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Markets
MAJOR
Oct 136 min read
Earnings Season Opens: JPM, WFC, UNH Report Q3 2026
US earnings season opens with JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and UnitedHealth, with profit growth near 30% expected and a 7% options-implied move in UNH stock.
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Geopolitics
MAJOR
Oct 136 min read
Trump Expects Iran Talks This Week After Hormuz Rejection
Trump expects Iran talks to resume this week after rejecting Tehran's Hormuz offer, with Brent near $104 and Tehran ready for either war or diplomacy.
Technology
MAJOR
Oct 136 min read
Taiwan Exports Hit Record $87.2B in September 2026
Taiwan's September exports jumped 60.9% to a record $87.22 billion on AI server demand, with US shipments up 106% and growth set to continue in October.
Technology
MAJOR
Oct 136 min read
SoftBank Sinks 8.8% as AI Stocks Rout Hits Asia
SoftBank fell about 8.8% and Japan's Nikkei 2.6% on Oct. 13 as an AI stocks selloff spread across Asia on worries over AI financing and chip competition.
Technology
MAJOR
Oct 136 min read
Micron Technology Stock Slides as CXMT Unveils DRAM Leap
Micron Technology stock fell about 4% and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index lost 2.7% after CXMT flagged a denser 4F² DRAM chip design aimed at servers.
Technology
MAJOR
Oct 135 min read
Microsoft Maia 300 chip targets Nvidia, hits AI stocks
Microsoft's Maia 300 chip promises about 40% more output per unit of power than leading GPU systems, pressuring Nvidia and AI stocks as 2027 deployment nears.
Healthcare
NOTABLE
Oct 135 min read
Biogen (BIIB) Hits 52-Week High on JPMorgan Upgrade
Biogen (BIIB) stock hit a 52-week high after JPMorgan upgraded it to Overweight with a $300 target, citing a run of late-stage trial readouts through 2027.
Business & Earnings
NOTABLE
Oct 135 min read
FICO Stock Rebounds as 15% Job Cut Offsets Mortgage Fears
FICO shares rebounded up to 9% as investors backed a 15% workforce cut, after a steep selloff on VantageScore competition in U.S. mortgage credit scoring.
Technology
NOTABLE
Oct 125 min read
IonQ Stock Falls 9% on $1.3B Elisity Deal
IonQ (IONQ) fell more than 8% after agreeing to buy cybersecurity firm Elisity for up to $1.3 billion in stock, putting dilution in focus for shareholders.
Technology
NOTABLE
Oct 124 min read
AI Stocks: Lumentum, Ciena Slide 10% in Optical Selloff
Lumentum and Ciena fell about 10% and Coherent 7% on Oct. 12 as profit-taking hit AI stocks tied to optical networking after a sharp multi-week rally.
Business & Earnings
NOTABLE
Oct 125 min read
eBay (EBAY) Jumps 5% as Morgan Stanley Names Top Pick
eBay shares rose more than 5% on Oct. 12 after Morgan Stanley named the marketplace a top internet pick and lifted its price target to $132 from $127.
Technology
MAJOR
Oct 125 min read
Nasdaq Meta stock rises 4% on Muse Wonder AI launch
Meta shares rose about 4% on Monday after it launched Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, its first frontier AI models, to rival OpenAI and Anthropic.
Markets
NOTABLE
Oct 126 min read
Bitcoin Near $84,000 as Bond Yields Weigh on Crypto
Bitcoin is stuck near $84,000 as Treasury yields hold above 5%, yet crypto-linked stocks Coinbase, Strategy and American Bitcoin edged higher on Monday.
Markets
NOTABLE
Oct 126 min read
Goldman Upgrades Global Equities to Overweight in 2026
Goldman Sachs upgraded global equities to overweight, citing earnings growth, with S&P 500 Q3 profits forecast up about 27% as the reporting season begins.
Technology
MAJOR
Oct 124 min read
Apple Cuts iPhone 18 Pro Orders 15% as Demand Cools
Apple (AAPL) told suppliers to trim iPhone 18 Pro component orders by at least 15% for October as a $100 price rise and costly memory chips weigh on demand.
Business & Earnings
NOTABLE
Oct 124 min read
Starbucks (SBUX) Says It Is Not Buying Chipotle (CMG)
Starbucks ended days of takeover speculation on October 12, 2026, saying it is not buying Chipotle, and Chipotle shares dropped more than 4% as the deal premium came out.
Business & Earnings
NOTABLE
Oct 124 min read
CCC Intelligent Solutions Jumps 10% on GTCR, Elliott Talks
CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS) jumped about 10% as GTCR and Elliott entered advanced talks to take the auto-insurance software maker private this week.
Markets
NOTABLE
Oct 127 min read
Salesforce, Adobe Split as Analyst Calls Diverge
Salesforce (CRM) rose about 4% on a Bank of America double upgrade while Adobe (ADBE) fell 4% on a Wells Fargo double downgrade, splitting software stocks.
Business & Earnings
NOTABLE
Oct 126 min read
Lululemon (LULU) Hits 8.5-Year Low as Burry Swaps Into Deckers
Lululemon shares fell to $91.28, their lowest in about 8.5 years, after Michael Burry sold the stock for a tax loss and moved the money into Deckers.
Technology
MAJOR
Oct 124 min read
Anthropic's $60B Chip Debt Deal: Broadcom's Role Explained
Bank of America, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are syndicating a record $60B debt package for Anthropic's Google TPU lease, with Broadcom as guarantor.
Economy
MAJOR
Oct 125 min read
US September CPI: Fed Rate Hike Bets Ride on Core
US September CPI, due Wednesday, is forecast to lift headline inflation to 3.7% on gasoline, while core data sets October Fed rate hike odds near 1 in 5.
Technology
MAJOR
Oct 125 min read
Constellation (CEG) Lands Google Nuclear Deal for AI Power
Google and Constellation Energy signed a 20-year deal for 890 MW of new nuclear capacity, a $4.3 billion upgrade plan that sent CEG up 12% on October 6.
Markets
MAJOR
Oct 126 min read
Kospi Falls 3.7% Below 6,400 on 10th Day of Foreign Selling
South Korea's Kospi fell 3.65% to 6,384.24 on Monday as foreign investors sold for a tenth straight session, pulling Samsung Electronics and SK hynix down more than 4%.
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Oct 126 min read
Energy Ceasefire: Trump Claims Deal, Kremlin Silent
Trump says Russia and Ukraine agreed to an immediate energy ceasefire, but the Kremlin has not confirmed it and Zelenskyy reports continuing Russian strikes.
Economy
NOTABLE
Oct 126 min read
Gold Slides to $4,100 as Yields Hit Highest Since 2002
Gold fell to a two-month low near $4,100 as a stronger dollar and Treasury yields at their highest since 2002 weighed on bullion as Fed rate hike bets linger.
Business & Earnings
NOTABLE
Oct 125 min read
Delta Air Lines Q3 2026: First Miss in Two Years
Delta Air Lines (DAL) missed Q3 2026 earnings for the first time in two years and cut its 2026 profit outlook by nearly a quarter as fuel costs rose 62%.
Healthcare
NOTABLE
Oct 124 min read
Moderna Jumps 14% on Federal Cancer Vaccine Push
Moderna rose 14% to $225, its highest since January 2022, as a planned federal cancer vaccine push also lifted Pfizer, BioNTech and Merck shares on Friday.
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Oct 126 min read
Trump-Russia Diesel Deal Eases Sanctions Before Midterms
Trump's Russian diesel deal waives sanctions through April 2027, with 300,000 tons due now and 500,000 in November, as the US seeks lower diesel costs.
Markets
MAJOR
Oct 125 min read
SpaceX Spectrum Deal Hits T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon
SpaceX agreed to buy nationwide 800 MHz spectrum for Starlink Mobile, sending T-Mobile down 13%, AT&T 10% and Verizon 9% in their worst sessions in years.
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Oct 125 min read
Houthi Riyadh Airport Strike Lifts Brent to $105
Houthi missile strikes on Riyadh's airport killed at least 12 people and pushed Brent crude to about $105 a barrel as tankers were also hit.