Marcin Frąckiewicz

Key Facts: Deckers Brands (NYSE: DECK) closed around $90.50 on Oct. 24, 2025, down ~14% on the day after the company gave softer guidancebenzinga.cominvestopedia.com. In its Oct. 23 earnings release, Deckers reported 2Q FY2026 revenue of $1.43 billion (up 9%) and EPS of $1.82 (up 14%), beating consensusinvestopedia.com. Management reiterated full-year sales of ~$5.35 billion (down from Street’s ~$5.45B estimate) and EPS guidance of $6.30–$6.39benzinga.cominvestopedia.com. Shares tumbled Friday to lead market decliners after CEO Stefano Caroti warned that U.S. consumers may turn “cautious” in the face of rising tariffs and pricesinvestopedia.cominvestopedia.com. Analysts immediately cut targets: for example, Needham cut its 12‑month target

In-depth Report: Congress faces a critical deadline as continuing resolutions lapse and a partial government shutdown extends into its fourth weektheatlantic.comreuters.com. On Oct. 23, Senate Democrats blocked a short-term funding bill that would have guaranteed federal pay, arguing it lacked needed protections (for example, extensions of expiring health subsidies). Republicans counter that Democrats are effectively instigating the shutdown by demanding policy concessionstheatlantic.comreuters.com. As Princeton historian Julian Zelizer notes, “Trump is using a shutdown to prioritize pay to a subset of workers” – a novel tactic that Republicans now echoreuters.com. The Senate vote failure (and a similar House impasse) sets the