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Remember when the first half of 2026 felt like a victory lap? The S&P 500 was up 9%, everyone was celebrating the Iran peace deal vibes, and it seemed like we'd finally escaped the chaos. Well, JPMorgan just released their second-half playbook, and spoiler alert: it's basically a list of reasons why things could get messy. The bank's strategists—led by Zahin Ov and crew—are basically saying, "Yeah, about those stock returns you were expecting... don't count on them." They're predicting the ...
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Three years ago, Satya Nadella was basically a superhero. He bet early on OpenAI, unveiled AI-powered Bing with all the fanfare of a Marvel premiere, and declared war on Google. Bill Gurley called it an "amazing shift in corporate reputation." CNN made him CEO of the Year. The guy was untouchable. Now? Microsoft's stock is down 24% in a year, and Nadella's legacy is looking less "visionary" and more "oops." Here's the thing: Microsoft went all-in on AI, and it's starting to ...
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Here's a wild idea: what if you could trade stocks at 2 AM on a Tuesday? Nasdaq thinks that's not just possible—it's inevitable. The exchange just announced it's filing papers with the SEC to go full 24/5, meaning round-the-clock trading Monday through Friday. Currently, the market shuts down at 4 PM ET like clockwork. But Nasdaq President Tal Cohen is basically saying, "Why?" In a blog post that reads like a manifesto for market modernization, he laid out the case: global ...
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Here's a plot twist nobody talks about: The biggest fortunes in tech aren't made by buying stocks after they go public. They're made by spotting genius before Wall Street even knows it exists. Back in 1957, William Shockley had everything—a Nobel Prize, the transistor, and eight of the brightest engineers in Silicon Valley working for him. Then they all quit because he was impossible to work with. With no product and no revenue, these eight guys had nothing. No VC would ...
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Remember when the stock market closed at 4 p.m. and you had to wait until tomorrow to trade? Yeah, those days might be numbered. Nasdaq just announced it's gunning for 24-hour trading, five days a week—basically turning the market into a 24/5 operation. It's like they looked at the global economy and said, "Why should anyone have to wait?" Here's the deal: Nasdaq President Tal Cohen dropped the news that they're filing papers with the SEC to make this happen. If ...
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Here's the thing about the stock market: sometimes a little mystery is worth more than a crystal-clear earnings report. Qualcomm just proved that in spectacular fashion. On Thursday, Qualcomm's stock rocketed 20% intraday—eventually settling at a respectable 16% gain—and the reason wasn't some revolutionary new smartphone chip or a breakthrough in 5G technology. Nope. It was because the company casually mentioned it's making custom chips for *someone really important*, and they're not telling us who. Let's set the scene. Qualcomm's earnings were.. ...
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Wall Street's been having a meltdown about Big Tech's AI spending spree, but Alphabet just dropped a reality check that should make everyone chill out. Here's what happened: Alphabet crushed Q2 earnings with 24% revenue growth, Google Cloud revenue rocketed 82%, and operating margins hit a beefy 34%. But the real headline? They're doubling down on AI infrastructure. Capex jumped to $44.9 billion for the quarter, and they're raising their full-year guidance from $190 billion to $195-205 billion. CFO Anat Ashkenazi ...
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Here's a fun fact that'll keep you up at night: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta are collectively spending more money on AI every single month than the entire Manhattan Project cost. Per month. That's 12 times the Manhattan Project's annual budget, every year. And according to AI researcher Gary Marcus, this might be the dumbest financial decision in human history. Marcus, who's been warning about AI mania longer than most people have been talking about it, dropped a reality check this ...
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