To The Moon

Global EV leader Tesla $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ reported record-breaking deliveries of 497,100 vehicles in Q3 2025, up 7.4% YoY, marking its best quarter ever. Revenue grew 12%, reversing several quarters of slowdown. Yet, right after the results, Tesla’s stock plunged 6% after-hours before rebounding to close up over 2% as broader market sentiment improved. Q3 Highlights: Strong Revenue, Weak Profitability Tesla’s $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ Q3 results were a mixed bag — record revenue, but profits slumped sharply. Total revenue reached $28.1 billion, up 12% YoY, far exceeding Wall Street’s sub-5% expectations. The surge was largely driven by pre-expiration demand ahead of U.S. EV tax-credit changes — a one-time pu

Starting from last Friday, global markets have once again fallen under the shadow of a renewed U.S.–China trade war after former President Trump threatened to impose new tariffs on Chinese goods. Then last night, with U.S. equities opening sharply lower across the board, Fed Chair Jerome Powell delivered a pivotal speech—sending strong signals of upcoming rate cuts and the end of balance sheet reduction—helping reverse the market’s steep intraday losses. The Escalation of U.S.–China Trade Tensions The latest round of trade friction began last week when China’s Ministry of Commerce announced tighter export controls on five additional rare earth metals, expanding upon the seven already restricted since April. Earlier, Beijing had also moved to restrict the export of specialized equipment use

This Monday, OpenAI completely dominated the U.S. capital markets with its highly anticipated 2025 Developer Day (DevDay). Interestingly, Sam Altman didn’t focus on showcasing new model iterations this time. Instead, he revealed a much broader and more strategic roadmap — one that positions ChatGPT as the core of a new “AI operating system” and introduces a landmark partnership with AMD. Together, these moves signal that OpenAI’s full-stack AI ecosystem is quickly taking shape, and the AI landscape is starting to shift. Everything OpenAI announced at DevDay 2025: Agent Kit, Apps SDK, ChatGPT, and more | ZDNET From ChatGPT to an “AI Operating System” This year’s Dev Day wasn’t about model upgrades — it was about a leap from product to platform. The main updates included: Apps SDK – Dev

Intel $Intel(INTC)$ has been getting “all hands on deck” support lately. In just a few short weeks, the company secured three massive investments from the U.S. government, SoftBank, and NVIDIA — a combined $15.9 billion, arguably the largest “lifeline” ever injected into a semiconductor company. This huge cash infusion not only relieves Intel’s financial stress but also brings NVIDIA on board as a strategic partner. The big question: can Intel use this capital and cooperation to pull off a full-blown turnaround? Intel’s Struggles: From Industry King to Underdog The past few years have been brutal for Intel. Lagging process technology, shrinking CPU market share, massive financial losses — all of this sent the once-dominant chipmaker into a tailspi

At its September FOMC meeting, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points, bringing the target range down to 4.25%, right in line with market expectations. Fed Chair Jerome Powell called this move a “risk-management cut.” With the job market cooling and new job creation dropping, the risks of a weaker labor market now outweigh the risk of inflation re-accelerating. The vote was 11-1, with the lone dissent coming from newly appointed Governor Stephen Miran – a Trump ally – who argued for a 50-basis-point cut, in line with the White House’s wishes. But the latest dot plot shows that Fed officials are far from unified on the path ahead. At the same time, the Fed raised its GDP growth outlook, signaling that the economy’s resilience is the foundation for a gradual, measured rate

From Powell’s dovish speech at Jackson Hole to the sharp slowdown in August payrolls and the softer CPI print, rate-cut expectations have gone from cautious to aggressive. Markets are now almost fully pricing in back-to-back cuts over the next few meetings. This Thursday’s FOMC meeting is the big one — not only will we get the September rate decision, but also the updated dot plot. And history tells us: when everyone is positioned on the same side, even a small surprise can trigger big market swings. The Data Behind the Cuts: A Warning Sign Markets are treating a September cut as a near certainty. Fed funds futures put the odds of a 25-bp cut at 96%, basically a done deal. But this round of easing isn’t happening because inflation is already at target — it’s happening because the labor mar

After a week of consolidation, gold $ETFS Physical Gold(GOLD.AU)$ brushed off the “risk” of the FOMC rate decision and surged to a fresh record high on Monday night, reaching as high as $3,688/oz. The key question now: when will this rally peak? The answer depends largely on what is driving this move — and who is buying. Understanding these factors helps us determine where we are in the gold cycle. Short-Term Drivers The recent rally is not hard to explain. The main short-term catalysts are: Pricing in a September Fed rate cut Uncertainty around Trump’s policies and tariffs Falling U.S. Treasury yields Geopolitical risk premium Inflation hedging Among these, the September rate cut expectation and policy/tariff uncertainty under Trump are the mo

Earlier this week, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released back-to-back August PPI and CPI reports. After July’s PPI surprise spike, August came in unexpectedly soft. Meanwhile, CPI ticked up slightly but was very much in line with expectations. Combined with Jerome Powell’s dovish-leaning comments at Jackson Hole and last Friday’s very weak nonfarm payrolls report, analysts have turned more aggressive in their expectations for the Fed’s rate-cutting path over the next few months. August PPI and CPI at a Glance On Thursday, ahead of the U.S. market open, August PPI showed an unexpected drop: down 0.1% month-on-month versus expectations for a 0.3% rise. Year-on-year, PPI grew 2.6%, well below the prior reading and consensus of 3.3%. Core PPI (ex-food and energy) grew 2.8% y/y, missing

Oracle $Oracle(ORCL)$ , the world’s second-largest software company and a major cloud player, dropped its Q1 FY26 earnings after the bell on Tuesday (covering the quarter ended August 31). While revenue and profit came in slightly below expectations, demand tied to the “Stargate” project sent Oracle’s cloud infrastructure orders through the roof. The result? Oracle’s stock price soared 36% in a single day — its biggest one-day gain since 1992 — pushing the company’s market cap close to the $1 trillion club. Oracle’s rapid rise may also be signaling that the balance of power in the AI industry is starting to shift. Source: investor.oracle.com Oracle at a Glance Oracle is a global leader in enterprise software and cloud solutions, best known for its

On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that nonfarm payrolls rose by just 22,000 in August, way below the expected 75,000, while the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%. This continues the near-stall in job growth we’ve seen since April and adds to worries that the labor market is clearly losing momentum. After the release, markets quickly priced in a Fed rate cut in September, with odds of a November cut climbing to about 70%. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Labor Market Keeps Cooling Healthcare added about 31,000 jobs, which partially offset cuts in federal government employment, as well as mining, quarrying, and oil & gas. Social assistance also added jobs. But manufacturing dropped 12,000, including a 15,000 decline in transportation equipment due to strike