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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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Markets in Limbo: Stocks Soar on Trade Truce Hopes – But Is a Pullback Imminent?

Markets in Limbo: Stocks Soar on Trade Truce Hopes – But Is a Pullback Imminent?

Market Snapshot and Reactions Last Week’s Close: U.S. indices ended sharply lower on Friday, Oct 10 (the last trading day). The Dow Jones Industrials fell 878.82 points (−1.9%) to 45,479.60 nasdaq.com. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite plunged 820.20 points (−3.6%) to 22,204.43 nasdaq.com — its steepest drop since April 10. The S&P 500 lost 182.60 points (−2.7%) to 6,552.51, its largest single-day slide since April 10 nasdaq.com. Only one of the 11 S&P sectors managed a gain. Market breadth was weak: for example, the XLK technology ETF fell 4.1%, and most stocks declined nasdaq.com. The VIX “fear gauge” jumped to 21.66
13 October 2025
Nvidia-Backed AI Data-Center Stock APLD Rockets on $11B Deal – Too Late to Buy?

Nvidia-Backed AI Data-Center Stock APLD Rockets on $11B Deal – Too Late to Buy?

Business & Market Context Applied Digital (APLD) started as a crypto-hosting company but has aggressively pivoted into AI and cloud infrastructure. Its flagship “Polaris Forge” projects in North Dakota are purpose-built AI data-center campuses: ultra-efficient facilities cooled by closed-loop liquid systems (Design PUE ~1.18) and powered by abundant local hydro power. These campuses will serve “hyper-scale” AI workloads, primarily training large language models and other machine learning tasks. As Motley Fool explained, APLD “designs, builds, and operates high-performance, sustainably engineered data centers and colocation services for artificial intelligence, cloud, networking, and blockchain workloads.” nasdaq.com. In practice, the company is effectively
13 October 2025
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Mega Metal Rally! Gold Rockets Past $4,000 as Silver Nears $52 on Debasement Fears

Mega Metal Rally! Gold Rockets Past $4,000 as Silver Nears $52 on Debasement Fears

Market Context: While metals are surging, U.S. equities have wavered. On Oct. 13, 2025, the Dow Jones fell ~1.9% to 45,480, the S&P 500 slid ~2.7% (≈6,552), and the Nasdaq plunged ~3.6% (≈22,204) investing.com investing.com. Tech giants saw steep losses (e.g. Nvidia, Amazon down ~5%). The contrast underscores a classic flight to safety: amid geopolitical turmoil (Middle East ceasefire, Ukraine war, trade wars) and U.S. policy gridlock (government shutdown), investors are hedging with “hard” assets. Why Prices Are Climbing: According to market experts, gold and silver are rallying on broad macro factors, not just short-term news investing.com theguardian.com. Investors worry that
13 October 2025
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Stocks Surge as Trump Eases China Tariff Threats – Fed Rate-Cut Hopes Ignite Rally

Stocks Surge as Trump Eases China Tariff Threats – Fed Rate-Cut Hopes Ignite Rally

U.S. stock futures roared higher Monday as traders seized on softer trade rhetoric. Trump had threatened on Friday “massive” new tariffs on China, briefly sparking the Nasdaq’s worst single-day drop in months investopedia.com. He warned of 100% levies and cutting a summit with China’s Xi Jinping, which sent Friday’s S&P 500 down 2.7% and Nasdaq down 3.6% investopedia.com. But over the weekend Trump posted on Truth Social that “it will all be fine” with China and the U.S. did not want to “hurt” its economy investopedia.com. This reprieve calmed markets. Dow futures added +1.0%, S&P futures +1.3%, Nasdaq +1.9% by
13 October 2025
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Apple Shake-Up: Cook’s Successor, Vision Air Axed & Stock Price Soars?

Apple Shake-Up: Cook’s Successor, Vision Air Axed & Stock Price Soars?

Who’s Next at the Top of Apple? All signs point to an upcoming CEO transition. Tim Cook (age 64) will turn 65 next month, sparking speculation he may begin winding down his tenure benzinga.com macrumors.com. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman – quoting anonymous Apple insiders – reports that Cook’s hardware-engineering chief John Ternus has been groomed as the “most likely heir apparent” macrumors.com. Ternus joined Apple in 2001 and rose to SVP of Hardware Engineering in 2021 macrumors.com. He has led the design of iPhones, iPads and Macs, and was prominently featured as the public face of the recent “iPhone Air” launch
13 October 2025
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MicroStrategy Stock Skyrockets on Bitcoin Frenzy – Will Saylor’s $70B Crypto Bet Pay Off?

MicroStrategy Stock Skyrockets on Bitcoin Frenzy – Will Saylor’s $70B Crypto Bet Pay Off?

A Bitcoin-First Business Model Originally an enterprise analytics software firm, MicroStrategy has become essentially a bitcoin treasury. As of late September 2025 the company held about 640,000 BTC on its balance sheet mitrade.com ts2.tech. Those coins were bought over years at an aggregate cost of ~$46B (≈$70–73K per coin) ts2.tech. At today’s bitcoin prices (well above $120K), that stash is valued around $70–$75B – far eclipsing the ~$97B equity market cap of MSTR ts2.tech. In fact, Strategy (MSTR) now holds more Bitcoin than any other public entity, even exceeding the U.S. government’s ~198,000 BTC mitrade.com reuters.com. This massive pile of
13 October 2025
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Stocks Retreat as AI Hype Meets Shutdown and Trade Fears – What’s Next?

Stocks Retreat as AI Hype Meets Shutdown and Trade Fears – What’s Next?

Market Update: Rally Pauses, Tech Leads Losers U.S. stocks gave back early gains as investors “paused to assess the optimism around AI and interest-rate cuts” x.com. On Friday Oct. 10, the Dow closed around 45,480 (down ~1.9%), the S&P 500 about 6,552 (–2.7%) and the Nasdaq roughly 22,204 (–3.6%) reuters.com nasdaq.com. Over the week, the S&P and Nasdaq had their worst weeks in months as global trade fears resurfaced. The declines were broad-based: 10 of 11 S&P sectors fell, with big drops in tech and consumer discretionary nasdaq.com. Volatility spiked – the VIX fear index jumped 32% to ~21.7, its highest since
13 October 2025
Microsoft Stock Set to Explode: AI Boom & Cloud Growth Propel MSFT to New Highs

Microsoft Stock Set to Explode: AI Boom & Cloud Growth Propel MSFT to New Highs

Stock Price & Recent Performance Microsoft’s stock price reached a record high of about $555.45 on July 31, 2025 tradingview.com. Since then it has pulled back modestly, closing around $510.96 on Oct 10, 2025 stockanalysis.com. Over the last week MSFT dipped ≈–1.2%, though it remains +23.1% higher than a year ago tradingview.com. (In extended trading on Oct 13, the stock was up sharply, reflecting early optimism, trading near $518.4 stockanalysis.com.) MarketBeat notes the average 12-month target is about $618 marketbeat.com (21% above current levels), while some analysts’ top targets approach $650–$700 marketbeat.com. Trading metrics remain high: market cap ~$3.8 trillion tradingview.com,
13 October 2025
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Walmart’s 470% Rally: Is a $1 Trillion Market Cap Next?

Walmart’s 470% Rally: Is a $1 Trillion Market Cap Next?

Walmart’s Trillion-Dollar Potential In 2018 Apple became the first U.S. company to breach a $1 trillion market cap, with tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Tesla – and most recently Nvidia – joining the club. Brick-and-mortar giant Walmart could be next. Motley Fool analyst Jon Quast points out that Walmart’s current $820B market cap would only need a ~22% jump to hit $1T nasdaq.com. He notes the company has delivered a 470% total return in 15 years (680% with dividends) nasdaq.com, thanks to its scale and diversification. This dramatic run, driven by repeat store visits and steady online growth,
13 October 2025
$100B in Crypto? How Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) Stocks Became the Hottest Trend in Finance

Bitcoin Price Booms Past $115K – Bullish Forecasts Clash With Crash Fears

Bitcoin Price and Recent Movements On October 13, 2025, Bitcoin is trading around $115,000 USD. This marks a sharp recovery from last week’s sharp selloff: as recently as Friday (Oct 10), BTC dipped near $104–105K before buyers stepped ints2.techeuropeanbusinessmagazine.com. Over the past few days, the price has bounced back by roughly 10–15% from that low. According to Coinpedia, “Bitcoin is leading the recovery, rising over 3% to approach $115,000” on the morning of Oct 13coinpedia.org. Similarly, FXEmpire notes BTC has “rebounded above $115,000 after a brutal sell-off” driven by U.S.–China trade tensionsfxempire.com. Earlier this month, Bitcoin surged to fresh record
13 October 2025
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XRP Crashes 40% as Whales Sell Off – Can Ripple’s Token Rally to $4?

XRP Price Forecast: Will Ripple Rocket to $5 or Crash to $2? October 2025 Update

Key Facts (as of Oct 13, 2025): Current XRP Price & Recent Movement XRP opened October 2025 at roughly $3.0 and climbed earlier in the month (the “Uptober” rally) as macro investors piled into cryptots2.tech. On Oct 6, Bitcoin set a new record near $125Kreuters.com, and XRP was trading around $3.3–3.6. However, a surprise policy shock – the announcement of 100% tariffs on Chinese goods – ignited a sharp sell-off on Oct 10. Within minutes, XRP plunged about 42% to ~$1.64ts2.techts2.tech, one of the deepest flash crashes of 2025. This wipeout coincided with a crypto-wide $19 billion liquidationcoindesk.com, triggered partly by
13 October 2025
Ethereum Price Rollercoaster: Will ETH Hit $5,000 After Mid-October Flash Crash?

Ethereum Price Rollercoaster: Will ETH Hit $5,000 After Mid-October Flash Crash?

Ethereum Price Today (Oct 13, 2025) As of Oct 13, 2025, Ethereum is trading in the mid-$4,000 range. Investing.com reports ETH closed around $4,148.11 on Oct 13investing.com (with an intraday high ~$4,208 and low ~$4,118) after rebounding from earlier weakness. CryptoNews likewise notes ETH at about $4,152 on Monday morningcryptonews.com, roughly 8.7% higher than 24 hours prior. This jump followed a painful weekend sell-off; over the past week ETH is down about 15–16%ts2.tech. By comparison, BTC has also recovered (up ~2.9% on Oct 13cryptonews.com) but with a smaller move than ETH. In broad terms, Ethereum (the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency) remains
13 October 2025
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IREN’s 500% Rally: How a Bitcoin Miner Became an AI Cloud Juggernaut

IREN’s 500% Rally: How a Bitcoin Miner Became an AI Cloud Juggernaut

IREN’s AI-Cloud Strategy IREN started as Iris Energy, a clean-energy Bitcoin miner, but is now aggressively pivoting to AI data centers. It owns hydro- and wind-powered sites in Canada and Texas, giving it some of the industry’s lowest power costs (~$0.03–$0.038/kWh) ts2.tech ts2.tech. Management has redeployed idle mining capacity into AI compute. In August 2025 IREN was named an “NVIDIA Preferred Partner,” granting it privileged access to high-end GPUs bitget.com. The late-September GPU order added 7,100 Nvidia Blackwell B300s, 4,200 Nvidia Blackwell B200s and 1,100 AMD MI350X cards theminermag.com. This brings the fleet to ~23,000 units (including the existing ~1,900
13 October 2025
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Crypto Stocks Explode as Bitcoin Smashes Records – 5 Hot Picks for October 2025

Crypto Stocks Explode as Bitcoin Smashes Records – 5 Hot Picks for October 2025

With fresh records and high volatility, investors are scouring the market for crypto-linked equities. Below we dive deeper into recent news, expert commentary, and outlooks for Bitcoin and its key stock proxies. Bitcoin’s “Uptober” Rally and Record Highs Bitcoin’s bull run accelerated in early October. After touching a peak near $124,480 in August (per Reuters), BTC broke above $125K on Oct 5, 2025 – a new all-time high reuters.com. The rally was fueled by massive demand for Bitcoin ETFs (BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF took in ~800,000 BTC recently) ts2.tech, high inflation concerns, a weakening dollar (down ~12% YTD), and safe-haven
13 October 2025
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Energy Fuels (UUUU) Stock Skyrockets on Rare-Earth Breakthrough & Uranium Boom

Energy Fuels (UUUU) Stock Skyrockets on Rare-Earth Breakthrough & Uranium Boom

Recent News Company Overview and Strategy Energy Fuels’ core operations include the Pinyon Plain high-grade uranium mine and the White Mesa Mill in Utah (pictured). It was founded in 1987 and today is “a Colorado-based player in… critical minerals — think uranium, rare earth element (REE) processing, vanadium production, and heavy mineral sands operations” finimize.com. The company has been the leading U.S. producer of uranium concentrate for several years investors.energyfuels.com, supplying nuclear utilities for carbon-free power. It owns multiple uranium assets (conventional and ISR) and in 2024-25 ramped up Pinyon Plain (AZ) to record grades and output investors.energyfuels.com. Energy Fuels
13 October 2025
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Powell Max (PMAX) Stock: Hidden Gem or Sinking Ship? Experts Weigh In

Powell Max (PMAX) Stock: Hidden Gem or Sinking Ship? Experts Weigh In

Company Overview Powell Max is a niche player in Hong Kong’s capital markets. Through its subsidiary, it provides end-to-end financial communications and printing services – from typesetting and translation to newspaper placement – for companies listed (or seeking to list) on the HKEX stockanalysis.com marketscreener.com. CEO Tsz Kin Wong emphasizes that PMAX’s role is “vital” in supporting listed companies’ compliance needs globenewswire.com. In essence, PMAX is to Hong Kong what a financial printer and filing agent is to U.S. markets globenewswire.com. To expand its footprint, Powell Max has been pursuing an aggressive acquisition strategy. In early 2025 the company announced
13 October 2025
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BigBear.ai (BBAI) Stock Rockets 80% in 2025 – Is the Defense-AI Rally Just Beginning?

BigBear.ai (BBAI) Stock Rockets 80% in 2025 – Is the Defense-AI Rally Just Beginning?

BigBear.ai is a publicly traded AI firm (NYSE: BBAI) based in McLean, Virginia, specializing in “mission-ready AI” solutions for the U.S. government and critical infrastructure ts2.tech. Founded via a 2021 SPAC merger, it leverages machine learning, sensor fusion and advanced analytics to support defense, intelligence, homeland security and customs operations. Its products (e.g. the Arcas™ computer-vision system and ConductorOS edge-AI platform) deliver real-time insights to military and border-security customers. In short, BigBear.ai positions itself as a niche AI analytics vendor – a smaller counterpart to firms like Palantir ts2.tech – with deep ties to defense agencies. Current Stock Price &
13 October 2025
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Nor’easter on Steroids: Coastal Chaos as Storm Knocks Out Power, Flooding Threatens Millions

Nor’easter on Steroids: Coastal Chaos as Storm Knocks Out Power, Flooding Threatens Millions

National Flood Watch: From Carolinas to New England Meteorologists traced the storm’s origins to a low-pressure system off the southeast U.S. coast that intensified as it drifted north. By Sunday afternoon it was dragging an Atlantic feeder band up into New England, prompting flood and wind advisories in many states. The Weather Channel and ABC News reported 1–3 inches of rain inland (with 4+ inches along the coast) and noted “significant coastal flooding, along with significant beach erosion and high surf” from Virginia through Long Island abcnews.go.com. Overnight Sunday, moderate coastal flooding struck parts of North Carolina and New Jersey
13 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

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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