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Send a text Markets jerked back and forth last week as the Iran conflict sent oil prices surging and inflation fears climbing. Highlights From Last Week: 🛢️ Oil surged above US $100 as Middle East tensions escalated.📉 U.S. indexes swung sharply as inflation fears resurfaced.⚡ Energy stocks gained while airlines and consumer sectors weakened.Support the show
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Send a text Markets whipped back and forth last week as rising oil prices and war fears rattled investors. Highlights From Last Week: 🛢️ Oil surged as Middle East conflict raised fears about global supply disruptions. ✈️ Airlines and cruise stocks dropped sharply as higher fuel costs hit travel companies. 📉 Weak U.S. job data and geopolitical risk pushed major indexes lower by week’s end. Support the show
Send a text Markets moved through a week of policy pressure, AI dominance, and geopolitical shock. Tariff headlines sparked early selling. Chipmakers reignited momentum midweek. Strong earnings failed to steady nerves. Then a historic regime collapse in Iran sent oil and gold futures higher. Highlights From Last Week: 🤖 AI leaders drove major index swings despite strong earnings. 📜 Tariff announcements reset risk appetite quickly. 🛢️ Iran regime collapse pushed oil and gold futures high...
Send a text Nvidia Nerves 👩🏻💻 Nvidia whipped markets around on AI headlines, yields climbed, oil firmed on Iran tension, and private-credit names took a hit as investors reassessed “AI winners” and “AI losers. Highlights From Last Week: 🤖 Nvidia and AI chip headlines drove sharp intraday swings despite modest index moves.📈 Treasury yields climbed as tech briefly lifted the tape midweek.🛢️ Oil edged higher on U.S.–Iran jitters while risk pockets (private credit) cooled.Support the show
Send a text Korea Kicker 🇰🇷 South Korea led the charge this week as chipmakers surged on fresh AI enthusiasm—pushing local stocks to new highs and reminding investors how fast a single sector can pull an entire market forward. Highlights From Last Week: 🌏 U.S. indexes hovered near highs, then chopped around on weak retail data + mixed jobs signals.🤖 AI/tech worries weighed on names like Cisco and AppLovin, keeping momentum uneven.🥇 TSX rotated fast—tech popped early, metals surged, then Shopi...
Send a text AI jitters dinged software while blue-chip value steadied the tape; metals and crypto whipsawed on dollar moves—net result: fast rotations, fragile confidence, and selective strength into week’s end. Highlights From Last Week: 🧠 AI angst hit software while chips wobbled; value names propped up the Dow⛏️ Metals and energy whipsawed; silver plunged as the dollar firmed₿ Crypto slid with risk assets; ETFs showed lighter supportSupport the show
Send a text Defense Drum 🥁 Markets balanced defense-spending buzz, easing oil, and a mid-week tech breather—still edging toward fresh highs. Highlights From Last Week: Early records faded as high-flyers cooled; late support from supplier earnings and small caps.Oil fell as Iran tensions eased; defense names firmed on budget chatter.Softer yields steadied sentiment; focus turns to jobs and the Fed path.Support the show
Send a text Military Markets 🪖Markets juggled rising oil, a defense-spending buzz, and tech pauses—setting the tone for an eventful start to 2026. ⚡️ Energy and banks popped early; homebuilders and tech cooled mid-week. 🪖 Defense names jumped on talk of bigger military budgets. 👀 All eyes shift to jobs data and the next rate signal. Support the show
Send a text Micron Momentum 🖲️ A choppy tape turned constructive after cooler inflation and Micron’s blowout outlook. Highlights From Last Week: 🔧 Yields eased, risk appetite improved late-week.🧠 AI memory demand “sold out,” tech lifted.. 🔥 Faster federal/provincial approvals path.Support the show
Send a text Berkshire Buzz 🐝 A busy, two-tone week: a Fed trim nudged stocks higher, Berkshire headlines stirred the tape, and crypto tried a rebound while Asia saw tech-driven outflows. Here’s what actually matters—and what to watch next. Highlights From Last Week: 🇺🇸 Banks and smaller caps helped offsets to AI jitters.🇨🇦Gold/base metals lifted the TSX; BoC held at 2.25%.₿ Bitcoin bounced back above ~US$93K; altcoins lagged. Support the show
Send a text Sudbury Synergy 🪙 Near-record highs wobbled on rates, crypto, and earnings—then steadied into week’s end. Highlights From Last Week: 🛫 Boeing boost: upbeat cash outlook helped indexes rebound mid-week.₿ Crypto whiplash: Bitcoin slid below 86K, then clawed back above 93K.🏦 Banks matter: TSX swung on big-bank beats from BNS, RY, NA.🔧 Copper collab: Vale + Glencore JV targets Sudbury copper (multi-metal upside, long timeline).Support the show
Send a text Tech rallied into the holiday while Canada rode commodities and crypto tried a cautious bounce. Here’s the quick take. Highlights From Last Week: 📈 U.S. lift — S&P 500 closed within ~2% of its record; NVDA/MSFT/AVGO led; Robinhood popped on expansion.🍁 Canada climbs — TSX gained on materials/energy; gold firmed; Couche-Tard impressed.₿ Crypto steadies — Bitcoin rebounded above $90K, but remains down month and YTD.🧱 Trade & industry — Ottawa rolled out support for steel/lum...
Send a text Whirl Week 🌀 A choppy few sessions as AI leaders tug markets around, Canada’s resource names flex, crypto sinks, and uranium demand heats up. Highlights From Last Week: 🫨 AI jitters: Nvidia strength couldn’t stop an end-week fade; major U.S. indexes finished lower.🔻 Crypto slump: Bitcoin slid to a six-month low as rate-cut hopes cooled.🧩 Uranium buzz: Utilities scrambled for long-term fuel, keeping prices firm and miners in focus.Support the show
Send a text Confident Canada 🇨🇦 Big tech tugged the tape while budgets and gold steered Canada. Crypto cooled hard. Here’s what actually moved your money. Highlights From Last Week: 🇺🇸 U.S. bounce back: chips led early gains; late-week cooled as rate-cut hopes faded.🇨🇦 TSX whipsaw: gold/materials up, then a tech spillover drop.₿ Bitcoin slid under $100k as big buyers stepped back.Get our weekly market updates by subscribing to our podcast or our newsletter! https://www.finliti.com/market-news...
Send a text Silicon Swings 🍃 Big tech tugged the tape while budgets and gold steered Canada. Crypto cooled hard. Here’s what actually moved your money. Highlights From Last Week: 🦾 AI leaders popped, then wobbled; earnings drove the tape🇨🇦 Ottawa put real money behind critical minerals𖡬 Bitcoin slipped under six figures as liquidations hitSupport the show
Send a text Cut Crosswinds 🌬️Fed cut lifts early gains; mixed mega-cap earnings and U.S.–China headlines cool momentum into week’s end. Highlights From Last Week: S&P/Dow/Nasdaq pushed higher on UPS & PayPal beats; gold eased toward ~US$4,000/oz.Fed cut again but December isn’t promised—markets wobbled midweek.Meta/Microsoft earnings mixed; traders trimmed risk into Thursday’s pullback.Support the show
Send a text 📈 Dow set a fresh record; Apple’s new iPhone helped sentiment while an Amazon cloud hiccup barely dented momentum. 🛢️ Oil & gas ripped late-week on higher crude and new Russia sanctions 🍔 Beyond Meat spiked on meme buzz; Support the show
Send a text Whiplash Week 🪃 Early AI lift, late bank slump; gold up, yields down. Highlights From Last Week: 📈 Best S&P day since May; midweek chop, bank-led drop Thu🧠 AVGO/AI pop; NVDA wobbled; DAL firm🪙 Gold +2.5%; 10-yr dipped <4%Support the show
Send a text Join us as we unpack market shifts, decode investment trends, and empower you to make informed financial decisions. Highlights From Last Week: 📈 S&P/Dow/Nasdaq flirted with records before fading🧠 AMD–OpenAI hype lifted chips; ORCL/TSLA dragged midweek🪙 Gold briefly topped US$4,000, then cooled. Support the show
Send a text 📈 S&P, Dow, Nasdaq: records Monday; small slip midweek. 🖥️ Amazon & Microsoft rebounded; chips stayed in the lead. 🛢️ Oil fell, energy lagged; softer jobs data boosted cut hopes. Support the show
Send a text New highs to start, a small step back after. Thanks to big-tech wins, markets still sit near the top. Highlights From Last Week: 📈 Records, then retrace — S&P/Dow/Nasdaq set new peaks before midweek pullbacks.🛢️ Copper pops on supply hit — Grasberg disruption tightened an already lean market.🛒 Retail standout — Costco surprised on earnings and e-commerce strength.Support the show
Send a text Stocks set fresh highs as a quarter-point Fed cut, Musk’s big buy, and an NVDA–INTC tie-up juiced sentiment. Highlights From Last Week: 📈 All four indexes at records — S&P, Nasdaq, Dow, and Russell 2000 finished near peaks with yields easing.🧠 Chip optimism — Nvidia + Intel partnership lifted semis; Tesla jumped on a $1B insider buy.🏦 Fed trimmed 25 bps — Cut to 4% sparked a pop before Powell’s caution cooled the tape.Subscribe for more: https://www.finliti.com/market-news&nbs...
Send a text Tech and gold did the heavy lifting as Apple and Oracle beat big, indexes firmed, and volatility stayed tame. Highlights From Last Week: 📱 Apple and Oracle led gains — Strong revenue and a huge AI backlog pushed tech higher.🏦 TSX rose on cut bets — Banks and gold offset housing softness; foreign-ownership chatter heated up.🥇 Gold set fresh records — Oil firmed; copper edged up on supply worries. Support the show
Send a text A quiet post-Labor Day week: stocks inched higher while Nasdaq moved to raise listing standards and clean up the small-cap bench. Highlights From Last Week: 📊 Nasdaq tightens the bar — Higher float minimums, tougher delist triggers, and bigger IPO asks aim to boost investor protection.🏦 TSX climbs on banks & gold — A 1.91% weekly gain as big banks beat and gold ripped to records—even as unemployment ticked up.🌏 China powers ahead — Mainland shares hit decade highs; momentum st...
Send a text Shimmering Shares 🪩 Tech strength nudged indexes back toward records as traders weighed rate-cut odds and Nvidia’s AI update. Highlights From Last Week: 📈 Tech leads the tape — Nvidia hype helped the S&P notch another all-time high as majors closed near peaks.🏦 Banks steady the TSX — Strong prints from RBC (and solid TD/CIBC) kept Canada’s index firm despite early stumbles.📡 Spectrum deal pops — EchoStar rocketed on a $23B spectrum sale to AT&T, underscoring the 5G land-gr...
Send a text Big Tech jitters rattled markets this week, with AI hype cooling and rate-cut hopes fading. The Dow kept steadier thanks to retail heavyweights, while Canada’s TSX quietly broke records. Crypto cooled after its early-August highs, commodities climbed on oil strength, and meme names reminded us of their whiplash power. ✨ Highlights From Last Week 📉 Wall Street wobbles – The S&P 500 fell for five straight sessions as tech and AI names slid, even while the Dow found support from ...
Send a text Blue-Chip Bounce 🐇Stocks caught their breath, a Berkshire bet on UnitedHealth popped the Dow to a fresh intraday high, crypto cooled a notch, and heat kept the grid on edge. Highlights From Last Week: 🏛️ Dow prints a record. Berkshire disclosed a new UnitedHealth stake; UNH jumped and helped the Dow touch a 2025 intraday high. For the week: S&P ~+0.9%, Nasdaq ~+0.8%. 🪙 Crypto catches its breath. Bitcoin pulled back from ~$124K to the mid-$115Ks after setting records, whil...
Send a text After four red days, stocks found their feet as McDonald’s and Disney beat the Street, even while chip tariffs grabbed headlines. ✨ Highlights From Last Week: 🍟 Blue-chip beats — McDonald’s and Disney lifted sentiment after a rough stretch.🧠 Chip tariff shock — 100% levy on imported semis (with carve-outs) jolted headlines, but tech held up.🛍️ Shopify moonshot — A blowout quarter sent the TSX flying midweek before tariff jitters cooled things off.Support the show
Send a text ❄️ Record highs on Monday gave way to three straight down-days as earnings overload, a Fed pause, and tariff angst froze Wall Street’s winning streak. | ✨ Highlights From Last Week: ⚖️ Deal Hype to Dip — S&P 500 set a 6th record, then slid three sessions as traders braced for an earnings-Fed-data triple threat. 🛢️ Gold Jolted by Tariffs — Safe-haven metal popped after new duty chatter; copper slumped on selective tariff design. 🪙 Crypto ETF Fast-Track — SEC rule le...
Send a text Mega-cap earnings sent the S&P 500 and Nasdaq surfing to record highs, even as Canada paddled in place and crypto cooled off. ✨ Highlights From Last Week: 🚀 Big Tech Breakout — Alphabet, Apple, and Meta drove the S&P 500/Nasdaq to fresh peaks despite a soft Dow day.💸 Altcoins Take a Breather — After flirting with a $4 T market cap, Ethereum, XRP & friends slipped while Bitcoin held firm.🍫 Cocoa Cost Crunch — Global bean shortage pushed chocolate prices higher; Hershey ...
Send a text ✨ Highlights From Last Week: 💵 Inflation Meets Tariffs — June CPI +2.7 % just as new import duties land; Dow slips, rates chatter heats up.🚀 Nvidia Lifts Nasdaq — Chip titan’s rally helped the tech-heavy index notch yet another all-time high.🪙 Bitcoin Tops $123 K — Record ETF inflows and looming U.S. crypto bills sent the flagship coin to a new peak.Support the show
Send a text In this issue: Highlights From Last Week: ⚔️ Tariffs vs. Tech — Dow -400 pts Monday on new duties, but an AI surge propelled the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to fresh peaks by week’s end.🪙 Bitcoin Blows Past $113 K — $318 M in short liquidations turbo-charged the move; altcoins and crypto equities followed suit.⚙️ Copper Tariff Shock — Trump’s 50 % import duty sent U.S. copper prices to all-time highs, spotlighting supply-chain gaps.Support the show
Send a text Patriotic Pop 🎆 Wall Street sprinted into Q3 with back-to-back record highs for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, Canada’s TSX soared to its own peak. 🎧 ✨ Highlights From Last Week: 🚀 Q2 Victory Lap — S&P +10 %, Nasdaq +18 % for the quarter; new highs by Independence Day. 🪙 Bitcoin Breaks $110 K — Risk appetite rebounds as U.S. trade progress buoys crypto and equities alike. 🏭 Fossil Fuels Favored — “One Big Beautiful Bill” re-opens federal land for drilling, dims solar/wi...
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