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Gold Hits $4,000 as AI Frenzy Pushes Stocks Near Record – Boom or Bust Ahead?

Gold Hits $4,000 as AI Frenzy Pushes Stocks Near Record – Boom or Bust Ahead?

Gold Soars to Record High as Risks Mount Gold’s astonishing climb to record highs above $4,000 per ounce underscores how anxious the global backdrop has become. The metal has spiked over 50% in 2025, an “unbelievable” rally that signals “something bad is happening and that we should be nervous,” warns Dan Smith, a commodity analytics director reuters.com. Indeed, analysts say little stands in the way of gold’s surge given the current climate reuters.com. Virtually every classic gold driver is flashing green: geopolitical strife, economic uncertainty, and expectations of easier monetary policy have all converged. “Right now, everything that is a
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Dogecoin Whales Rock the Price – Is a $0.30 Breakout Next?

Dogecoin Whales Rock the Price – Is a $0.30 Breakout Next?

Roller-Coaster Week for DOGE Prices Early October 2025 has been a roller-coaster ride for Dogecoin. After steadily rising into the first week of “Uptober” – even briefly peaking around $0.2701 – the meme-inspired cryptocurrency was met with intense selling pressure at that level coindesk.com. On October 7, large holders (“whales”) apparently took profits en masse near the $0.27 resistance, triggering a sharp intraday drop of about 8% coindesk.com. During the steepest two-hour downturn, over a billion DOGE changed hands as stop-losses cascaded and short-term traders bailed out coindesk.com. This whale-driven wave of liquidations pushed Dogecoin down to the mid-$0.24s at
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Bitcoin’s Rollercoaster: New $126K High, Sudden Dip – Will It Hit $140K Next?

Bitcoin’s Rollercoaster: New $126K High, Sudden Dip – Will It Hit $140K Next?

Bitcoin’s Record High and Flash Pullback Bitcoin kicked off the second week of “Uptober” (October) with a spectacular rally – only to see a swift retracement that has traders debating what’s next. On Monday, the leading cryptocurrency soared to a record ~$126,200, its highest price ever, following a multi-day climb coindesk.com. The surge marked roughly a 10% gain since the start of the month, continuing Bitcoin’s trend as one of the strongest-performing assets of 2025 coindesk.com. By Tuesday, however, momentum stalled: Bitcoin fell about 2–3% from its peak, dipping to the $121K level as traders took profits coindesk.com. This pullback
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Wall Street’s Wild 48 Hours: Record Highs, AI Deals & Gold’s $4,000 Breakout

Wall Street’s Wild 48 Hours: Record Highs, AI Deals & Gold’s $4,000 Breakout

Market Index Roundup (Oct 7–8, 2025) U.S. equities see-sawed over the past two days. On Tuesday (Oct 7), the major indexes pulled back modestly after a multi-session winning streak: the S&P 500 fell about 0.4%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.7% reuters.com. Notably, this retreat came immediately after the S&P and Nasdaq had touched intraday record levels earlier that day investopedia.com. The dip snapped the S&P’s seven-day rally investopedia.com, as traders locked in profits from the market’s recent run-up. These declines followed a banner session on Monday. In the Oct 6 session, the
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Cruz Battery Metals (0URE.L) Charges Up: Lithium Ambitions, Golden Diversification & Stock Surge in 2025

Cruz Battery Metals (0URE.L) Charges Up: Lithium Ambitions, Golden Diversification & Stock Surge in 2025

Company Profile: An Ambitious Battery Metals Explorer Cruz Battery Metals Corp. is a Vancouver-based exploration-stage company (founded 2007) focused on identifying, acquiring and developing mineral properties critical to the rechargeable battery supply chainstockanalysis.comstockanalysis.com. Formerly known as Cruz Cobalt Corp. until a 2021 rebrandingstockanalysis.com, the company expanded its mandate beyond cobalt into lithium and other battery metals, reflecting the surging demand for “EV metals.” CEO James Nelson – who serves as President, CEO, Secretary and Director – leads a lean team pursuing opportunities in politically stable, mining-friendly jurisdictionscruzbatterymetals.comstockanalysis.com. The current CFO is Yangping Caistockanalysis.com. Cruz’s business strategy is twofold: (1) Build
7 October 2025
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Lloyds Share Price: Can the FTSE‑100 Bank’s Value Keep Surging or Is a Crash Coming?

Lloyds Share Price: Can the FTSE‑100 Bank’s Value Keep Surging or Is a Crash Coming?

Lloyds’ share price explosion: earnings power and rising valuations Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) has been one of the standout performers of the FTSE 100. The black‑horse bank’s share price climbed roughly 50 % in the 12 months to autumn 2025 as interest rates remained elevated and the UK economy avoided a deep recessiongoodmoneyguide.com. High rates boost banks’ net interest income (NII)—the difference between what they earn on loans and pay on deposits—and Lloyds reported NII of £6.5 bn in the first half of 2025, a 5 % year‑on‑year increasegoodmoneyguide.com. The rally has left some investors wondering how much upside is left. Lloyds now trades around 13 times
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Dyne Therapeutics Skyrockets on Breakthrough Data – Inside the Surge, Financials & 2026 Catalysts

Dyne Therapeutics Skyrockets on Breakthrough Data – Inside the Surge, Financials & 2026 Catalysts

Recent Stock Performance & Surge on Data Dyne Therapeutics’ stock has been on a tear following its latest clinical breakthroughs. Shares jumped 10–11% intraday on October 7, 2025, after the company reported positive one-year results from a key trial, lifting the stock to about $14.02 by mid-daymarketbeat.commarketbeat.com. This rally builds on a strong upward trend in recent months – the stock traded below $8 in spring 2025, so it has nearly doubled since then. Trading volume actually dipped on the spike (about 331,000 shares vs. a 2.6 million average), indicating the price jolt came on limited activitymarketbeat.commarketbeat.com. Still, the momentum
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Quantum Rocket or Bubble? RGTI’s Stunning Surge Explained—And How It Stacks Up to IonQ, D‑Wave, and QUBT

Rigetti Computing (RGTI) Soars on Quantum Hype: Stock Hits Highs Amid Deals & Doubts

Recent Stock Performance: A Quantum Surge Rigetti’s stock (NASDAQ: RGTI) has been on a tear in late 2025, skyrocketing to all-time highs heading into October. On October 6, shares topped out around $40.63 (the 52-week high)ts2.tech – astounding considering RGTI traded under $1 one year ago. The rally really accelerated in September: the stock jumped ~83–84% during September alonets2.tech, far outpacing the flat broader market. After hovering around $15 mid-year, RGTI began climbing in early September; between Sept 12 and 19 it spiked from roughly $16 to $28 (+70% in one week)ts2.tech. By Oct 2, Rigetti surged 18.6% in a single day to close
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Dell’s AI Boom Doubles Growth Forecasts – Stock Soars as Investors Cheer

Dell’s AI Boom Doubles Growth Forecasts – Stock Soars as Investors Cheer

Dell’s Bold New Forecasts Fuel Market Optimism Dell’s announcement on Oct 7, 2025 marked a turning point in the company’s trajectory. At its analyst meeting that day, the tech giant sharply raised its long-term growth forecasts, effectively doubling the pace at which it expects to expand sales and profits in the coming yearsreuters.com. Management now targets high-single-digit percentage revenue growth (7–9% annually) and at least mid-teens percentage earnings growth each yearreuters.com. This is a remarkable upgrade from Dell’s prior “GDP-plus” style goals of ~3–4% revenue and ~8% EPS growth, signaling far greater confidence in future demand. The news instantly electrified investors. Dell’s stock, which
7 October 2025
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Quantum Leap: D-Wave (QBTS) Stock Skyrockets 2000% Amid Fed Rate Cuts and AI-Fueled Quantum Breakthroughs

Quantum Gold Rush: D-Wave (QBTS) Stock Skyrockets 3000% – Hype or Game-Changer?

Stock Price & Financial Performance (October 2025) D-Wave’s stock has been on a remarkable tear in 2025, making it one of the year’s standout performers. After trading in the mid-$20s in September, QBTS shares rocketed to new heights in early October. On Friday, Oct 3, 2025, the stock hit an intraday high around $33.28 before closing at $32.70finviz.com – a one-day jump of ~12% and a fresh record. Year-to-date, the stock is up roughly +289%, and astonishingly it has soared over 3,000% from a year agots2.tech. To put that in perspective, D-Wave was a penny stock near $1 in late
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Ethereum Whale Stock: BMNR Soars as BitMine Immersion Grabs 2% of ETH Supply – Aiming for 5%?

Ethereum Whale Stock: BMNR Soars as BitMine Immersion Grabs 2% of ETH Supply – Aiming for 5%?

Stock Performance: October 7 and Recent Trend After a steep pullback in late September, BMNR stock has roared back amid positive crypto news. On Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, BitMine shares spiked 11.6% to close at $63.22stockanalysis.com. It was the stock’s biggest one-day gain in weeks, fueled by a fresh company update on its Ethereum holdings and a broader rally in digital assets (Ether itself jumped ~4% to near $4,700)coindesk.comcoindesk.com. By the morning of Oct. 7, BMNR was up another ~2% pre-market, trading around $64.70stockanalysis.com, as momentum carried over. This rebound put BMNR at its highest levels since mid-September. Just two weeks prior,
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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
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Stock Market Today

Meta stock faces an AI split: ad gains vs a $135 billion bill

Meta stock faces an AI split: ad gains vs a $135 billion bill

7 February 2026
Meta shares dropped 1.3% to $661.46 on Friday after the company projected 2026 capital spending of up to $135 billion, raising investor concerns over cash flow. Meta reported Q4 revenue of $59.89 billion, up 24% year-over-year, with ad impressions rising 18%. Analysts remain divided on whether AI-driven ad gains can offset the steep spending ramp.
IAG share price jumps toward a 52-week peak — what to watch before London reopens

IAG share price jumps toward a 52-week peak — what to watch before London reopens

7 February 2026
IAG shares rose 4.33% to 438.50 pence Friday, near their 52-week high, ahead of full-year results due later this month. The company reported 162,073,135 treasury shares and total voting rights of 4,565,128,012. Brent crude fell 2.2% Thursday to $67.93 a barrel. South Europe Ground Services logged 712,340 operations in 2025 and seeks approval to operate in Portugal.
Binance scoops up 3,600 more Bitcoin for SAFU as BTC whipsaws after brutal selloff

Binance scoops up 3,600 more Bitcoin for SAFU as BTC whipsaws after brutal selloff

7 February 2026
Binance bought 3,600 bitcoin for its Secure Asset Fund, bringing its holdings to 6,230 BTC after bitcoin rebounded above $70,000 following a sharp drop. The broader crypto market lost about $2 trillion since October, with $1 billion in leveraged bitcoin positions liquidated in 24 hours. Strategy reported a wider Q4 loss as bitcoin fell. Gemini will cut up to 200 jobs and exit the UK, EU, and Australia.
Halma share price: Friday’s lift sets up what investors watch next week

Halma share price: Friday’s lift sets up what investors watch next week

7 February 2026
Halma shares closed up 0.7% at 3,548 pence on Friday, valuing the group at about £13.4 billion. The Bank of England held rates at 3.75% in a split vote, keeping rate-cut speculation in focus. Halma’s next trading update is set for March 12. The FTSE 100 ended the week up 0.6%, lifted by bank stocks.
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