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Xiaomi stock retreated for two consecutive days after a report confirmed that the company was losing market share in the smartphone industry. It slipped to H$25.82 in Hong Kong, a few points below this month’s high of H$26.70. Xiaomi is losing market share in the smartphone industryA report released by Omdia showed that Xiaomi’s woes mounted in the second quarter, a situation that may lead to weaker revenue and profitability growth. Xiaomi’s market share dropped to 11%, making it the third-biggest player in the industry after Samsung and Apple. Its share has been in a slow downward trend after peaking at about…

SpaceX stock (NASDAQ: SPCX) briefly looked unstoppable after the world’s largest initial public offering, but almost all the early excitement has now disappeared.Shares closed Tuesday at $136.08, only $1.08, or 0.8%, above the $135 offering price. The stock has fallen almost 40% from its June 16 intraday peak of $225.64, wiping an estimated $1.2 trillion from SpaceX’s implied market value.Yet Wall Street remains strongly bullish. An average analyst target near $240 implies about 76% upside from Tuesday’s close, an estimate based on analysts’ forecasts, not a guaranteed rebound.The post-IPO excitement has almost vanishedSpaceX priced its IPO at $135 on June…

WTI crude oil can be expected to rise to the next resistance level 85.00 (former strong support from May). WTI crude oil broke resistance area Likely to rise to resistance level 85.00 WTI crude oil recently broke the resistance area located between the key resistance level 78.10 (which stopped the previous short-term correction 4 in the middle of June, as can be seen from the daily WTI crude oil chart below), resistance trendline of the daily down channel from May and the 38.2% Fibonacci correction of the downward impulse from the start of June. The breakout of this resistance area…

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) published a policy paper on 13 July 2026 introducing “no gain, no loss” treatment for selected cryptoasset lending and liquidity pool transactions, deferring capital gains tax until participants make an economic disposal of their assets. The measure amends the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 and takes effect from 6 April 2027, applying to individuals and trustees who enter these arrangements. HMRC frames the change as an alignment of tax treatment with the underlying economics of the transactions, recognising gains and losses only when a participant genuinely disposes of the cryptoassets rather than when tokens…

The Kospi Index is stuck in a local bear market after falling 21% from its year-to-date high. It ended the week at 7,475, down sharply from the year-to-date high of 9,387. This article highlights some of the top catalysts for South Korean stocks this week.Kospi Index chart | Source: TradingViewKospi Index to react to SK Hynix US IPOThe Kospi Index will react to last Friday’s SK Hynix US IPO that saw it raise over $26.5 billion. Its stock jumped by over 13% on its first day as brokers rushed to fill pre-orders. The IPO happened when South Korean stocks were closed,…

The S&P 500 Index continued rising and neared its all-time high on Friday as some big tech companies like Nvidia and AMD rebounded. It ended the week at 7,575, with its perpetual futures on Hyperliquid ticking downwards today. This article explains some of the top catalysts for the SPX Index and key ETFs like VOO and SPY.S&P 500 Index to react to earnings seasonThe biggest catalyst for the SPX Index will be the upcoming earnings season, which kicks off on Tuesday when five of the biggest banks release their financial results. Five banks worth almost $2 trillion will release their…

Wall Street is not arguing about how much money SoFi will make this year. That is the single most misunderstood thing about this stock, and once you see it, the entire $12-to-$31 target range stops looking like chaos and starts looking like a single, specific question. Analysts have largely converged on 2026 earnings of about $0.59 per share on revenue of roughly $4.68 billion, per StockAnalysis. Now do the arithmetic on the targets. The $12 bear case is that same $0.59 at roughly 20 times earnings. The $31 bull case is that same $0.59 at roughly 53 times earnings. The…

Bloom Energy stock has retreated into a bear market, falling by 33% from its highest point this year. It dropped to $234 today, continuing a trend that started on June 25 when it reached a record high of $350. So, is this the start of a prolonged bear market or will it rebound soon?Bloom Energy stock has dropped despite having key catalystsBloom Energy is a fast-growing company that uses Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) technology to generate power that is used in key industries like data centers, oil and gas, utilities, and retail. Started over 25 years ago, the company’s popularity…

Retail investors, long considered one of the strongest pillars supporting the US stock market since the pandemic, are becoming increasingly selective as market leadership shifts rapidly and alternative investment opportunities gain traction.Recent data suggest individual investors are rotating between themes rather than making broad-based bets on the stock market. At the same time, a new Bank of America Private Bank survey shows younger wealthy investors are increasingly questioning whether traditional stocks and bonds can continue to generate above-average returns, with many allocating more capital to private markets, crypto and other alternatives.Retail traders rotate between market themesA Bloomberg report citing Vanda…

Every Rocket Lab (RKLB) price prediction hinges on the same event: the first launch of the Neutron rocket, penciled in for the fourth quarter of 2026. That framing is wrong. The man building the rocket says so himself. “Neutron is certainly mission enabling, but it’s not mission critical,” chief executive Peter Beck told investors this year. The company that the market prices as a binary bet on one launch date is, on the numbers, a vertically integrated space-infrastructure business that happens to also launch rockets. RKLB trades near $101.65 after a record first quarter, and Wall Street targets now span…