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So the Fed just cut rates again – quarter point, nothing fancy – and instead of markets doing their usual happy dance, they basically shrugged and went back to scrolling TikTok. Why? Because Jerome Powell had the audacity to suggest that maybe, just maybe, they won't cut again in December. Cue the dramatic gasps from Wall Street. But here's the thing that's going to sound absolutely wild: The Fed doesn't really run this show anymore. I know, I know – that's like ...
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Look, I get it. The stock market feels like a casino where the house always wins and everyone's speaking in code. But sometimes, just sometimes, there are actually decent plays hiding in plain sight. Here are five stocks that aren't completely insane right now, plus one that's basically financial kryptonite. The "Holy Grail" Tech Play: ASML ASML makes the machines that make the chips that power everything from your iPhone to those AI chatbots everyone's obsessing over. Think of them as the ...
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So Morgan Stanley's Michael Wilson just did what Wall Street analysts do best: made a bold prediction that sounds both terrifying and exciting at the same time. He's bumped his S&P 500 target from 7,200 to 7,800 for the end of 2026. That's an 18% jump from where we're sitting today at around 6,600. Before you roll your eyes and mutter "sure, Jan" under your breath, let's break down why this isn't just another analyst throwing darts at a board while ...
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So Morgan Stanley's crystal ball gazers just came out swinging with a bold prediction: the S&P 500 is going to rocket up 16% next year to hit 7,800. That's right, they're basically saying "hold my beer" to all the doom-and-gloom crowd worried about AI bubbles and market crashes. Here's the thing – these aren't just random numbers thrown at a dartboard. The bank's chief strategist Mike Wilson (who's had more plot twists than a Netflix series) is betting on what they ...
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Remember when quantum computing was that weird science thing that only existed in labs and sci-fi movies? Yeah, well, those days are officially over. In the past month alone, we've seen more quantum breakthroughs than most people expected in the next decade. IBM dropped a chip called "Loon" (yes, really) that bakes error correction right into the hardware. Harvard proved that large-scale quantum machines won't just explode in a shower of sparks. And some Chinese startup claims they built an optical ...
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So Morgan Stanley's crystal ball gazers just came out swinging with some pretty bold predictions for 2026, and honestly? They're feeling themselves right now. The big bank just bumped their S&P 500 target to 7,800 – which, if you're keeping score at home, means they think stocks are going up another 16% from here. Now before you roll your eyes and mutter something about Wall Street always being bullish (fair point), let's dig into why they think this bull market has ...
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Remember when quantum computing was that weird science thing your physics professor rambled about? Well, plot twist: it just became the hottest thing since sliced bread met the stock market. Here's what happened in basically one month that has everyone freaking out (in a good way): IBM dropped a chip called "Loon" that actually works, Harvard figured out how to make quantum computers not crash every five seconds, and some Chinese startup claims they built something 1,000 times faster than NVIDIA's ...
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Look, we get it. Investing feels scary, complicated, and like something only people in fancy suits with multiple monitors should do. A new BlackRock survey just confirmed what we already suspected: more than a third of Americans don't own stocks, and their reasons are... well, let's just say they're creative. "I don't have enough money." "I don't know what I'm doing." "What if I lose everything?" Sound familiar? These are the greatest hits of investment avoidance, and honestly, they're not terrible ...
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