- Stock index futures are all ahead about 0.4% as the dreaded partial government shutdown gets underway.
- Europe's up moderately and Asia was mostly higher overnight.
- The 10-year Treasury yield is up 4 basis points to 2.65%.
- Help is on the way ... Jamie Dimon is headed back to D.C. - not to beg the DOJ for mercy over the large handful of cases pending against the bank - but leading a delegation of bankers to meet with the President to discuss the shutdown and the raising of the debt limit.
- Index ETFs: IVV, SPY, VOO, RWL, SFLA, SSO, UPRO, SDS, SPXU, SH, EPS, RSP, BXUB, BXUC, BXDB, DIA, DDM, UDOW, DXD, SDOW, DOG, QQQ, QQEW, TQQQ, QID, SQQQ, PSQ, QLD, QQQE.