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Investment Strategies News 16 October 2025 - 17 October 2025

Palantir’s Shocking Reinvention: From Secretive Spy Tech to $400B Cult Lifestyle Brand

Palantir (PLTR) Stock Soars 300% on AI Mega-Deals – Boom or Bubble Ahead?

Red-Hot Rally Fueled by AI Mania Palantir Technologies has seen its stock go parabolic in 2025, transforming from a mid-cap data firm into a near half-trillion-dollar tech titan. Shares of PLTR currently trade around $178–$180 – about 3–4 times their price at the start of the year ts2.tech. This meteoric rise (+300% YTD) vastly outpaces the broader market and has vaulted Palantir into the ranks of the most valuable tech companies. In fact, Palantir’s market value (roughly $425 billion at last count) is now comparable to or larger than legacy defense giants like Lockheed Martin, RTX, and Northrop combined reuters.com. As
17 October 2025
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Solana’s $195 Lifeline: Can Bulls Turn This Dip Into a $250+ Comeback Rally?

Solana’s $195 Lifeline: Can Bulls Turn This Dip Into a $250+ Comeback Rally?

Rally Stalls at Uptober” Highs, Then a Healthy Reset October started with a bang for Solana – the coin surged roughly 25% in early Uptober,” briefly spiking above $250 around Oct. 6 ts2.tech. That marked Solana’s strongest price since January and capped a massive run-up from its 2024 lows. The rally was fueled by broad crypto momentum and anticipation of Solana ETF approvals, along with big institutional buys. By mid-month, however, SOL lost steam. After peaking near $240–$250, it reversed sharply, slipping below $220 and even $200 as traders took profits ts2.tech ts2.tech. As of Oct. 17, Solana hovers in
17 October 2025
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Bitcoin Boom to Bust: Strategy Inc (MSTR) Stock’s Wild Ride Spurs Big Questions

Bitcoin Boom to Bust: Strategy Inc (MSTR) Stock’s Wild Ride Spurs Big Questions

MSTR Stock Rallies, Then Stumbles with Bitcoin’s Tide Shares of Strategy Inc have been on a rollercoaster in October, illustrating the tight link between MSTR and the crypto market. In the first week of Uptober,” Bitcoin’s price burst through to record highs (~$125K–$126K) amid a wave of optimism in the crypto sector thecoinrepublic.com. MicroStrategy’s stock surged in kind – jumping about 6% on Oct. 1 alone after a favorable US tax ruling on crypto, and climbing from roughly $338 at September’s end to $355 by Oct. 3 ts2.tech ts2.tech. Trading volumes in MSTR spiked well above average during this rally
17 October 2025
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Western Alliance (WAL) Stock Rocked by Loan Scares – Analysts See Rebound Ahead of Earnings

Western Alliance (WAL) Stock Rocked by Loan Scares – Analysts See Rebound Ahead of Earnings

Western Alliance Bancorporation’s logo displayed on a smartphone screen. The regional lender’s stock has swung sharply amid recent banking sector turbulence and credit scare headlines. Stock Price Whiplash for Western Alliance Western Alliance’s stock price has seesawed over the past several days. After trading around $78–$79 per share in mid-October ts2.tech, WAL was caught in a roller coaster of volatility this week. The shares surged over 5% on Oct. 13 and continued climbing on Oct. 14, buoyed by strong earnings reports from major banks and improving market sentiment markets.financialcontent.com markets.financialcontent.com. By mid-week, Western Alliance briefly neared the low $80s. But
17 October 2025
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Gold & Silver Hit Record Highs in Safe-Haven Frenzy – $5,000 Next or 2026 Crash?

Gold & Silver Hit Record Highs in Safe-Haven Frenzy – $5,000 Next or 2026 Crash?

Gold Soars to Record Highs Amid Global Angst Gold’s price blew past historic milestones this October as anxious investors flocked to safe-haven assets. The metal first breached the $4,000/oz barrier in early October – a level never seen before – and it hasn’t stopped there reuters.com ts2.tech. By mid-October, bullion was trading in the $4,200+ range, and on Friday (Oct 17) it briefly hit $4,378/oz, marking a fresh record intraday high devdiscourse.com. Even after a bit of profit-taking, gold is up ~7.6% for the week, putting it on pace for the strongest weekly gain since early 2020 devdiscourse.com. This stunning
17 October 2025
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Jefferies Stock Rollercoaster: Earnings Beat, First Brands Fallout & Analyst Forecasts

Jefferies Stock Rollercoaster: Earnings Beat, First Brands Fallout & Analyst Forecasts

Jefferies Financial Group’s logo displayed on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The stock has seesawed amid strong earnings and fallout from a client’s bankruptcy. reuters.com tradingview.com Earnings Soar on Dealmaking Rebound Jefferies’ latest quarterly report showcased robust growth as investment banking activity roared back to life. For Q3 (Jun–Aug 2025), net revenue jumped 21% YoY to $2.05 billion edgen.tech edgen.tech. Advisory fees hit a record $656 M (+11%), reflecting a surge in mergers & acquisitions – an encouraging sign for Wall Street dealmakers edgen.tech. Equity underwriting revenue leapt 21% to $181 M amid a recovering IPO market, and debt
16 October 2025
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Recursion (RXRX) Stock Surges on AI-Driven Breakthroughs and Big-Pharma Deals

Recursion (RXRX) Stock Surges on AI-Driven Breakthroughs and Big-Pharma Deals

Recursion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a Salt Lake City–based clinical-stage TechBio” biotech that uses AI, automation and massive biological datasets to speed drug discovery ts2.tech. In early October 2025 the stock showed wild swings: it plunged to the mid-$5s then rebounded ~16% on Oct 8 after an AI-focused tech conference and pipeline news ts2.tech ts2.tech. As of mid-day Oct 16, RXRX trades around $6.5, having closed at ~$6.79 on Oct 16 insidermonkey.com. This volatility reflects renewed investor interest in Recursion’s AI platform and upcoming trial readouts. Key Facts Recent Stock Performance Recursion’s share price has been unusually volatile in October
16 October 2025
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Agnico Eagle Mines Stock Soars to New Highs — Gold Boom Fuels Bullish Outlook

Agnico Eagle Mines Stock Soars to New Highs — Gold Boom Fuels Bullish Outlook

Stock Price & Recent Performance Agnico Eagle (NYSE: AEM) is trading near its all-time high. On Oct 16, AEM touched $187.09 (USD), up +4.7% from the prior close reuters.com. This follows a 16.7% jump over the past month, and the stock is roughly +128% year-to-date finviz.com. In comparison, broad gold-mining indexes have also risen strongly in 2025, but AEM’s gains are among the largest in the sector. Investors note that AEM’s price has broken key resistance levels; technical screens flag the trend as overwhelmingly positive. Why the Surge? Gold & Sector Tailwinds Agnico Eagle’s rally is tightly linked to gold’s
16 October 2025
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The $350B Shake-Up: How AI Summaries Rewire Publisher Traffic

Alphabet (GOOGL) Stock Skyrockets on AI & Ad Revival – Could $300 Be Next?

Analysts Turn Bullish on Alphabet Wall Street’s technical indicators and fundamentals have brightened. As one analyst noted, Alphabet’s stock flirts with record highs” – shares closed around $245 on Oct. 14, near an all-time high ts2.tech. Most brokerages now rate GOOGL a Buy. TS2.tech reports BMO Capital Markets citing Alphabet’s AI leadership” in justifying its $294 target ts2.tech. Scotiabank similarly pointed to a clear recovery” in advertising when boosting its target to $310 za.investing.com. Even Morgan Stanley, UBS and other firms (not cited here) have raised targets modestly, noting that improving ad spending and AI gains warrant higher valuations. MarketBeat
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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Amazon’s Finance Teams Unleash AI for Complex Tasks – Transforming Corporate Finance

Amazon Stock Shock: MacKenzie Scott Sells $12.6 Billion Stake — What’s Next?

Scott’s Big Stake Sale Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott (former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos) has significantly cut her Amazon.com (AMZN) holdings. A Bloomberg report on Oct. 14 noted that Scott reduced her stake by 42% over the past year, citing a new SEC filing bloomberg.com. The filing (dated Sept. 30) shows Scott now owns about 81.1 million Amazon shares, down roughly 58 million from a year earlier. At Amazon’s market price, that divestment is worth about $12.6 billion bloomberg.com tipranks.com. It isn’t clear whether those shares were sold on the open market or donated to charity – Scott’s filings simply report the
16 October 2025
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Bull Run or Bubble? Investors Eye New Highs as EUR/USD Rallies and Fed Prepares Cuts

Bull Run or Bubble? Investors Eye New Highs as EUR/USD Rallies and Fed Prepares Cuts

Global markets were buoyed this week by better-than-feared news on several fronts. After a rough September, U.S. bank earnings beat estimates: Morgan Stanley and Bank of America both delivered upside surprises, which helped calm trade-war jitters reuters.com. European stocks likewise rallied, led by luxury companies: LVMH reported positive third-quarter sales and its shares surged as much as 14%, the biggest one-day rise since 2001 reuters.com reuters.com. European indices (Stoxx 600, FTSEurofirst 300) closed higher by ~0.6% reuters.com. As Stefan Bauknecht of DWS observes, the luxury data surprised investors positively and are likely to keep the sector’s share price momentum alive”
16 October 2025
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