Nvidia’s Performance & Valuation Nvidia’s stock has been on a tear in October 2025, fueled by the relentless AI boom. It briefly became the world’s most valuable company (~$4.4–$4.5T) in early Octoberts2.tech. By month-end it hit a record high around $195 per share, before a modest pullback into the low-$180s on profit-takingts2.tech. As of Oct 31, NVDA trades near $202.89reuters.com, well above its closing price of ~$184 on Oct 28. Year-to-date, the stock is up about +30%, far outstripping the S&P 500’s gain. This surge reflects “unrelenting AI spending” driving Nvidia’s revenue and cash flow prospectsreuters.comts2.tech. Veteran analyst Matt Britzman

BYND Stock Performance & Recent Volatility Beyond Meat’s share price has oscillated wildly in mid–late October 2025. In mid-October, after hitting all-time low ~$0.50 on Oct 16, the stock became the poster child of a new meme-stock squeeze. Over the week to Oct 22, BYND “rose nearly seven-fold,” according to Reutersreuters.com. On Oct 20 the stock jumped +120%, then +146% on Oct 21ts2.tech, as hordes of retail traders piled in. By Oct 21’s close, BYND traded around $3.62ts2.tech – roughly 7x its price from five days earlier. In intraday action Oct 22 it briefly touched ~$5–6ts2.tech. This surge was driven

Current U.S. Oil Prices By late October 2025, U.S. benchmark oil prices were falling sharply. WTI crude for November delivery traded around $60–61/bbl (Brent near $64–65) on Oct. 30–31reuters.comreuters.com. Both benchmarks slid ~1–2% in late Oct., erasing the summer’s gains. A strong dollar, rising OPEC+ output and abundant U.S. supply have outweighed positive demand signalsreuters.comreuters.com. Notably, U.S. output reached record highs (about 13.6 M bpd by mid-late Oct.)reuters.com, while API data showed large stock draws (crude down ~4.0M barrels for week ended Oct 24)reuters.com. Gasoline prices reflect the decline: the U.S. national average is near $3.06/gal and fallingts2.tech. GasBuddy’s Patrick De