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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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GWAV Explodes 100% Pre‑Market: Can Greenwave’s Tiny Float + 50% Metal Tariffs Turn a Micro‑Cap Recycler Into a Breakout Story—or a Bull Trap?

Greenwave (GWAV) Stock Skyrockets as Metal Tariffs and Scrap Boom Fuel Rally

Greenwave’s business centers on scrap‑metal recycling. Through its subsidiary Empire, it runs what it calls “the #1 scrap metal chain in Hampton Roads,” located near the world’s largest Naval Baseprnewswire.com. The company processes ferrous and non‑ferrous scrap for U.S. steelmakers (like Nucor, Cleveland‑Cliffs, Sims) and other industrial users. Its CEO Danny Meeks has emphasized that Greenwave supplies “100% domestically-sourced metals” and sees its facilities as crucial for national infrastructure and securityprnewswire.comprnewswire.com. Tariffs & Tariffs: Crucially, Greenwave has ridden recent trade policy shifts. Early in 2025, the U.S. government announced sweeping 25% tariffs on imported steel, aluminum and copper. Greenwave immediately
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
Nova Minerals (ASX:NVA) Soars on $43M US Critical Minerals Boost – Gold-Antimony Play to Watch

Nova Minerals (ASX:NVA) Soars on $43M US Critical Minerals Boost – Gold-Antimony Play to Watch

Sources: Nova Minerals official releases and filings novaminerals.com.au globenewswire.com; market news (Investing.com, OilPrice, Stocktwits, SmallCaps, SimplyWallSt) ca.investing.com oilprice.com stocktwits.com smallcaps.com.au simplywall.st; ASX trading data intelligentinvestor.com.au; technical data (Investing.com) investing.com investing.com; analyst reports novaminerals.com.au novaminerals.com.au. Each cited source provides background and verification for the above analysis.
14 October 2025
JDZG Stock Rockets 6% – Is JIADE Ltd the Next EdTech Play?

JDZG Stock Rockets 6% – Is JIADE Ltd the Next EdTech Play?

Market Performance JDZG has been volatile and mostly sliding over 2025. After peaking in mid-2024, it traded around $6–7 early 2025, then plunged to under $2. In recent days it rebounded: closing $1.77 on Oct 10 and jumping to $1.88 on Oct 13 (Monday) markets.financialcontent.com. Over the past week the stock ranged roughly $1.76–1.88 markets.financialcontent.com. This small-cap stock trades on very light volume and has no dividend or analyst coverage. Price metrics are mixed: trailing P/E (ex-extra items) is extremely low (~4.3x) and P/Sales about 2.9x reuters.com, reflecting the depressed share price. Its market cap is only a few million
14 October 2025
Cyngn (CYN) Stock Soars 500% on Nvidia Tie-Up – Bull Run or Bubble? Latest News, Forecasts & Risks

Cyngn (CYN) Stock Soars 500% on Nvidia Tie-Up – Bull Run or Bubble? Latest News, Forecasts & Risks

Company Overview and Business Model Figure: Cyngn’s DriveMod kit retrofits industrial vehicles (tuggers/forklifts) for self-driving operation. Cyngn (NASDAQ:CYN) is a Mountain View, CA firm offering autonomous industrial vehicle solutions. Its core product, DriveMod, is an add-on kit that converts standard tuggers and forklifts into self-driving machines prnewswire.com. For example, DriveMod tuggers can haul up to 12,000 lb and run indoors/outdoors with a ~2-year payback prnewswire.com. The Enterprise Autonomy Suite bundles DriveMod hardware with software (Cyngn Insight fleet management, teleoperation, AI analytics) to help factories and warehouses boost efficiency investors.cyngn.com seekingalpha.com. Cyngn targets large industrial markets (Logistics, Manufacturing, Mining). Its IR materials
14 October 2025
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Salesforce Unleashes AI Agents to Fix a $7B Problem – Will CRM Stocks Soar?

Salesforce Unleashes AI Agents to Fix a $7B Problem – Will CRM Stocks Soar?

Salesforce’s latest AI push – unveiled at its Oct 2025 Dreamforce conference – centers on Agentforce, a framework of “autonomous AI agents” embedded throughout Salesforce products venturebeat.com. With 12,000+ customers already using Agentforce in 2024 reuters.com tekedia.com, the company is betting these agents will break the cycle of stalled pilots. In a press briefing, co-founder CTO Parker Harris said “we are truly in the agentic AI era,” predicting that “40% of the work in the Fortune 1000 is probably going to be done by AI, and it’s going to be humans and AI actually working together” venturebeat.com. Salesforce frames Agentforce 360
14 October 2025
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Olive Garden ‘Holiday Shutdown’ Hoax Debunked – Shocking Thanksgiving 2025 Weather Forecast Revealed

Olive Garden ‘Holiday Shutdown’ Hoax Debunked – Shocking Thanksgiving 2025 Weather Forecast Revealed

Rumors vs. Reality at Olive Garden On social media and clickbait sites (notably a Sun tabloid story), claims circulated that Olive Garden would “close all 900 of its restaurants” on Thanksgiving and Christmas calcoasttimes.com. In truth, Olive Garden’s official policy has long been to close every location on those holidays – a practice explicitly noted on the chain’s FAQ page olivegarden.com. As CalCoast Times reports, the viral shutdown story is baseless: “Contrary to viral reports, Olive Garden is not closing all 900 restaurants nationwide in a two-phase shutdown” calcoasttimes.com. Industry observers emphasize this isn’t a new development, but simply the
14 October 2025
Superwood vs Steel: How This “10x-Strong” Wood Could Revolutionize Construction

Superwood vs Steel: How This “10x-Strong” Wood Could Revolutionize Construction

What is Superwood and Who’s Behind It? “Superwood” is not a sci-fi material but the latest engineered timber from InventWood, a Frederick, MD startup. Based on a breakthrough by Prof. Liangbing Hu (Univ. of Maryland), Superwood is ordinary wood (or even bamboo) transformed into a super-strong material timesofindia.indiatimes.com inc.com. After Hu’s 2018 Nature paper on transparent wood, he spent years refining the process. In 2021 InventWood spun out of academia, and today it holds 140+ patents on wood densification. InventWood CEO Alex Lau says the treated wood “behaves like wood but is much stronger and lighter,” envisioning buildings that are
14 October 2025
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Johnson & Johnson stock price: What to watch after talc-case law firm ouster and new AFib data

Johnson & Johnson stock price: What to watch after talc-case law firm ouster and new AFib data

7 February 2026
Johnson & Johnson shares rose 0.9% to $239.99 Friday after a New Jersey appeals court disqualified Beasley Allen from state talc cases, citing improper coordination with a former J&J attorney. The ruling affects about 3,600 state lawsuits, while a related federal motion is pending. J&J also reported early 12-month pilot data for its investigational AFib device at a cardiology meeting.
Walmart stock jumps 3% to $131 as Dow clears 50,000 — what to watch before Monday

Walmart stock jumps 3% to $131 as Dow clears 50,000 — what to watch before Monday

7 February 2026
Walmart shares climbed 3.34% to $131.18 Friday, pushing its market value to about $1.05 trillion as the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. Retail stocks mostly gained, with Target up 4.24% and Costco up 1.20%, while Amazon dropped 5.55%. Investors await Walmart’s fiscal Q4 results on Feb. 19 and key U.S. economic data next week.
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