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16 Jul 2026

Oracle's credit risk soared earlier this year to its highest level since the Dot Com Bubble

Source. zerohedge, Barchart

15 Jul 2026

One-year inflation swaps fall below 2% for the first time since 2024 !!!

Source: Hedgeye

15 Jul 2026

3M annualized US Headline CPI drops from 8.2% to 2.8%.

Source: zerohedge

15 Jul 2026

US small-cap stocks are bucking years of underperformance to enjoy their best year since 2003, helped by AI spending, tax changes and low valuations.

Source: FT

15 Jul 2026

Lucid $LCID is up 103% in the last 1.5 hours after the company denied bankruptcy rumors.

Source: Bull Theory

15 Jul 2026

At the top 1% of AI-spending firms, AI spend per employee is on track to exceed average software-engineer pay by the end of the year.

Source: Hedgeye

15 Jul 2026

Michael Burry says the AI boom isn't funded by real demand

It's a loop cycle: borrow money, buy GPUs, use GPUs as collateral, borrow more money, repeat. Source: Michael Burry Stock Tracker ♟ @burrytracker

15 Jul 2026

🔴 $ASML fantastic Q2 2026 earnings ‼️

ASML on Wednesday raised its guidance for the second time this year and reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results as its customers continue to ramp up production of AI chips. The Dutch semiconductor-equipment maker said it now expects full-year sales to come in between 43 billion euros ($49 billion) and 45 billion euros, and a gross margin of between 54 and 56%. It previously predicted annual net sales of between 36 billion and 40 billion euros, and a gross margin between 51% and 53%. The opened up 7% and is now up 64% YTD. Market cap is close to EUR 630 billion. ASML Q2 results In a nutshell: • EPS: €7.59 vs €6.88 est. • Revenue: €9.33B vs €8.87B est. • Gross Margin: 54.0% vs 51.9% est. 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗤𝟯 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 Revenue: €11B-$12B vs €10.34B est. 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 Revenue: €43B-$45B vs €39.34B est. Source: Investing visuals @InvestingVisual CNBC

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