HERO OF THE IRON DOME "Aviya Genut, 22, from Tzufim, was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on #October7#. During her mandatory army service, she served as an instructor on the Iron Dome battery, and after she finished, she worked as a waitress to save up money for a trip. Her aunt, Yael, was just a few years older than Aviya and the pair would call each other “half,” as shorthand for “my other half.” “A ray of sunshine in the body of a person,” she wrote on Instagram. “You would connect to other people within seconds, you drew people together, you were so alive, dancing with happiness, your presence was so felt. It was impossible to miss you when you entered a room… I will always remember your huge smile and your joy. My heart is burning. Now I have been left just a half.” Her paternal grandmother, Noga, wrote on Facebook a day before her funeral to “my Aviya, beloved, diligent, with a lust for life… How will we say goodbye to you? How will we not see you anymore? We received a gift for 22.6 years, and tomorrow we will give it back. Tomorrow, God will heal your wounds, and we will cry and cry, and we will die from the sadness and pain.” At her funeral, her mother, Yifat, noted that she was born right before Pesach, and killed on Simhat Torah: “We always said that you had a lofty soul,” she said, pointing out that they learned of her death on Shabbat Bereishit, the Shabbat where they read the first book of the Torah, but “we don’t want to start from the beginning [Bereishit] without you." May her memory be a blessing. Source: Times of Israel

October 7 didn’t end on October 7. ​Bar Asraf was 30 years old. He didn’t die in the dust at Re’im in 2023. He died this past Saturday, lying on the grave of his childhood soulmate, Liron Barda—the brave young woman who stayed behind at the Nova festival to tend to the wounded until her last breath. ​For nearly three years, Bar carried her in his heart, in his skin, and in a grief too heavy for this earth to hold. He survived the bullets, but he could not survive the quiet that followed. ​They call people like Bar “first-and-a-half-degree victims”—those who lived the horror in real-time through frantic calls, final texts, and the unbearable agony of being miles away while their world burned. The physical massacre lasted hours. The invisible one is still happening. ​The graves are still filling with those killed by the delay. Time hasn’t healed these wounds; it has only made the silence louder. ​We could not save Liron. We could not save Bar. But we can refuse to look away from those who are still drowning in the aftermath. ​If you carry the weight of October 7—if you survived, if you loved someone who didn't, or if you are simply crushed by the secondary trauma—please know your pain is real, and you do not have to carry it alone. ​💔 Reach out. Break the silence. Be the lifeline. ​In Israel: Call ERAN’s 24/7 emotional crisis hotline at 1201. ​Support Survivors & Communities: Get involved with @magbitla to support ongoing relief, or turn to organizations like SafeHeart (@safeheartil) and Tribe of Nova providing vital long-term mental health care to thousands fighting invisible battles every day. ​Check on your people today. A simple "I'm here, no pressure" can save a life. ​May Bar and Liron finally be together in peace. May their memories be a revolution of care. 🕯️🕊️ ​#October7# #NovaFestival# #SafeHeart# #MagbitLA# #MentalHealthAwareness#

OCTOBER CPI COMES IN HOTTER THAN EXPECTED: - Headline at 0.4% MoM vs 0.3% expected - Core at 0.3% MoM vs 0.2% expected We don’t get YoY because of the government shutdown last year. Shelter was up and accounted for 30% of the increase. December rate hike odds now 98.8%.

OCTOBER CPI COMES IN HOTTER THAN EXPECTED: - Headline at 0.4% MoM vs 0.3% expected - Core at 0.3% MoM vs 0.2% expected We don’t get YoY because of the government shutdown last year. Shelter was up and accounted for 30% of the increase. October rate hike odds now 98.8%.

OCTOBER NON FARM PAYROLLS: - 165K jobs vs 70K expected - 4.1% unemployment rate vs 4.2% expected Great report, but might make the case for the Fed to hike if they think the labor market being this good is only going to keep inflation sticky.

October marked the largest active unwinding of positions at stock-picking hedge funds in over a decade, with their market exposure down about 9% since June: Morgan Stanley. More than 40% of stock-picking funds were flat or negative this year through October.