Tech Rout Sinks Nasdaq 2.2% as Chip Wreck Hits Wall St.
The Nasdaq fell 2.2% Monday and the VIX jumped 13% as semis cracked nearly 8%. Mag 7 fractured: NVDA -4%, Alphabet hit hard, MSFT and AAPL held.
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Venture Capital Explained: Stages, Term Sheets, and Down Rounds
How VC actually works: seed through growth, what’s in a term sheet, how dilution stacks up round by round, and what happens when a down round hits.
30-Year Yield Near 5% as Fed Holds and Hike Bets Rise
The 30-year Treasury yield is at 4.94% as the Fed holds at 3.50-3.75% and nine officials pencil in 2026 rate hikes. What it means for markets.
Argan (AGX) Hits $790 on Record Q1 as AI Power Boom Builds
Argan posted record $291M Q1 revenue and $3.24 EPS as gas-fired power demand for AI data centers surges. AGX now trades above every published analyst target.
Whisper Numbers and PEAD: Why Beats Drift After Earnings
What earnings whisper numbers are, what post-earnings announcement drift (PEAD) is, and why a ‘beat’ sometimes sends a stock lower.
Qualcomm Nears $4B Modular Deal as AI Push Tops $14B
Qualcomm is in advanced talks to buy AI software startup Modular for ~$4B, on top of a reported $8-10B run at Tenstorrent. The combined ~$14B is Qualcomm’s biggest AI bet yet.
AbbVie Buys Apogee for $10.9B; ABBV Pops 6%
AbbVie agreed to buy Apogee Therapeutics for $10.9B all-cash at a 49% premium, adding IL-13 candidate zumilokibart to challenge Dupixent. ABBV rose 6%.
Treasury Basis Trade Explained: Repo, Leverage, Risk
How the Treasury cash-futures basis trade actually works: repo-financed long bonds, short futures, the convergence math, and why hedge funds risk $1T+ on it.
CRH Nears $8B+ Deal for Arcosa, Its Largest-Ever Takeover
Building-materials giant CRH is reportedly close to buying Arcosa for $8B+, what would be its largest acquisition and a major US infrastructure roll-up.
Memory Stocks Rip Ahead of Micron’s Wednesday Print
Chip stocks closed last week with double-digit pops in SNDK, INTC, and MU. Micron’s fiscal Q3 print Wednesday is the next test of the AI memory trade.