Robinhood’s $200M RVII Fund: Retail Access to YC Startups
Robinhood filed to list RVII, a $200M NYSE-traded BDC that lets any retail investor buy exposure to Y Combinator startups. Structure, fees, and catches.
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SolarEdge Plunges 30% on Q3 Guide: Residential Solar Cracks
SolarEdge fell 30% after Q3 revenue and gross-margin guidance came in below Q2, dragging Enphase, Sunrun and Canadian Solar with it. Here are the numbers.
How IPOs Really Work: S-1, Pricing, Greenshoe, Lockup
From S-1 to greenshoe to the 180-day lockup — a plain-English guide to how a company actually goes public in the U.S., with Ritter’s 1980-2025 data.
Fed Launches Pilot Survey of $1.3T Private Credit Market
Dallas and NY Fed will pilot the first regular data pull on private credit after Q3, with initial findings due Q1 2027. Here’s what it will track.
Shopify Surges 18%: Q2 Beat With 30%+ Growth Across the Board
Shopify jumped ~18% to $145 on Q2 2026 results as GMV, revenue, gross profit, and free cash flow all grew 30%+.
What Wall Street’s Buy, Hold, Sell Ratings Actually Mean
Buy/Hold/Sell scales aren’t standardized. Here’s how sell-side analysts build ratings, derive price targets, and why the consensus beats any one call.
Japan’s Yield Shock: Takaichi Presses BOJ as 30-Year Hits 3.97%
PM Takaichi’s May request that the BOJ buy more bonds becomes public as 30-year JGB yields hit a record 3.97% and 10-year yields the highest since 1996.
SpaceX Lockup Expires Aug 6: 912M Shares Come Free
SpaceX’s (SPCX) 180-day IPO lockup ends Aug 6, freeing ~912 million insider shares two days after a bruising first earnings report.
CPI vs Core CPI vs PCE: How the Fed’s Inflation Gauges Differ
Why the Fed targets PCE inflation at 2%, how CPI and PCE differ in formula, scope, and weights, and what June 2026’s readings actually show.
AI Debt Deluge Meets Pushback: Cover Ratio Halves to 2x
Hyperscaler bond books have slid from 5x oversubscribed in February to under 2x by July, as AI-related debt heads to $570B and Moody’s warns.