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Remember when companies used to just... make products? Well, Trump Media & Technology Group (the folks behind Truth Social) just said "hold my Diet Coke" and announced they're basically becoming a crypto hedge fund. And not just any crypto – they're going all-in on Cronos (CRO), the token from Crypto.com. Here's the deal: Trump Media is merging with Crypto.com and some SPAC called Yorkville to create something called "Trump Media Group CRO Strategy." The ticker? MCGA – because of course it ...
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Remember when everyone thought September would be boring? Yeah, about that... Markets are having what we in the business call a "moment" this Tuesday morning, and honestly, the reason is kind of wild. It's not inflation, it's not the Fed being dramatic again, and it's definitely not because someone tweeted something stupid at 3 AM. Nope. A federal appeals court just decided that most of Trump's tariffs were... wait for it... illegally imposed. Plot twist of the century, right? The Numbers Don't Lie ...
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Remember when Reagan said it was "Morning in America" back in '84? Well, buckle up buttercup, because we might be looking at "Afternoon Delight in America" – and this time it's got a very orange tint. Here's the deal: There's roughly $7 trillion just sitting around in cash right now, twiddling its metaphorical thumbs and waiting for someone to yell "GO!" And according to some very smart people who spend their days staring at charts, that signal might come as soon ...
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Meet Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, the 72-year-old French woman who's having the kind of year that makes your crypto gains look like pocket change. She's up $24 billion in 2025 alone, bringing her net worth to a casual $98 billion. That's billion with a B, folks. How'd she do it? Well, she didn't launch a tech startup or invent the next big app. She inherited a 35% stake in L'Oréal from her mom and watched the beauty giant's stock climb 17% this ...
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So Marvell Technology just had one of those "oops" moments that makes everyone in the AI world suddenly very interested in their coffee cups. The chip company dropped 17% faster than your portfolio during a market crash, and honestly? It's got people asking the big question: Is the AI party finally winding down? Here's what happened: Marvell posted some pretty decent numbers – $2.006 billion in revenue (up 58% year-over-year) and hit their earnings target of $0.67 per share. Sounds good, ...
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Remember that friend who was always the underdog but suddenly becomes the star of the show? That's basically small-cap stocks right now, and honestly, it's about time they got their moment. While everyone's been obsessing over whether NVIDIA will hit another trillion-dollar milestone or if Apple can innovate beyond making their phones slightly thinner, small caps have quietly been crushing it. The Russell 2000 (think of it as the little sibling to the S&P 500) has jumped over 5% in the ...
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Remember when your mom told you not to put all your eggs in one basket? Well, apparently the S&P 500 didn't get that memo. The top 10 stocks now make up a whopping 40% of the entire index – that's like having your entire friend group consist of tech bros who all went to Stanford. Here's the thing: we're living through what might be the most concentrated stock market in history, and it's making some very smart people at Morningstar pretty ...
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Remember when Dell was riding the AI wave like it owned the ocean? Yeah, well, Thursday happened. Dell Technologies just dropped their Q2 earnings, and let's just say the market wasn't exactly throwing confetti. Sure, they beat expectations on both earnings ($2.32 vs $2.30 expected) and revenue ($29.78B vs $29.17B). Sounds great, right? Wrong. Here's where it gets spicy: Dell's Q3 guidance came in at $2.45 per share when Wall Street was expecting $2.55. That 10-cent miss might not sound like much, ...
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