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Buckle up, buttercups – the market's about to serve us a reality sandwich with a side of volatility fries. While everyone's been sipping their summer cocktails and pretending everything's peachy, veteran trader Jonathan Rose is over here placing bets that tech stocks are about to face-plant harder than someone trying to use ChatGPT to write their wedding vows. Here's the tea: The VIX (aka the market's anxiety meter) is chilling below 15, which basically means traders are as relaxed as a golden ...
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Remember when everyone was doom-scrolling about the economy? Well, plot twist: the U.S. just dropped a 3% GDP growth rate for Q2, and Wall Street is basically doing the financial equivalent of a victory lap. Here's the tea: economists were expecting a modest 2.3% growth. Instead, we got 3% – which is like ordering a regular coffee and getting a triple shot espresso. The S&P 500 (through the Vanguard VOO ETF) immediately perked up about 0.1% in premarket trading, because apparently ...
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So you've probably heard the buzz: Super Micro Computer (SMCI) is up a whopping 97% this year, making NVIDIA's "measly" 31.6% gain look like chump change. Naturally, everyone's asking the million-dollar question: Is SMCI the next NVIDIA? Spoiler alert: It's complicated. The Comeback Kid Story Let's start with SMCI's redemption arc, because honestly, it's been quite the rollercoaster. Remember when short-sellers were basically calling them fraudsters? Yeah, that was awkward. But plot twist: their new auditor BDO came in, did the financial ...
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So here we are again, folks. Another Fed day, another chance for Jerome Powell to either keep this market party going or accidentally spill punch all over the dance floor. The setup is pretty wild: We've got solid GDP numbers (3.0% growth, thank you very much), jobs data that's actually decent (104k new jobs in July), and stocks that are basically doing victory laps around the track. But here's the thing – when everything looks this good, that's usually when the ...
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Remember when SoFi was just that company that helped you refinance your crushing student loans? Well, plot twist: they just posted numbers that would make even your most successful college roommate jealous. The fintech darling absolutely crushed Q2 2025, with their stock jumping 17% faster than you can say "I should have bought more shares." And honestly? The numbers back up the hype. The Numbers Don't Lie (Unlike Your Dating Profile) SoFi pulled in a record $855 million in revenue – that's 43% ...
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Remember when your gym teacher told you that underhand free throws were more accurate but you'd rather miss every shot than look uncool? Well, Tom Lee didn't get that memo – and now he's laughing all the way to the bank with $2 billion in assets. Lee's Fundstrat Granny Shots ETF (ticker: GRNY, because of course it is) just hit the $2 billion milestone in less than nine months. To put that in perspective, most ETFs would kill for $200 million ...
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So here's the thing: Wall Street has apparently decided that America is basically the economic equivalent of a Nokia 3310 – completely indestructible. According to the folks at DataTrek Research, both stocks and bonds are currently acting like the US economy has some kind of magical recession immunity. Let's break this down without all the finance-bro jargon, shall we? The Stock Market Is Getting a Little Too Confident Remember the dot-com bubble? You know, when everyone thought pets.com was going to revolutionize how ...
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Remember when Abercrombie & Fitch was that store you'd walk past in the mall while trying not to make eye contact with the shirtless models? Well, plot twist: their stock might actually be worth your attention right now. Here's what happened: A&F shares jumped 6% on Monday after JPMorgan analysts basically said "hey, this thing is criminally undervalued." They bumped their price target from $141 to $151 per share. With the stock sitting at $98, that's a potential 54% upside. Even ...
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