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Week ahead, Oct 19-23: the rest of the tape beyond NFLX/TSLA/META Wednesday Oct 21 after the close is the semi test. Lam Research (LRCX) and Texas Instruments (TXN) both report after the close, alongside Tesla and…
Dell Technologies shares fell 4.6% Friday to $451.71, closing out a 23% weekly loss — the stock's worst week since it relaunched on public markets in 2018, per the Wall Street Journal. The selloff caps a three-day…
Two more analysts trimmed Netflix price targets on Friday ahead of the company's Q3 earnings report on Tuesday, October 20. Wedbush cut its target to $90 from $105 while keeping an outperform rating, and shares fell…
Week ahead: Netflix + Tesla + Meta Q3 earnings — the watchlist triple header. Netflix reports Tuesday Oct 20 after the close (results ~4:01 PM ET / 1:01 PM PT, management interview 4:45 PM ET / 1:45 PM PT). The bar:…
U.S. stocks fell sharply into Friday's close as fears mounted that AI profits will not arrive fast enough to cover the increasingly expensive debt funding the data-center buildout. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.1%…
Weekly Market Brief · October 15, 2026
Stocks closed mixed-to-higher Thursday in a sharp rotation away from AI and tech: the Dow jumped 556 points on strong bank earnings while the Nasdaq barely held gains after opening down more than 1%. The macro story was back-to-back hot inflation prints — Wednesday's 3.7% September CPI followed by Thursday's core PPI surge of 0.7% m/m, the biggest in four years — which has pushed October Fed rate-hike odds sharply higher.
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A 20% drop needs a 25% gain to recover, and a 50% drop needs 100%. Why the math of losing is harsher than the math of winning, and why taking money off the table protects your gains.
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$1,000 invested at birth can grow to about $149,000 by 65. How custodial accounts work, how to legitimately pay your child so they can fund a Roth IRA, and the rules,…
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The “AI will replace enterprise software” narrative misses how large organizations actually work — here’s why platforms are getting more essential, not less.
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If you’ve been watching the headlines since the weekend, you know the world changed on January 3rd. The execution of Operation Absolute Resolve—the U.S. military…
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Everyone knows the story of the California Gold Rush. The people who made the most consistent fortunes weren’t the prospectors panning for gold in the river; it was the…
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Everyone loves to talk about bubbles. It is the favorite pastime of financial pundits, Twitter gurus, and your cautious uncle at Thanksgiving. Right now, the target is…
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If you have ever looked at the stock market and felt like it was a chaotic, rigged game working specifically against you, your instincts aren’t entirely wrong. You…
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As we close the books on a volatile 2025, investors are looking toward 2026 with a mix of cautious optimism and acute anxiety. While the fundamental drivers of the…
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The AI revolution is in full swing, and if you’ve been in the market for the last few years, you’ve likely seen incredible gains in companies like Nvidia, Microsoft, and…
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The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a widely used technical indicator that measures the magnitude of recent price changes to determine overbought or oversold conditions…
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For context, I write this on February 25th 2025 on a day of market turbulence and high level of uncertainty due to in part to threat of tariffs, sticky inflation, and…
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The golden handcuffs refer to the phenomenon where high-paying jobs or lucrative career opportunities become a hindrance to achieving financial independence. While…
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As an investor, I’ve always been drawn to the idea of staying ahead of the curve. While many investors get caught up in the excitement of a particular stock or industry,…
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