The only two close matches are 1955 and 1989. A year later, they were nothing alike.

In October 2026, the financially motivated threat actor Storm-3358 began targeting organizations in the financial sector using the agentic AI offensive framework ARTEX.

The market needs domestic earnings to deliver. The risk-reward has improved meaningfully, but the confirmation will come from earnings, not US elections, said Rishabh Nahar of Qode Advisors.