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Semiconductor stocks just entered an official bear market, down 20% from their record — and the trigger is Kimi K3, a new open-source AI model from China that Wall Street is calling "DeepSeek 2.0." This week's Market Prep breaks down what Kimi K3 is in plain English, why cheap open-source AI threatens the AI spending boom, and what the original DeepSeek selloff teaches us about what could happen next.

Then: Apple is the world's most valuable company again. We walk through how the "behind on AI" narrative flipped into an AI-winner story, the massive analyst disagreement on the stock, and the billion-iPhone upgrade thesis.

Plus a SpaceX update — a scrubbed Starship launch, a break below the IPO price, and the float mechanics driving the wild swings — and your prep for a huge week: nearly 80 S&P 500 earnings reports, headlined by Alphabet and Tesla on Wednesday and Intel on Thursday, with the Fed in its quiet period before the July 29 decision.

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SpaceX is down 33% one month after the most hyped IPO in history. On this Midweek Check-In, we break down how the space trade topped, why record money arrived at exactly the wrong moment, and what China's reusable rocket means for SpaceX going forward.

Then: SK Hynix hit the Nasdaq less than a week ago and Wall Street already wrapped it in 2x leveraged ETFs. We explain how these products really work, why they're built for traders (not investors), and what the leveraged-ETF explosion tells us about the AI trade — plus the TSMC earnings verdict.

Also on the docket: Trump's options for expanding military operations in Iran and what the Strait of Hormuz risk means for oil, energy, and defense names — and your map for the rest of the week: retail sales, jobless claims, Netflix earnings, Friday's data, and Fed Chair Warsh's first testimony.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Investing involves risk. Always do your own research or consult a licensed professional before making any investment decisions.

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Iran has declared the Strait of Hormuz closed "until further notice," and the US responded with its third round of strikes this week — roughly 140 targets overnight, more than 300 since Wednesday. We break down what actually happened, whether the strait is truly closed, and what it means for oil, gas prices, and markets heading into the new week.

Then the corporate war: Apple's blockbuster lawsuit accusing OpenAI of a coordinated campaign to steal trade secrets for its AI hardware — including a retained MacBook, exploited server access, and job interviews allegedly used to extract Apple secrets. We explain the stakes for OpenAI's IPO ambitions and the fractured Apple-OpenAI partnership.

We also cover Meta's 15% surge — its best week since early 2024 — and how a platform pivot, a new coding model, and a custom AI chip flipped Wall Street's narrative on its massive spending. Plus the week ahead: June CPI and the kickoff of big-bank earnings.

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The US-Iran ceasefire is over. After attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, US strikes on more than 80 Iranian targets, and reprisals on American bases, President Trump declared the deal finished — and oil surged nearly 6%, its biggest jump in two months. We break down the full sequence, what it means for gas prices and exposed sectors, and why this spike differs from the war's earlier panic.

Then the connection almost nobody made: the Fed's June minutes landed the same day, revealing that some officials argued for an immediate rate hike — and naming Middle East tensions and AI-driven demand as the very scenarios that would force higher rates. Both triggers fired this week.

We also cover the stealth correction underway in tech: more than two-thirds of tech stocks are at least 20% off recent highs even as headline indexes set records, and we explain what's really happening to the AI trade. Plus the week ahead: June CPI and the kickoff of bank earnings.

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Wall Street spent years calling everyday investors "dumb money." Last year, that money traded $5.4 trillion, hit record inflows, and outperformed the professional index funds. We break down how retail took over the market — and the risk hidden in the win that could leave everyday investors holding the bag.

Then we cover Warsh's new Federal Reserve: a chair who has cut the Fed's forward guidance and wants investors to interpret the data themselves. We unpack what a quieter, less predictable Fed means for market volatility, interest rates, and your money.

We also dig into the AI trade splitting in two — Meta surging while chipmakers tumble — and what that divergence tells us about the AI cycle and the bubble debate. Finally, the week ahead: the jobs report aftermath, the June Fed minutes, and the start of earnings season.

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📅 New episodes every Thursday at 6AM ET and Sunday at 7PM ET — market updates, prep, momentum plays, and trade ideas.

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BlackBerry is back — the former phone giant and 2021 meme stock just hit a 52-week high, up more than 170% this year, this time on real, profitable growth in automotive and "physical AI" software. We break down the blowout earnings, the QNX and NVIDIA story, the Wall Street re-rating, and the valuation risk that comes with a stock priced for perfection.

Then we dig into the "Sell America" trade — the year's most popular bet against the dollar, bonds, and US equities — and why American markets keep grinding higher and proving the bears wrong, with a clear read on where stocks, the dollar, and gold stand now.

We also cover the Mideast truce cracking again, with attacks on Bahrain and a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, and what it means for oil. We finish with the week ahead: a holiday-shortened stretch with the June jobs report arriving early on Thursday and markets closed Friday for Independence Day.

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📅 New episodes every Thursday at 6AM ET and Sunday at 7PM ET — market updates, prep, momentum plays, and trade ideas.

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Wendy's became the market's loudest story this week, exploding as much as 42% after a viral "Save Wendy's" campaign on Reddit rallied retail traders into one of the most heavily shorted names in the restaurant group. We break down how short squeezes actually work, whether there's a real turnaround underneath the meme, and the traps that make these moves so dangerous in both directions.

Then we cover a split-personality market: AI doubts rattled tech early in the week before Micron's blowout earnings — including a massive $50 billion revenue guide — reignited the AI memory trade. We explain why it matters and the hidden "AI tax" quietly raising the price of phones and PCs.

Finally, inflation: why a crash in oil prices doesn't mean the inflation fight is over, the lesser-known triggers that could still push the Fed toward a rate hike, and the May PCE report — the Fed's preferred inflation gauge — arriving Thursday morning.

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In about ten days, index funds inside millions of retirement accounts will be forced to buy SpaceX — a stock with a tiny float that the S&P 500 just declined to add. To make room, those funds have to sell what they already hold: Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft and the rest.

This Market Prep explains how the SpaceX index-inclusion process actually works, the key dates, who's mechanically forced to buy, what gets sold to fund it, and why this kind of setup can become a "sell-the-news" event for anyone chasing the hype.

We also cover the macro picture in a quieter post-Fed week, and the Iran story most people misread: Tehran announced it closed the Strait of Hormuz again, yet oil barely moved — we break down why the market has stopped reacting.

Finally: June's top-performing sectors and where capital rotated, plus a watchlist look at CEVA, a small-cap positioned for AI's shift to the edge — with an honest look at the risks.

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The Fed just flipped from planning a rate cut to threatening a rate hike — in new Chair Kevin Warsh's first meeting. We break down the hawkish dot plot, the deleted "easing bias," and the market's whipsaw reaction.

The twist: a US-Iran framework deal sent oil tumbling just two days earlier, undercutting the inflation case the Fed leaned into. We unpack what that collision means for rates, bonds, and your portfolio.

Plus: the staggering retail rush into SpaceX (more than the entire Magnificent Seven combined), its $60 billion Cursor acquisition and the new "FAB 10" idea, a macro check on oil and the cracking AI/semiconductor trade, the hidden catch in the Iran deal, and a short trading week with U.S. markets closed Friday for Juneteenth.

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SpaceX just became the 6th most valuable company on Earth in one of the biggest IPOs ever — and it's still losing money. Does the market's appetite for big speculative bets survive this week's Fed decision?

This Market Prep episode covers the SpaceX IPO and what its $1.77 trillion valuation signals about risk appetite, the full macro picture heading into Wednesday's FOMC decision, and why volatility is staying low even with oil near 52-week highs.

We also get into the Iran–Israel escalation threatening U.S. peace talks and pushing crude, and the extraordinary government order that forced Anthropic to suspend its two most powerful AI models just days after release — a real-time stress test for the entire AI IPO wave.

Plus the week ahead: the Fed's interest-rate decision and dot plot on Wednesday, the Juneteenth market holiday on Friday, and the sectors most exposed to all of it.

⚠️ Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Investing involves risk. Always do your own research or consult a licensed professional before making any investment decisions.

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