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22 Jul 2025

Opendoor is the market’s latest Meme Stock w/insane trading volumes.

Shares of the San Francisco-based tech group that focuses on the stagnant real estate sector have nearly tripled in value over the past week. The rally appears to have been sparked by a prominent investor discussing the stock on social media, which drew the attention of retail traders. The company has struggled since peaking at a $20.6bn valuation in February 2021, shortly after merging with the SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp II, led by Chamath Palihapitiya. That decline isn’t surprising: Opendoor’s core business is in the "instant buyer" market, where it aims to make home sales faster and bypass traditional realtor fees—an idea that has faced serious challenges in a cooling housing market. Yesterday was a roller-coaster, with the stock declining -40% in the last hour of trading after being up more than 67% intraday... Source: HolgerZ

22 Jul 2025

The biggest gamma squeeze in history ???

Source: zerohedge

21 Jul 2025

The ARK Innovation ETF is up 37% this year.

The SP500 is only up 7%. Meanwhile, over the past 12 months, the S&P500 is up 14%. ARKK is up 60%. The short interest in ARKK right now is the highest it's ever been. Source: J-C Parets, Trendlabs

21 Jul 2025

10 Years ago, JPMorgan had a lower market cap than Wells Fargo.

Today, its market cap of $800 billion is higher than its 3 largest competitors (BofA, Wells Fargo, Citigroup) combined. Too big to fail? We're way past that. Source: Charlie Bilello

21 Jul 2025

London Stock Exchange Group is weighing whether to launch 24-hour trading as bourses race to extend access to stocks amid growing demand from small investors active outside normal business hours.

According to the FT ▶️ 🔴 The group is looking into the practicalities of increasing its trading hours, according to people familiar with the situation, from the technology required to regulatory implications. 🔴LSEG is “absolutely looking at it, whether it means 24-hour trading or extended trading”, one of the people said, adding that the exchange group was “having important commercial, policy and regulatory discussions” about the “ongoing topic”. 🔴 Pioneered in the US, longer trading windows have become a hot topic among exchange groups as they seek to modernise, spurred by the rise of younger investors who trade on their smartphones. 🔴 The 24-hour nature of cryptocurrency markets, where volumes are booming, has also led bourses to consider extending hours.

18 Jul 2025

$10,000 invested in Netflix at its IPO in May 2002 is worth over $10 million today. $NFLX

Source: Charlie Bilello

18 Jul 2025

Platinum jumps to highest price in 14 years

Source: Barchart

18 Jul 2025

Dow Jones Industrials forms a Golden Cross for the first time since November 2023 🚨

The last one sent prices soaring 29% over the next 13 months 📈📈📈 Source: Barchart

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