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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.

ARM Stock Skyrockets 11% on OpenAI AI Chip News — Is It a Buy?

ARM Stock Skyrockets 11% on OpenAI AI Chip News — Is It a Buy?

Arm Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARM) trades on the NASDAQ with ticker symbol ARM. As of Oct 14, 2025 its stock is around $171–172, up roughly 11% from the prior close Reuters Stockinvest. Monday Oct 13 saw a jump from about $157 to $175 intraday, closing at $171.94 Stockinvest Reuters. ARM’s market capitalization is on the order of $164–182 billion, with a trailing P/E of roughly 260× Marketbeat. The 52-week range is about $80–$182.88 Marketbeat. Analysts’ consensus is bullish – roughly 22 of 27 rate it Buy/Strong Buy – with an average 12-month price target near $167–172 Stockanalysis Stockanalysis. Recent catalysts
14 October 2025
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Critical Metals Corp (CRML) SOARS on U.S. Rare-Earth Gambit – Billion-Dollar Opportunity or Bubble?

Critical Metals Corp (CRML) SOARS on U.S. Rare-Earth Gambit – Billion-Dollar Opportunity or Bubble?

Key Facts: Critical Metals Corp is a NASDAQ-listed (CRML) mining development company in the materials sector, focused on rare earths and lithium ts2.tech. Its market capitalization is now on the order of $2–3 billion (about $2.4B as of Oct. 13, 2025) stockanalysis.com. The company’s chief assets are the Tanbreez Rare Earth Project in southern Greenland and the Wolfsberg Lithium Project in Austria ts2.tech. Tanbreez is a massive high-grade rare-earth deposit (heavy-REO content, including dysprosium and terbium) discovered and developed to supply clean-energy and defense markets ts2.tech. Wolfsberg is one of the few fully‑permitted lithium mines in Europe, aimed at the
14 October 2025
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LendingTree CEO Dies in Tragic ATV Crash – Fintech World in Shock

LendingTree CEO Dies in Tragic ATV Crash – Fintech World in Shock

Founder & CEO Doug Lebda (age 55) died Sunday Oct. 12, 2025 in an all-terrain vehicle accident businessinsider.com. Law enforcement responded to a missing-person report around 7:30 PM and found Lebda dead at his North Carolina farm by 8:00 PM, with no foul play suspected businessinsider.com. – Succession: LendingTree’s board immediately named COO Scott Peyree as new CEO and lead independent director Steve Ozonian as board chairman marketscreener.com businessinsider.com. The board praised Lebda as a “visionary leader” who “transformed the financial services landscape” wbtv.com. – Business impact: LendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE) stock plunged on the news – down roughly 4% during
14 October 2025
Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS) Stock Skyrockets 27% on Nvidia AI Breakthrough – Is a Major Rally Just Beginning?

Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS) Stock Skyrockets 27% on Nvidia AI Breakthrough – Is a Major Rally Just Beginning?

In-Depth Analysis: Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS) is a fabless chipmaker (founded 2014) specializing in wide-bandgap power electronics. It pioneered “GaNFast” ICs that monolithically integrate GaN transistors with control circuits ts2.tech. These allow much smaller, more efficient power supplies (e.g. fast chargers) because GaN can run at higher frequencies with lower losses. In 2022 the company also acquired GeneSiC, adding high-voltage SiC diodes and MOSFETs for EV and energy applications. By mid-2025, Navitas’ revenue mix was split among fast chargers (for phones/laptops), industrial, solar, EV, and (latest) data centers finviz.com ts2.tech. However, growth stalled in 2024–25. Navitas had warned that mobile/consumer demand
14 October 2025
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Polaris Shocks Market: Sells Indian Motorcycle to Private Equity; Stock Surges Over 10%

Polaris Shocks Market: Sells Indian Motorcycle to Private Equity; Stock Surges Over 10%

Deal Details and Strategic Rationale Polaris’s surprise announcement comes after years of owning Indian Motorcycle (acquired in 2011) and ultimately retiring its rival Victory brand in 2017. In a press release, Polaris explained it will “separate Indian Motorcycle into a standalone business” to let each company “move faster” with sharper focus polaris.com polaris.com. Polaris CEO Mike Speetzen said the move lets Polaris concentrate on its highest-growth segments (like ATVs and snowmobiles) and “lean further into our respective market strengths” polaris.com. Carolwood Principal Andrew Shanfeld (quoted in the press release) hailed Indian as “an iconic American brand” and plans to invest
14 October 2025
ALERT: Costa Rica Tourism Faces Turbulence – Airlines Cut Routes, Yellow Fever Strikes, and What It Means for Flights, Finance & Forecasts

ALERT: Costa Rica Tourism Faces Turbulence – Airlines Cut Routes, Yellow Fever Strikes, and What It Means for Flights, Finance & Forecasts

Airline Route Shifts and New Flights Costa Rica’s tourism hub remains highly dependent on air connectivity, and the fall 2025 shuffle is dramatic. Several major Latin American carriers have pulled back amid tightening margins. For example, Brazil’s GOL Linhas Aéreas (which launched a San José–São Paulo flight only last Nov.) will terminate that route on Nov 29 Ticotimes. GOL cited a “network realignment” in a press statement. Colombia’s Wingo (a low-cost LATAM spinoff) is ending its Bogotá–San José service after Oct 28, also blaming capacity adjustments Ticotimes. Avianca, Costa Rica’s longstanding flag-carrier, is cutting Central America ties: it will stop San José–San Juan
14 October 2025
Quantum Stocks (IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wave, Quantum Computing Inc) Surge 700–6,000% – Bubble or Breakthrough? (Oct. 13, 2025)

Quantum Stocks (IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wave, Quantum Computing Inc) Surge 700–6,000% – Bubble or Breakthrough? (Oct. 13, 2025)

In short: The quantum wave shows no signs of cresting – stocks like IonQ, Rigetti and QUBT continue to race higher on every piece of news. Current share prices, however, embed aggressive future growth that isn’t yet realized. As one commentator put it, many investors are “buying a vision of the future” ts2.tech. The coming months will test whether these parabolic runs are the start of a historic tech breakout or the peak of a frothy bubble. (All data as of mid-October 2025.) Sources: Recent Barron’s/TipRanks reports tipranks.com ts2.tech, TipRanks analyses tipranks.com tipranks.com, and TechStock² (TS2.tech) deep-dives on IonQ, Rigetti,
13 October 2025
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QuantumScape Rockets 200% on Solid-State Battery Breakthrough – Revolution or Reckoning?

QuantumScape Rockets 200% on Solid-State Battery Breakthrough – Revolution or Reckoning?

With these facts in mind, let’s dive deeper into QuantumScape’s situation and outlook. Market Rally and Key Partnerships In late Sept–Oct 2025, a flurry of announcements sent QS stock into a frenzy. After trading flat ($12–$13) through mid-September, QS jumped 18% on Sept. 18, then another ~18% on Oct. 1, topping out at $16.49 on Oct. 3 ts2.tech. By Oct 13 it was trading around $17.6 (up ~15% that day) marketbeat.com. This roughly 170–200% YTD gain outpaces virtually all peers (the S&P 500 is up ~14% YTD). What drove the rally? Investors applauded new manufacturing partnerships and technology demos. On
13 October 2025
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Wall Street Panic: Howard Marks Warns of AI Bubble as Gold Hits Record High and Under-the-Radar Stocks Explode

Wall Street Panic: Howard Marks Warns of AI Bubble as Gold Hits Record High and Under-the-Radar Stocks Explode

Howard Marks: 35 Years of Memos and Modern Warnings Howard Marks’ famous memos have been required reading on Wall Street for decades – so much so that Buffett reportedly gave them to protégés. In reflecting on his career, Marks underscores that market psychology repeats. In a podcast and memo earlier this year he warned that the unbridled enthusiasm for AI – a “thing with no historical base” – is precisely the kind of “thrill of the new thing and fear of missing out” that often ends in a bubble benzinga.com. He emphasizes caution: today’s lofty tech valuations, mixed with geopolitical
13 October 2025
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Deep-Sea Gold Rush? The Metals Company Stock Rockets as Trump Targets Undersea Treasure

Deep-Sea Gold Rush? The Metals Company Stock Rockets as Trump Targets Undersea Treasure

Background: EV Boom Spurs Metal Hunt Electric vehicles and green tech have sent demand for critical minerals surging. Cobalt, nickel, copper and others are essential for EV batteries and have been designated “critical” by agencies like USGS nasdaq.com iea.org. According to the IEA, demand for nickel and cobalt jumped 6–8% in 2024 due to energy applications iea.org. Deep-sea nodules contain these exact metals: “Minerals critical to the clean energy transition have been found in the deep ocean floor,” including cobalt, nickel, manganese and others used in EV batteries weforum.org. With many land-based mines concentrated in a few countries, governments (notably
13 October 2025
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Biotech Meets Crypto: ENDRA Life Sciences (NDRA) Stock Skyrockets 33% — Analyst Target $50

Biotech Meets Crypto: ENDRA Life Sciences (NDRA) Stock Skyrockets 33% — Analyst Target $50

Stock Performance Over the past few trading days, NDRA moved sharply higher. It closed $6.48 on Oct 10, 2025 stockinvest.us, up modestly from ~$5.75 a week earlier. On Oct. 13, after the morning press release, the stock leapt 33.1% to ~$8.625 by mid-day markets.financialcontent.com. This surge came before any actual crypto investment; it reflects investor excitement (and speculation) about ENDRA’s new Digital Asset Treasury plan. The stock had been drifting up in September/October, but the rally was supercharged by the news. Keep in mind NDRA is a microcap: only ~0.75 million shares outstanding and a market cap under $5 million finviz.com, so
13 October 2025
Battery Boom: American Battery Technology Surges on Recycling Deal & $900M Lithium Loan

Battery Boom: American Battery Technology Surges on Recycling Deal & $900M Lithium Loan

Company Profile & Strategy American Battery Technology Company (NASDAQ: ABAT, ticker often ABAT) is a Reno, Nevada-based “critical battery materials” company globenewswire.com globenewswire.com. It pioneers a full lifecycle approach to lithium-ion batteries: mining domestic mineral deposits (like Tonopah Flats) and recycling spent batteries for lithium, cobalt, nickel, etc. ABTC’s mission statement emphasizes innovation in “first-of-kind technologies” to produce and recycle battery metals domestically, reducing US reliance on foreign sources globenewswire.com. Key to this is ABTC’s proprietary processing: for example its Tonopah Flats project will use a selective leach extraction (SLE) method to turn claystone directly into battery-grade lithium hydroxide, which
13 October 2025
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JPMorgan Stock Explodes on $10B Security Bet as CEO Warns of 30% Crash Risk

JPMorgan Stock Explodes on $10B Security Bet as CEO Warns of 30% Crash Risk

Market Context: U.S. stocks have run hot in 2025 (S&P 500 +~11–15% YTD on an AI-fueled rally ts2.tech), but volatility is rising. Safe havens surged recently: gold topped $4,000/oz and U.S. Treasury yields ticked down ts2.tech. Traders are bracing for Fed rate cuts later this year even as a shutdown delays key data ts2.tech tipranks.com. In-Depth Analysis: On Oct. 13 JPMorgan laid out a sweeping initiative to shore up domestic supply chains and tech. Reuters reports JPMorgan will “invest up to $10 billion in U.S. companies considered critical to national security and economic resilience” reuters.com. This “security and resiliency” program spans defense/aerospace,
13 October 2025
Vanguard’s VTI ETF Surges on Tariff News – Experts See 15% Upside

Vanguard’s VTI ETF Surges on Tariff News – Experts See 15% Upside

Market Context – Record Rally & Fed Optimism U.S. stocks have been near record highs this October ts2.tech. The S&P 500 briefly hit an all-time intraday high above 6,730 in early Oct ts2.tech. Investors have cheered signs of cooling inflation and growing bets on Federal Reserve rate cuts (markets put ~95% odds on a 25bp cut at the late-Oct meeting reuters.com). This “Fed pivot” hope, along with strong tech earnings, has fueled a broad rally: even small-cap indexes are up ~34% YTD, slightly outpacing large caps (+30%) ts2.tech. VTI, by tracking the whole market, has closely mirrored this ~+15% YTD
13 October 2025
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Beyond Meat Stock CRASH: 60% Plunge After Shocking Debt Swap Stuns Investors

Beyond Meat Stock CRASH: 60% Plunge After Shocking Debt Swap Stuns Investors

$2.01 marketbeat.com – opened Oct 13 near $0.84 after a 60%-plus selloff marketbeat.com marketscreener.com. – Recent performance: ~–44% over 1 year investing.com; 52-week high was ~$9.24 investing.com (now far below). – Financials (Q2 2025): Revenue $75M vs $83.8M expected, EPS –$0.40 vs –$0.38, net loss $33.2M investing.com investing.com. Cash ~$117M, debt ~$1.2B investing.com. – Debt deal (Oct 2025): ~96.9% of existing $1.15B convertible notes were tendered, triggering early settlement (issuing ~316M new shares and ~$196M of new notes) globenewswire.com tipranks.com. – Market cap: ~ $150M (falling from multi-billion highs) marketbeat.com. – Analyst view: Consensus “Strong Sell”; 12‑mo target ~$3.00 (≈49%
13 October 2025
Solidion Technology (STI) Stock Skyrockets 100% on Game-Changing AI Battery News

Solidion Technology (STI) Stock Skyrockets 100% on Game-Changing AI Battery News

Company Overview and Background Solidion Technology (NASDAQ: STI) is an advanced battery technology company founded in Dallas, Texas. It manufactures battery materials and prototypes next‑generation batteries for energy storage and electric vehicles prnewswire.com. The company emerged via a 2023 SPAC merger (Nubia Acquisition Corp.) and began trading publicly in Feb 2024. Solidion boasts 550+ issued patents in areas like silicon‑carbon anode manufacturing (non‑silane gases, graphene-enabled silicon), biomass‑derived graphite, and high‑energy chemistries (Li–S, Li–metal) prnewswire.com. Its stated product lines include advanced anode powders ready for production, and three “Gen” solid‑state battery designs (Gen1: Si‑rich solid Li‑ion; Gen2: anode‑less Li‑metal; Gen3: Li–S cells)
13 October 2025
Bloom Energy’s Big Break: $5B Brookfield AI Deal Sends Stock Surge – Experts Weigh In

Bloom Energy’s Big Break: $5B Brookfield AI Deal Sends Stock Surge – Experts Weigh In

$5B Brookfield Partnership Details Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) – a $1+ trillion alternative asset manager – unveiled this strategic AI-infrastructure investment on Oct 13, 2025. According to Brookfield and Bloom’s joint announcement (via BusinessWire and Nasdaq): Brookfield will invest up to $5 billion to “deploy Bloom’s advanced fuel cell technology” at AI data centers businesswire.com nasdaq.com. The partnership marks Brookfield’s first move in its dedicated “AI Infrastructure” fund, which already includes investments in data centers and renewable energy globally. Brookfield’s Sikander Rashid explained that Bloom’s fuel cells give Brookfield “the unique capability to design and construct modern AI factories with
13 October 2025
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Tech ETFs Explode (and Implode) After Trade Truce: QQQ Rockets as TQQQ Traders Cash Out – What’s Next?

Tech ETFs Explode (and Implode) After Trade Truce: QQQ Rockets as TQQQ Traders Cash Out – What’s Next?

Market Recap: Trade Truce Sends QQQ Higher QQQ, the Nasdaq-100 ETF, tracks the 100 largest non-financial companies on Nasdaq (heavy in Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.) azat.tv. On Friday Oct 10, QQQ plunged ~3.5% as President Trump announced plans to double tariffs on Chinese imports and restrict rare-earth exports, renewing trade war fears tipranks.com reuters.com. This knocked major tech shares lower (for example, Friday’s Nasdaq Composite lost ~820 points) and dragged QQQ to a 5-day decline of about 2.9% tipranks.com. Over the weekend Trump backpedaled, tweeting that he didn’t want to “hurt” China and that things would be fine, which soothed
13 October 2025
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SpaceX’s Starship Ignites Moon-Race Drama: Will NASA Beat China?

SpaceX’s Starship Ignites Moon-Race Drama: Will NASA Beat China?

SpaceX’s next Starship test (Flight 11) is set for Oct. 13, 2025 (7:15 pm ET), marking the final launch of the current “Block 2” version ts2.tech. Flight 11 will replicate Flight 10’s profile (booster splashdown in Gulf, ship to Indian Ocean) but test new landing techniques and a reinforced heat shield ts2.tech space.com. NASA is betting Artemis III (by ~2027) on Starship for crewed lunar landings, even as China pushes for its first moonwalk by 2030 krgv.com reuters.com. Experts warn NASA’s plan is “extraordinarily complex” krgv.com and may slip; former NASA chief Jim Bridenstine remarked “it doesn’t make a lot of sense… if you’re trying
13 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

Keppel stock price in focus as broker lifts target and dividend clock ticks

Keppel stock price in focus as broker lifts target and dividend clock ticks

8 February 2026
Keppel shares closed at S$11.64 on Friday, up 0.17%, outperforming the Straits Times Index. UOB Kay Hian raised its target price to S$13.23 after Keppel announced a 38% higher FY2025 dividend, with key dates set for April. The M1 sale remains delayed pending regulatory approval. Investors await updates on asset sales and dividend plans when trading resumes Monday.
DBS share price: DBS Group Holdings stock in focus before Feb 9 earnings

DBS share price: DBS Group Holdings stock in focus before Feb 9 earnings

8 February 2026
DBS closed at S$59.30 on Friday, down 0.6%, ahead of its full-year results due before market open on Feb. 9. Singapore shares fell 0.8% the same day as regional markets slid. Investors await updates on DBS’s margins and capital return plan. Singapore’s Budget 2026 is set for Feb. 12, with UOB and OCBC results later this month.
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