S&P 500 index, a gauge of large-cap U.S. equities covering 500 leading companies.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis		7,743

VIX volatility index

Expected 30-day volatility of the S&P 500. Readings above 30 generally indicate market stress.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis		14.2

Market-wide circuit breakers (YTD)

Number of market-wide trading halts triggered by price declines in 2026.

Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission		0events

Charts

S&P 5007,743
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
VIX volatility index14.2
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Timeline of developments

  1. SEC reports increased IPO and follow-on offering activity in H1 2026 (opens original release)

    SEC DERA statistics show 208 IPOs raising over $137 billion in the first half of 2026, up from 180 IPOs raising over $27 billion in H1 2025. Follow-on offerings also increased to 557 raising over $111 billion.

    Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Sources and citations

  1. 1.
    S&P 500 (SP500)

    Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Accessed Sep 28, 2026.

  2. 2.
    CBOE Volatility Index: VIX (VIXCLS)

    Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Accessed Sep 28, 2026.

  3. 3.
    VIX Index

    Cboe Global Markets. Accessed Sep 27, 2026.

  4. 4.
    SEC press releases

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Accessed Sep 27, 2026.

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