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Why Did Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) Fall 9.6% After MSCI Index Rules?

MSCI finalised rules, first proposed in August, that make companies whose assets are mainly investments ineligible for its Global Investable Market Indexes. Companies first face a test for operating assets, then five financial ratios, and four or more flags make them ineligible. A current …

Vinay Lochav | 19 October 2026

Why Did Bitcoin (BTC) End the Week Near USD 81,960?

Bitcoin (BTC) traded between USD 79,676 and USD 84,262 in the week ending October 18, 2026 and finished near USD 81,960, down 1.34%, according to Coinbase quotes and Farside ETF flow data. Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows of USD 228.4 million. Sunday midday …

Vinay Lochav | 19 October 2026

Why Did USD 34M of Chip Perps Liquidate Beside SOXL (NYSEARCA:SOXL)?

Crypto exchanges now list perpetual contracts that track stock tickers, and about USD 34 million of those linked to AI chip names were liquidated over the weekend, according to derivatives data. The group covers Micron, Sandisk, SK Hynix and Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X …

Vinay Lochav | 19 October 2026

Why Did Hut 8 (NASDAQ:HUT) Fall 6% as Bitcoin Miners Pivot to AI?

Hut 8 (NASDAQ:HUT), IREN and Cipher Mining each fell about 6% on October 16, 2026, according to published market data. The group now trades on two themes at once. Bitcoin ended the week near USD 81,960 after a range of USD 79,676 to USD …

Vinay Lochav | 19 October 2026

What Will Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) Say After the Chip Rout?

Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) makes the equipment that chipmakers use to build memory and logic chips, and it is scheduled to report after the close on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. Consensus earnings are USD 2.17 to USD 2.18 per share across providers. IBM and Texas …

Vinay Lochav | 19 October 2026

Why Did AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) Rise 3% on a Telecom Bid?

AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) traded about 3% higher in premarket trading on Monday, October 19, 2026, at about USD 40.66, which implies a market value of USD 12.19 billion. The move followed an announcement that Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica and Vodafone signed a letter of …

Vinay Lochav | 19 October 2026

Why Could HBM Prices Jump 121% as Micron (NASDAQ:MU) Slides?

TrendForce expects 2027 high-bandwidth memory average selling prices to rise 121% and generic DRAM contract prices to rise 10% to 15% in the fourth quarter. J.P. Morgan data show spot DDR4 8Gb at USD 32.58, up 463% year on year, and DDR5 16Gb at …

Vinay Lochav | 19 October 2026

Why Does Alphabet's (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Willow Chip Worry Bitcoin?

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) announced a research result for its Willow quantum chip: errors fell about 40-fold on a benchmark that is relevant to Bitcoin security, as reported on October 16, 2026. The benchmark concerns preparing quantum states that matter for attacking exposed Bitcoin keys, but …

Vinay Lochav | 19 October 2026

Why Did Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) Fall 7.22%, Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) 7.19% and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) 3.43% on October 16?

The Nasdaq Composite fell 2.14% to 26,140.03 on October 16, 2026, its worst week since June at 4.48% lower, while the S&P 500 lost 1.09% to 7,659.44 and the Dow slipped 0.34% to 52,002.41 in published market data. Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) fell 7.22%, and …

Vinay Lochav | 19 October 2026

Why Did Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) Slip 1.4%, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Win a JPMorgan Upgrade and Super Micro (NASDAQ:SMCI) Drop 9.86%?

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) fell about 1.4% on October 16, 2026 even as Micron lost 5.63%, AMD lost 5.95%, Intel lost 5.79% and Super Micro Computer lost 9.86%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 3.83%, so Nvidia's decline was well under the group's, and about a third …

Vinay Lochav | 19 October 2026
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