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Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Nasdaq Futures Slip After AI-Fueled Record Rally – Fed Cuts, Shutdown Drama & Tech Frenzy Drive Wall Street Surge

Wall Street Hits Records Despite Shutdown Gridlock Wall Street’s latest milestone comes against an unlikely backdrop: a U.S. government shutdown stretching into its second week. Yet stock investors have largely shrugged off Washington’s stalemate, focusing instead on favorable economic undercurrents. On Monday, the Nasdaq Composite climbed +0.71% to 22,941.67, and the S&P 500 rose +0.36% to 6,740.28 – both record closing highs – even as the federal government remained partially closedreuters.comreuters.com. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged, slipping 0.14%, but that modest dip didn’t derail what has been a robust multi-day rally. In fact, eight of the past ten sessions
7 October 2025
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Trilogy Metals (TMQ) Stock Soars After U.S. Govt Deal – Critical Minerals Boom Brewing?

US Government Buys Stake in Alaska Miner to Unlock Critical Minerals – Sparks “Copper Rush” Controversy

U.S. Stakes a Claim in Alaska’s Mineral Riches In an unprecedented step for U.S. industrial policy, the federal government announced it will become a shareholder in a private mining company to advance a domestic source of critical minerals. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum revealed that the U.S. government is acquiring about 10% of Trilogy Metals Inc., a small Canadian firm, to help fund its mining projects in Alaska’s remote Ambler Mining Districtreuters.com. The deal – a $35.6 million investment – is meant to jump-start exploration of rich copper and cobalt deposits on U.S. soil. “The Department [of] War, the United States government,
7 October 2025
Northern Lights, Draconid Meteors & Bright Comets – Skywatch Highlights for Oct 7–8, 2025

Northern Lights, Draconid Meteors & Bright Comets – Skywatch Highlights for Oct 7–8, 2025

Draconid Meteor Shower Peaks in Early Evening The Draconid meteor shower – a minor but convenient annual shower – is active October 6–10 and is expected to peak on the night of October 8, 2025 livescience.com. The Draconids are so named because their meteors appear to fan out from the head of the constellation Draco, the Dragon, which lies in the northwestern sky after nightfall in October science.nasa.gov livescience.com. Unlike many meteor showers that are best in the wee hours of morning, the Draconids are most easily viewed in the early evening – just after darkness falls – because Draco’s
7 October 2025
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XRP Price Rally, Whales Dump $160M, and ETF Hype: Ripple’s Wild 48 Hours (Oct 6–7, 2025)

XRP Price Rally, Whales Dump $160M, and ETF Hype: Ripple’s Wild 48 Hours (Oct 6–7, 2025)

Key Facts XRP Price Performance and Chart Trends (Oct 6–7) Over the past two days, XRP’s price has held remarkably steady near the $3.00 level, a crucial psychological and technical threshold. On Monday (Oct. 6), XRP briefly reclaimed $3 during intraday trade and settled at about $2.9905 by the day’s close fxempire.com. That marked a modest +0.68% gain for the day – a continuation of its early “Uptober” upswing. By Tuesday (Oct. 7), the token was consolidating around $2.98 with low volatility coinedition.com, barely budging as traders awaited a decisive move. In fact, XRP’s 24-hour change was under 1%, trading roughly at
7 October 2025
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Bitcoin Blasts Past $126K in Uptober Surge – ETF Frenzy and Macro Tailwinds Fuel New Highs

Bitcoin Blasts Past $126K in Uptober Surge – ETF Frenzy and Macro Tailwinds Fuel New Highs

Price Hits Record High Amid Uptober Rally Bitcoin’s price action on Oct. 6–7, 2025 was nothing short of historic. The flagship cryptocurrency surged past $126,000 for the first time, setting a new all-time high around $126,198 before seeing a brief intraday dip coincentral.com. This milestone extends what has been a powerful “Uptober” rally – Bitcoin is up roughly 10% week-to-date and has doubled in value over the past 12 months, an astonishing gain fueled in part by shifting macro trends (including a new U.S. administration) news.sky.com. After peaking on Monday, BTC cooled only slightly; by Tuesday morning (Oct. 7) it
7 October 2025
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Precious Metals Skyrocket – Gold Blasts Past $3,900, Silver Hits 14-Year High as Global Turmoil Fuels Safe-Haven Frenzy

Precious Metals Skyrocket – Gold Blasts Past $3,900, Silver Hits 14-Year High as Global Turmoil Fuels Safe-Haven Frenzy

Record-Breaking Gold Rally Fueled by Fed Bets and Haven Demand Gold’s 2025 rally hit fever pitch as the week began. On Monday Oct. 6, spot gold rocketed 1.8% to around $3,956/oz, after peaking at an all-time intraday high near $3,970 reuters.com. U.S. gold futures (Dec delivery) also settled ~1.7% higher at $3,976.30 reuters.com. This marked gold’s first decisive break above the $3,900 barrier – a milestone in a year that has already seen multiple record highs. Year-to-date, gold prices have surged roughly 50% reuters.com, building on a 27% gain last year reuters.com reuters.com. The rally’s underpinnings read like a checklist
7 October 2025
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Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

AI Frenzy Fuels Record Wall St Rally as Shutdown Drags On – Key Market News (Oct 6-7, 2025)

Key Facts: Major Indexes Extend Rally Amid AI Euphoria Wall Street’s week kicked off with more record highs on Monday (Oct. 6) as U.S. equity indices climbed on buoyant investor sentiment. The benchmark S&P 500 rose 0.4% to 6,740.28, notching a fresh all-time closing high seattlepi.com. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite jumped 0.7% to 22,941.67, also a record finish seattlepi.com. It was the seventh straight advance for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, capping a remarkable run fueled primarily by excitement around artificial intelligence deals and innovations stocktwits.com sfgate.com. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged, edging down 0.1% to 46,694.97 seattlepi.com.
7 October 2025
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Tech Turmoil: AI Mega-Deals, Big Tech Battles & Space Surprises Rock October 2025

Tech Turmoil: AI Mega-Deals, Big Tech Battles & Space Surprises Rock October 2025

Key Facts Artificial Intelligence: Chips, Partnerships & New Players AI Hardware Mega-Deal: A blockbuster partnership emerged as ChatGPT creator OpenAI agreed to buy AMD’s latest AI chips in bulk. The multi-year deal will see AMD supply hundreds of thousands of GPUs – an arrangement AMD expects will generate over $100 billion in new revenue over four years reuters.com reuters.com. In exchange, OpenAI secured an option to take up to a 10% stake in AMD for virtually pennies per share reuters.com. Investors cheered the news: AMD’s stock leaped 34% in a single day, its biggest jump in nine years, adding about
7 October 2025
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Palantir’s Shocking Reinvention: From Secretive Spy Tech to $400B Cult Lifestyle Brand

Palantir’s AI-Fueled Surge Faces Army Security Scare – October 2025 Stock Report

Stock Performance and Momentum (2024–2025) Palantir’s stock has been on a phenomenal two-year run, minting early investors hefty gains. After surging 373% in 2024, PLTR continued its ascent in 2025, rising roughly 140% year-to-date as of October 6ts2.tech. This rally has made Palantir one of the S&P 500’s top performers and lifted its market capitalization into the hundreds of billions. In the past year alone, the stock climbed ~363%247wallst.com, vastly outperforming the broader market. For context, since its late-2020 IPO (at ~$10/share), Palantir’s stock has appreciated nearly 19× over five years247wallst.com – an almost unheard-of trajectory. This momentum is driven
7 October 2025
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Cavco Industries’ Rollercoaster: Record Highs, Big Acquisition & Housing Market Headwinds (Oct 2025 Update)

Cavco Industries’ Rollercoaster: Record Highs, Big Acquisition & Housing Market Headwinds (Oct 2025 Update)

Stock Performance Snapshot (Oct 2025) Cavco’s stock went on a rollercoaster ride in late 2025. After a steady rally through the year (+30% YTD by early Octobertipranks.com), CVCO surged to an all-time high around $574 per sharemarketbeat.com. This run-up coincided with strong earnings and optimism around affordable housing. However, on October 6, the stock sharply reversed, dropping from the mid-$570s to the high-$490s in a single session (a −12.6% plunge intraday)marketbeat.comfinance.yahoo.com. This sudden sell-off wiped out about $72 per share, reflecting broader market turbulence rather than any negative Cavco newsgurufocus.com. Indeed, analysts noted the downturn “may be attributed to broader
7 October 2025
Champion Homes (SKY) – Booming Modular Home Titan Defies Housing Headwinds

Champion Homes (SKY) – Booming Modular Home Titan Defies Housing Headwinds

Company Overview and Background Champion Homes (formerly Skyline Champion) is a leading producer of factory-built housing (manufactured and modular homes, park models, and ADUs) in the U.S. and Canada Businesswire. The company’s lineage dates back to the 1950s, and through mergers (the 2018 Skyline–Champion combination) it now encompasses famous brands like Skyline Homes, Genesis, Champion Home Builders, and others Businesswire. Headquartered in Troy, Michigan, Champion employs roughly 9,000 people and operates 46–48 manufacturing plants across North America Championhomes Championhomes. It builds homes for single-family, multi-family, and hospitality markets, and complements manufacturing with services: on-site installation, its Star Fleet trucking arm,
7 October 2025
Quantum Computing Inc. (QUBT): 2025’s Wild 3,200% Quantum Stock Surge – Boom or Bubble?

Quantum Computing Inc (QUBT) Skyrockets 2,500%: $750 M Windfall, Quantum Breakthroughs & Bubble Fears

QUBT’s Spectacular Stock Surge in 2025 Quantum Computing Inc.’s share price has been on a meteoric rise throughout 2025, turning a little-known small-cap into one of the year’s most explosive tech stocks. Over the past 12 months, QUBT surged by over 2,500%, far outpacing even high-flying peers in the quantum computing spacets2.tech. The stock climbed from mere cents to the mid-$20s, hitting an intraday high around $27 (its 52-week range spans $0.65 to $27.15)ts2.tech. By early October 2025 its market capitalization swelled into the multi-billion range, a remarkable feat for a company with minimal revenues. This rally reached a frenzy
7 October 2025
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Opendoor’s Wild 2025 Ride: 1600% Stock Surge, Crypto Moves, and a Real Estate Rebound – What’s Next for OPEN?

Opendoor’s Wild 2025 Ride: 1600% Stock Surge, Crypto Moves, and a Real Estate Rebound – What’s Next for OPEN?

Stock Performance & Financial Snapshot (Early October 2025) Opendoor’s stock has experienced a remarkable whipsaw in 2025. After languishing below $1 per share as recently as late June, OPEN exploded into one of the year’s top gainers by the fall. The rally was so rapid – peaking at +1600% off the lows – that Opendoor went from near-penny-stock status (and facing a Nasdaq delisting) to an $8–$10 stock in a matter of months ts2.tech. By October 6, 2025, shares settled in the high single digits (~$8-9), valuing the company around $6 billion market cap ts2.tech. Even at that level, Opendoor was
7 October 2025
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Applied Digital (APLD) Skyrockets on AI Deals – Is the Rally Sustainable?

Forward Industries’ Wild Crypto Pivot: $4B Solana Bet, 500% Stock Surge & Wall Street Skepticism

Stock Price & Recent Performance (October 2025) Forward Industries’ stock has experienced an extraordinary run-up in 2025. As of the close on October 6, 2025, FORD traded around $25–26 per sharestockanalysis.com, up dramatically from under $5 at the start of the year. This over 400% year-to-date surge far outpaces the broader marketts2.tech. In mid-September, shares briefly spiked to approximately $46 (a multi-year high) amid excitement over the company’s crypto transformationts2.tech. Even after cooling off to the $25 range, the stock is roughly 10× higher than a year agots2.tech. Such gains have come with extreme volatility. In late September, FORD swung
7 October 2025
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Eightco Holdings (ORBS) Rides Wild Worldcoin Wave – 34% Stock Spike Caps Frenzied Month

Eightco Holdings (ORBS) Rides Wild Worldcoin Wave – 34% Stock Spike Caps Frenzied Month

Wild Stock Swings: ORBS’s Latest Spike in Context Eightco’s 34% surge on Oct 6 stands out even in a market accustomed to big moves. The stock jumped from about $8.24 (its Oct 3 close) to $11.07 by Monday’s closestockanalysis.com, on trading volume nearly quadruple the prior session. This rebound followed a rough week where ORBS drifted down into the $8 range – a far cry from the dizzying highs seen a month earlier. To put the volatility in perspective, Eightco’s share price went on a historic tear in early September: on Sept 8, it opened around $18 and spiked as
7 October 2025
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AppLovin (APP) Stock Report: S&P 500 Boost to SEC Scrutiny

AppLovin (APP) Stock Report: S&P 500 Boost to SEC Scrutiny

AppLovin’s stock has surged sharply in 2025, fueled by strong growth and its recent inclusion in the S&P 500. From year-ago lows near $120, APP climbed about 520% YTD by late September, hitting intraday highs around $703 (closing $710)ts2.tech. The 52-week range is roughly $127–$720ts2.tech. Trading volumes have spiked alongside these moves – for example, 935K shares traded on Sept 29 (well above the 50-day average)marketbeat.com. At the September peak, AppLovin’s market cap neared $230 billion (StockAnalysis reports ~~$198 billion after the Oct selloff)stockanalysis.com. As of Oct 6, APP closed around $587 – off its highs but still well above last year’s
6 October 2025
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Trilogy Metals (TMQ) Stock Soars After U.S. Govt Deal – Critical Minerals Boom Brewing?

Trilogy Metals (TMQ) Stock Soars After U.S. Govt Deal – Critical Minerals Boom Brewing?

Stock Performance and Recent Moves TMQ has traded in a tight range just above $2.00 in recent weeks. On Oct 6, 2025 it closed at about $2.09stockanalysis.com (roughly a $0.01 gain or +0.5% on the day). Trading volume that session was around 613,000 sharesinvesting.com. This modest move belies recent volatility: in after-hours trading on Oct 6 the stock spiked roughly +150% (to ~$5.20) on the U.S. government newsinvesting.combenzinga.com, although the regular market close remained at $2.09. Over the past year TMQ is up several hundred percent off its late-2024 lows (range $0.47–2.48investing.com), reflecting a dramatic rally since early 2025. Market
6 October 2025
Oscar Health (OSCR) Stock Surges on Expansion Plans – What Analysts Are Saying

Oscar Health (OSCR) Stock Skyrockets on ACA Hopes and Tech-Driven Growth – Can the Insurtech Finally Turn a Profit?

Financial Performance & Q2 2025 Results Oscar Health’s Q2 2025 results showed rapidly growing revenue but steep losses. Revenue was $2.86 billion, up ~29% from $2.22 billion a year earlierbeckerspayer.com. This growth stemmed largely from higher membership – Oscar served over 2.0 million members by mid-2025 (28% growth YoY)beckerspayer.com. However, costs ballooned: Oscar’s medical loss ratio (MLR) jumped to 91.1% in Q2 2025 (vs. 79.0% in Q2 2024)beckerspayer.com. The company attributed this to an increase in average member morbidity and higher-than-expected risk in the ACA population. The operating result was a $230 million loss (vs. $67.8M operating income in Q2 2024), translating to a
6 October 2025
AAOI Soars in the Race for the AI‑Powered 800 Gbit Data Center: Can Applied Optoelectronics Keep Up?

AAOI Soars in the Race for the AI‑Powered 800 Gbit Data Center: Can Applied Optoelectronics Keep Up?

Stock Performance & Technical Picture Applied Optoelectronics’ share price has been on a roller‑coaster ride in 2025. After rocketing from below US$10 early in the year to a high above US$44.50, the stock pulled back to the US$27–33 range by early October. The company’s beta of 2.91 and a one‑year return of 115.6 %, far exceeding the 17.3 % return of the S&P 500, underline both the stock’s explosive gains and elevated volatility Yahoo. Five‑year returns, however, are a more modest 195.7 % versus the index’s 100.8 % Yahoo, reflecting earlier under‑performance. Technical indicators reveal a mixed picture. AOI trades above its 50‑day and 200‑day moving
6 October 2025
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Amazon stock tumbles on $200 billion AI spend plan — what to know before Monday

Amazon stock tumbles on $200 billion AI spend plan — what to know before Monday

7 February 2026
Amazon shares fell 5.6% to $210.32 on Friday after the company projected about $200 billion in 2026 capital expenditures, triggering investor concern over AI spending. The stock had already dropped 11.5% after-hours Thursday. Amazon forecast Q1 net sales of $173.5–$178.5 billion and operating income of $16.5–$21.5 billion. Analyst Gil Luria downgraded Amazon, citing rising investment as its cloud lead narrows.
AMD stock jumps 8% in chip rebound — what investors are watching before Monday

AMD stock jumps 8% in chip rebound — what investors are watching before Monday

7 February 2026
AMD shares jumped 8.2% to $208.44 Friday, trading on heavy volume as chip stocks rebounded and the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose 5.7% after Amazon’s AI spending plans lifted sector estimates. Nvidia’s CEO cited surging AI chip demand. AMD’s rally followed a weak revenue outlook earlier in the week.
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