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Dow Dips as Fed Fears Slam Tech Stocks – Hot Economic Data Rattles Wall Street (Sept 25, 2025)

Stocks Surge on Trade Optimism and Fed Cut Hopes – Is a New Bull Run Brewing?

Key facts: U.S. stock indexes jumped in mid-October as trade-war fears eased and Fed officials signaled more rate cuts. The S&P 500 closed near 6,671 (up ~0.4%) and the Nasdaq around 22,670 (+0.7%), while the Dow was roughly flatreuters.com. Futures point higher: on Oct. 16 morning, Dow futures were +0.4% and S&P 500 futures +0.2%economictimes.indiatimes.com. Major banks led the rally (Morgan Stanley +4.7%, Bank of America +4.4%)ts2.tech, and tech/AI stocks powered gains (for example, AMD spiked ~24% in a day, Nvidia ~41% YTD)ts2.tech. Analysts have raised year-end targets – some now see the S&P hitting 6,000–7,000 by 2026ts2.tech. Still, experts
16 October 2025
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Sky on Fire Tonight: Giant ‘Solar Canyon’ Aims 800‑km/s Wind at Earth—Northern Lights Could Ignite 15 U.S. States & Test Global Tech

Northern Lights Alert: Major Solar Storm Could Ignite Stunning Aurora Displays Across North America

What’s Causing the Aurora Spectacle? The Northern Lights (aurora borealis) occur when bursts of solar plasma slam into Earth’s magnetic field and excite atmospheric gases. In this case, four CMEs from an active sunspot region are en route to our planet. Space weather forecasters describe it as a “train of solar storms” headed our wayspace.com. As NOAA explains, when the Sun “burps out huge bubbles of electrified gas” (a CME), those particles stream toward Earth and interact with atoms in the upper atmosphere, creating beautiful displays of lightourmidland.com. NASA casually calls this phenomenon a solar “sun burp” – when the
16 October 2025
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Nancy Pelosi & Warren Buffett Are Both Betting on These 4 Stocks — What Do They Know?

Nancy Pelosi & Warren Buffett Are Both Betting on These 4 Stocks — What Do They Know?

Pelosi & Buffett’s $Billion Stock Overlap: Tech Titans and Financial Giants It’s not often that the “Oracle of Omaha” (Buffett) and a prominent Washington figure (Pelosi) end up betting on the same horses. Yet recent disclosures reveal four stocks common to both their portfolios Benzinga. Amazon and Apple form the tech half of this overlap, while Visa and American Express form the finance half. In summary: these four shared stocks suggest that despite very different investing styles, Pelosi and Buffett are finding common ground in companies with dominant market positions and long-term growth stories. Their overlap spans two industries –
16 October 2025
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Silver Hits All-Time High Above $53 and Gold Tops $4,200 – Why Prices Are Soaring

Silver Hits All-Time High Above $53 and Gold Tops $4,200 – Why Prices Are Soaring

Precious Metals Surge to Historic Highs Gold and silver prices are shattering records as anxious investors rush into safe-haven assets. This week, spot gold blew past the $4,200/oz milestone for the first time ever reuters.com, extending a remarkable rally that’s seen it gain over 60% so far this year reuters.com. Gold has now notched five consecutive sessions of gains, peaking around $4,243 on Thursday morning (Oct. 16) reuters.com. Its sister metal silver has been on an even more spectacular tear: spot silver hit $53.60/oz on Tuesday – a new all-time high, finally surpassing the long-standing 1980 and 2011 peaks reuters.com.
16 October 2025
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Apple Unleashes M5 Chip: The AI Powerhouse – Will AAPL Stock Soar?

Apple Unleashes M5 Chip: The AI Powerhouse – Will AAPL Stock Soar?

Apple’s M5 Chip and Product Announcements On October 15, Apple officially announced the M5 chip, a next-generation system-on-a-chip designed specifically for AI and graphics, and introduced new hardware that uses itreuters.comnasdaq.com. The launch came via press releases (no public keynote) – just as industry leaks and insiders had predictedts2.tech. The first M5-powered device is a 14-inch MacBook Pro (base model) starting at $1,599, which goes on sale Oct. 22reuters.comreuters.com. Apple also updated the iPad Pro (11″ and 13″ OLED models) with the M5 chip (these start at $999) and released a second-generation Apple Vision Pro headset with M5 (still $3,499)reuters.combenzinga.com.
16 October 2025
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SpaceX’s Starship Launch Sends Space Stocks Soaring – Historic Test Closes Block 2 Chapter

SpaceX’s Starship Launch Sends Space Stocks Soaring – Historic Test Closes Block 2 Chapter

Historic Starship Flight 11 Mission On Oct 13 SpaceX executed the 11th test flight of its fully-reusable Starship rocket from its Starbase launch facility. The 400‑ft tall rocket roared to life under 33 Raptor engines, lifting its upper-stage (Ship 38) above the pad ts2.tech. Two and a half minutes after liftoff the Super Heavy booster (B15) separated and began a carefully controlled descent. SpaceX ran a sophisticated landing burn (firing 13 engines then throttling to 5) and the booster made a soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico about 8½ minutes after launch ts2.tech. This marked SpaceX’s third successful Super Heavy recovery
16 October 2025
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Powell’s High-Stakes Speech Spurs Markets – Fed Signals More Rate Cuts in 2025

Fed Cuts Rates — But Mortgage Rates Refuse to Fall, Tech Stocks Surge to New Highs

Fed Policy and Mortgage Rates The Fed’s pivot to easier policy has not yet translated into cheaper mortgages. In September the Fed delivered its first rate cut of 2025 (bringing the federal funds target to 4.00–4.25%) and Fed officials like Governor Michelle Bowman signal more cuts are comingreuters.com. Futures markets now imply a roughly 95% chance of another 25 bp cut at the Oct. 28–29 meetingts2.tech. Despite this, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate is holding around 6.2%, slightly higher than a year agothedailyeconomy.orgreuters.com. Economists like Paul Mueller explain why: mortgages track the 10-year Treasury yield, which isn’t falling because supply/demand in
16 October 2025
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Power Play: PSEG’s Long Island Grid Deal Extends Contract – Could Stock Hit $90+?

Power Play: PSEG’s Long Island Grid Deal Extends Contract – Could Stock Hit $90+?

Long Island Contract Extension On Sept. 25, 2025 the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) board voted to extend the contract with PSEG Long Island by five yearsprnewswire.com. This keeps PSEG as the operator of the 1.2+ million–customer electric grid on Long Island and the Rockaways through 2030. PSEG’s CEO Ralph LaRossa praised the decision: “Since 2014, PSEG Long Island has become the No. 1 overhead electric service provider in the State of New York in reliability and customer satisfaction.”prnewswire.com. The agreement was touted as cost-saving (about $17 million less to ratepayers over five years) and performance-based (tying more than half of
16 October 2025
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Shocking CFO Departure Sends BDX Stock Tumbling — But Growth Remains Strong

Shocking CFO Departure Sends BDX Stock Tumbling — But Growth Remains Strong

Leadership Change and Growth: BD’s CFO Chris DelOrefice surprised the market by resigning in mid-Octoberprnewswire.com. According to the official release, DelOrefice is pursuing an outside opportunity, and Roque will cover the CFO role through the transition. Polen emphasized DelOrefice’s contributions to BD’s strategic overhaul and said Roque — a 20-year finance veteran at BD — is “well positioned” to keep executing the company’s plansprnewswire.comreuters.com. The leadership news coincided with a positive earnings update: BD reported that Q4 sales hit $5.89 billion (a +8.3% increase)finimize.com and full-year revenue about $21.8 billion. On a constant-currency, organic basis growth was more modest (~4% for Q4),
16 October 2025
Vivakor (VIVK) Stock Surges 75% After $40M Oil Trading Deal – Bulls & Bears Weigh In

Vivakor (VIVK) Stock Skyrockets 75% on $40M Oil Deal – Bulls and Bears Debate What’s Next

Oil Deal Sparks Surging Stock Price Vivakor’s mid-October rally was ignited by news of a major funding deal aimed at boosting its oil trading business. On October 15, the Dallas-based energy services firm revealed it had signed a term sheet for a $40 million commodity intermediation credit facility with an undisclosed wholesale credit providerts2.tech. The facility is designed to support Vivakor Supply & Trading, LLC, the company’s crude oil purchasing unit, by providing letters of credit, surety bonds, and cash guarantees to back its physical oil purchasests2.tech. In essence, this credit line would allow Vivakor to buy and move much
16 October 2025
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MIRA Pharma Stock Skyrockets 100% Overnight as New Pain Drug Outshines Morphine

MIRA Pharma Stock Skyrockets 100% Overnight as New Pain Drug Outshines Morphine

Stock Soars on Breakthrough Announcement MIRA Pharmaceuticals’ stock price skyrocketed overnight on the back of surprising good news. The relatively obscure biotech – which trades on the Nasdaq Capital Market under ticker MIRA – closed Wednesday, Oct. 15 at $1.32 per sharebenzinga.com. That modest close (up less than 1% on the day) gave little hint of what was to come. After the market shut, MIRA stunned investors with a press release detailing remarkable lab results for its lead drug candidate. The reaction was immediate: shares surged 68.94% in after-hours trading, reaching $2.23benzinga.com. And the rally didn’t stop there. By Thursday
16 October 2025
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NIO Stock Rollercoaster: Record EV Sales, Lawsuit Shock, and What’s Next for the Tesla Rival

NIO Stock Rollercoaster: Record EV Sales, Lawsuit Shock, and What’s Next for the Tesla Rival

Stock Price: Volatile Climb in 2025 NIO’s stock has experienced a wild ride this year. After starting 2025 near multi-year lows (around $4–5), the Chinese EV maker’s New York-listed shares surged over 40% in July 2025 alone ts2.tech. The rally was fueled by optimism around NIO’s new affordable models and aggressive cost-cutting efforts. By September, NIO traded in the mid-$7 range – near the top of its 52-week range of ~$3.02 to $7.64 ts2.tech. Year-to-date, the stock was up about 50% as of mid-October Com, reflecting renewed investor confidence after a brutal 2022–2023 for Chinese EV stocks. However, volatility remains
16 October 2025
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Sea Limited (SE) Stock Tumbles Nearly 10% as Analysts Debate Shopee’s Growth vs. High Valuation

Sea Limited Stock’s Wild Ride: SE Surges 300% Then Plunges – What’s Next for Shopee’s Tech Giant?

Stock Surge and Recent Price Movement Sea Limited’s stock has been on a rollercoaster in 2025. After a brutal 2022–2023 downturn, SE staged a stunning comeback – by August 2025 the share price had more than quadrupled from its early-2024 lows, even briefly overtaking DBS Bank as Southeast Asia’s most valuable public companyfintechnews.sgfintechnews.sg. Optimism about Shopee’s profitability and a regional tech rebound propelled Sea’s stock to a 52-week high of ~$199 in early October. However, this week the momentum snapped: on October 15, SE plunged ~10% intraday, falling from about $184 in the morning to close at $163.42ts2.tech. This one-day
16 October 2025
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Microvast Stock Skyrockets 19% on $125M Equity Raise & Battery Breakthroughs

Microvast (MVST) Stock Hits New High on Battery Breakthroughs and $125 M Funding – What’s Next?

Stock Performance: Rally to Multi-Year Highs Microvast’s stock price has seen a spectacular run-up in October, far outpacing the broader market as investors pile in on growth hopes. Volume spiked to nearly 20 million shares on Oct. 15, about three times the monthly average, reflecting surging interest. Microvast’s shares have been on a tear, skyrocketing in mid-October to levels not seen in years. The stock broke out of its recent trading range last week – it was around $4.33 on Oct. 10, then $5.25 by Oct. 14ts2.tech – before exploding ~19% higher on Oct. 15 to close around $6.25ts2.tech. Early
16 October 2025
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Inside Salesforce’s Generative AI Revolution: How Marketing GPT and Einstein GPT Are Reshaping CRM

Salesforce Stock Soars on Bold $60B 2030 Target; Analysts See Big Upside

Stock Price and Recent Trends After a bumpy September, Salesforce shares have steadied in the mid-$230s. TechStock² reported that CRM rebounded from a ~$235 low on Oct. 1 to about $241 by Oct. 6ts2.tech. As of Oct. 15’s close the stock was $236.58investing.com. In early Oct. 16 trading it was up around 5% (≈$248) as investors absorbed the latest newsinvesting.com. For 2025 to date, CRM is roughly 27–28% below its January levelsreuters.comts2.tech, reflecting both company-specific concerns and a general tech sector pause. (Salesforce’s beta is above 1, meaning it tends to magnify market swingsts2.tech.) Dreamforce Unveils $60B 2030 Goal The
16 October 2025
Omeros Stock Explodes 146% on Surprise $2.1B Novo Nordisk Deal – What Comes Next?

Biotech Bombshell: Omeros Stock Skyrockets on $2.1B Novo Nordisk Deal – What’s Next?

Stock Performance: Recent Surge and Volatility Omeros shares were trading around $4–$4.60 through early October, then exploded on Oct. 15. Data from the company’s IR site show OMER jumped from $4.10 (Oct 14 close) to $10.42 by Oct 15 closeinvestor.omeros.com. Intraday on Oct 15, it even hit a high around $12.10. This roughly 150% one-day surge was driven by the Novo Nordisk deal (see below). Trading volume was staggering: Benzinga reports ~89.2 million shares traded (vs. a ~1.1M daily average) during the rallybenzinga.com. By mid-October 16 pre-market, OMER was around $9–10 per share – still far above levels seen just days
16 October 2025
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Menopause Launch Sends Hims & Hers (HIMS) Stock Soaring – What’s Next?

Menopause Launch Sends Hims & Hers (HIMS) Stock Soaring – What’s Next?

Figure: Hims & Hers markets a broad telehealth platform for men’s and women’s healthts2.tech. Its stock has surged with the boom in telehealth and weight-loss treatments. Women’s Health Expansion Sparks Rally On Oct. 15, Hims & Hers stunned the market by launching a dedicated menopause/perimenopause care program on its “Hers” telehealth platform. The company said the new service would connect women with personalized hormone therapies (estradiol, progesterone, etc.) to ease symptoms like hot flashes and sleep issuests2.tech. This push into a historically underserved sector (roughly 1.3 million U.S. women enter menopause each year) met eager investor demand. As Benzinga and
16 October 2025
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RYOJ Stock Rockets 180% Overnight – What’s Fueling the Surge?

RYOJ Stock Rockets 180% Overnight – What’s Fueling the Surge?

Market Performance & Recent Moves Shares of rYojbaba have been on a roller-coaster since its Nasdaq debut. After peaking at $3.75 on debut day (Aug 14), RYOJ plunged to an intraday low of $1.81 on Sept 4tradingview.com. SimplyWallSt flagged sentiment “deteriorates” when the stock fell 19% on Sept 4 and another 16% on Oct 3simplywall.st. Last week’s rally flipped the script: trading volume spiked as investors piled in, pushing the pre-rally price up by ~2.5% for the weektradingview.com. The blockbuster Oct 15 move (and after-hours surge) appears to have been driven by heavy trading and momentum rather than any company
16 October 2025
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Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 16.10.2025

ENDEDLive coverage has endedEnded: October 18, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT Centerspace (CSR) Crosses Above 200-Day Moving Average, Signals Bullish Momentum October 16, 2025, 11:07 PM EDT. Centerspace (CSR) shares climbed to as high as $61.16 Thursday, rising above the 200-day moving average of $60.64. The move comes as CSR trades about +1.5% on the session, with a last trade near $60.75. The breakout above the 200 DMA suggests a potential shift in near-term momentum. Over the past year, CSR has traded between a low of $52.76 and a high of $75.92, framing the current price within the 52-week range. The
16 October 2025
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Tower Semiconductor stock jumps again on Nvidia optics tie-up as earnings near

Tower Semiconductor stock jumps again on Nvidia optics tie-up as earnings near

8 February 2026
Tower Semiconductor shares rose 7.7% to $139.04 Friday after announcing a collaboration with Nvidia on AI data-center networking. The stock touched $141 intraday and gained another 1% after hours. Investors await Tower’s Feb. 11 earnings for details on its silicon photonics work. No financial terms or shipment timeline were disclosed.
Longsys Electronics stock heads into Monday after new guarantees; what 301308 investors watch next

Longsys Electronics stock heads into Monday after new guarantees; what 301308 investors watch next

8 February 2026
Longsys disclosed new guarantees for a 100 million yuan Hong Kong loan and a $9 million Brazil credit line, bringing its total approved guarantee quota to 11 billion yuan and outstanding guarantees to 5.81 billion yuan. The company said all guarantees are for consolidated subsidiaries and within approved limits. Shares closed at 288 yuan Friday, down 1.6%. China inflation and credit data are due this week.
MACOM stock price steadies near highs into Monday after earnings pop and fresh filings

MACOM stock price steadies near highs into Monday after earnings pop and fresh filings

8 February 2026
MACOM shares rose 3.5% to $235.87 Friday after the company reported fiscal Q1 revenue of $271.6 million and raised its full-year data center growth outlook to 35–40%. Fidelity’s FMR LLC disclosed a 10.7% stake, while shareholder Susan Ocampo filed to potentially sell up to 100,000 shares. Stifel raised its price target to $255. MACOM expects to repay $161 million in convertible notes in March.
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