10 things you need to know before the opening bell (SPY, SPX, QQQ, DIA, SNAP, TSLA)

Here is what you need to know. Congress just reached the mother of all budget deals of the Trump era. The bipartisan deal, announced by Senate leaders on Wednesday, is expected to increase defense and domestic spending by just under $300 billion over two years as well as provide billions of additional dollars in disaster-relief funding. Congress must pass a funding bill by the end of Thursday to avoid a government shutdown. One of the biggest narratives behind why the stock market...