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Remember when Alcoa used to kick off earnings season? Yeah, me neither – that was like a million market cycles ago. These days, NVIDIA basically is earnings season. When Jensen Huang speaks, the market listens. When he doesn't speak loud enough, apparently the market throws a tantrum. So here's what happened: NVIDIA just dropped another monster earnings report that would make most CEOs weep with joy. Revenue jumped 56% year-over-year to $46.7 billion (with a B), and earnings per share hit ...
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Remember the California Gold Rush? Turns out the real winners weren't the folks with pickaxes and dreams—they were the ones selling the pickaxes. Levi Strauss got rich making pants for miners, not digging holes in the ground. Classic. Fast-forward to 2025, and we've got another gold rush brewing. Except this time, it's not about shiny rocks. It's about rare earth metals—the unglamorous elements with names like neodymium and dysprosium that sound like rejected Pokémon characters. Why Your Future Robot Butler Needs These ...
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So here's a fun fact that might make you spit out your morning coffee: the top 10 stocks in the S&P 500 now make up about 40% of the entire index. That's right—nearly half of America's most important stock benchmark is basically just 10 companies having a group chat about your retirement fund. According to the smart folks at Morningstar, this is the most concentrated the market has ever been. And before you ask, yes, this is about as healthy as ...
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Remember when tariffs were just something your economics professor droned about? Well, Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) just got a masterclass in why those lectures mattered, and their stock took a 4% nosedive to prove it. Here's the tea: CAT thought they had tariffs figured out. Back in early August, they were like "Yeah, we'll take a $400-500 million hit in Q3, maybe $1.3-1.5 billion for the year. No biggie." Fast forward three weeks, and suddenly they're filing with the SEC saying "Actually, make ...
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Remember when every tech stock with "AI" in its pitch deck was basically printing money? Well, Marvell Technology just served us a reality sandwich, and it's not exactly gourmet. The chip company dropped a solid earnings report yesterday—record revenue of $2 billion (up 58% year-over-year) and hit Wall Street's earnings expectations right on the nose. Sounds great, right? Wrong. The stock is down 17% today because apparently "meeting expectations" is the new "massive disappointment" in AI land. Here's what happened: Marvell guided ...
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Remember when Elon Musk called hybrids "a phase" back in 2022 and said it was "time to move on"? Well, plot twist: the market didn't get the memo. While Tesla's been stubbornly sticking to its pure-electric-or-nothing strategy, hybrid sales are absolutely crushing it – and Tesla's competitors are laughing all the way to the bank. Here's the tea: hybrid electric vehicle sales in Europe jumped 52% in July compared to last year. In the US, they're up nearly 20%. Meanwhile, Tesla's ...
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So here's the deal: everyone's been waiting for the Fed to finally cut interest rates, and it looks like it's actually happening. Fed Chair Jerome Powell basically winked at us from Jackson Hole last week, and now Fed Governor Christopher Waller straight-up said he's ready to cut rates by a quarter point at the next meeting. His speech was literally titled "Let's Get On With It" – which is honestly the most relatable thing a Fed official has ever said. But ...
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Remember when your crypto-bro friend kept saying "this is the future of finance" while you rolled your eyes? Well, plot twist: they might have been onto something. Bullish Exchange just pulled off what might be the most "hold my beer" moment in Wall Street history. They raised $1.15 billion in their IPO – but here's the kicker – they did it entirely in stablecoins. Not dollars. Not euros. Digital money that lives on blockchains. Think of it like this: instead of getting ...
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