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Tesla’s ‘Affordable’ EV Gamble Backfires – Stock Sinks as Cheaper Models Disappoint Investors

Car Stocks Whipsaw on Earnings Surprises and EV Jitters – Oct. 29 Update

Market Snapshot: Automakers See Volatility Amid Mixed News Automaker stocks are on a rollercoaster this week as investors digest third-quarter earnings and shifting trends in the car industry. As of Oct. 29, major car stocks are showing divergent moves. On Wall Street, Tesla (TSLA) is trading around $460 per sharenasdaq.com after a post-earnings pullback, while Ford (F) hovers in the mid-$12 range after a late-week surgets2.tech. General Motors (GM) is holding near multi-month highs following its big rally on an upward forecast revisionreuters.com. In Asia, BYD in Hong Kong is around HK$105 (≈$13.5) after a recent slidereuters.com, and Japan’s Toyota
29 October 2025
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$100B in Crypto? How Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) Stocks Became the Hottest Trend in Finance

Bitcoin Blasts Past $113K Again – Is a $200K Crypto Mega-Rally Coming?

Crypto’s Mainstream Moment? After years on the fringes, 2025 is increasingly looking like the year crypto hit the mainstream. Huge price milestones (Bitcoin six figures, total market value well into the trillions) have arrived alongside a wave of institutional adoption and the first real regulatory framework for digital assets in major economiests2.techts2.tech. The industry’s maturation – exemplified by the launch of exchange-traded funds, Wall Street giants entering the space, and governments crafting rules – has lent newfound legitimacy to crypto as an asset class. “The Trump administration said they would champion the crypto industry, and this is a huge step
29 October 2025
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2025’s Best-Performing Stock Market Is Up 35% – Here’s What’s Driving the Rally

2025’s Best-Performing Stock Market Is Up 35% – Here’s What’s Driving the Rally

Best Stock Market Performance as of October 29, 2025 Global Markets Rally to New Highs Stock markets around the world are on fire heading into the final days of October 2025. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index – up about 34–35% so far this year – is the planet’s best-performing major index Advisorperspectives. After a brutal multi-year slump, Hong Kong’s market came roaring back thanks to ultra-cheap valuations and China’s post-pandemic stimulus. Investors flooded into undervalued Chinese tech and consumer stocks, driving a dramatic rebound. As a result, the Hang Seng has erased its losses from prior years and is flirting
29 October 2025
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Tesla’s Trillion-Dollar Gamble: Musk’s Epic Pay Deal Divides Investors – What You Need to Know

Tesla’s Trillion-Dollar Gamble: Musk’s Epic Pay Deal Divides Investors – What You Need to Know

With the $1 trillion compensation package and a potential CEO transition dominating headlines, Tesla finds itself at a crossroads. Below, we unpack the latest developments, market reaction, expert opinions and what’s next for the EV giant. The Vote on Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package Tesla’s extraordinary CEO pay plan ties Musk’s compensation to an almost-unprecedented set of growth targets. It would grant Musk up to 12% of Tesla’s stock if the company hits an $8.6 trillion market cap by 2035 – a jump of nearly 8× today’s value. Meeting these goals also requires delivering robotaxis, humanoid Optimus robots, and other ambitious milestones
29 October 2025
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Volkswagen’s Bold Gambit: Used-Car Boom & Rental Push to Revive Profits (Plus One Driver’s Harrowing Pond Rescue!)

Volkswagen’s Bold Gambit: Used-Car Boom & Rental Push to Revive Profits (Plus One Driver’s Harrowing Pond Rescue!)

In summary, Volkswagen is doubling down on used-car and rental strategies to bolster revenues amid a tough market. Its finance arm is aggressively marketing pre-owned vehicles (a proven profit center) and expanding mobility offerings through partners like Europcar. At the same time, VW must navigate industry challenges – from chip shortages to collapsing used-EV values and fierce competition from Chinese automakers. Investors are watching closely: VW’s stock has been weak, but some technical charts hint at a bounce, and analysts remain cautiously optimistic that core sales and cost cuts will underpin a moderate profit rebound into 2025 reuters.com stockinvest.us. As
29 October 2025
Saudi Economy Rockets: IMF Ups Forecast, 5% GDP Growth on the Table – and a Nobel Laureate Boosts Innovation

Saudi Economy Rockets: IMF Ups Forecast, 5% GDP Growth on the Table – and a Nobel Laureate Boosts Innovation

IMF Forecast and Growth Outlook Saudi Arabia’s outlook brightened this week after the IMF lifted its 2025 GDP forecast to 4.0% Reuters. Reuters notes this upgrade is driven by faster-than-expected unwinding of OPEC+ oil cuts and rebounding output Reuters. IMF Middle East director Jihad Azour has warned that oil price recoveries significantly improve the Kingdom’s finances – each additional 1 million barrels/day adds ~3.2% of GDP to the fiscal balance Worldoil. In practical terms, breakeven oil prices remain high (around $94/bbl excluding extra spending) Worldoil, so the recent rise of Brent back toward ~$70 supports the budget. Finance Minister Mohammed
29 October 2025
22nd Century Group (XXII) Soars After $9.5M Windfall, Expands Low-Nicotine Cigarette Rollout

22nd Century Group (XXII) Soars After $9.5M Windfall, Expands Low-Nicotine Cigarette Rollout

$9.5M Insurance Settlement Sparks Rally 22nd Century Group (NASDAQ: XXII) received a substantial $9.5 million cash payout this week from an insurance settlement tied to a November 2022 incident at its Grass Valley facility. The settlement, for business interruption claims, provides a non-recurring cash windfall that immediately bolsters the company’s balance sheet. Shares of XXII surged 39% in post-market trading on Tuesday to about $2.10 on the news Benzinga, reflecting renewed investor optimism after the stock languished near all-time lows. (Even after the bounce, the micro-cap remains roughly 90% below its year-ago levels.) Management hailed the insurance proceeds as a
29 October 2025
Putin’s Oil Nightmare: Ukraine’s Drone Blitz Cripples 20% of Russia’s Refining – Oil Markets Rally

Putin’s Oil Nightmare: Ukraine’s Drone Blitz Cripples 20% of Russia’s Refining – Oil Markets Rally

Ukraine’s Deep-Strike Oil Campaign Ukraine has dramatically expanded its drone and missile strikes against Russia’s energy sector. Since early 2025 Kyiv has carried out dozens of long-range raids “hundreds of kilometers” inside Russia, deliberately targeting refineries, pipelines and fuel depots ts2.tech. In an Oct. 24 speech Zelenskyy noted, “We hit a certain number of their refineries… When they started to restore and saw the queues of cars, they redistributed the volumes to other refineries.” He vowed to keep up pressure on every spare plant that is boosting output eenews.net. Independent analysis confirms the scope of the campaign. BBC Verify finds
29 October 2025
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Cambium Networks Stock Jumps on Starlink News as Delisting Looms – Analysts See 385% Upside

Cambium Networks Stock Jumps on Starlink News as Delisting Looms – Analysts See 385% Upside

Stock Slumps Amid Delisting Fears Cambium Networks’ stock has been in a tailspin, reflecting both company-specific struggles and broader market skepticism. At just $0.62 per share as of Oct. 29, CMBM has lost nearly 90% of its value over the past 12 monthsfinimize.com. This collapse wiped out hundreds of millions in market capitalization – the company is now valued at only ~$17 millioninvesting.com, a stark contrast to its peers. (For example, rival Aviat Networks trades near $24 with a ~$250M market capinvestors.aviatnetworks.com, underscoring how far Cambium has fallen behind.) Cambium’s share price briefly dipped into penny-stock territory ($0.23 at the
29 October 2025
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Crypto Market Explodes: Bitcoin Nears $115K as Hot Presale Tokens (BlockchainFX, Nexchain, Ozak AI) Promise 100x+ Gains

Crypto Market Explodes: Bitcoin Nears $115K as Hot Presale Tokens (BlockchainFX, Nexchain, Ozak AI) Promise 100x+ Gains

US–China Trade Deal Sparks Rally Equity and crypto markets are celebrating progress on a US–China trade truce. A Reuters roundup notes global stocks “jumped” on Oct.28 after reports of a framework deal on tariffs reuters.com. The S&P 500 hit a record high (+1%), while China’s CSI 300 and Japan’s Nikkei also rose reuters.com. Multi-asset strategist Evelyne Gomez-Liechti observed the familiar pattern – Trump threats followed by market relief once talks resume reuters.com. Ross Hutchison of Zurich Insurance adds: “There is scope for investors to buy into positive news flow here” reuters.com. Cryptocurrency has moved in sync. CoinDesk reported that “preliminary
29 October 2025
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Profusa (PFSA) Stock Skyrockets 36% on Milestone News – Can This Biotech Sensor Play Rebound?

Profusa (PFSA) Stock Skyrockets 36% on Milestone News – Can This Biotech Sensor Play Rebound?

Milestone News: Manufacturing Boost and European Deals Profusa’s after-hours surge came on the heels of a positive company update. The California-based digital health firm announced it has completed key manufacturing initiatives, creating enough production capacity to supply more than twice the units needed to meet its 2026 revenue goals for the Lumee™ continuous oxygen sensor systembenzinga.com. Fred Knechtel, Profusa’s CFO, said the team is “laser-focused on achieving revenue from sales of Lumee tissue oxygen monitoring systems… at the start of the second quarter of 2026,” with inventory shipments to distributors planned in Q1 2026benzinga.com. To support that timeline, Profusa finished
29 October 2025
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Australia’s Inflation Bombshell: RBA Cuts Wiped Off Table as Markets Recoil

Australia’s Inflation Bombshell: RBA Cuts Wiped Off Table as Markets Recoil

Shock CPI Report Upends Rate-Cut Hopes On Oct. 29, official data showed Australia’s consumer price index (CPI) surged unexpectedly in Q3 2025. Headline CPI rose 1.3% from the previous quarter – the largest jump in 2½ years – pushing the annual rate to 3.2% (vs. 2.1% in Q2) reuters.com. Underlying inflation was even more worrying: the RBA’s preferred “trimmed mean” measure jumped 1.0% in Q3 (annual 3.0%), well above the 0.8% gain analysts predicted reuters.com bloomberg.co.jp. (By contrast, trimmed mean inflation had been easing – from 6.8% in late 2022 down to 2.7% – until this quarter.) Nearly every category
29 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

NIO stock jumps on profit alert, with Monday’s open in focus

NIO stock jumps on profit alert, with Monday’s open in focus

7 February 2026
NIO shares jumped 7.23% to $5.04 Friday after the company forecast a swing to adjusted operating profit of up to 1.2 billion yuan for the fourth quarter. Trading volume reached 90.8 million shares, far above average. Nio’s deliveries rose 72% to 124,807 vehicles in the quarter. The company said results are preliminary and unaudited, with final figures due in March.
Snap stock price bounces to $5.22 after upgrades — what traders watch next week

Snap stock price bounces to $5.22 after upgrades — what traders watch next week

7 February 2026
Snap Inc. shares closed up 2% at $5.22 Friday after a volatile week, with 94 million shares traded. The company forecast Q1 revenue below analyst expectations, despite a fourth-quarter beat and a 28% rise in active advertisers. Daily active users fell by 3 million to 474 million. Analysts remain divided, with some upgrading and others trimming price targets.
Bradesco stock drops on 2026 guidance — what BBDC4 investors watch next week

Bradesco stock drops on 2026 guidance — what BBDC4 investors watch next week

7 February 2026
Bradesco’s preferred shares fell 2.55% to 20.61 reais Friday after the bank issued 2026 guidance pointing to slower growth in some areas. Fourth-quarter recurring net income rose 20.6% to 6.5 billion reais, with 2025 ROAE at 15.2%. The Ibovespa closed up 0.45%. Bradesco ADRs ended down 0.5% at $3.98 in New York.
Stellantis stock slides 24% after €22 billion EV reset kills 2026 dividend — what to watch next

Stellantis stock slides 24% after €22 billion EV reset kills 2026 dividend — what to watch next

7 February 2026
Stellantis shares plunged 23.7% to $7.28 Friday after the company disclosed about €22.2 billion in charges tied to a reset of its electric-vehicle strategy and said it will skip its 2026 dividend. The automaker flagged a preliminary net loss of €19–21 billion for the second half of 2025. Shares rose 1.6% in late after-hours trading. Investors await Feb. 26 results and a May 21 Investor Day.
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