Mateusz Kaczmarek

Mateusz Kaczmarek is a financial and technology journalist at TS2.tech, covering stocks, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and global market developments. A graduate of the Poznań University of Economics and Business, he previously worked in financial analysis before moving into business journalism. His reporting focuses on technology companies, market trends and the forces shaping global investment markets. Follow Mateusz Kaczmarek on Google News.

Benjamin Moore’s Bold 2026 Color of the Year Stuns Designers with a Rich Neutral Twist

Benjamin Moore’s Bold 2026 Color of the Year Stuns Designers with a Rich Neutral Twist

In a highly anticipated reveal, Benjamin Moore announced “Silhouette AF-655” as its Color of the Year 2026, turning heads with a choice both unexpected and utterly timeless. Silhouette is described as a rich espresso-brown softened by hints of charcoal gray housebeautiful.com. In essence, it’s a warm, deep neutral that many designers see as an elegant alternative to basic black. The paint brand says the hue “emulates the warmth, sophistication, and timelessness of a custom-tailored suit” housebeautiful.com – and indeed Silhouette immediately conjures the feel of a classic dark espresso coat or a luxe piece of leather, bringing a cozy yet refined atmosphere to any space.
17 October 2025
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EUR/USD Bull Run Ignites Day-Trader Frenzy – Gold Soars & Fed Cuts Loom, But Trading Remains “A Very Lonely Sport”

EUR/USD Bull Run Ignites Day-Trader Frenzy – Gold Soars & Fed Cuts Loom, But Trading Remains “A Very Lonely Sport”

Global markets were buoyed mid-week by better-than-feared news. U.S. bank and tech earnings beat estimates, sending all three U.S. indexes higher on Oct 15 ts2.tech. TechStock² reports the S&P 500 and Nasdaq set new all-time highs, helped by Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Salesforce beating forecasts ts2.tech investopedia.com. Luxury stocks also jumped on Chinese demand signs ts2.tech.
17 October 2025
Bitcoin Plunges Below $107K as Crypto Markets Reset – Experts See “Controlled” Dip

Bitcoin Plunges Below $107K as Crypto Markets Reset – Experts See “Controlled” Dip

Bitcoin’s price slid below $107,000 during Friday’s Asian trading session, marking a new phase of cautious sentiment across crypto markets coindesk.com. The tone in broader risk assets has soured in recent days, as investors rotate funds into safer havens and away from volatile tokens ahead of looming macroeconomic catalysts coindesk.com coindesk.com. After staging a modest relief bounce on Sunday and Monday, Bitcoin’s recovery quickly fizzled – and the market is once again drifting lower, erasing most of the gains made after last week’s liquidation shock coindesk.com. Indeed, as one strategist noted earlier this week, “the lack of new catalysts” had been stalling crypto’s momentum ts2.tech, leaving the door open for bears to reassert themselves absent fresh bullish drivers.
17 October 2025
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Wall Street Whiplash: Trade War “Tariff Tantrum” and Liquidity Fears Jolt Markets

Wall Street Whiplash: Trade War “Tariff Tantrum” and Liquidity Fears Jolt Markets

After months of climbing to record highs, markets were blindsided in mid-October by an abrupt escalation in the U.S.–China trade conflict. On October 10, former President Donald Trump unleashed a “shock tariff ultimatum” via social media, vowing to slap 100% tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports and scrapping an upcoming peace summit with China’s President Xi reuters.com reuters.com. Beijing had moved to tighten exports of critical rare-earth minerals days prior, and Trump’s furious response signaled “Trade War 2.0” was on. The aggressive rhetoric stunned investors and “rattled markets”, erasing optimism that had driven stocks to all-time highs just the day before ts2.tech ts2.tech.
17 October 2025
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United Airlines Stock Takes Off on Travel Boom and Record Revenue Forecast

United Airlines Stock Takes Off on Travel Boom and Record Revenue Forecast

United’s stock has been climbing steadily heading into the earnings report. It closed around $104.18 on Oct. 15, up about 5% in just two days ts2.tech. This week’s rally built on a broader uptrend – shares have gained roughly 13% over the past quarter and nearly 45% year-on-year ts2.tech. Investors drove the stock higher in anticipation of strong results, aided by optimism across the airline sector. Notably, Delta’s upbeat earnings on Oct. 9 sent airline stocks higher, signaling that strength at one major carrier can lift the group ts2.tech. Market bulls argue that United’s emphasis on premium and international routes positions it to capture outsized demand, while bears caution that airline stocks can be volatile and carry high debt loads ts2.tech. So far, optimism about robust travel demand heading into the holiday season has outweighed those concerns, making UAL one of the market’s stronger performers into mid-October.
16 October 2025
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Moderna’s Wild Ride: Vaccine Hopes Fuel Stock Pop Amid “One-Hit Wonder” Fears

Moderna’s Wild Ride: Vaccine Hopes Fuel Stock Pop Amid “One-Hit Wonder” Fears

Moderna’s stock is back in the spotlight after a turbulent week of news that sent the Nasdaq-listed shares swinging. On Wednesday, MRNA jumped over 5%, climbing to around $27.7 by market close marketbeat.com. The mini-rally came amid a flurry of developments – from upbeat trial data on a new cancer vaccine to analysts debating whether Moderna’s future is bright or bleak. Even after the pop, however, Moderna’s stock is a shadow of its former self: shares have cratered roughly 80% below last year’s levels marketbeat.com and are down one-third in 2025 alone. The once high-flying biotech – which briefly surpassed $170 billion in market value during the COVID vaccine euphoria – is now hovering near multi-year lows, with a market cap around $10–11 billion ts2.tech.
16 October 2025
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Kelly Services’ Tech-Driven Hiring Triumphs Spark Stock Rally Hopes

Kelly Services’ Tech-Driven Hiring Triumphs Spark Stock Rally Hopes

Kelly Services has grabbed headlines by earning dual top honors from leading industry analyst Everest Group. In the newly released 2025 U.S. Contingent Staffing PEAK Matrix assessments, Kelly was designated both a Leader and a Star Performer, recognizing its superior capabilities and momentum in supplying talent. Notably, Kelly achieved this in both the professional/administrative and industrial staffing categories, marking “the first time any firm” has ever swept both distinctions across all evaluated segments ts2.tech. This unprecedented feat underscores how far the 77-year-old staffing giant has evolved beyond traditional temp services into a tech-savvy talent solutions provider. Everest Group cited Kelly’s “outcome-based services and tech investments” as key drivers behind its growing market impact ts2.tech, signaling that Kelly’s strategy of blending human expertise with advanced technology is paying off.
16 October 2025
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Theriva Biologics Stock Skyrockets 92% on Cancer Trial Breakthrough – What’s Next for TOVX?

Theriva Biologics Stock Skyrockets 92% on Cancer Trial Breakthrough – What’s Next for TOVX?

Theriva Biologics – a Rockville, MD-based clinical-stage biotech – has made headlines with promising cancer trial results. On October 13, 2025, the company announced that expanded data from its VIRAGE Phase 2b trial in metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma will be presented at the ESMO 2025 Congress on Oct. 20 ts2.tech. In this trial, patients receiving VCN-01 plus standard gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel chemo showed markedly better outcomes than chemo alone. Interim data filed with the SEC reveal VCN-01 improved median overall survival to around 11–14 months versus ~8–11 months for chemo-only patients ts2.tech. Notably, patients who received two doses of VCN-01 had median OS of ~14.8 months vs. 11.6 months for chemo alone – a substantial gain in this aggressive cancer ts2.tech. The study met its primary endpoints, with VCN-01 demonstrating a tolerable safety profile and only transient, reversible side effects biospace.com. These positive results – essentially a breakthrough in pancreatic cancer, which notoriously has a very low survival rate – have fueled optimism about Theriva’s approach.
16 October 2025
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LOBO EV Tech Rebrands & Sparks Trading Frenzy – What Investors Need to Know

LOBO EV Tech Rebrands & Sparks Trading Frenzy – What Investors Need to Know

Lobo’s corporate makeover took effect on Oct. 16, when shareholders’ approval of a name change and a share reclassification became official tipranks.com. That morning, LOBO opened on Nasdaq at $0.86 and oscillated up to $0.97 before closing flat around $0.93 reuters.com. This frenetic trading came on unusually heavy volume, underscoring heightened interest around the rebrand. The Class A ordinary shares carry the same ticker “LOBO” but signal a new chapter for the company’s capital structure. Management framed the changes as a strategy to “enhance [LOBO’s] market presence” and reflect broader tech ambitions beyond just electric vehicles tipranks.com.
16 October 2025
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Marsh & McLennan’s Q3 Profit Jumps 11% Amid Rebrand to “Marsh” – What’s Next for MMC Stock?

Marsh & McLennan’s Q3 Profit Jumps 11% Amid Rebrand to “Marsh” – What’s Next for MMC Stock?

Marsh & McLennan delivered a strong third quarter, topping expectations on both the top and bottom lines. Revenue reached $6.4 billion, up 11% from a year ago stocktitan.net stocktitan.net. This was driven by double-digit growth in its core insurance broking unit and steady gains in consulting. The Risk & Insurance Services division saw revenue surge +13% year-over-year to $3.9 billion stocktitan.net, boosted by firm insurance pricing earlier in the year and a rebound in client demand. Meanwhile, the Consulting segment generated $2.5 billion in revenue, up +9% insurancebusinessmag.com, as corporate clients continued to seek advice on healthcare, wealth, and strategic management amid economic shifts.
16 October 2025
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Axon Stock Plunges 8% Amid Market Rally – Analysts See Big Upside Ahead

Axon Stock Plunges 8% Amid Market Rally – Analysts See Big Upside Ahead

Axon shares suffered an unexpected jolt mid-week, falling over 8% in a single session – a steep one-day drop for a typically steady climber. The slide to $644.99 nasdaq.com on Wednesday came with no obvious bad news from the company. In fact, broader market conditions were positive: U.S. stocks rose on the same day on optimism about trade and interest rates ts2.tech. This made Axon’s decline stand out even more, as the stock vastly underperformed major indexes.
16 October 2025
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NuScale Stock Skyrockets on Historic SMR Deal – Can GE Vernova Catch Up in the Nuclear Boom?

NuScale Stock Skyrockets on Historic SMR Deal – Can GE Vernova Catch Up in the Nuclear Boom?

NuScale Power’s stock is on fire after the company secured a massive 6 gigawatt SMR deployment program with the Tennessee Valley Authority – “the largest SMR deployment in U.S. history,” according to NuScale ts2.tech. The deal, executed via NuScale’s ENTRA1 Energy venture, will see up to six 77 MWe modular reactors installed in TVA’s service area, enough to power ~4.5 million homes and dozens of data centers ts2.tech. Investors cheered the news: on October 13, SMR shares spiked ~14% intraday, and by mid-week the stock was trading around $55 – roughly 20% higher than last week’s close ts2.tech. This caps a remarkable run in 2025: NuScale has now more than tripled in value since early January ts2.tech.
16 October 2025
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Duke Energy Stock Soars to Record High Amid Grid Modernization Boom – What’s Next?

Duke Energy Stock Soars to Record High Amid Grid Modernization Boom – What’s Next?

Duke Energy’s share price has been on a steady upswing, recently reaching a record high of $127.85 ph.investing.com. As of October 16, the stock hovers in the upper-$120s after a strong multi-week rally. It closed at $127.02 on Oct. 10 – then its highest level of 2025 ts2.tech – and pushed even higher in the following days. Year-to-date, Duke has returned roughly 15–20% ph.investing.com ts2.tech, dramatically outperforming the broader utilities sector. Over the past five years, Duke delivered about a 62% total return ts2.tech, handily beating many peer utilities and underscoring the company’s steady growth trajectory.
16 October 2025
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U.S. Bancorp Stock Soars on Earnings Beat, Dividend Hike, and New Crypto Push

U.S. Bancorp Stock Soars on Earnings Beat, Dividend Hike, and New Crypto Push

U.S. Bancorp’s stock is trading around $47 per share following the earnings news, up from roughly $46 before the report. The upbeat Q3 results sparked a ~3% jump in pre-market and early session trading chartmill.com, as investors reacted to the better-than-expected profit numbers. This marks a sharp reversal of the stock’s recent trajectory – over the past month USB had slid about 6% amid market-wide volatility and rising interest rates chartmill.com.
16 October 2025
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Micron (MU) Stock Hits Record Highs on AI Frenzy – Analysts See More Upside Ahead

Micron (MU) Stock Hits Record Highs on AI Frenzy – Analysts See More Upside Ahead

Micron’s share price momentum in 2025 has been extraordinary. As of October, the stock has more than doubled from January levels, vastly outperforming the S&P 500 and even many tech peers ts2.tech. The rally accelerated in late September and early October when Micron hit fresh record highs, peaking intraday above $196 and closing near $192 ts2.tech. This surge reflects both company-specific optimism and broader “AI mania” lifting the semiconductor sector ts2.tech. Investors have piled into AI-related stocks, and Micron – as a key supplier of memory for AI systems – has been a prime beneficiary ts2.tech.
16 October 2025
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Fossil Group (FOSL) Stock’s Wild 2025 Ride: Skyrockets on Turnaround Hopes, Stumbles on Debt Fears

Fossil Group (FOSL) Stock’s Wild 2025 Ride: Skyrockets on Turnaround Hopes, Stumbles on Debt Fears

Fossil Group’s stock has been on a wild ride in 2025, with dramatic swings that grabbed Wall Street’s attention. After years of decline, FOSL shares staged a comeback this year – up over 60% year-to-date, vastly outperforming the broader apparel/accessories sector Nasdaq. The rally hit a fever pitch in mid-October: on October 15, Fossil’s stock skyrocketed 41.5% in a single day, hitting $3.89 intraday and closing at $3.75 Stockinvest. This surge was seemingly out of nowhere, and traders scrambled to pinpoint the cause. As it turned out, a confluence of positive news – from an unexpected profit to buzz about an India spinoff – ignited speculative buying in the long-struggling watchmaker Ainvest Indiatimes.
16 October 2025
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BNY Mellon Stock Soars on Record Earnings – Will BK’s Rally Continue?

BNY Mellon Stock Soars on Record Earnings – Will BK’s Rally Continue?

BNY Mellon’s stock has been on a tear in 2025. Shares are hovering around $109 as of mid-October, after rallying about +40% over the past 12 months investing.com. Year-to-date, BK is up roughly +42%, vastly outperforming the S&P 500 and many peer banks. The stock notched a 52-week high of ~$110.87 recently finviz.com and sits near that peak. Over just the last week and month, BK gained ~2–3%, reflecting a steady uptrend finviz.com.
16 October 2025
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Volato Group (SOAR) Stock Skyrockets on Critical Minerals Pivot and Private Jet Growth

Volato Group (SOAR) Stock Skyrockets on Critical Minerals Pivot and Private Jet Growth

Bottom Line: Volato Group’s stock has taken flight on a unique story that bridges luxury aviation and critical minerals tech. Recent news of its role in the U.S. Strategic Mineral Reserve initiative and a transformational merger has stoked investor excitement, alongside solid growth in its core private jet platform. The coming weeks will test whether SOAR can keep its altitude. With Q3 financials due in November and the M2i Global deal slated to close by year-end, shareholders have significant catalysts on the horizon. For now, this high-flyer embodies both the opportunities and risks of a small-cap reinventing itself – a stock that has soared on speculation, and will need real execution to stay aloft.
16 October 2025
Linkage Global (LGCB) Stock Doubles on Funding Lifeline – Can the E-Commerce Underdog Sustain the Rally?

Linkage Global (LGCB) Stock Doubles on Funding Lifeline – Can the E-Commerce Underdog Sustain the Rally?

Linkage Global’s stock has been on a rollercoaster, catapulting upward in recent sessions. On Thursday Oct. 16, LGCB nearly doubled in pre-market action, reaching around $3 per share stockanalysis.com. This spike followed an after-hours leap the prior evening, catching traders’ attention as one of the top gainers on the market’s momentum radar chartmill.com. Such extreme volatility is not unprecedented for LGCB – just days earlier, the thinly traded stock had also spiked over 100% intraday to ~$3.33 before pulling back rttnews.com.
16 October 2025
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Sonder Holdings (SOND) Stock Skyrockets 50% After Q2 Earnings and New Partnership Surprise

Sonder Holdings (SOND) Stock Skyrockets 50% After Q2 Earnings and New Partnership Surprise

Sonder’s stock price is on a rollercoaster this week. On Wednesday, Oct. 15, SOND closed at $0.92, down nearly 4% for the day and extending a multi-day slump marketbeat.com. In fact, shares had crumbled about 20% just in the past week and nearly 45% over the past month marketscreener.com, touching historic lows around $0.95. This precipitous decline has wiped out 75% of Sonder’s market value in the last year finviz.com, and astonishingly, the stock now sits 97% below its levels of three years ago finviz.com. The sell-off reflects investors’ concerns over liquidity and survival, as we discuss below.
16 October 2025
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  • High 15% Yield on Blue Chip Shares Raises Concerns Among Income Seekers
    July 26, 2026, 3:03 PM EDT. The VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF (OMAH) posts a notable 14.9% yield generated mainly from covered calls on Berkshire Hathaway-type assets rather than traditional dividends, reflected in a payout ratio of 305%. Major holdings feature Coca-Cola, American Express, and Chevron. OMAH's price increase of around 14% combined with its roughly 15% distributions have surpassed Berkshire B shares' 3% return, though the fund's 1% expense ratio trims results.