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Here's the thing about all-time highs: they happen *a lot*. Like, way more often than people think. Yet every time the market hits a new record, investors collectively lose their minds, convinced this is the moment everything collapses. Spoiler alert: it usually isn't. Erik Smolinski, a full-time options trader who actually beats the S&P 500 (not just talks about it), says the current market setup is genuinely weird—but not in a "sell everything and buy gold" kind of way. It's more ...
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Look, everyone's obsessed with Nvidia when it comes to AI chips, but here's the thing—ChatGPT just dropped a recommendation that might actually make more sense for your portfolio: Micron Technology (MU). Before you roll your eyes at an AI recommending stocks, hear me out. Micron's the company that makes the memory chips that power all those fancy AI data centers. While Nvidia gets the headlines for GPUs, Micron's DRAM and HBM (high-bandwidth memory) are the unsung heroes keeping everything running. Think ...
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Here's the thing about the stock market hitting all-time highs: it happens a lot. Like, way more often than people think. Yet every time it does, the panic brigade shows up with their doomsday predictions and their "should I sell everything?" energy. According to Erik Smolinski, a full-time options trader who actually beats the S&P 500 (not just talks about it), that's exactly the wrong move. "The market spends most of its time at all-time highs," Smolinski told Business Insider. "The ...
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Here's a fun historical fact: Cyrus Field laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic in 1858, became an instant hero, and then everyone decided he was a con artist when the cable went dead three weeks later. Newspapers that had cheered him started whispering about stock pumps and scams. The backlash was brutal. But Field didn't quit. Eight years and one bankruptcy later, he got it right. That cable became the nervous system of global finance for the next century. Why ...
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Here's a fun historical fact: back in the 1800s, Cyrus Field tried to lay a telegraph cable across the Atlantic. Everyone cheered. Then it broke. Everyone called him a fraud. But Field didn't quit—he spent eight years fixing it, and when it finally worked, it became the backbone of global finance for a century. Why does this matter? Because SpaceX just hit what I call the "reality wall"—that brutal moment when hype crashes into hard engineering truth. The Wall Everyone Sees The SpaceX ...
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Broadcom just dropped a monster quarter. We're talking record revenue of $22.18 billion—a 48% jump year-over-year—and earnings that beat expectations. The AI chip maker is basically printing money right now, with AI semiconductor revenue alone surging 143% to $10.8 billion. Their customers? The usual suspects: Google, Meta, OpenAI, and basically every company betting the farm on AI infrastructure. So naturally, the stock tanked 15% the next morning. Welcome to the weird world of mega-cap tech stocks, where crushing it can somehow feel ...
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The Short Version: June was basically a victory lap for the stock market. All the major indexes went green, inflation kept chilling out, and three stocks in particular decided to absolutely demolish expectations. Here's why they matter for your portfolio. The Setup: June 2024 was the kind of month that makes investors actually want to check their portfolios. The S&P 500 returned 3.5% (solid), but the Nasdaq? That beast jumped 6.2%—basically the market's way of saying "tech is back, baby." Meanwhile, ...
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Elon Musk's rocket company just filed to go public, and honestly? This isn't just another IPO. SpaceX is about to become one of the largest companies in the world, and the ripple effects are going to hit everyone from day traders to your grandma's retirement fund. Here's the thing: SpaceX is coming in at a $2 trillion valuation. That puts it right in the middle of the "Magnificent Seven" tech giants—nestled between Amazon and Meta. When a company that size goes ...
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