The matrix's remaining row is the 10-year Treasury yield: its move prints as words — back below 5% — and is charted in the reprieve panel below.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| S&P 500 | -0.30% |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | -0.25% |
| Nasdaq Composite | -1.38% |
| Russell 2000 (smaller companies) | +1.01% |
| VIX (fear gauge) | +1.00% |
| U.S. crude (WTI) | -0.76% |
| Brent crude | -0.38% |
| Natural gas (December contract) | -2.64% |
| Gold (December contract) | -0.50% |
Source: Power & Grid edition, Oct 30 — 60-Second Regime Matrix table, moves as printed.
Thursday's close slipped back below 5% — seven basis points under Wednesday's 5.05% close, as the edition prints the move. One close is a reprieve, not a regime change: the edition's own words.
Compare note: in the Against the line view, bars that fall short of 5.05% — Wednesday's close, the reprieve line are dimmed; every figure is unchanged.
YOUR ARITHMETIC — the two closes and the reprieve line above are the desk's, as printed. Dial in YOUR OWN yield and stand it against the printed line; the figure you choose is your hypothetical, not the desk's.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| Wednesday close | 5.05% |
| Thursday close | 4.98% |
Source: Power & Grid edition, Oct 30 — the attention card and the Macro Vector, closes as printed.
The week's build printed 80 billion cubic feet against a 75 billion forecast — the fuller cushion is why December gas settled at $2.952, down 2.64%, as the edition tells it.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| Five-year average → storage now (Bcf) | 3,686 billion → 3,724 billion |
Source: Power & Grid edition, Oct 30 — the winter-gas attention card and the Dispersion gas passage, as printed.
All three beat consensus — the beats came from investment recovery, weather and efficiency, in that order of durability, as the edition's own attention card frames them. WEC's consensus prints in the edition as 98-cent; its bar stands at that figure.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| Xcel Energy | $1.52 |
| WEC Energy | $1.18 |
| Edison International — core | $1.92 |
| Xcel Energy | $1.39 |
| WEC Energy | 98-cent |
| Edison International — core | $1.83 |
Source: Power & Grid edition, Oct 30 — Dispersion & Anomalies, reported and consensus earnings per share as printed.
Narrowed by Xcel for this year, raised by WEC, reaffirmed by Edison — and Exelon's line is the one today's call is judged on, as the edition frames it.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| Xcel Energy — 2026 guide, narrowed | $4.10–$4.16 |
| Xcel Energy — 2027 guide | $4.48–$4.62 |
| WEC Energy — 2026 guide, raised | $5.60–$5.64 |
| Edison International — 2026 guide, reaffirmed | $5.90–$6.20 |
| Exelon — full-year guide | $2.81–$2.91 |
Source: Power & Grid edition, Oct 30 — guidance lines as printed in Dispersion & Anomalies and the Exelon watch.
Consensus revenue prints beside the profit lines in the edition — Dominion $4.74 billion, Exelon $6.87 billion — and Dominion's contracted data-center total, last reported at 53.8 gigawatts, is the figure the morning is decided on, not the profit line.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| Dominion Energy — consensus, before the open | $1.21 |
| Exelon — consensus, call at 10:00 a.m. | 80 cents |
Source: Power & Grid edition, Oct 30 — Tactical Asymmetry, the day's consensus lines as printed.
Four different measures on one percent axis — third-quarter growth, inflation from a year earlier on the Fed's preferred gauge and its headline twin, and the expected quarterly rise in employment costs. Traders put about an 80% chance on a December hike: a market price, carried in words, not plotted.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| GDP growth — third quarter | 3.4% |
| Headline PCE — from a year earlier | 3.6% |
| Core PCE — from a year earlier | 3.1% |
| Employment costs — expected rise, today | +0.8% |
Source: Power & Grid edition, Oct 30 — the Regime Matrix passage and the Macro Vector, as printed.