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Marcin Frąckiewicz

CEO of TS2 Space and founder of TS2.tech. Expert in satellites, telecommunications, and emerging technologies, covering trends in space, AI, and connectivity.

Gold Soars Past $4,000 for the First Time – Inside the Historic Rally and What’s Next

Gold Prices Rally to New Records in Early October 2025

Gold prices surged in early October 2025, repeatedly hitting new all-time highs above $4,000 per ounce as investors sought safe-haven assets amid mounting global uncertainty. From October 1 to 11, the gold spot price climbed steadily (London PM fix and New York futures both setting records), with U.S. December futures briefly topping the $4,000 mark on October 7 and again on October 10reuters.comreuters.com. After a strong rally in late September, spot gold accelerated into October – for example, futures soared to $4,014.6 on October 7reuters.com and to $4,059.05 on October 8reuters.com. When profit-taking and easing volatility entered on Oct. 9
11 October 2025
Trump’s Tariff Tsunami: 100% Drug Tax and New Import Levies Rock Global Trade

Trump’s Shutdown Showdown: Troops Promised Pay as Thousands of Feds Face Layoffs

Political Blame and Messaging Each side blames the other. President Trump accuses Democrats of holding the military “HOSTAGE with their dangerous Government shutdown,” and vows “we will not allow” the troops to go unpaidreuters.com. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer retorts that Republicans are the ones “feeling the heat” for causing the shutdownfederalnewsnetwork.com. Near the Capitol, union leader Randy Erwin (National Fed. of Fed. Employees) put it plainly: “Congress, do your damn job,” he told reportersfederalnewsnetwork.com. Democrats accuse House Republicans of unnecessarily dragging out the funding stalemate, while Republicans say Senate Democrats refuse to fund the government without new policy demands.
11 October 2025
Live Like 007: £3M “Skyfall” Mansion Packed with Bond Memorabilia Hits the Market

Live Like 007: £3M “Skyfall” Mansion Packed with Bond Memorabilia Hits the Market

A Bond-Packed Palace: “Skyfall” Estate Goes On Sale Agents tout Skyfall as “truly breathtaking and completely unique”rightmove.co.uk. Every corner is themed – even a silver Aston Martin-style sculpture adorns the entrance. The six-bed villa was carefully renovated by its owners with attention to Bond lore (led by late designer Jamie Hempsall)jamesbondlifestyle.com. The Telegraph noted Skyfall’s turreted, fairy-tale appearancejamesbondlifestyle.com, and local folklore (incorrectly) linked it to actor Rowan Atkinson. Now it’s officially on the market for offers above £2,950,000rightmove.co.uk (reports round up to “£3 million”magzter.com). Inside, Bond fans will be in heaven. The library displays rare Aston Martin DB5 blueprintsjamesbondlifestyle.com. A curved chimney in the games
11 October 2025
Tariffs Fail to Derail European Stock Rally as Markets Bounce Back

Wall Street Braces as Big Bank Earnings Kick Off: Are Markets in for a Surprise?

Banks Kick Off Earnings Season Amid Data Fog With traditional economic reports on hold due to the U.S. government shutdown, Wall Street is zeroing in on banks’ third-quarter results as a proxy for the economy’s pulse. Reuters notes that “investors will look to major banks’ quarterly earnings” to gauge growth, since other data have been interruptedreuters.com. Indeed, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and Citigroup are scheduled to unveil results this Tuesday (Oct. 14), followed by Bank of America and Morgan Stanley on Wednesdayreuters.com. This cluster of big-bank reports effectively kicks off earnings season. Jim Cramer and other analysts have highlighted these financial results as especially important given the lack of fresh jobs
11 October 2025
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Rolex Price “Crash”? Experts Say It’s Just a Healthy Correction

Rolex Price “Crash”? Experts Say It’s Just a Healthy Correction

Post-Boom Reality Check: Why Prices Are Falling During the COVID lockdown and recovery (2020–22), Rolex prices on the secondary market soared to unprecedented highs. Super-rare models were trading at multiples of retail (for example, the Tiffany Blue Oyster Perpetual jumped from ~$5K retail to £30K usedinkl.com). This “mania” phase saw average Rolex values nearly double in just two yearsquillandpad.com. However, that bubble has now burst. By late 2023 and into 2024, dealers saw more and more unsold inventory and declining bids. As the IBTimes report explains, as soon as sellers started undercutting each other, prices for common models (like the Submariner or GMT‑Master II) fell
11 October 2025
Strive’s Bitcoin Bonanza: $1.3B Merger, 11K BTC and a Wild Stock Ride

Strive’s Bitcoin Bonanza: $1.3B Merger, 11K BTC and a Wild Stock Ride

Overview of Strive and Its Role: Strive Asset Management began as an ETF issuer and anti-ESG investment firm (co-founded by Ramaswamy in 2022)etf.comglobenewswire.com. In 2025 it transformed into a dedicated Bitcoin-treasury company. Strive’s business is to raise capital (through equity/debt) and convert it into Bitcoin holdings. The company uses a “preferred equity only” leverage model (no debt) to accumulate cryptoglobenewswire.com. By merger and acquisitions, Strive aims to become a large public company that simply hoards Bitcoin. Its own COO calls this building a “scaled, innovative and accretive Bitcoin acquisition platform”globenewswire.com. In practice, Strive is effectively a corporatized Bitcoin ETF: shareholders
11 October 2025
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Visa (V) Stock Poised for a Surge? Crypto Pilot and Travel Deals Fuel Optimism

Visa (V) Stock Poised for a Surge? Crypto Pilot and Travel Deals Fuel Optimism

Stock Price and Recent Performance Visa trades under the ticker V on the NYSE. After markets closed on Friday, Oct 10, 2025, Visa was about $343.65investor.visa.com per share, down ~$3 (roughly 1%) on the day. (Its intraday range was roughly $343–$350.) Earlier in the week, the stock dipped to a new 2025 low when the DOJ antitrust news brokeainvest.com. Year-to-date (Jan–Oct 2025), Visa’s stock is up on the order of 10–12%. For context, Reuters reported that by late July Visa was up ~13% for the year, versus +8% for Mastercard and –10% for AmExreuters.com. By late July, Visa’s price gains
11 October 2025
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AbbVie Stock Skyrocketing? Analysts Say This $230 Biotech Giant Is Just Getting Started

AbbVie Stock Skyrocketing? Analysts Say This $230 Biotech Giant Is Just Getting Started

Stock Performance & Recent Trends AbbVie’s stock closed at $230.88 on Oct. 10, 2025marketbeat.com. Over the prior five trading days it moved modestly: Oct. 7: $232.83; Oct. 8: $231.24; Oct. 9: $230.69; Oct. 10: $230.50investing.com. Notably, on Sept. 30 ABBV hit a 52-week high around $244.8, buoyed by regulatory filings and a sector-wide rally. From that late-September peak it has pulled back into the low-$230s as investors digest upcoming FDA news. On Oct. 1 the entire pharma sector rallied (+5% in Europe) after Pfizer announced a U.S. drug-pricing dealreuters.com; AbbVie’s shares jumped ~6–8% that day as well. Technicals (50-day MA ≈ $214; 200-day MA ≈ $197) remain
11 October 2025
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AstraZeneca (AZN) Stock Skyrockets: $50B U.S. Gamble, Trump Pricing Deal & Analyst Forecasts

AstraZeneca (AZN) Stock Skyrockets: $50B U.S. Gamble, Trump Pricing Deal & Analyst Forecasts

Company Background AstraZeneca PLC is a leading Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant specializing in oncology, respiratory, cardiovascular/metabolic, and rare disease medicinesmarketbeat.comastrazeneca.com. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, it maintains primary listings on the London Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stockholm, with secondary ADR trading in the U.S.astrazeneca.com. The company was formed in 1999 by merging Sweden’s Astra AB and the UK’s Zeneca. Its 2024 revenues were $54.07 billionastrazeneca.com, driven by top-selling drugs like Tagrisso (lung cancer), Lynparza (ovarian cancer), Farxiga (diabetes), and Symbicort (asthma)marketbeat.com. In its 2024 Annual Report, AZN describes itself as “a global, science-led, patient-focused pharmaceutical business” and targets $80B in sales by 2030
11 October 2025
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Pinterest Stock Takes on Gen Z: Is PINS the Next AI-Powered Shopping Juggernaut?

Pinterest Stock Takes on Gen Z: Is PINS the Next AI-Powered Shopping Juggernaut?

Overview – Company & Business Model Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE:PINS) is a visual search and discovery platform launched in 2010investor.pinterestinc.com. Users (“pinners”) browse and save image-based “Pins” on topics from fashion and home decor to recipes and travel, often linking to products or content. The site’s tagline – “where people discover new ideas, plan and shop” – reflects its e-commerce focus. Pinterest has over half a billion MAUs globally (578M in Q2’25)investor.pinterestinc.com; two-thirds of users are women, and more than 50% now are Gen Zinvestor.pinterestinc.com. Crucially, Pinterest is free to users and monetizes almost exclusively through ads. Advertisers buy Promoted Pins, search
11 October 2025
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CNQ Stock Skyrocketing? Oil Rally, 25-Year Dividends & Expert Forecasts (Oct 2025)

CNQ Stock Skyrocketing? Oil Rally, 25-Year Dividends & Expert Forecasts (Oct 2025)

CNQ Stock Price & Recent Performance CNQ’s stock has climbed in recent weeks. The TSX-listed share reached ~C$45.55 on Oct 9simplywall.st (about $31.40 on NYSE). This is near its 3-year high (∼C$48), though still below the 2023 peak (~C$52). Over the last week it gained ~3%simplywall.st, driven by a bounce in oil prices and positive sentiment. For context, CNQ is up ~45% over 3 years and nearly +400% over 5 yearssimplywall.st, illustrating its strong long-term return. In intraday action on Oct 10, CNQ did fall (~4%) on heavy volume, partly reflecting a broad market selloffoilprice.comand some specific worries (see below). However,
11 October 2025
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Is Duke Energy (DUK) Poised to Soar? Top 5 Things Investors Need to Know

Is Duke Energy (DUK) Poised to Soar? Top 5 Things Investors Need to Know

Stock Price and Recent Performance As of the Oct 10 close, Duke Energy trades around $127. It has rallied from the mid-$110s over the past few months and hit a 2025 high after the Oct 10 sessionainvest.com. Trading volume has been moderate. Over the last week it is up a few percent, building on solid gains in early October. In the past five years DUK returned ~+62%simplywall.st, handily outperforming the S&P 500 Utilities sector. Duke’s stability and dividend yield have made it attractive: investors “have been leaning into reliable utility stocks amid broader uncertainty,” boosting Duke’s share price as noted by Simply Wall Stsimplywall.st. Looking
11 October 2025
3M Stock Set to Soar! PFAS Settlement and Dividends Spark Rally (Oct 2025)

3M Stock Set to Soar! PFAS Settlement and Dividends Spark Rally (Oct 2025)

Stock Price & Recent Performance 3M’s stock has been trading in the low-to-mid $150s this autumn. As of Oct 10, 2025, it closed near $148.75tradingview.com. That day’s drop (~–2.7%) came amid broad market pullback. Over the past week MMM has slid roughly –6.4%tradingview.com, reversing part of its earlier gains. (Year-to-date MMM was up ~10.6%tradingview.com, roughly in line with the S&P 500.) The 52-week trading range is about $122–$164, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages near $154 and $149 respectivelymarketbeat.com. Technical indicators show MMM recently lost some momentum. Chart analysis highlights a support zone around $146–147 and resistance near $156–167. For example, AI-driven signals mark current support
11 October 2025
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Merck (MRK) Stock Could Skyrocket: Key Drug Approvals & Analyst Targets Unveiled

Merck (MRK) Stock Could Skyrocket: Key Drug Approvals & Analyst Targets Unveiled

Metric Merck (MRK) Last Price (10/10/25) $86.02marketbeat.com Market Cap $215Bmarketbeat.com P/E (TTM) ~13×marketbeat.com Yield 3.8%marketbeat.com 52-Week Range $73.31 – $111.58marketbeat.com YTD Total Return -11.07%financecharts.com Q2 2025 Sales $15.8Binvesting.com 2024 Sales $64.2Bmerck.com 2024 R&D Spend $17.9Bmerck.com Analyst PT (avg) $104 (12-mo)marketbeat.com Consensus Rating Holdmarketbeat.com Company Overview Merck & Co. (MRK, called MSD outside North America) is a global healthcare company (75,000 employeesmerck.com) organized in Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines and Animal Health. It focuses on oncology/immunology, infectious disease (including vaccines), cardio-metabolic, and hospital specialty medicinesmerck.com. Its blockbuster product KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) – a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor – has driven Merck’s growth, accounting for >50% of pharma sales in
11 October 2025
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Coca-Cola (KO) Stock: 7 Surprising Facts You Need to Know (Oct 11, 2025)

Coca-Cola (KO) Stock: 7 Surprising Facts You Need to Know (Oct 11, 2025)

Figure: A Coca-Cola distribution truck in downtown Los Angeles (2018). The company’s products are delivered globally. Coke sells roughly 2 billion servings per day (over 700 million ounces) worldwide. It is a Dow-30 component and one of the largest non-alcoholic beverage companies. In emerging markets, KO often drives growth (e.g. Coca-Cola and local brands like Thums Up achieved double-digit volume growth in Indiainvestors.coca-colacompany.com). Figure: Coca-Cola products (Coke, Sprite, etc.) on the shelf of a Sarajevo supermarket (Bosnia, 2024). The brand’s retail presence spans countless stores globally. Sources: Authoritative analyses and news (Reuters, MarketBeat, SimplyWallSt, TS2.Tech, Motley Fool, etc.) have been used throughout this report to
11 October 2025
Gold $4K vs Bitcoin $125K: Inside the Epic 2025 Safe-Haven Showdown

Gold $4,000 vs Bitcoin $125,000 – Inside 2025’s Epic Safe-Haven Showdown

2025 Record Highs: Bitcoin and Gold Surge Together Both marquee inflation hedges soared to unprecedented heights in 2025, fueled by economic uncertainty. Gold’s ascent has been historic. By October 8, gold breached the $4,000/oz barrier for the first time ever, peaking around $4,078 intradayts2.tech. To put this in perspective, gold began the year near $2,800 and then rocketed almost 50% in under a yearts2.tech. Even after a slight pullback from its peak, the metal was hovering around the $4,000 level as of October 10ts2.tech. This rally vastly outpaced equities (the S&P 500 was up only ~15% YTD)ts2.tech, underscoring how exceptional gold’s run has been. Investors worldwide
11 October 2025
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Bitcoin $125K, Gold $4K, Silver $50 – Inside 2025’s Epic Safe-Haven Showdown

Bitcoin $125K, Gold $4K, Silver $50 – Inside 2025’s Epic Safe-Haven Showdown

Current Market Snapshot (Oct 2025) As of mid-October 2025, both cryptocurrencies and precious metals are trading near historic highs after an extraordinary rally this year. Bitcoin – the leading cryptocurrency – spiked above $125,000 in early October, marking a new record hights2.tech. It has since pulled back slightly, hovering in the low $120K rangets2.tech. Ethereum, the second-largest crypto, similarly surged to about $4,753 (within ~7% of its all-time peak around $4,946) before a sharp correction brought it back near $4,000 by October 10ts2.tech. In the precious metals camp, gold broke above $4,000 per ounce for the first time ever on October 8, 2025, peaking around $4,059–4,078/ozts2.techts2.tech. After a mild pullback, gold
11 October 2025
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XRP vs Bitcoin – The Ultimate 2025 Price Showdown (New Highs, Legal Wins & Bold Forecasts)

Bitcoin vs XRP Price Showdown: Record Highs, Flash Crashes & Bold Forecasts in October 2025

Bitcoin and XRP at a Glance – October 2025 Both Bitcoin (BTC) and XRP have seen impressive gains in 2025, but also extreme volatility in recent days. Year-to-date, Bitcoin is up roughly 30% and recently shattered its 2021 record high, while XRP is up about 35–40% and reached levels not seen since its 2018 peakts2.techts2.tech. In fact, XRP’s price in October 2025 is over 440% higher than this time last year (around $0.50 in Oct 2024)ts2.tech – a testament to how far it has rallied following Ripple’s legal wins. As of October 11, 2025, Bitcoin trades around $110K–$115K per coin and XRP around $2.80, after both partially recovered from a sharp dipts2.techts2.tech.
11 October 2025
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Rare Earth Shockwave: China’s Metal Curbs Jolt Tech Industry as Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs

Rare Earth Shockwave: China’s Metal Curbs Jolt Tech Industry as Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs

China’s Rare Earth Bombshell: What Happened? On October 9, Beijing dropped a bombshell announcement that sent tremors through the global tech and manufacturing sectors. China’s Ministry of Commerce unveiled new export controls on rare earth elements, vastly expanding an earlier round of curbs from Aprilreuters.comreuters.com. Five additional rare-earth metals – holmium, erbium, thulium, europium, and ytterbium – were added to China’s restricted list, which already included seven key rare earths from prior controlsts2.techreuters.com. In effect, 12 out of the 17 rare-earth elements are now subject to Chinese export licensing and quotas, covering well over half of the rare-earth periodic tablets2.tech. These metals might sound obscure, but
11 October 2025
OpenAI’s DevDay Bombshells: No-Code AgentKit, ChatGPT App Store & Jony Ive’s AI Vision

OpenAI’s $1 Trillion AI Takeover: Why Silicon Valley Is in Awe—and on Edge

OpenAI’s Breakneck Ambition and $1 Trillion Power Play In 2025, OpenAI has moved from leading the AI research pack to redefining the tech industry’s power structure. The company’s recent deals are unprecedented in scale – Altman’s startup has lined up nearly $1 trillion worth of silicon, cloud, and partnerships to fuel its visionbusinessinsider.com. This includes massive orders of cutting-edge chips and data center capacity aimed at one goal: making OpenAI’s AI the underlying platform “for everyone”stratechery.com. Observers note that OpenAI’s strategy resembles Microsoft’s Windows playbook in the PC erastratechery.com. Just as Windows once sat atop an ecosystem of hardware makers and software developers, OpenAI wants its AI
11 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

Eli Lilly stock pops as FDA targets cheap weight-loss copycats — what to know before Monday

Eli Lilly stock pops as FDA targets cheap weight-loss copycats — what to know before Monday

7 February 2026
Eli Lilly shares rose 3.7% to $1,058.18 Friday after the FDA said it would act against telehealth firm Hims & Hers for marketing a $49 compounded weight-loss pill. The move followed a sharp selloff Thursday when Hims announced plans to sell a version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy. Investors remain uncertain how aggressively regulators will police copycat drugs and pricing in the obesity drug market.
Saudi Aramco share price set for Sunday test after Tadawul ends market-making deal

Saudi Aramco share price set for Sunday test after Tadawul ends market-making deal

7 February 2026
Saudi Exchange approved Merrill Lynch KSA’s exit as market maker for Saudi Aramco, effective Feb. 8. Aramco shares closed at 25.60 riyals Thursday, down 0.06, with 22.1 million traded. The Tadawul index fell 1.3% as Brent crude dropped to $67.93. Aramco set March official selling prices at $2.10 above Argus for North America and $0.65 above ICE Brent for Western Europe.
Meta stock ends week down about 6% as Wall Street fixates on $135 billion AI capex

Meta stock ends week down about 6% as Wall Street fixates on $135 billion AI capex

7 February 2026
Meta closed down 1.3% Friday at $661.46, capping a 6.4% weekly drop as investors questioned heavy AI spending. Amazon and Alphabet also fell after outlining major capital outlays. Meta’s Instagram suffered a brief outage this week. Legal risks persist, with trials involving Meta set for next week in Los Angeles and New Mexico.
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