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Remember when Intel was the cool kid in tech? Yeah, me neither – that was like, decades ago. But hey, someone still believes in the struggling chipmaker, and that someone happens to have very deep pockets. SoftBank, the Japanese investment giant that's basically the venture capital equivalent of your friend who always has money for the check, just dropped $2 billion on Intel stock. At $23 per share, they're now sitting pretty with about 2% of the company. Not exactly a ...
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Remember when bear markets used to stick around like that one friend who overstays their welcome? You know, the ones that would crash your portfolio party and then camp out for years while you slowly rebuilt your wealth one sad dollar at a time? Well, plot twist: those marathon misery sessions might actually be becoming extinct. And before you roll your eyes and mutter "sure, this time is different," hear me out—because the math behind this is actually pretty wild. The Great ...
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So you know how everyone's obsessed with AI these days? Well, turns out someone's gotta keep all those ChatGPT conversations and AI art generators running somewhere. Enter Applied Digital (NASDAQ: APLD) – basically the landlord for AI's computing power – and their stock just had a Monday that would make a crypto bro jealous, shooting up 15%. Here's the deal: Applied Digital announced they're building another massive AI data center in North Dakota (because apparently that's where the cool AI kids ...
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So Google just dropped $3.2 billion on TeraWulf—a Bitcoin mining company that's pivoting harder than a startup at a pitch competition. But here's the kicker: they're not just throwing money at crypto miners for fun. They're building the infrastructure for an AI future that's going to need more power than a small country. Let's break this down without the Wall Street jargon, shall we? The Nuclear Option (Literally) Google isn't just buying into TeraWulf's data centers—they're partnering with Kairos Power to deploy next-gen ...
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Remember when your biggest financial worry was whether to buy the name-brand cereal? Well, buckle up, because Big Tech just decided to spend more money on AI than most countries spend on... everything. Here's the deal: While everyone's arguing about whether AI stocks are overvalued, the tech giants are quietly building what I like to call the "AI Money Cannon." And spoiler alert – it's loaded with $400 billion worth of ammunition. When Tech Companies Become Countries Let's put this in perspective. If ...
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Buckle up, because this week's market calendar is more packed than a Target on Black Friday. We've got Fed minutes dropping like hot gossip, retail earnings that'll tell us if Americans are still buying stuff they don't need, and Jerome Powell taking the stage at Jackson Hole like it's his farewell tour (because, well, it might be). The Fed's Diary Gets Published Wednesday brings us the July Fed meeting minutes – basically the central bank's group chat made public. Investors are dying ...
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So Morgan Stanley just dropped a number that's bigger than most countries' GDP: $16 trillion. That's how much they think AI could add to S&P 500 companies' market value. To put that in perspective, that's like adding another entire U.S. stock market on top of what we already have. Here's the deal: Stephen Byrd, Morgan Stanley's analyst who apparently has a crystal ball (or at least some really good spreadsheets), says S&P 500 companies could rake in about $920 billion annually ...
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You know that feeling when you're climbing the world's tallest ladder and suddenly remember you're afraid of heights? That's basically where markets are right now. Bitcoin just face-planted from its victory lap near $125K down to around $115K – a solid 7% "oops" that has crypto bros everywhere frantically checking their portfolios. The culprit? A spicier-than-expected inflation report that made everyone remember the Fed still exists and has feelings about money printing. But here's the kicker: over $500 million in crypto got ...
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