Financial News News 12 October 2025

Beyond Meat Stock CRASH: 60% Plunge After Shocking Debt Swap Stuns Investors

$2.01 marketbeat.com – opened Oct 13 near $0.84 after a 60%-plus selloff marketbeat.com marketscreener.com. – Recent performance: ~–44% over 1 year investing.com; 52-week high was ~$9.24 investing.com (now far below). – Financials (Q2 2025): Revenue $75M vs $83.8M expected, EPS –$0.40 vs –$0.38, net loss $33.2M investing.com investing.com. Cash ~$117M, debt ~$1.2B investing.com. – Debt deal (Oct 2025): ~96.9% of existing $1.15B convertible notes were tendered, triggering early settlement (issuing ~316M new shares and ~$196M of new notes) globenewswire.com tipranks.com. – Market cap: ~ $150M (falling from multi-billion highs) marketbeat.com. – Analyst view: Consensus “Strong Sell”; 12‑mo target ~$3.00 (≈49%

13 October 2025

Broadcom’s $10B AI Chip Deal Ignites Stock Surge – What’s Powering This Tech Giant’s Boom

Broadcom (AVGO) Stock Surges on AI Chip News – What Investors Must Know

Metric Broadcom (AVGO) NVIDIA (NVDA) Qualcomm (QCOM) Intel (INTC) Price (Oct ’25) $324.63 companiesmarketcap.com $183.04 companiesmarketcap.com $153.52 companiesmarketcap.com $36.33 companiesmarketcap.com Market Cap ($) $1,533B companiesmarketcap.com $4,456B companiesmarketcap.com $165.6B companiesmarketcap.com $172.8B companiesmarketcap.com P/E (TTM) 80.8 companiesmarketcap.com 51.7 companiesmarketcap.com 14.7 companiesmarketcap.com N/A (low/negative) Dividend Yield 0.7% ts2.tech ≈0.1% (minimal) ≈2.3% (est.) ~3.9% companiesmarketcap.com 1Y Return ~+90% ts2.tech +60–70% (est.) +10–20% (est.) +20–30% (est.) The table shows Broadcom’s stock has soared on its AI custom-chip strategy, giving it a much higher valuation (P/E) than legacy peers. Nvidia remains the AI leader (market cap >$1 trillion ts2.tech with ~80–90% share in AI GPUs), Qualcomm dominates

13 October 2025

AI Technology · Financial News · Investing Tips · NASDAQ:AVGO · Semiconductor Industry · Stock Market

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

Bitcoin · Cryptocurrency · Financial News · Investment Strategies · NASDAQ:MSTR · Stock Market

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

Financial News · Investment Strategies · Market Trends · NYSE:WMT · Stock Market · Walmart Analysis

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

Bitcoin · Cryptocurrency · Financial News · Investment Tips · Stock Market

AMD Stock Skyrockets to Record High on OpenAI AI Chip Deal – Could $300 Be Next?

Recent Stock Performance In the week leading to Oct 13, AMD’s stock was extremely volatile. It soared on Oct 6 after the OpenAI announcement: shares jumped over 30% intraday, their biggest one-day gain since 2016 ts2.tech reuters.com. By midweek, it hit a 52-week intraday high around $235–$240 ts2.tech investopedia.com. After peaking, the stock pulled back modestly. By Friday Oct 10 it closed at $214.90 investing.com, off about 8% from the midweek highs, as tech stocks broadly sold off on renewed trade-war fears reuters.com investing.com. For perspective, AMD is still up roughly 75–80% YTD investopedia.com (versus ~40% for Nvidia over the

13 October 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Financial News · Investing · NASDAQ:AMD · Stock Market · Technology

SoFi Stock Skyrockets 230% in 2025 – Will This Fintech Rally Last or Crash?

Recent Stock Performance SoFi’s share price has been volatile after a blistering rally. As noted by analysts, the stock declined seven sessions in a row in early October ts2.tech, a modest pullback after its parabolic rise. By Oct 6 it hit the mid-$20s (closing ~$26.36 ts2.tech), roughly 10% below the Sept 22 high of $30.30 investing.com. The pullback was largely attributed to profit-taking amid broader market swings and some high-profile downgrades (see below). By Oct 10, SOFI settled at about $26.19 investing.com. Overall it remains well above early-2024 levels, up roughly 70–72% year-to-date ts2.tech. Trading volume has been heavy, reflecting

13 October 2025

Financial News · Fintech · Investing · Market Analysis · NASDAQ:SOFI · Stock Market

NVIDIA Stock Set to Soar? Latest AI Boom & Stock Forecast Revealed

Market Snapshot & Recent Performance As of Oct. 13, 2025, NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) trades around $183 per share reuters.com. Reuters reports the latest trade at $183.16 (delayed) on Oct 13 reuters.com. (For context, NVDA hit a 52-week high of $195.62 on Oct 9, 2025 tradingview.com.) Its market capitalization is roughly $4.45 trillion (approximately 24.3B shares outstanding ts2.tech). In one year NVDA is up ~38%, lifting it to the largest U.S. company by market cap.Chart: NVIDIA (NVDA) stock climbed to a record ~$195 in early Oct 2025, then pulled back toward $183 tradingview.com reuters.com. Consensus 12-month price targets cluster around $206–211

13 October 2025

AI Technology · Financial News · Investment Tips · NASDAQ:NVDA · NVIDIA · Stock Market

TSMC Stock Skyrockets on AI Chip Boom – Can the Rally Last?

Recent Developments and News TSMC’s advanced fabs have driven its recent headlines. On Oct 9, 2025, TSMC announced preliminary Q3 sales of NT$989.92 B (~$32.47 B), up 30% YoY reuters.com – well above the market forecast. This AI-fueled demand lifted near-term guidance: management reiterated ~30% full-year growth. U.S. markets immediately reacted. By Oct 10, the ADR closed ~$280.66 stockanalysis.com (a 6.4% drop on heavier volume) after a short-term technical sell-off edgen.tech, then pre-market on Oct 13 jumped to ~$294 stockanalysis.com on strong sentiment. At the same time, geopolitics grabbed headlines. Taiwan’s leaders refused U.S. calls for an equal “50/50” chip output split,

13 October 2025

AI Technology · Financial News · Investing · NYSE:TSM · Semiconductor Industry · Stock Market

BitMine Immersion (BMNR) Stock Rockets 700% on $13.4B Crypto Haul – Bubble or Breakout?

Stock Price & Recent Performance BMNR’s price action has been wild. After languishing under $2.00 in late 2024, the stock erupted in mid-2025. On July 3 it briefly hit a 52-week high of $161 after a $250M stock raise markets.financialcontent.com. In early Oct 2025, it traded ~$58–60 coindesk.com. On Oct 6 it surged 11.6% (to $63.22) amid news of its massive ETH hoard ts2.tech coindesk.com. By the Oct. 10 close, BMNR was around $52.47 stockanalysis.com (down ~11% that day) as the crypto markets pulled back. Trading volumes remain enormous (tens of millions of shares daily) – one report cites a

13 October 2025

Cryptocurrency · Financial News · Investing · Market Analysis · Stock Market

MP Materials Stock Soars on Pentagon and Apple Breakthroughs – 400% YTD Rally Explained

Sources: Company filings and press releases investors.mpmaterials.com investors.mpmaterials.com; Reuters and Mining.com on DoD/Apple deals csis.org mining.com; TS2.tech analysis ts2.tech ts2.tech; Benzinga (BofA analyst) benzinga.com benzinga.com; MarketBeat and TradingView market data marketbeat.com tradingview.com; CSIS and other reports on geopolitics csis.org reuters.com; Lynas Reuters report reuters.com rareearthexchanges.com.

13 October 2025

Defense Industry · Financial News · Investing · NASDAQ:AAPL · NYSE:MP · Stock Market · Technology

Klarna (KLAR) Stock Dips Below IPO Price – Will Analysts’ Bullish Forecast Come True?

Ticker: KLAR (NYSE) – Price (Oct 10, 2025): $38.93 marketbeat.com. Market Cap: ~$27.9B marketbeat.com. IPO Price: $40 (opened at $52) reuters.com; 52-week high ~$57.20 investopedia.com. Active Users: 111 M; Merchants: 790 K s205.q4cdn.com. Recent Moves: Down ~6% in 5 days marketbeat.com, ~9% month-to-date marketbeat.com. Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy (avg. target ~$53.5) tipranks.com, with major banks’ price targets in the $48–$58 range investopedia.com tipranks.com. Key Financials (Q2 2025): Revenue $823M, +20% YoY s205.q4cdn.com; 5th consecutive profitable quarter (Adj. Op Income $29M) s205.q4cdn.com; BNPL loan delinquencies improving (0.89% in Q2) s205.q4cdn.com. Current Price & Market Data: marketbeat.comAs of the last close on Oct. 10,

12 October 2025

Analyst Predictions · Financial News · Investing · IPOs · NYSE:KLAR · Stock Market

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