How Stock Market Circuit Breakers Work: MWCB and LULD
How US market circuit breakers halt trading — the 7%, 13%, 20% S&P 500 triggers and the single-stock LULD bands that pause runaway moves.
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IG Bond Buyers Yank 36% of Orders as Supply Overwhelms
US investment-grade bond issuance is on a record 2026 pace, but buyers pulled 36% of orders this week after pricing was squeezed — twice the prior week.
Applied Materials Record Q3: $9.1B, Guide Up, China Slips
Applied Materials posted record Q3 FY26 revenue of $9.12B and guided Q4 to $10.25B, but China’s revenue share fell from 35% to 28%. Stock -5% pre-market.
RSI Explained: Formula, Overbought Levels, Divergences
How the Relative Strength Index measures momentum, why 70/30 aren’t magic numbers, and how RSI divergence warns of trend exhaustion.
Nvidia’s $500B AI Consortium: 6 Titans Rewire Compute Finance
Nvidia lines up Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to raise $500B+ for AI compute infrastructure — off-balance-sheet.
Cisco Beats Q4 but Stock Falls 8%: AI Orders Squeeze Margins
Cisco reported record Q4 revenue of $17.3B and $4B in AI infrastructure orders, but the stock fell 8.4% as gross-margin mix and FY27 guidance disappointed.
Moving Averages Explained: SMA, EMA, 50/200 Cross
SMA and EMA in plain English: exact formulas, a worked example, the 50/200 Golden Cross, and the traps that fool most traders.
Reddit Joins the S&P 500 on Aug 18: Shares Pop 8.8%
S&P Dow Jones Indices adds Reddit (RDDT) to the S&P 500 effective Aug 18, 2026. Shares jumped 8.8% after-hours as passive funds prepared to buy.
Silver Lake Eyes Workday: PE’s Next $60B+ Take-Private?
Silver Lake is in talks to acquire Workday, per Reuters. WDAY jumped ~21% to $212. At $52B market cap, a deal could top $60B with a standard premium.
Bond Duration and Convexity Explained (With Examples)
Bond duration and convexity in plain English: what they measure, the formulas that matter, worked examples on real Treasury yields, and the traps that catch retail investors.