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18 publications · tag iran-en · reset
RADAR PRO ELITE™ FINBEARMeta asks shareholders for $97.5 billion, Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees: AI has found someone to pay its billOn Monday the market got three answers to the question of who pays for artificial intelligence. Anthropic filed its IPO prospectus with...27 Oct 2026RADAR Week AheadNo more credit on faith alone: the Fed, Big Tech and PCE in thirty hours, with Brent at $116The S&P 500 heads into the week at 7,623.68, 2.5% below its October 6 record close and below 7,680.63, the Consensus AVWAP:...26 Oct 2026RADAR PRO ELITE™ FINBEARChips pay AI’s bill: −6.72% in a day, and Huang admits the capital to finance it is scarceOn Thursday Wall Street handed the bill for artificial intelligence to its suppliers: the semiconductor index fell 6.72%, its worst session since...23 Oct 2026RADAR PRO ELITE™ FINBEARThe chip rebound lasts one night: Musk promises the biggest product on Earth and cuts capital spendingOn Wednesday tech took Wall Street back: the Nasdaq rose 1.05%, semiconductors 1.97%, and the Pretore flipped their index back to a...22 Oct 2026RADARRADAR Pro Elite — The Hormuz Truce Lights Up Wall Street, Inflation Stays in the Living RoomWall Street bought relief — the announced end of the war in Iran — and shelved a problem that hasn't gone anywhere:...12 Jun 2026MarketsRADAR Daily — Peace Sends the Market Flying, but Inflation Is Still Sitting on the CouchThe war halts (maybe) and Wall Street explodes: Nasdaq +2.54%, fear down 12%, oil lower. But prices are still running and havens...12 Jun 2026RADARRADAR Brief — The War Halts, the Market Flies, Inflation Stays HotThe war in Iran halts (maybe), oil collapses and Wall Street flies. But the market priced the peace before the signature —...12 Jun 2026RADAR FINBEARHormuz Sealed, AI in Orbit, Main Street on Its KneesTen stories, three tectonic fault lines: the Iran-USA war with Hormuz shut and the ceasefire expiring April 21, an unprecedented AI acceleration...15 Apr 2026RADAR FINBEARThe Rally That Lasted a Day: Ceasefire Collapses, Oil Whipsaws, and Markets Discover the Fine PrintWall Street staged the biggest rally of the year on a US-Iran ceasefire that lasted twelve hours. WTI crashed 16.4% — worst...9 Apr 2026RADAR FINBEARCeasefire and Oil Crash: The Market Buys Peace with an Expiry DateThe US-Iran ceasefire reopens Hormuz and triggers oil's worst crash since 1991. Global equity surges, Samsung posts a record $38B quarterly profit...8 Apr 2026RADAR FINBEARWar “nearly over” but the market sells everything: BofA declares stagflation, gold in forced liquidationTrump declares the Iran war "nearly over" but promises devastating strikes. BofA formalizes "mild stagflation" with oil at $100 all year. Gold...2 Apr 2026RADAR FINBEARTwelve Promises of Peace, $4 Gasoline: the Bill of War Arrives at the PumpTrump opens to peace without Hormuz, but a drone strikes Dubai. US gasoline at $4, EU inflation at 2.5%, gold worst month...31 Mar 2026
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