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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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Here's a plot twist nobody talks about: The biggest tech fortunes aren't being made when companies go public. They're being made years before, when the right people bet on the right founders before Wall Street even knows they exist. Back in 1957, William Shockley had everything—a Nobel Prize, the transistor invention, and eight of the brightest engineers in America working for him. Then all eight quit because he was impossible to work with. With no product and no revenue, they were ...
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Remember when AI stocks were basically printing money? Yeah, those days are getting weird. The momentum's cracking, the chips are stumbling, and suddenly everyone's asking: "So... what now?" Goldman Sachs has an answer, and it's refreshingly unglamorous. Ben Snider and his team just dropped a note saying the real opportunity isn't chasing the next AI darling—it's looking at three totally different plays that Wall Street's been sleeping on. Here's the thing: the AI trade carried the whole market in 2026, but lately ...
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Ever feel like the stock market closes right when you're getting warmed up? Nasdaq's got a solution—and it's delightfully ambitious. The exchange just announced plans to seek SEC approval for 24-hour trading, five days a week. That's right: Monday through Friday, all day, all night, no breaks. Currently, the market opens at 9:30 a.m. ET and closes at 4 p.m. ET, which is basically a banker's schedule from 1987. Nasdaq President Tal Cohen says they're aiming for a launch in the ...
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Remember when Spark Capital dropped $75 million on Anthropic back in 2023? Most people thought they were nuts. Today, that stake is worth about $7 billion on paper. Not a bad return for betting on a startup nobody knew existed. Here's the thing though: that era is basically over. The AI startups that were scrappy underdogs three years ago—Anthropic, OpenAI, and friends—are now the giants. And like all giants, they're about to get hungry. Not for more funding, but for acquisitions. **The $700 ...
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