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Dow Climbs, Nasdaq Pops and Gold & Silver Soars Ahead of FOMC – – January 26, 2026 -( $AAPL $AVGO $DV $GLD $MCD $META $NOK $ORCL $SLV Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. January 26, 2026 4883Views 0Likes

Wall Street shook off last week’s jitters on Monday, January 26, 2026, climbing in unison with gold, silver and Bitcoin as investors decided that President Trump’s latest tariff broadside was reason enough to hedge—but not to abandon—risk. Indexes: Risk-On With a Helmet…

AI, Tariffs, Gold, Silver, and Trillion‑Dollar Pharma: Weekly Market Wrap – January 23, 2026 -( $DV $EPRX $GLD $GOVX $INTG $LLY $MCD $MU $NOK $NVDA $RIO $SLV $TSLA Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. January 23, 2026 4763Views 0Likes

Indexes and overall tone Wall Street limped into the weekend looking more like a tired marathoner than a sprinter, as major U.S. equity indexes closed a volatile, tariff‑tossed week with modest moves that felt heavier than the point changes implied. The S&P…

Wall Street, Gold, Silver Surges as Tariff Fears Ease – January 22, 2026 -( $COF $DV $INTC $LLY $META $MCD $MU $NVDA $NOK $OKLO $ORCL $PLTR $TSLA Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. January 22, 2026 4702Views 0Likes

Wall Street ended Thursday with a relieved shrug and a raised eyebrow, as President Trump’s tariff U‑turn kept risk appetites intact and sent major indexes modestly higher while safe‑haven trades stayed stubbornly in vogue. On balance, Thursday’s tape also suggested a market…

S&P 500 Snaps Back After Tariff Scare: Greenland Drama, Fed Signals and the Next AI Trade – January 21, 2026 -( $AAPL $EPRX $FLYX $GOVX $INTC $MCD $MTWO $MU $NOK $NVDA $OPEN $RIO $TSLA Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. January 21, 2026 4808Views 0Likes

U.S. stocks staged a confident rebound on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, as investors cheered President Donald Trump’s decision to shelve threatened tariffs tied to his Greenland ambitions, turning a geopolitical soap opera into a tradable relief rally that lifted risk assets across…

Silver’s Silent Shortage: Why the “Other” Precious Metal Is Suddenly Center Stage -( $AG $SIL $GLD $HL )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. January 21, 2026 755Views 0Likes

Silver has been rising because it is caught in a rare sweet spot: a “green-tech” industrial metal in structural shortage that investors suddenly remembered is also money. Add in geopolitical jitters, fading real yields, and a mining sector that has underinvested for…

Inside Biopharma’s 2025 Deal Wave: Record Licensing, Big Pharma M&A and a Frozen IPO Market -( $JPM $IBB $XBI $LLY $MRK $NVS $PFE )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. January 21, 2026 528Views 0Likes

Biopharma spent 2025 behaving like a sector that has finally read the fine print on the cost of capital—and decided to let someone else pick up the bar tab. Licensing and M&A stepped into the role IPOs used to play, and did…

Bond Yields Jump, Gold & Silver Shine, Bitcoin Wobbles As Stocks Indices Fall Sharply – January 20, 2026 -( $ABVX $EPRX $GLD $INTC $INTG $LLY $MU $RAPT $SLV Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. January 20, 2026 4536Views 0Likes

Wall Street stumbled on Tuesday as investors tried to handicap tariffs, the Fed and Washington all at once, leaving the major indexes split between old‑economy resilience and growth‑stock vertigo. Indexes: Value Holds Its Nerve The S&P 500 slid roughly 2.06% on the day, marking…

Biotech M&A Wakes Up: GSK’s $2.2 Billion South San Francisco RAPT Deal Signals a New Phase in Allergy Drug Arms Race -( $GSK $JPM $RAPT $IBB $XBI )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. January 20, 2026 627Views 0Likes

GSK’s move to acquire RAPT Therapeutics for $2.2 billion reads like the opening chapter of 2026’s biotech M&A season: rich valuation, strategic fit, and just enough risk to keep the buy-side awake. It is also an early signal that Big Pharma’s deal…

Inside America’s Data Center Mania: Trillions for AI, But Not Enough Workers to Wire It -( $F $SPY )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. January 18, 2026 538Views 0Likes

America is racing to build the AI future, but Ford’s Jim Farley is warning that the country may run out of people to pour the concrete, pull the cable, and keep the servers humming long before it runs out of capital. At…

From Lilly to Bitcoin: What This Week’s Inflation Jitters, Fed Signals and Risk Rotation Mean for 2026 Markets -( $CRML $INTG $SER Rise!)

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. January 17, 2026 599Views 0Likes

U.S. stocks drifted lower in this week, as investors digested early fourth‑quarter earnings, stubbornly mixed inflation data, and a Treasury market that seems determined to remind everyone that “higher for longer” is still a thing, even if no one wants to RSVP.…

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