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Questions about debt-financed AI infrastructure sank the Nasdaq more than two percent on Friday, with CoreWeave tumbling on worries about its fifty billion dollar debt pile, capping the index's worst week in months. South Korea's Kospi lost fourteen and a half percent for the week, its worst since the 2008 financial crisis, despite a Friday rebound. The DAX went the other way and gained ar...

Asia's chip stocks crashed with the Kospi down eight percent and Samsung and SK Hynix in free fall, but Wall Street staged a comeback as bond yields dropped sharply and AI jitters faded. Producer prices rose at the fastest monthly pace since 2022, leaving the Fed's October meeting looking like a coin flip. TSMC delivered a record profit but fell anyway, Apple topped five trillion dollars a...

US inflation came in hotter than expected at 3.7 percent, driven by energy costs, sending yields higher and knocking the Nasdaq and small caps down around two percent while defensives held the Dow steady. Oil climbed after an attack on a Saudi Aramco building, BlackRock beat estimates while Bank of America was hit with a 1.2 billion dollar fine, and Dell slid on a downgrade. The DAX saved a small...

Earnings season opened with a split screen: Goldman Sachs crushed expectations on booming equities trading and JPMorgan beat as well, while CEO Jamie Dimon warned about deficits and sticky inflation. Memory chip stocks slumped worldwide after reports that China's CXMT is making progress on a new DRAM architecture, hitting Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix. Oil fell around two percent as the US temp...

Wall Street eased into a big week with a quiet, mixed Columbus Day session: the Dow gained while the S&P 500 closed flat and the Nasdaq slipped as investors rotated out of tech. Oil rose on a sharp Middle East escalation after Houthi attacks on Riyadh's airport, while memory chip names like SanDisk and Lumentum sold off. Now it gets serious: JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup kick off e...

Wall Street rallied into the weekend as tech rebounded from the OpenAI scare and oil eased after Trump ruled out an attack on Iran before the midterms, handing the Dow and S&P 500 a winning week. SpaceX's spectrum deal shook the telecom sector, sending T-Mobile down twelve percent, while Delta fell after cutting its outlook. The DAX recovered the 25,000 mark but still lost ground for the w...

Chip stocks sold off after a Financial Times report suggested OpenAI's revenue is running billions below estimates, dragging the Nasdaq lower while Arm, Intel, Marvell and Micron tumbled. Oil jumped around three percent on reports that Trump was weighing new strikes on Iran, before he said there would be no attack ahead of the midterms. PepsiCo beat expectations but cut its profit growth outlo...

Treasury yields surged to their highest levels since 2002 and pulled the S&P 500 and Nasdaq off their fresh records, while Fed minutes showed most officials still expect another rate hike by year-end. Webull crashed twenty percent after a congressional report flagged national security concerns, Bitcoin slid and dragged Coinbase and Robinhood with it. In Europe, the DAX fell more than one perce...

The S&P 500 climbed to a fresh record close and the Nasdaq extended its own record run, as easing oil prices and cooling Treasury yields let investors focus on earnings growth. Constellation Energy jumped twelve percent on a multi-billion dollar nuclear power deal with Google, while Seagate and Moderna lagged. In Europe, the DAX gained as French bond markets calmed after presidential candidate...

The Nasdaq climbed to a fresh record high powered by Nvidia and the tech rally, while the Dow slipped as the ten-year Treasury yield rose to 5.32 percent, near its highest level in two decades. The ISM services index accelerated to 55.9, but its prices component jumped to 74, keeping inflation worries alive ahead of the Q3 earnings season with PepsiCo, Delta Air Lines and Levi's on deck. In Eu...

A surprisingly weak jobs report takes an October rate hike off the table and sends stocks rallying into the weekend, with Nvidia hitting a fresh intraday record. Plus: the G7 taps oil reserves, Nike disappoints, and Infineon soars almost nine percent. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endritce...

Accenture delivers the comeback story of the day, soaring around twenty-three percent as record bookings dispel fears that AI is killing consulting. Plus: yields retreat from two-decade highs, Micron gains on its blowout quarter, and the Dax defends its 200-day line. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instag...

Cooler inflation data and another blowout quarter from Micron close out a September that split Wall Street, with the Nasdaq saving a gain while the Dow and S&P lost ground. Plus: German inflation tops three percent and the Dax ends a weak month. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endritcela...

Indirect US-Iran talks resume and oil eases, but a twelve-year low in consumer confidence keeps Wall Street in check. Plus: Carnival soars on record bookings, Fair Isaac craters, and Infineon leads the Dax on AI demand. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endritcela_official/ Disclaimer for &quo...

Oil jumps around four percent after Trump rejects Tehran's peace proposal, pulling stocks lower to start the week. Plus: Nvidia announces a record buyback, Boeing stumbles, and Redcare Pharmacy soars in Germany. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endritcela_official/ Disclaimer for "Ca...

Stocks rally into the weekend as Iran proposes reopening the Strait of Hormuz and oil retreats, leaving the Nasdaq up more than two percent for the week. Plus: Costco delivers, Meta caps a monster week, and Evonik jumps on BASF interest. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endritcela_official/ D...

Xi's first state visit in eleven years delivers an extension of the trade truce into January, while surging Treasury yields hit fresh 2007 highs and keep stocks in check. Plus: Oracle stumbles, oil rebounds, and Germany's Ifo index surprises to the upside. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram...

Surging Treasury yields end the Nasdaq's record streak, with the ten-year hitting its highest level since 2007. Plus: Trump talks to Tehran and threatens it in the same breath, and today it's summit day with Xi in Washington. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endritcela_official/ Discl...

Oil keeps tumbling as Iran signals it could reopen the Strait of Hormuz, pushing the Nasdaq to its second straight record close. Plus: Meta's Muse tops the App Store, and the countdown to Thursday's Trump-Xi summit is on. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endritcela_official/ Disclaime...

The Nasdaq jumps two percent to a record close as AI stocks surge and oil retreats below one hundred dollars. Plus: Germany's election shock hits Vonovia, and all eyes turn to Thursday's Trump-Xi summit. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endritcela_official/ Disclaimer for "Capita...

Triple witching Friday capped the week of the Fed's first hike since 2023 with a mixed close, as the 10-year yield rose back above 5% and oil held above $100. The Dow lost around 1.7% for the week while the Nasdaq eked out a gain, and the DAX slumped 1.6% on expiry day ahead of two German state elections. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>>...

The day after the Fed's first hike since 2023 brought relief on all fronts: the 10-year yield snapped an eight-day rising streak, Brent slipped to around $104 on pipeline restart hopes, and the S&P 500 rebounded about 1% with the chip index up 3%. Experts credited Kevin Warsh's hawkishness with restoring the Fed's inflation-fighting credibility. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn:...

The Fed raised rates by a quarter point to 3.75%-4% in a unanimous vote, its first hike since July 2023, with 16 of 18 officials projecting at least one more increase this year. Stocks turned lower during Kevin Warsh's hawkish press conference, the Dow losing 1.2%, while the DAX had closed 0.5% higher on easing oil prices before the decision. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.lin...

The 10-year Treasury yield hit 5.04%, its highest since 2007, as oil held near $108 Brent, handing stocks a second straight down day ahead of the Fed. Markets overwhelmingly expect a quarter-point hike on Wednesday, with the new projections and Kevin Warsh's press conference set to reveal whether more is coming. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >&...

A weekend essay by Anthropic's Dario Amodei calling for a slower pace of frontier AI development, echoed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, sent chip stocks tumbling worldwide while software names like Salesforce and SAP rallied. With the 10-year yield briefly touching 5% for the first time since 2023 and Brent above $108, the Fed's two-day meeting now takes center stage. >>> Follow me...