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AI Scare Trade Roils Markets: Tech Stocks Sink, Gold, Silver & Bitcoin Drop Ahead Of CPI February 12, 2026 -( $FSLY $MCD $VIX Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 12, 2026 775Views 0Likes

US equities sold off sharply on Thursday as the “AI scare trade” widened, sending the major averages lower while investors rotated defensively and raised cash ahead of key inflation data reading or CPI. Today in the Markets – Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026…

The Big Mac Meets the Skinny Pill: How McDonald’s and Eli Lilly Are Sharing the Same Consumer -( $LLY $MCD )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 12, 2026 740Views 0Likes

McDonald’s (MCD) has handled low-carb fads, kale revolutions, and the brief reign of cauliflower rice, but its newest rival comes with a prescription label and a co-pay. GLP-1 weight-loss medicines—from injectables like Eli Lilly’s (LLY) Mounjaro and Zepbound to the next wave…

Meta’s $10 Billion Indiana Data Bet: When AI Meets the Corn Belt -( $META )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 12, 2026 693Views 0Likes

Meta’s decision to plant a more-than-1-gigawatt data center in Lebanon, Indiana, reads like a statement that the future of AI won’t be confined to Silicon Valley ZIP codes. The planned campus, with over $10 billion in investment, is set to become one…

AST SpaceMobile Reaches for the Stars—and a Billion Dollars—With Convertible Notes -( $ASTS )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 12, 2026 608Views 0Likes

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) is dialing up its next phase of growth with a $1.0 billion private offering of convertible senior notes due 2036, aiming to finance a truly out-of-this-world ambition: building the first space-based cellular broadband network directly accessible by standard smartphones.…

Stock Market Today: Strong Jobs Report Leaves Wall Street Flat – February 11, 2026

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 12, 2026 437Views 0Likes

Wall Street finished Wednesday essentially unchanged, as a hotter‑than‑expected January jobs report lifted Treasury yields and tempered hopes for imminent Fed rate cuts, leaving the major indexes little moved by the close. in Index performance Dow Jones Industrial Average: Fell roughly 70…

U.S. Stocks Propel Forward On Monday – February 9, 2026 -( $AVGO $DV $FLYX $META $NOK $NVDA $OKLO $OPEN $ORCL $PLTR $RIO $TSLA $TSM Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 10, 2026 6017Views 0Likes

US stocks extended last week’s relief rally on Monday, with megacap tech doing most of the heavy lifting while value names tried to remember what outperformance felt like. Investors spent the session toggling between AI euphoria, tariff anxiety and a yield curve…

Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals: Injecting New Life Into EoE — One Microsphere at a Time -( $EPRX $SNY $XBI )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 9, 2026 618Views 0Likes

Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: EPRX) may still wear the “clinical-stage” name tag, but its stock has been behaving like it already found a seat at the grown‑ups’ table on Wall Street. Over the past year, shares have climbed roughly 160%, far outpacing the…

Eli Lilly’s Weight-Loss Empire Just Got Heavier with $2.4B Acquisition – And So Did Its Market Cap -( $LLY $NVO $SPY )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 9, 2026 603Views 0Likes

Eli Lilly (LLY) has once again muscled its way to the top of the healthcare league tables, with its stock climbing as investors double down on the idea that obesity drugs are less a fad and more a new asset class. The…

Dow Breaks 50,000 as Wall Street Limps, Then Leaps Into the Weekend – February 6, 2026 -( $DIA $EPRX $FLYX $LLY $MCD $MANE $MODD $NOK $RIO Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 6, 2026 5947Views 0Likes

Wall Street closed the week ending Feb. 6, 2026 looking a bit like a trader after a rough options expiry: bruised, but suddenly energetic once the bell rang on Friday. The Dow finally cracked the 50,000 mark in a more-than-1,000‑point sprint, while…

Can Modular Medical Crack the “Almost‑Pumper” Code? Inside the Bull Case for MODD’s Pivot System -( $MODD $PODD $TNDM )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. February 6, 2026 679Views 0Likes

Modular Medical’s (NASDAQ: MODD) Pivot insulin delivery system is quietly building a credible bull case that now extends beyond regulatory momentum and leadership credentials into hard operational execution. With the company achieving a key manufacturing milestone for its Pivot tubeless insulin patch…

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