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March 4, 2026 – Markets Hold Their Nerve: Iran Blinks, Bitcoin Winks, and Bulls Tiptoe Back In -( $ASNS $BTC $DV $EPRX $FIGS $GOVX $INTG $MODD $MRNA $NOK $NVDA Rise!)
US stocks rebounded on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, as easing fears around the Iran conflict and…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 23 hours ago
March 3, 2026 – Oil Shock and War Fears Rattle Wall Street: Major Indexes Slide Despite Late Comeback -( $ASTS $GOVX $KTB $INTA $INTM $MOBX $MODD $SOAR Rise!)
US stocks fell sharply Tuesday but closed well off their intraday lows as investors weighed an…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 2 days ago
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Google Buys Its Own Sunshine: Inside the $4.75 Billion Intersect Power Deal -( $GOOG $GOOGL )
Alphabet’s decision to acquire Intersect Power for roughly $4.75 billion is less a vanity green purchase…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 23, 2026
From Benicia to the Bahamas: The Surprising Supply Chain Behind California’s Gas Spike -( $PSX $VLO )
California drivers are discovering that “California premium” at the pump comes with a 40‑cent surprise this…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 16, 2026
Meta’s $10 Billion Indiana Data Bet: When AI Meets the Corn Belt -( $META )
Meta’s decision to plant a more-than-1-gigawatt data center in Lebanon, Indiana, reads like a statement that…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 12, 2026
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Insulin Pumps Have a Moment: Why Insulet Is Growing Like a Tech Stock, Not a Medical Device -( $PODD $TNDM $MODD )
Insulin pumps are having a moment, and this time it is not just Wall Street that…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 22 hours ago
Genevant, Arbutus and Moderna: How a Once-in-a-Lifetime Pandemic Ended With a Once-in-a-Lifetime Check -( $MRNA $ABUS )
In the end, it was not a jury but a checkbook that settled one of biotech’s…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 2 days ago
Modular Medical’s $12 Million Shot in the Arm: Can a Tiny Pump Make a Big Splash in Diabetes Care? -( $MODD $MDT $PODD $TNDM )
Modular Medical’s (NASDAQ: MODD) latest capital raise seems to read less like a distress flare and…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 2 days ago
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From Walled Gardens to Open Books: How DoubleVerify Makes Ad Tech Act Its Age-( $DV $SPY )
DoubleVerify (NYSE: DV) has spent the opening months of 2026 behaving less like an ad-tech vendor…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 1 day ago
FIGS Doubles Down on Healthcare Chic: Record Q4, Healthier Margins, and a Raymond James Runway -( $FIGS )
FIGS just put up the kind of quarter that makes even seasoned healthcare investors sit up…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 26, 2026
How InterGroup’s Hilton Cash Flows and Opendoor’s AI Engine Are Shaping San Francisco’s Real Estate ‘Land Rush’ -( $INTG $OPEN )
InterGroup’s (INTG) latest results tell a tale of steady, brick‑and‑mortar progress—while San Francisco’s Opendoor Technologies (OPEN)…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 24, 2026
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Jack Dorsey’s Great Intelligence Diet: Block Sheds 4k Jobs to Feed the AI Love Story, Profits & The Citrini Thesis -( $SPY $XYZ )
Jack Dorsey’s Block (XYZ) is once again reminding Wall Street that in fintech, standing still is…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 27, 2026
Earnings, Algorithms, PCE and Iran: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? -( $DIA $QQQ $SPY $VIX )
Wall Street closed Thursday walking a now-familiar tightrope: cheering resilient earnings and AI-fueled innovation while eyeing…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 20, 2026
How 2026 Turns Savers Into Shoppers in the New Banking Economy For Gen Z & Beyond
The coming year in banking looks surprisingly upbeat for savers who are willing to click, compare,…
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When AI Chips Order Room Service: Broadcom, Nvidia and Nokia Rewire the Data‑Center Hotel -( $AVGO $META $NOK $NVDA )
Broadcom’s (AVGO) chief executive is sounding less like a cautious chipmaker and more like the maître…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 5 hours ago
Insulin Pumps Have a Moment: Why Insulet Is Growing Like a Tech Stock, Not a Medical Device -( $PODD $TNDM $MODD )
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March 4, 2026 – Markets Hold Their Nerve: Iran Blinks, Bitcoin Winks, and Bulls Tiptoe Back In -( $ASNS $BTC $DV $EPRX $FIGS $GOVX $INTG $MODD $MRNA $NOK $NVDA Rise!)
US stocks rebounded on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, as easing fears around the Iran conflict and…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 23 hours ago
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Tech’s New Power Trio: Chips, Phones, and the Pentagon -( $AAPL $AMZN $COHR $MSFT $NOK $NVDA )
The trading week opened with a very 2026 question: what do you buy when chips, phones,…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 3 days ago
Nevada Is Having a Copper Moment: Inside America’s New Critical Minerals Capital
Nevada is quietly becoming the loudest story in American mining, and this episode makes clear why…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 24, 2026
Critical Minerals, Critical Money: How Japan and M2i–Volato Aim to Cash In on a $320 Billion Market -( $MTWO $SOAR )
Japan is about to become one of America’s biggest energy backers, wiring in a $36 billion…
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Oracle Cuts Thousands of Jobs to Build AI Data Centers: Firing on All Cloud Cylinders -( $ORCL $NVDA $SPY )
Oracle’s (ORCL) latest round of layoffs is less a retreat than a high‑stakes reshuffling for the…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 47 minutes ago
When AI Chips Order Room Service: Broadcom, Nvidia and Nokia Rewire the Data‑Center Hotel -( $AVGO $META $NOK $NVDA )
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Intel’s Quiet Comeback: How a Boring Old Chip Giant Crashed the AI Party -( $INTC $MS $SPY )
Intel (INTC) is trying very hard to make “old-school silicon” sound like the hottest asset class…
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FDA’s New Bonus Plan: Can Cash Tips Speed Up Drug Reviews Without Cutting Corners? -( $IBB $XBI )
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reportedly rolling out a new cash‑bonus program to…
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Oracle Cuts Thousands of Jobs to Build AI Data Centers: Firing on All Cloud Cylinders -( $ORCL $NVDA $SPY )
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