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April 27, 2026 – Nasdaq Strikes Record Highs & Oil Jumps While FOMC Hangs In The Wings -( $EPRX $INTG $NOK $NVDA $ORKA $TSLA Rise!)
U.S. stocks traded mixed as the AI/tech powered Nasdaq established a new record high on Monday,…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. April 27, 2026
April 24, 2026 – AI Chips, Hot PMIs, and Cooler Heads: A Week Where Macro Tried to Matter -( $AMZN $APLD $AVGO $EPRX $INTG $NOK $NVDA $OPEN $SOAR $WMT Rise!)
US equities wrapped the week on a mixed but tech-led footing, with AI and semis doing…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. April 24, 2026
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From Mortgage Pains to Rocket Gains: What Homebuilders, Oil, and SpaceX Mean for Your Portfolio
U.S. markets woke up to a strangely reassuring mix of higher builder cheer, pricier crude, a…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 4 days ago
China’s $17 Billion Grocery Run: How Commodities, Conflict, And Chips Are Repricing The World -( $AMD $CMG $GLW $INTC $MCD $NVDA $QSR $WMT )
The global economy is serving up a curious 2026 prix fixe: China shopping for U.S. commodities…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 5 days ago
Gas, Groceries, and Grit: How $5-$7 Fuel and Hot PPI Are Stress‑Testing Main Street’s Wallet -( $BROS $CVX $XLE $MCD $TXRH $WMT )
US producer prices just delivered a 6% year-over-year jolt in April, and $5 or $7 in…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. May 13, 2026
Biotech & Healthcare
The Insulin Pump That Could Spark a Bidding War: Modular Medical’s Pivot Targets Millions Still on Manual Injections -( $ABT $JNJ $MDT $MMED $MODD $PODD $TNDM )
Modular Medical (MODD) has cleared a crucial regulatory hurdle that positions its Pivot insulin patch pump…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 13 hours ago
Stifel Places Target On Eupraxia During National Eosinophil Awareness Week -( $EPRX $SNY $REGN $TAK )
Stifel just initiated coverage during National Eosinophil Awareness Week on Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals (EPRX) with a Buy…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 2 days ago
Reverse Merger, Forward Thinking: InMed, Mentari and the Billion‑Patient Migraine Market -( $INM )
InMed Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ: INM) planned merger with Mentari Therapeutics reads less like a struggling micro-cap pivot…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 3 days ago
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China’s $17 Billion Grocery Run: How Commodities, Conflict, And Chips Are Repricing The World -( $AMD $CMG $GLW $INTC $MCD $NVDA $QSR $WMT )
The global economy is serving up a curious 2026 prix fixe: China shopping for U.S. commodities…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 5 days ago
Gas, Groceries, and Grit: How $5-$7 Fuel and Hot PPI Are Stress‑Testing Main Street’s Wallet -( $BROS $CVX $XLE $MCD $TXRH $WMT )
US producer prices just delivered a 6% year-over-year jolt in April, and $5 or $7 in…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. May 13, 2026
BuzzFeed’s New Click: How BZFD Just Got a Byron Allen Family Office Upgrade -( $BZFD )
BuzzFeed, Inc. just found itself back in the headlines for something other than listicles and layoffs:…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. May 12, 2026
Financials & Fintech
Wise Cracks Wall Street: Why This London Fintech Is Moving Its Money Show to Nasdaq -( $WSE )
Wise Group (WSE), the London-born money-transfer specialist, rang in its first day on Nasdaq with the…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. May 11, 2026
Please Hold (Never): How Shift4, Maple, Nokia and Nvidia Turn Missed Calls Into Money -( $FOUR $NOK $NVDA )
Shift4 (FOUR) is quietly stitching together a commerce empire, and its latest moves in AI phone…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. March 24, 2026
Home Sales Near 30-Year Lows—But Buyers Are Quietly Plotting a Comeback? -( $SPY $DIA $HD )
US existing-home sales may be slumping toward historic lows, but the housing market is quietly laying…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. March 19, 2026
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Qubits, Chips and Rare Earths: Inside America’s New National Portfolio Strategy -( $IBM $IONQ $GFS $MP $RGTI $QBTS $QUBT )
The United States’ latest move into quantum computing reads less like a science project and more…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 15 hours ago
AI’s Quiet Plot Twist: From Job Killer to Job Creator? -( $AMD $NOK $NVDA )
For a technology widely cast as the villain in the modern labor story, artificial intelligence may…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 1 day ago
SPCX Ready for Liftoff: Why the SpaceX IPO Could Redefine ‘Blue-Chip’ in Orbit -( $GS $SAR $SPCX $TSLA )
SpaceX’s long-awaited leap to the public markets is finally underway, and Wall Street is treating it…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 2 days ago
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Qubits, Chips and Rare Earths: Inside America’s New National Portfolio Strategy -( $IBM $IONQ $GFS $MP $RGTI $QBTS $QUBT )
The United States’ latest move into quantum computing reads less like a science project and more…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 15 hours ago
America’s Rare Earth Reckoning: From Dependency to Domestic Revival
For a nation that prides itself on independence, relying on foreign sources for more than 95%…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 1 day ago
From Gold Veins to GPU Gains: Finland’s New Boom in Rocks, Radios and AI -( $AEM $GLD $NOK $NVDA )
Finland is quietly stitching together a 21st‑century growth story where gold, 5G, and GPUs share the…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. May 15, 2026
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When Light Meets GPUs: How Silicon Photonics Quietly Took Over the Data Center
Silicon photonics spent decades as the clever lab demo in search of a board‑level use case.…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 5 hours ago
Qubits, Chips and Rare Earths: Inside America’s New National Portfolio Strategy -( $IBM $IONQ $GFS $MP $RGTI $QBTS $QUBT )
The United States’ latest move into quantum computing reads less like a science project and more…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 15 hours ago
When AI Ate Capex: Why Trillion‑Dollar Tech Spend May Still Be Too Small -( $GS $NOK $NVDA )
Global AI spending is barreling toward the trillion‑dollar mark faster than Wall Street’s models can refresh,…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 22 hours ago
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When Light Meets GPUs: How Silicon Photonics Quietly Took Over the Data Center
Silicon photonics spent decades as the clever lab demo in search of a board‑level use case.…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 5 hours ago
The Insulin Pump That Could Spark a Bidding War: Modular Medical’s Pivot Targets Millions Still on Manual Injections -( $ABT $JNJ $MDT $MMED $MODD $PODD $TNDM )
Modular Medical (MODD) has cleared a crucial regulatory hurdle that positions its Pivot insulin patch pump…
by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 13 hours ago
Qubits, Chips and Rare Earths: Inside America’s New National Portfolio Strategy -( $IBM $IONQ $GFS $MP $RGTI $QBTS $QUBT )
The United States’ latest move into quantum computing reads less like a science project and more…
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