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Market Trends News 16 October 2025 - 18 October 2025

Oil Prices Rollercoaster: Trade War Fears & OPEC Moves Spark 5-Month Lows

Oil Plunges to 5-Year Low, Gas Prices Near $3 – Are More Drops Ahead?

Key Facts – October 18, 2025 Oil Nosedives on Glut Fears and Slowdown Worries Crude oil prices have been in freefall this month, ending the week at levels not seen in nearly half a decade. The most actively traded WTI futures sank to about $57 per barrel, a price last witnessed when markets were recovering from the 2020 Covid crash marketscreener.com. This marks a stunning reversal from early 2022, when post-pandemic demand and geopolitical shocks drove oil above $100. Now, oversupply and recession fears have firmly taken the wheel. Energy analysts point to a cascade of bearish factors. On the
18 October 2025
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Mega Metal Rally! Gold Rockets Past $4,000 as Silver Nears $52 on Debasement Fears

Silver Soars Past $50 to Record Highs in 2025 Rally – What’s Next for the “Poor Man’s Gold”?

Key Facts – October 18, 2025 Silver Price Hits New Highs, Then Pulls Back Silver’s ascent in 2025 reached a climax this week, as the metal briefly surged above $50 an ounce for the first time in decades. On Thursday, October 16, spot silver shattered its 2011 peak, spiking to about $54.5/oz intraday – an all-time nominal high for the metal mining.com. This milestone came amid a furious multi-week rally in precious metals, with silver up over 70% year-to-date and dramatically outperforming gold’s gains reuters.com. By Friday the 17th, however, the market saw a swift reversal. Silver tumbled roughly 6%
18 October 2025
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Solana (SOL) Price Rollercoaster: From $250 Uptober High to $185 – Will It Rebound to $300?

Solana (SOL) Price Rollercoaster: From $250 Uptober High to $185 – Will It Rebound to $300?

Key Facts – October 18, 2025 SOL Price Struggles After Uptober Surge Solana’s price spiked above $250 in early October 2025 before a sharp pullback to the $180s. The chart shows SOL’s “Uptober” rollercoaster and key support levels around $170–$180. After a spectacular rally earlier this month, Solana (SOL) now trades around $185 as of October 18, 2025 investing.com. This week has been a rollercoaster: SOL fell below the $180 support on Friday, briefly dipping to two-month lows near $170 tradingview.com, before bouncing back modestly into the weekend. On Tuesday it had attempted to reclaim the $210 level but failed,
18 October 2025
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SoundHound AI Stock Skyrockets 240% – Is the Voice AI Boom Just Beginning?

SoundHound AI Stock Slides 10% After CFO Cashes In – Can the 240% AI Rally Survive?

Stock Slides After CFO’s Share Sale SoundHound AI stock sank on Friday after news of insider selling, undercutting some of the recent euphoria. The company’s Chief Financial Officer, Nitesh Sharan, disclosed he sold 60,376 SoundHound shares at an average ~$21.21 (a ~$1.28 million transaction) indexbox.io. The sale, executed under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 trading plan, reduced the CFO’s direct stake by about 3.3% indexbox.io. The market reacted swiftly: SOUN fell ~6.9% in morning trading on Oct. 17 following the disclosure, and by afternoon it was trading around $18.80, roughly 9–10% below the prior day’s close indexbox.io indexbox.io. The timing of Sharan’s sale
17 October 2025
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Weight-Loss Drug Mania Shook Markets—Now Hims & Hers Bets on a Menopause Care Boom

Weight-Loss Drug Mania Shook Markets—Now Hims & Hers Bets on a Menopause Care Boom

Menopause Launch Sparks Surge in HIMS Stock Hims & Hers’ expansion into menopause care was greeted with enthusiasm in the market. On October 15, the San Francisco–based telehealth provider announced it is now offering affordable treatment plans for women in perimenopause and menopause via its Hers platform businesswire.com businesswire.com. The move adds a new specialty to Hers, which already serves over 500,000 women subscribers businesswire.com. By connecting patients with providers trained in menopause care, Hims & Hers aims to fill a long-neglected gap in women’s health. “Women have been navigating an outdated healthcare system that wasn’t designed for them for
17 October 2025
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Jefferies Stock Plunge Deepens Amid Bankruptcy Fallout – Will a Rebound Follow?

Jefferies Stock Plunge Deepens Amid Bankruptcy Fallout – Will a Rebound Follow?

Stock Hits Multi-Month Low Amid Legal Fallout Jefferies shares have been on a wild ride in recent weeks, culminating in a steep plunge on October 16. The stock sank intraday to about $50 – territory not seen in over four months – before closing at $48.80, down over 10% for the day stockinvest.us. The selloff erased roughly one-quarter of Jefferies’ market value in just two weeks, capping a slide from the mid-$60s in late September ts2.tech. The immediate trigger for the latest drop was mounting scrutiny over Jefferies’ exposure to a client’s bankruptcy and the wave of shareholder lawsuits that
17 October 2025
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Regional Bank Fraud Scare Sparks Panic – Is a Fed Rate Cut on the Horizon?

Regional Bank Fraud Scare Sparks Panic – Is a Fed Rate Cut on the Horizon?

Surprise Loan Frauds at Regional Banks Shake Confidence Mid-sized banks shocked Wall Street this week with alarming disclosures of bad loans. Zions Bancorporation – a Utah-based regional lender – stunned investors by announcing a $50 million charge-off tied to two commercial loans that it says were compromised by fraud theguardian.com. In an SEC filing, Zions reported “misrepresentations and contractual defaults” by the borrowers and moved to accelerate the loans to default and sue the guarantors ts2.tech ts2.tech. Western Alliance, a Phoenix-based peer, also revealed it is dealing with a fraudulent borrower, having filed a lawsuit back in August after the client
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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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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Quantum Rocket or Bubble? RGTI’s Stunning Surge Explained—And How It Stacks Up to IonQ, D‑Wave, and QUBT

Rigetti’s Quantum Leap: Stock Skyrockets 5,000% Amid Deals & Hype – Bubble or Breakthrough?

Stock Price Skyrockets to Record High Rigetti Computing’s stock has exploded in 2025, reaching new highs as investors bet big on quantum computing. Rigetti’s share price has soared exponentially this year, reflecting frenzy around pure-play quantum computing stocks. At the start of 2025, RGTI traded under $1; by mid-October it rocketed into the mid-$50s, marking a +259% year-to-date gain and roughly 50-fold increase from a year ago markets.financialcontent.com. The stock closed at a record $56.34 on October 15, 2025 macrotrends.net – its highest ever – before settling just below that level. In the span of a few trading days, Rigetti
16 October 2025
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Western Alliance Bancorp Stock Plunges on First Brands Fallout — Analysts See Upside

Western Alliance Bancorp Stock Plunges on First Brands Fallout — Analysts See Upside

Stock Trends and Recent Moves Western Alliance’s stock has been volatile recently. After rallying through summer, it tumbled in early October. On Oct 8, WAL fell about 4% amid headlines that a Jefferies-managed fund (Point Bonita) held ~$715 million in First Brands receivables ts2.tech mlq.ai. By Oct 15, WAL closed near $78.84, down ~4% for the day investing.com. Trading volume surged as investors digested the news. A day later (Oct 16), Reuters reported WAL shares were still down ~5.4% reuters.com, despite the bank’s reassurances. Management disclosed it had filed a fraud lawsuit related to one credit and said its “criticized
16 October 2025
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