The most common misreading of this week’s news is that Stripe’s $53 billion bid for PayPal is the warm-up act for a Stripe IPO — the muscle-flex before the listing. The opposite is closer to the truth: the bid is the strongest evidence yet that Stripe intends to stay private, because the deal only works
The obvious read on HIMS stock — up roughly 67% in the second quarter alone — is that Wall Street is bullish. The numbers say the opposite. Hims & Hers Health trades near $37.36 as of July 1, 2026 (Benzinga), yet the 13-analyst average price target sits at just $28.35–$30.14, per TipRanks and Stock Analysis
The lazy read on the ETH price at $1,576 — down roughly 46% this year — is that the analyst community has gone bearish with it. The published numbers say something stranger: the most institutional bull on the street, Standard Chartered, still carries a $7,500 end-2026 target, while Citi’s freshly cut $3,175 target — the
The week of July 14–18 was notable due a first disinflationary CPI print for the long time. Kevin Warsh’s first congressional testimony, big-bank earnings, a soft PPI report, and a record TSMC quarter that failed to revive the semiconductor rally. The dynamics of a stock market in general was mixed with some names showing a
The comforting story about SpaceX stock is that Thursday’s aborted Starship launch was just an engineering hiccup and the dip is a buying opportunity. Both halves might be true, but the framing misses what actually changed: for the first time in SpaceX’s history, a routine test-flight abort — the kind that happened repeatedly before the
This preview of weekly data examines USOIL and XAUUSD, with economic data expected later this week as the primary market drivers of the near-term outlook. Highlights of the week: US inflation & PPI, Chinese industrial production, UK GDP Tuesday US Inflation rate at 12:30 GMT, where the expectations are for a decline of around 0.3%,
The current week in the financial markets has entered a new concerning phase. What began on Wednesday, July 8, as a single-day flare-up in the US–Iran conflict has evolved into a second consecutive night of military exchanges across the Persian Gulf — with larger-scale strikes, broader regional retaliation and sharp reaction in the markets. What
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 cryptocurrency market is currently navigating a period of significant supply-side adjustment as Pump.fun, the Solana-based memecoin launchpad, completes its first major insider token distribution. On July 15, 2026, the platform successfully transitioned from a one-year lock-up period to a three-year vesting cycle for its team and early investors. Despite widespread market apprehension regarding potential
Ethereum cryptocurrency can be expected to rise to the next round resistance level 2000.00 (target for the completion of the active impulse wave C). Ethereum broke resistance area Likely to rise to resistance level 2000.00 Ethereum cryptocurrency recently broke the resistance area located between the strong resistance level 1835.00 (which stopped the previous short-term correction