Tuesday, October 1st, 2024We start a new trading day quietly, albeit at record-high levels on the blue-chip Dow and S&P 500 indexes. We’re lower at this hour, but unconvincingly so: the Dow is -121 points, -0.28%, the S&P -0.11%, the Nasdaq -0.02% and the small-cap Russell 2000 is at -0.15%. But we may expect a turnaround based on favorable data after the opening bell (should it actually be favorable).September Manufacturing Data On DeckBoth ISM Manufacturing and final S&P Manufacturing PMI reports are out ...