(Photo by DOUG KANTER / AFP) (Photo by DOUG KANTER/AFP via Getty Images) Doug Kanter | Afp | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. All three indexes declined for three consecutive months — the first time for the S&P and Dow since March 2020. Even the Magnificent Seven stocks that led most — if not all — the gains in the S&P this year have been struggling in October. But nothing lasts forever: Even cold November rain may wash away the bitter taste of the past three months.

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