AEGIS Weekend Letter · Sat Oct 17, 2026 · Public edition
TODAY'S MARKET
Market state: trend (since Sep 25) · sentiment cool (Fear & Greed 32) · VIX 16.1 · valuation CAPE 41.0
earnings within 2 sessions FITB, STLD, WRB, CB, COF, EFX, GE, GM (21 in all)
CANDIDATES (ENTRY AT THE OCT 19 CLOSE)
THIS WEEK (VS SPY)
3 candidate windows closed this week: 1 beat SPY, 2 lagged, median -7.9%.
RISK FLAGS
Planned insider sales (Form 144) 11: AIG $40.3M (Director) · MA $2.7M (Officer) · CRWD $2.4M (Director) (+8 more)
News risk ≥7/10: BAC 8/10 — Bank of America fined $1.2 billion by Treasury Department for violatin | AAPL 7/10 — Amazon class action lawsuit claims Apple deal inflated iPad buy box pr
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