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New York National Guard Battalion Mobilizes for Southern Border Mission

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New York Army National Guardsmen assigned to the 204th Engineer Battalion recently took part in mobilization ceremonies for a federal deployment to the southern border.

Directly affected

  • SO SOUTHERN CO+3.9%

    The reported development directly names SOUTHERN CO in the headline; GA resolved that company to SO.

  • SOMN SOUTHERN CO+4.6%

    The reported development directly names SOUTHERN CO in the headline; GA resolved that company to SOMN.

Indirectly affected

  • SPY SPDR S&P 500+1.6%

    The broad U.S. stock market

  • TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond-1.8%

    Long-term U.S. government bonds

  • QQQ Invesco QQQ+2.3%

    Large technology stocks

  • GLD SPDR Gold Shares-3.3%

    Gold can move with the broad market

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
SO-3.61%-2.61%base-0.20%+2.01%-0.10%+1.50%
SOMN-1.98%-1.26%base+0.40%+2.82%+1.13%+2.34%
SPY+0.55%+1.09%base+0.28%-0.82%-0.40%-0.07%
TLT-1.29%-1.08%base+1.41%+1.46%+0.74%+1.57%
QQQ+2.54%+2.33%base-0.11%-2.63%-1.46%-1.62%
GLD+0.71%+1.65%base+1.78%+1.61%+0.98%+0.45%

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

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New York Army National Guardsmen assigned to the 204th Engineer Battalion recently took part in mobilization ceremonies for a federal deployment to the southern border.

Source: U.S. Department of Defense

How far Southern (SO) has moved since 22 Oct 2026

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
GLDthat day+1.78%final price
GLDthe next day+1.61%final price
GLDtwo days later+0.98%final price
GLDthree days later+0.45%final price
GLDthree days earlier+1.65%final price
GLDfive days earlier+0.71%final price
QQQthat day-0.11%final price
QQQthe next day-2.63%final price
QQQtwo days later-1.46%final price
QQQthree days later-1.62%final price
QQQthree days earlier+2.33%final price
QQQfive days earlier+2.54%final price
Southern (SO)that day-0.20%final price
Southern (SO)the next day+2.01%final price
Southern (SO)two days later-0.10%final price
Southern (SO)three days later+1.50%final price
Southern (SO)three days earlier-2.61%final price
Southern (SO)five days earlier-3.61%final price
Southern (SOMN)that day+0.40%final price
Southern (SOMN)the next day+2.82%final price
Southern (SOMN)two days later+1.13%final price
Southern (SOMN)three days later+2.34%final price
Southern (SOMN)three days earlier-1.26%final price
Southern (SOMN)five days earlier-1.98%final price
SPYthat day+0.28%final price
SPYthe next day-0.82%final price
SPYtwo days later-0.40%final price
SPYthree days later-0.07%final price
SPYthree days earlier+1.09%final price
SPYfive days earlier+0.55%final price
TLTthat day+1.41%final price
TLTthe next day+1.46%final price
TLTtwo days later+0.74%final price
TLTthree days later+1.57%final price
TLTthree days earlier-1.08%final price
TLTfive days earlier-1.29%final price

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Companies mentioned with this story

  • SO Southern

    Southern (SO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 22 Oct 2026 story “New York National Guard Battalion Mobilizes for Southern Border Mission.” Reason on file: The reported development directly names SOUTHERN CO in the headline; GA resolved that company to SO

  • SOMN Southern

    For “New York National Guard Battalion Mobilizes for Southern Border Mission,” Southern (SOMN) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: The reported development directly names SOUTHERN CO in the headline; GA resolved that company to SOMN

This story

The 22 Oct 2026 story “New York National Guard Battalion Mobilizes for Southern Border Mission” names Southern (SO) because of this story.

What ties Southern (SO) to the headline is this: The reported development directly names SOUTHERN CO in the headline; GA resolved that company to SO

Southern (SOMN) is here too. Its reason reads: The reported development directly names SOUTHERN CO in the headline; GA resolved that company to SOMN

Dates in the story, and the Southern (SO) price range

SO traded between 81.76 and 91.22 across 19 sessions. The latest close on file is 90.40. SOMN traded between 44.82 and 48.24 across 10 sessions. The latest close on file is 47.95.

This story

38 out of 100

“New York National Guard Battalion Mobilizes for Southern Border Mission” scores 38 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, a +2.83% difference versus the S&P 500 (SPY), and 2 linked companies.