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Mateusz Kaczmarek

A technology and finance expert writing for TS2.tech. He analyzes developments in satellites, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on their impact on global markets. Author of industry reports and market commentary, often cited in tech and business media. Passionate about innovation and the digital economy.

Genprex (NASDAQ:GNPX) Stock Skyrockets 40% on Lung Cancer Gene Therapy Breakthrough

Genprex (NASDAQ:GNPX) Stock Skyrockets 40% on Lung Cancer Gene Therapy Breakthrough

Stock Price & Recent Performance Genprex shares have been extremely volatile. After surging over 30% during regular hours on Oct 14, 2025, to about $0.25, the stock jumped another 41% in after-hours trading (October 14) to roughly $0.36 on the cancer data announcement benzinga.com benzinga.com. That rally brought the stock briefly near its 30-day resistance around $0.26 ainvest.com. Before this spike, GNPX had been trading around $0.20. Over the last five trading days the stock was up about 25.6%, although year‐to‐date it was still down roughly 70% benzinga.com. For context, GNPX’s 52-week high is ~$4.09 (achieved in 2024) and its
15 October 2025
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Sadot Group (SDOT) Stock Skyrockets 183% After Trump’s Cooking Oil Tweet – What’s Next?

Sadot Group (SDOT) Stock Skyrockets 183% After Trump’s Cooking Oil Tweet – What’s Next?

Stock Reacts to Trade News On the morning of Oct. 15, Sadot’s stock exploded after former President Trump hinted he might cut cooking-oil trade with China. Reuters reported Trump’s tweet on Oct. 14: “We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil…” as retaliation for China halting U.S. soybean purchases reuters.com. This news immediately sent Sadot’s shares soaring. According to StockTwits media coverage, SDOT was up over 183% in early trading on Oct. 15, making it one of the day’s top movers stocktwits.com. (This rally reflects speculative buying on an agri-trade stock: Sadot “produces and trades
15 October 2025
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Trilogy Metals (TMQ) Stock Surges on U.S. Government Backing for Alaska Copper Project

Trilogy Metals (TMQ) Stock Surges on U.S. Government Backing for Alaska Copper Project

U.S. Government Investment & Ambler Road Permitting On Oct. 6, 2025, the U.S. announced a landmark deal: the Department of Defense will buy 8.215 million units of Trilogy stock (common shares plus warrants) at C$2.17 each ts2.tech. This $35.6 million injection makes the U.S. a ~10% Trilogy shareholder ts2.tech. South32 will invest an equal $17.8 million by selling shares and options back to the government ts2.tech. Importantly, President Trump simultaneously signed an executive order permitting the long-blocked Ambler access road ts2.tech. The road (211 miles through the Brooks Range) connects Trilogy’s Alaska projects to infrastructure, a step analysts say “removes major political/regulatory hurdles”
15 October 2025
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Lithium Americas Stock Skyrockets on U.S. ‘White Gold’ Deal – Experts Weigh In

Lithium Americas Stock Skyrockets on U.S. ‘White Gold’ Deal – Experts Weigh In

LAC Stock Soars on U.S. Government Deal Lithium Americas is racing higher thanks to heavy U.S. government support. On Oct 1, Reuters reported that the DOE finalized the low-interest ATVM loan and stake deal reuters.com. That day, LAC stock jumped 23% to about $7.03 reuters.com. A week earlier, a separate Reuters story had driven a nearly 90% spike on Sept 24, when investors learned Washington was considering a 10% equity stake in the company (as part of DOE loan negotiations) reuters.com. In total, the US government’s involvement has sent LAC’s market cap from under $700 million in early September to over
15 October 2025
Nuclear SPAC Stock Skyrockets on Merger Frenzy: HOND Shares Soar as Terrestrial Energy Deal Nears

Nuclear SPAC Stock Skyrockets on Merger Frenzy: HOND Shares Soar as Terrestrial Energy Deal Nears

HOND stock has surged into the mid-$20s (around $24.98 as of Oct. 15, 2025) after trading in the high teens last week Investing Marketbeat. Its volume spiked (about 1.14 million shares on Oct. 13) and the stock gapped up from $18.86 to $21.69 at open on Oct. 13 Marketbeat. – The catalyst is a proposed merger with Terrestrial Energy Inc., a next-gen nuclear reactor company. The SEC declared the merger’s S-4 registration effective on Sept. 26, and HCM II shareholders will vote on Oct. 20 to approve the deal Businesswire Businesswire. If approved, the combined firm will list on Nasdaq
15 October 2025
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Delta’s Focus-City Gambit Pays Off: $2B Amex Windfall & SkyMiles Surge – Is the Stock Set to Soar?

Delta’s Focus-City Gambit Pays Off: $2B Amex Windfall & SkyMiles Surge – Is the Stock Set to Soar?

Delta’s strategy of blending its network with loyalty marketing is drawing notice. Hauenstein’s focus-city approach—linking route planning with credit-card growth—reflects a “full reengineering” of how to maximize revenue, beyond just flying passengers theairlineobserver.com thriftytraveler.com. As Reuters observes, Delta’s exposure to “higher household income” travelers has strengthened its position versus carriers that serve more budget-conscious markets reuters.com. This dovetails with industry trends: U.S. carriers have cut capacity (Spirit’s exit and discipline among peers), boosting fares and unit revenues reuters.com reuters.com. Forecast: With Q3 earnings in line and guidance raised, analysts expect Delta to continue outperforming. Cowen (as reported by MarketBeat) and
15 October 2025
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Nasdaq 2026 Breakout? Netflix, Meta and AI Stocks Poised for Stock-Split Frenzy

Nasdaq 2026 Breakout? Netflix, Meta and AI Stocks Poised for Stock-Split Frenzy

Nasdaq’s Bull Run: Strong and Still Growing Wall Street’s three-year bull market is not fading – it’s strengthening. The S&P 500 is up nearly 90% since its October 2022 low reuters.com, and tech leaders have led the charge. As LPL’s Jeff Buchbinder notes, if a recession doesn’t hit soon, bull markets often stretch well beyond three years reuters.com. Historian Howard Silverblatt observes prior bulls averaged ~5 years; we’re just entering Year 4 reuters.com. Tech and AI remain the engines: Reuters highlights that “optimism over AI has been a major theme… driving tech stocks such as Nvidia to stratospheric heights” reuters.com. Carson
14 October 2025
Ferrero’s Sweet Ticket to Youth: Tic Tac TWO X Ticketmaster Promo Electrifies Airport Shoppers

Ferrero’s Sweet Ticket to Youth: Tic Tac TWO X Ticketmaster Promo Electrifies Airport Shoppers

Ferrero’s initiative reflects a broader trend of making travel retail more experiential. As Salvagno notes, Tic Tac TWO’s launch “represents an exciting new chapter” and a way to “better connect with different consumer profiles” by blending innovation and fun gtrmag.com. Industry experts say this approach is timely: m1nd-set CEO Peter Mohn emphasizes that Millennials currently dominate spending, but Gen Z will soon lead. “With the right mix of experiences, service and digital-first approaches, retailers can harness Millennial spending today while building loyalty with Gen Z tomorrow,” he explains asianhospitality.com. In other words, Tic Tac’s pairing with Ticketmaster and mobile loyalty messaging taps
14 October 2025
Why Investors Are Fleeing S&P 500 Funds for Vanguard’s $2T VTI – Analysts See 15% More Upside

Why Investors Are Fleeing S&P 500 Funds for Vanguard’s $2T VTI – Analysts See 15% More Upside

Market Backdrop – Fed and Trade News U.S. stocks have been in a record-setting rally this fall, but newsflow has kept volatility high. After plunging on Oct. 10 when Trump announced 100% tariffs on Chinese goods, markets snapped back on Oct. 13 when he “softened his tone” on trade reuters.com reuters.com. That Monday rally lifted the S&P 500 +1.56% (Nasdaq +2.21%) reuters.com, powered largely by chipmakers like Broadcom and Nvidia. Analysts noted that AI-driven tech stocks were “the momentum driver” and that investors bought the dip reuters.com. Meanwhile, gold hit a new record above $4,100/oz as traders nervously bought safe
14 October 2025
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Tech Stocks Storm the Market: QQQ Rockets on Trade Truce while TQQQ Investors Cash In (Oct 14, 2025)

Tech Stocks Storm the Market: QQQ Rockets on Trade Truce while TQQQ Investors Cash In (Oct 14, 2025)

In-Depth Analysis: The Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ) tracks the Nasdaq-100, heavy in tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and NVIDIA. This ETF has been one of 2025’s top performers – up ~16% YTD tipranks.com – thanks to blockbuster tech earnings and AI-driven optimism. On Oct. 10, QQQ plunged ~3.5% after President Trump threatened 100% tariffs on Chinese imports, sparking a tech sell-off ts2.tech ts2.tech. Over the weekend, however, Trump backtracked (“trade relations…will all be fine”), which sent October 13 futures surging about 1.8% ts2.tech ts2.tech. This sharp reversal illustrates how sensitive QQQ’s trajectory is to U.S.-China trade rhetoric. Looking
14 October 2025
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Powell’s High-Stakes Balancing Act: Fed’s Dilemma Sparks Market Turmoil and Record Highs

Powell’s High-Stakes Balancing Act: Fed’s Dilemma Sparks Market Turmoil and Record Highs

Fed’s Balancing Act: Growth vs. Inflation In his remarks, Powell emphasized the unusual mix of a robust economy (above-trend GDP growth and surging productivity) alongside persistent inflationary pressures. Federal Reserve economists now face “a duel” of forces – big fiscal and trade shock versus a tech/AI-driven boom – as EY’s Gregory Daco puts it reuters.com. Fed Governor Christopher Waller bluntly noted the contradiction: “You can’t have negative job growth and 4% GDP growth” reuters.com. In other words, either hiring must rebound to match output, or growth will slow. This tension has shaped policy: the Fed’s Sept. rate cut was portrayed
14 October 2025
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Market Mayhem: Tech Stocks Surge as Trade Truce Hopes Spark Rally – Gold & Silver Hit Sky-High Records

Market Mayhem: Tech Stocks Surge as Trade Truce Hopes Spark Rally – Gold & Silver Hit Sky-High Records

These developments set the stage for a choppy market. Below, we break down the details on trade, Fed policy, tech stock moves and expert analyses shaping the outlook. Market Rally on Trade Truce Hopes “U.S. stock markets rebounded on Monday with great vigor,” as the Nasdaq market report explains, rallying after a sharp selloff on Friday nasdaq.com. The catalyst was President Trump’s surprisingly soft tweet on Oct 12: “Don’t worry about China, it will all be fine! … The U.S.A. wants to help China, not hurt it.” nasdaq.com. This was interpreted as a hint that his planned 100% tariffs on
14 October 2025
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Boss’s Day Bombshell: 75% of Employees Actually LIKE Their Boss – New Survey Shatters Stereotypes

Boss’s Day Bombshell: 75% of Employees Actually LIKE Their Boss – New Survey Shatters Stereotypes

New Survey Shatters “Bad Boss” Myth A newly released GroupTogether study finds that most employees hold surprisingly warm feelings for their managers einpresswire.com. “I was surprised that three-quarters of people like their boss; it proves the clichéd stereotype of people hating their boss is outdated,” says Ali Linz, Co-Founder of GroupTogether einpresswire.com. The survey (1,260 U.S. respondents, Sep 2025) shows 75.9% “like” their boss and only a small minority report disliking them einpresswire.com. This flips the script on the old punchline of “hate your boss” jokes. Instead of fear or hatred, workers highlighted positive attributes of their managers. The most
14 October 2025
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AMD Stock Skyrockets on OpenAI AI-Deal – Can It Hit $300?

AMD Stock Skyrockets on OpenAI AI-Deal – Can It Hit $300?

Market Performance & Stock Data In October 2025, AMD shares have been volatile but strong. As of Oct 14 opening, AMD traded around $217 stockanalysis.com, slightly off its recent peak (~$235 reached after the Oct 6 OpenAI deal). The stock is up roughly 80% year-to-date ts2.tech, driven by booming demand for AI chips and data-center hardware. (For context, the broader Nasdaq is up ~10% YTD and rival Nvidia around +40% ts2.tech.) AMD’s market capitalization is now about $350–$360 billion stockanalysis.com, making it the world’s third-largest chipmaker. Trading volumes have surged during news events, and the stock’s 52-week range has widened (roughly
14 October 2025
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Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd (NAK) – Company and Stock Update

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd (NAK) – Company and Stock Update

Stock Price & Recent Performance As of mid‐October 2025, Northern Dynasty (NAK) trades around $2.66 on the NYSE American. This follows a dramatic jump on Oct 13, 2025: the stock opened at ~$2.20 (after closing ~$2.03 on Oct 10) and closed around $2.66 Finviz Investing. That single-day gain (~31%) was driven by recent legal and royalty news. Over 2025 year-to-date, NAK is up roughly +357% Finviz, far outpacing most sectors. Market capitalization is about $1.3 billion Marketbeat. Analysts are scarce (just 2 ranked in 12 months), but both have Buy-type ratings. HC Wainwright reiterated a “Buy” with a $2.50 target
14 October 2025
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Walmart’s AI Shopping Shockwave: Stock Spikes 2% as ChatGPT Checkout Debuts and Tariff Storm Looms

Walmart’s AI Shopping Shockwave: Stock Spikes 2% as ChatGPT Checkout Debuts and Tariff Storm Looms

In short, Walmart’s move to integrate ChatGPT is being viewed as a game-changer for retail. CEO McMillon envisions a future where customers “simply chat and buy” and Walmart handles the rest corporate.walmart.com. That vision has excited investors – WMT’s stock is performing well and analysts see upside tipranks.com marketbeat.com – even as rising trade tariffs threaten margins. How things play out will depend on adoption of the new AI shopping tools and whether Walmart can contain costs. For now, experts say the stock’s fundamentals look solid: Walmart recently raised guidance and posted healthy sales gains (Q2 sales +4.8% YoY, e-commerce
14 October 2025
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Strata Skin Sciences (SSKN) Stock Surges on Laser-Therapy Breakthrough – Buy, Hold or Sell?

Strata Skin Sciences (SSKN) Stock Surges on Laser-Therapy Breakthrough – Buy, Hold or Sell?

Strata’s XTRAC® excimer laser (pictured above) is a targeted UVB therapy device used to treat localized skin conditions like psoriasis, vitiligo, and eczema biospace.com globenewswire.com. By customizing UV dose to each patient’s lesion, XTRAC spares healthy skin and enables precision treatment (often via a fee-per-treatment partnership model rather than equipment sales) globenewswire.com biospace.com. Company Background STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc. is a medical tech company specializing in dermatologic treatments. Its core product is the XTRAC® 308nm Excimer Laser – a handheld UVB laser used in doctors’ offices to zap diseased skin with high-intensity, targeted light. XTRAC is FDA-cleared for conditions like
14 October 2025
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Astria Therapeutics Stock Skyrockets 53% After $700M Buyout – What’s Next?

Astria Therapeutics Stock Skyrockets 53% After $700M Buyout – What’s Next?

Latest News & Developments On Oct. 14, 2025, Astria was swept into the headlines by a surprise $700+ million takeover. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announced a definitive merger agreement to acquire Astria for $8.55 in cash plus 0.59 shares of BioCryst stock per Astria share (≈$13.00 total) marketscreener.com reuters.com. This values Astria at roughly $920M equity and $700M enterprise stocktitan.net. The Boards of both companies approved the deal, which is expected to close in Q1 2026 (subject to approvals) stocktitan.net. Astria CEO Jill Milne will join BioCryst’s board post-merger stocktitan.net. Market reaction: News of the deal caused Astria’s stock to jump sharply.
14 October 2025
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Brazil’s Soybean Bonanza: Record 178M Ton Crop Sparks Global Market Frenzy

Brazil’s Soybean Bonanza: Record 178M Ton Crop Sparks Global Market Frenzy

Record Harvest and Acreage Surge Brazil is poised for a soybean supercrop. Conab’s October report forecasts roughly 177.64 million tons in 2025/26, about 6 Mt above last year’s output tradingview.com. This would shatter previous records. Conab notes the extra supply comes from a slight bump in area – about 49.0 M hectares (121.1 M acres) of soybeans, ~3.6% more than last year tradingview.com. (FarmProgress confirms 121.2 M acres, +3.7% farmprogress.com.) In the field, planting is already far advanced: Paraná state has seeded ~31% of its soy area, and even Mato Grosso ~19% tradingview.com. In practice, this means Brazilian farmers have committed far more land
14 October 2025
Domino’s Pizza Stock Sizzles After Earnings Beat – Analysts Predict Further Upside

Domino’s Pizza Stock Sizzles After Earnings Beat – Analysts Predict Further Upside

Stock Price and Recent Trend Domino’s stock has been trading in a roughly $405–$415 range in early Oct 2025. On Oct 13 it closed at $408.26 investing.com reuters.com. As of Oct 14 midday it remained around $408 (Reuters data, Oct 14) reuters.com. Over the past week DPZ dipped to ~$405 (Oct 9 low) then rallied back to ~$408 by Oct 13 investing.com. Year-to-date, DPZ is about –6% (2025) benzinga.com, underperforming some peers but rebounding on recent news. Its 52-week trading range is $397.12 – $500.55 reuters.com. The stock’s forward P/E is ~23, with a PEG around 2.2 reuters.com. Domino’s has
14 October 2025
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Semiconductor stocks surge as AI capex stays high; Nvidia and AMD lead into next week

Semiconductor stocks surge as AI capex stays high; Nvidia and AMD lead into next week

7 February 2026
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index jumped 5.7% to 8,048.6 on Friday, with Nvidia up 7.87% and AMD rising 8.28%. The surge followed new forecasts showing global chip sales could hit $1 trillion in 2026. Amazon expects a 50% increase in capital spending this year, fueling demand for chips. The Dow Jones crossed 50,000, helped by gains in chipmakers.
Oil stocks jump on Iran risk lift for crude — what to watch before Monday

Oil stocks jump on Iran risk lift for crude — what to watch before Monday

7 February 2026
U.S. oil stocks surged Friday as crude prices rose on renewed Middle East tensions. Exxon Mobil gained 2.0%, ConocoPhillips 2.5%, and Occidental Petroleum 2.7%. Refiners rallied after a national union deal eased strike risk, though BP’s Whiting plant faces a local dispute. Brent settled at $68.05 a barrel, up 0.74%.
Silver price rebound masks fresh stress after CME lifts margins again

Silver price rebound masks fresh stress after CME lifts margins again

7 February 2026
Spot silver surged 8.6% to $77.33 an ounce Friday after dropping below $65, but still lost over 8.7% for the week. CME Group raised margin requirements for COMEX silver futures to 18% from 15%, effective after Feb. 6. China’s UBS SDIC Silver Futures Fund hit its 10% down limit for a fifth session. Traders await key U.S. jobs and inflation data next week.
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