10 most important stories for Tuesday morning

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A daily morning look at the financial stories you need to know to start the day

STOCKS/ECONOMY

-Stock futures are modestly higher after briefly being up more than 100 points. Investors seem to think Hillary Clinton won the debate last night vs. Donald Trump, which pushed the futures higher initially. We get the Case-Shiller home price data later this morning.

ELECTION

-Most political pundits believe Clinton won the debate, but not definitively enough to take Trump out of the running. Most of the unscientific online polls show Trump was the winner.

-Today's LA Times/USC poll shows Trump leading Clinton by 3.5 points.