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Sep

Insider Trading Signals — September 11, 2026 — Midday Update — Last 24 Hours (Pacific Time)

GameStop's CEO Ryan Cohen led insider buying with a $20.3M purchase, joined by director Alain Attal's $100K buy—signaling strong conviction. Meanwhile, Relmada Therapeutics saw dual C-suite purchases totaling ~$1.67M from CEO and CFO, but overall insider activity remained heavily bearish with $208.5
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08
Sep

Stock Market News — September 08, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Qualcomm surged 9.5% after landing a landmark Amazon AI chip deal worth up to $60 billion, while AMD gained 7% on aggressive $2 trillion AI market ambitions. However, gains were tempered by Canada's C$27.6B retaliatory tariffs taking effect and Dyne Therapeutics plummeting 31% on trial failure, as M
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07
Sep

Stock Market Hints — September 07, 2026 — Pre-Market — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Asian markets traded mixed as South Korean chipmakers rallied, but China's pause on Rio Tinto iron ore purchases and prolonged BHP labor talks pressured miners. A Novartis drug failure, Sigma Lithium license suspension, and Trump's Bombardier ultimatum added bearish headwinds, while U.S. futures sli
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17
Aug

Stock Market News — August 17, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Markets tumbled Monday as the U.S.-Iran ceasefire expired, sending oil past $90/barrel and bond yields to multi-decade highs—the Dow fell 0.51% and the S&P 500 tested critical support. Geopolitical risk and inflation fears dominated, though bright spots emerged: Nvidia pledged $105B for OpenAI's dat
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07
Aug

Stock Market News — August 07, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Surprise July jobs decline of 23,000 crushed rate-hike fears, sending S&P 500 and Nasdaq higher, while a wave of software earnings beats—led by Atlassian (+33%), Doximity (+66%), and Cloudflare (+16%)—reinforced a powerful "software is back" narrative.
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05
Aug

Stock Market News — August 05, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

The Dow hit a record high on Middle East peace hopes, but the Nasdaq stumbled as AppLovin, HubSpot, Figma, and Duolingo all crashed 11–20% after-hours on disappointing earnings. Asian chip stocks are already sliding on weak U.S. semiconductor sentiment, threatening further Nasdaq losses Thursday.
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27
Jul

Stock Market News — July 27, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Markets rallied Monday as a U.S.-Iran hostilities pause sent oil prices tumbling 8%, boosting airlines and risk assets—but a bombshell report that China is manufacturing domestic DUV lithography machines triggered a brutal semiconductor selloff, with ASML, Lam Research, and AMD all down 5–8%+, signa
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20
Jul

Stock Market News — July 20, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Wall Street closed lower Monday as Iran tensions and pre-earnings caution pressured all three major indexes, while a federal judge temporarily blocked Paramount Skydance's $110B Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, injecting major uncertainty into the year's biggest media deal. Gold reclaimed $4,000/
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22
Jun

Stock Market News — June 22, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Alphabet tumbled 6.8% amid AI talent losses and SpaceX competition, while SpaceX launched a $20B bond offering backed by a $100.8B cash balance—signaling a major power shift in tech. AbbVie's $10.9B acquisition of Apogee Therapeutics and CRH's $8.5B purchase of Arcosa drove M&A momentum, though Luci
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11
Jun

Stock Market News — June 11, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Wall Street surged 2% as Trump announced an Iran peace deal, while SpaceX's historic $75 billion IPO at $135/share made Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. Semiconductors led gains with Applied Materials (+9.5%), KLA (+8.3%), and Lam Research (+8.2%) all hitting new highs on renewed AI chip de
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