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.

Gold slips under $4,000 as Iran oil hit rattles haven play and shifts focus to Fed

Gold slipped back under $4,000 an ounce Monday, losing 3.09% to $3,992.20 as tracked by Kitco’s live bid. The drop came with oil climbing above $80 after new U.S.-Iran clashes, and Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller flagged the chance of a rate hike if inflation prints hot again. Brent crude gained over 5%.

13 July 2026

Federal Reserve·Gold

Exxon, Chevron set for $26B quarter; refiners hold up in Iran war trade

Marathon Petroleum and Valero Energy jumped about 3.8% each in late-morning trading on Monday. Exxon Mobil added 3.4%. Chevron was up 2.2%. Brent crude was up more than 4%, above $79 a barrel, after President Donald Trump said the U.S. is bringing back its naval blockade of Iran. The split in refiners and oil majors points to stronger fuel margins, not just the crude rally, as the key driver for earnings.

13 July 2026

Energy Markets·NYSE:CVX·NYSE:MPC·NYSE:VLO·NYSE:XOM·Oil Industry

UnitedHealth Faces $4.85 EPS Mark but $25 Is the Real Test

UnitedHealth Group traded up 1.1% to $429.47 late Monday morning, ahead of earnings out Thursday. The coming results may answer near-term EPS questions but the stock price keeps the bigger valuation story going. At $429.47, investors are looking past Q2 adjusted EPS of $4.85. They're effectively betting on about $25 per share in annual EPS by 2028.

13 July 2026

Earnings Reports·NYSE:UNH·Stock Market

Oracle drops after $260 billion AI lease plan

Oracle Corporation lost 2.9% to $136.52 in early trading Monday in New York, bringing its valuation down to roughly $397.5 billion. Some investors are weighing the company’s outstanding AI orders against a big number from the credit market: $260 billion in future data-center lease payments. Last week, S&P Global Ratings downgraded Oracle to BBB-, its lowest investment-grade rating, saying those obligations count toward adjusted debt.

13 July 2026

NYSE:ORCL·Stock Market·Technology Trends

Mint Incorporation Stock Jumps 33%; Its 14-Times-Float Turnover Is the Bigger Signal

Mint Incorporation Limited jumped about 33% to $2.86 before Monday’s U.S. open, with 21.9 million shares traded by 8:01 a.m. EDT. That volume was roughly 14 times both its 1.52 million-share public float — the stock available for public trading — and its 65-day average full-session volume.

13 July 2026

NASDAQ:MIMI·Stock Market

Glencore Stock’s Six-Day Whipsaw Adds Up to 10.35 Percentage Points — Yet Shares Are Flat

Glencore plc rose 0.5% to 513.1 pence around midday on Monday, against a roughly 0.2% fall in the FTSE 100, as Brent crude gained more than 3% after renewed U.S.-Iran attacks. Yet the shares remained 0.1% below their July 3 close — almost no net move after six sessions of abrupt reversals.

13 July 2026

Commodities·LON:GLEN·Stock Market

Rio Tinto Stock Faces an 84 Million-Tonne Test as Cyclone Catch-Up Comes Due

Rio Tinto plc shares rose 0.5% in open London trading on Monday, but the harder test comes in its next operations update. Rio’s May 18 half-year consensus implies second-quarter Pilbara iron ore sales of about 84.1 million tonnes, 16.2% above the cyclone-hit first quarter. The stock was at 6,784 pence at 12:01 BST.

13 July 2026

Commodities·LON:RIO·Stock Market

Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro price could jump $200, even as margins stay tight

Apple Inc. may have to bump up the average price of its next Pro Max phone by around $200 to cover higher costs, and even then could see a slightly lower gross margin compared to last year’s model, a Counterpoint Research estimate shows. The research firm is projecting the bill of materials for the 12GB, 1TB iPhone 18 Pro Max will go up by almost $300, before assembly, shipping or marketing.

13 July 2026

KRX:000660·KRX:005930·NASDAQ:AAPL·Stock Market

Archer Aviation (NYSE:ACHR) Trades Near 52-Week Low, Investors Eye $1.8 Billion Figure

U.S. markets closed for the weekend with Archer Aviation Inc. ending Friday at $4.73. The company last reported $1.78 billion in liquidity, which is about 49% of Archer’s $3.59 billion market cap. Shares dropped 5.0% during the week, closing just 2.6% above the 52-week low at $4.61.

13 July 2026

NYSE:ACHR·Stock Market

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) scores FDA approval but Wall Street reaction muted

U.S. markets are shut for the weekend, so investors are waiting to see if Friday’s FDA approval of Padcev with Keytruda will do much for Pfizer Inc.’s earnings. So far, no big move. Pfizer slipped 0.33% to $24.17 on Friday, down 0.62% since the July 2 close before the July 4 break. The S&P 500 rose 1.2% last week. The FDA cleared the drug based on a 47% lower risk of recurrence, progression or death, which looks strong clinically. But investors want more proof that sales to bladder-cancer patients can make up for Pfizer’s patent losses.

12 July 2026

NYSE:MRK·NYSE:PFE·Pfizer News·Pharmaceuticals·Stock Market·TSE:4503

Snap trails Nasdaq—3% ad growth in focus for next move

Snap Inc. isn’t getting much traction from its new subscriptions yet, with shares finishing the week at $4.68, down 3.3%. That lagged the Nasdaq Composite, which rose 1.7% over the same stretch. Snap still faces sluggish ad sales in North America. U.S. markets are shut for the weekend and will reopen Monday. Snap’s next big date is its second-quarter results set for Aug. 3.

12 July 2026

NYSE:SNAP·Stock Market·Technology

Meta Stock Rallies by $221 Billion in One Week, With AI Cloud Bet in Focus

Meta Platforms, Inc. jumped 6.0% to close at $669.21 on Friday, capping off a 14.8% gain for the week — its biggest since at least February 2024. The move leaves Meta with a market value near $1.72 trillion heading into the weekend, up about $221 billion across five sessions.

12 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cloud Computing·NASDAQ:AVGO·NASDAQ:FORR·NASDAQ:META·Stock Market

The FCC Just Approved a Space Mirror. The Math Points to a $5 Million Lighting Bet

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission last week authorized Reflect Orbital’s first space-mirror test, but a public price cited by its chief executive points to a premium lighting business before it points to a new source of power. Ben Nowack has said one mirror would cost about $5,000 an hour under an annual contract of at least 1,000 hours, implying a roughly $5 million yearly bill at those terms.

12 July 2026

Innovation·Space·Technology

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) adds $3 billion in market cap as software savings target holds

U.S. markets were closed Saturday. Starbucks Corporation ended Friday at $106.01, off 0.38% for the day but up 1.7% compared to its last U.S. close on July 2. Shares jumped 2.45% Thursday to $106.41 after a report on its in-house AI software efforts, which boosted its market value by an estimated $2.9 billion based on outstanding shares.

11 July 2026

NASDAQ:SBUX·Stock Market·Technology

AGNC’s Yield Sits at 13%, but Shares Trade at a Hefty Premium

AGNC Investment Corp. closed Friday at $11.13. The company left its monthly common dividend steady at 12 cents. That gives an annualized yield of 12.9%. The spread versus its tangible net book value is wider: shares trade 32.8% above March 31 net book value of $8.38, or $2.75 above net assets. That premium is close to 23 months’ worth of dividends. Tangible net book value does not include goodwill.

11 July 2026

NASDAQ:AGNC·Stock Market

Realty Income’s 5.1% Yield Trades Only 58 Basis Points Over Treasuries, but Investment Spread Is Wider

Realty Income Corporation settled at $63.31 on Friday, down 0.8% since July 2. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield finished at 4.56%. The stock's posted dividend yield stood at 5.14%, which puts it about 58 basis points higher than the Treasury.

11 July 2026

NYSE:O·Real Estate

Trump’s Freedom Fuel Price Move May Not Cover $286,000 Monthly Shortfall

Freedom Fuel Network’s price hike in its first week lagged behind the jump in wholesale gasoline. On Friday, regular gas at a Bristol, Pennsylvania station was posted at $3.57 a gallon, 10 cents higher than the $3.47 launch price President Donald Trump pitched last week.

11 July 2026

Energy

Indian Railways okays ₹381 crore for rail tech but just over half to Kavach

Indian Railways’ ₹381 crore headline from Friday is for two separate projects, not only a Kavach rollout. Of that, ₹206 crore—about 54.1%—goes to Kavach, the train-protection tech that can brake a train if a driver skips a stop signal. The balance ₹175 crore will fund more loco maintenance space at Raipur.

11 July 2026

Technology

B-21 Raider Test Relied on 780 Pilots as Air Force Scaled Workforce

The U.S. Air Force’s choice this week to assign two pilots to every B-21 Raider is giving Northrop Grumman more than a production job. The issue now: whether the Air Force can staff crews as fast as Northrop Grumman can roll out bombers. By the end of 2025, the Air Force had 497 bomber pilots for 141 planes, or about 3.52 pilots per bomber. If the fleet grows to 145 B-21s and 76 B-52s, it’ll need around 779 bomber pilots—a jump of 57% from the pool at the end of 2025.

11 July 2026

Defense Technology·NYSE:NOC

Snail (NASDAQ:SNAL) Stock Jumps 27% as Volume Hits 1.8 Times Its Post-Split Class A Count

Snail, Inc. surged 26.7% to close at $4.94 on Friday, with 5.71 million shares changing hands — about 1.85 times the roughly 3.09 million Class A shares outstanding after its one-for-five reverse stock split. It completed its fifth regular session on a split-adjusted basis.

11 July 2026

Nasdaq·NASDAQ:SNAL·Stock Market

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Mateusz Kaczmarek

Gold slips under $4,000 as Iran oil hit rattles haven play and shifts focus to Fed

Exxon, Chevron set for $26B quarter; refiners hold up in Iran war trade

UnitedHealth Faces $4.85 EPS Mark but $25 Is the Real Test

Oracle drops after $260 billion AI lease plan

Mint Incorporation Stock Jumps 33%; Its 14-Times-Float Turnover Is the Bigger Signal

Glencore Stock’s Six-Day Whipsaw Adds Up to 10.35 Percentage Points — Yet Shares Are Flat

Rio Tinto Stock Faces an 84 Million-Tonne Test as Cyclone Catch-Up Comes Due

Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro price could jump $200, even as margins stay tight

Archer Aviation (NYSE:ACHR) Trades Near 52-Week Low, Investors Eye $1.8 Billion Figure

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) scores FDA approval but Wall Street reaction muted

Snap trails Nasdaq—3% ad growth in focus for next move

Meta Stock Rallies by $221 Billion in One Week, With AI Cloud Bet in Focus

The FCC Just Approved a Space Mirror. The Math Points to a $5 Million Lighting Bet

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) adds $3 billion in market cap as software savings target holds

AGNC’s Yield Sits at 13%, but Shares Trade at a Hefty Premium

Realty Income’s 5.1% Yield Trades Only 58 Basis Points Over Treasuries, but Investment Spread Is Wider

Trump’s Freedom Fuel Price Move May Not Cover $286,000 Monthly Shortfall

Indian Railways okays ₹381 crore for rail tech but just over half to Kavach

B-21 Raider Test Relied on 780 Pilots as Air Force Scaled Workforce

Snail (NASDAQ:SNAL) Stock Jumps 27% as Volume Hits 1.8 Times Its Post-Split Class A Count

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