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iRobot Stock Skyrockets 55% in Short-Squeeze Frenzy – Bubble or Breakout?

iRobot Stock Skyrockets 55% in Short-Squeeze Frenzy – Bubble or Breakout?

IRBT Stock Soars on Short-Squeeze Rally iRobot’s stock price skyrocketed this week in one of its sharpest moves on record. On Wednesday (Oct. 15), IRBT jumped from $3.93 to about $5.37 at the close, a +36% gain in one day stocktwits.com. Intra-day, the Roomba maker’s stock hit $6.09 (a level last seen in March) before paring back ts2.tech. By comparison, major indexes were flat to mildly positive that day ts2.tech – making iRobot a dramatic outlier. The sudden spike pushed IRBT well above its recent trading range (the stock had languished under $4 for weeks) and lifted shares to a
16 October 2025
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Sana Biotechnology (SANA) Stock Skyrockets on ‘100-Bagger’ Hype – Experts Debate What’s Next

Sana Biotechnology (SANA) Stock Skyrockets on ‘100-Bagger’ Hype – Experts Debate What’s Next

Surge Fueled by a ‘100-Bagger’ Tweet Sana Biotechnology’s stock skyrocketed mid-week after a bold endorsement from a well-known tech investor. On Oct. 15, SANA shares jumped over 25% in a single session, closing at $5.62 (up from $4.45 the day prior) ts2.tech. In intraday trading the stock even hit roughly $6.55 before paring back gains ts2.tech. The catalyst? A viral post on social media. Hedge fund manager Eric Jackson — known for spotting high-growth plays — proclaimed on X (formerly Twitter) that “Biotech is back… $SANA looks like the next 100-bagger platform”. He pointed to an improving macro backdrop (lower
16 October 2025
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Critical Metals (CRML) Stock Explodes on Rare-Earth Boom – Gains Skyrocket Amid U.S. Investment Buzz

Critical Metals (CRML) Stock Explodes on Rare-Earth Boom – Gains Skyrocket Amid U.S. Investment Buzz

Stock Price and Recent Performance As of Oct.16, 2025 midday, CRML trades in the mid-$20s, rebounding from Oct.15’s close at $22.72 Marketbeat. That day’s 24% plunge followed a parabolic run higher: in early Oct the stock was only single digits, yet by Oct.13 it hit a 52-week high ($21.45 intraday) and by Oct.14 briefly traded near $32 ts2.tech. These gains made CRML one of the top Nasdaq performers. On Oct.6 alone the stock spiked over 60%, reflecting Reuters’s scoop on a possible U.S. equity investment Reuters ts2.tech. Volume has been enormous – Oct.15 saw ~51 million shares traded ($1.16 billion value) Stockinvest
16 October 2025
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Uranium Royalty Stock Soars on Nuclear Boom – UROY Hits New High, What’s Next?

Uranium Royalty Stock Soars on Nuclear Boom – UROY Hits New High, What’s Next?

UROY Stock Blasts Off Amid Uranium Market Revival Uranium Royalty Corp’s stock price has been on a tear, riding a wave of optimism in the nuclear energy sector. On October 15, UROY spiked intraday to about $4.87 per share, its highest level in a year Marketbeat. It closed that session up over 11% at roughly $4.75 Finviz – capping a stunning rally in recent months. Just a year ago UROY traded near $2.50; it has since doubled in value, now sitting ~85% higher than 12 months prior Finviz. Over 116% of those gains have come in 2025 alone as the
16 October 2025
Adaptimmune (ADAP) Sees Wild Stock Surge Amid Cash Crunch – Biotech Turnaround or Last Gasp?

Adaptimmune (ADAP) Sees Wild Stock Surge Amid Cash Crunch – Biotech Turnaround or Last Gasp?

Stock Price Rollercoaster in 2025 Adaptimmune’s stock has been on a wild ride this year, with extreme price swings in recent weeks grabbing headlines. After languishing in penny-stock territory for months, ADAP suddenly caught fire in late September 2025. On September 19, shares opened at a mere $0.08 but skyrocketed 98% by day’s end to $0.16, then jumped another 30% after-hours to ~$0.20 ts2.tech. This stunning one-day move – without any company-specific catalyst – was accompanied by an enormous volume of 705+ million shares traded (versus ~60 million on an average day) ts2.tech. Market observers noted Adaptimmune as one of
16 October 2025
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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
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Nu Holdings stock jumps to $17.40 — what to watch next for Nubank shares

Nu Holdings stock jumps to $17.40 — what to watch next for Nubank shares

8 February 2026
Nu Holdings shares closed at $17.40 Friday, up 3.5%, as the Dow topped 50,000 for the first time. The Brazil-based fintech recently received conditional U.S. approval to form a national bank but still needs further regulatory sign-offs. Investors await Nu’s fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 25.
AMD stock jumped Friday on AI-spending signals — here’s what to watch before Monday’s open

AMD stock jumped Friday on AI-spending signals — here’s what to watch before Monday’s open

8 February 2026
AMD shares jumped 8.2% to $208.44 Friday, leading a rally in chip stocks after Amazon and Alphabet signaled higher data-center spending. Nvidia gained 7.8%, Broadcom rose 7.1%, and the PHLX semiconductor index climbed 5.7%. The sector’s rebound followed a midweek drop after AMD’s revenue forecast disappointed. U.S. jobs and inflation data next week could sway markets further.
Apple stock heads into Monday with iPhone price question back on the table

Apple stock heads into Monday with iPhone price question back on the table

8 February 2026
Apple closed at $275.97 Friday, last indicated up 0.8% at $278.12. A global memory-chip shortage is raising questions about whether Apple will hike iPhone prices or absorb higher costs. CEO Tim Cook warned of rising chip prices but gave no details on Apple’s response. Traders are watching upcoming U.S. payrolls and inflation data that could affect rate-cut expectations.
Strategy Inc (MSTR) stock rebounds 26% as bitcoin steadies near $71,000 — what traders watch next

Strategy Inc (MSTR) stock rebounds 26% as bitcoin steadies near $71,000 — what traders watch next

8 February 2026
Strategy Inc shares jumped 26.1% Friday to $134.93, recovering from a 17.1% drop the day before as bitcoin rebounded above $70,000. The company holds 713,502 bitcoins, bought at an average of $76,052 each. Bitcoin traded near $70,864 early Sunday after swinging from $60,018 to over $70,000 on Friday. Options markets showed heavy demand for downside protection ahead of the Feb. 27 expiry.
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