Victoria Ashworth

Meta Funds AI With Preferred Stock — and the Megacap Bid Faded All Day

Meta priced depositary shares tied to Series A preferred to fund AI capex. Seven of ten megacaps gapped higher Wednesday — seven closed in t...

Oct 28, 2026 2 min read

Oil Spike Gapped Tech Lower — Then Seven of Ten Closed in the Upper Third

Brent at a near six-month high knocked eight of ten names lower at the open. Buyers took most of it back by the bell. AMD led at +2.25%.

Oct 24, 2026 2 min read

NextDC Loses Half Its Market Cap on Power Delays — AMD Still Closed Green

An Australian data center operator cut guidance on grid delays and shed 44%. US chip names gapped down, absorbed it, and closed off the lows...

Oct 21, 2026 2 min read

Oil Above $100 Split the Board: JPM +2.48%, META -2.28%

Crude back over $100 did the sorting. Financials and payments closed at the top of their ranges while four megacaps shut in the bottom tenth...

Oct 18, 2026 2 min read

Jio Files a ₹30,213 Crore IPO While Nvidia Posts a Seventh Straight Red Close

India's largest-ever issue drew a 20% grey market premium the same week the AI complex broke. AMD gapped down 5.47% and still closed $1.44 o...

Oct 15, 2026 2 min read

Seven of Ten Megacaps Closed Green — The Chip Rout Stayed in Its Lane

China's memory push hit the semis again, but META reversed a gap-down to close +3.14% and MSFT, AAPL and V all finished at or near 90-day hi...

Oct 14, 2026 2 min read

The Chip Rout Went Global — KOSPI Fell 6% and AMD Closed on Its Low

Asia is now importing the US semiconductor selloff. AMD shut at $586.85, a hair off the session low, while six of ten megacaps still closed...

Oct 13, 2026 2 min read

SpaceX Prints at 200x Forward Earnings — And the Chip Bid Is Already Gone

A newly public SpaceX below its post-IPO high is the cleanest read on speculative appetite. On the megacap board, the money went to MSFT, V...

Oct 12, 2026 2 min read

OpenAI's $50 Billion Revenue Report Hits the Chips — AMD and NVDA Sell Every Gap

The FT number knocked semis off their October highs. Six of ten megacaps still closed green. The split is inside the AI trade itself.

Oct 11, 2026 2 min read

Yields Bite the Chips, Not the Cash Flows — NVDA and AMD Sell Their Gap-Ups

Reuters flagged four warnings on bond-market stress. The megacap board split cleanly: payments and software bid at the highs, AI hardware so...

Oct 10, 2026 2 min read

Soft Jobs Print Kills October Hike Odds — Eight of Ten Megacaps Gap Up and Get Sold

Every one of the ten largest names opened above the prior close. Seven shut in the lower third. Tesla was the only name that held its gain.

Oct 3, 2026 2 min read

Nasdaq 100 Prints a Record, Then Yields Reverse — Seven of Ten Megacaps Closed in the Lower Third

Soft payrolls lifted every one of the ten largest names at the open. Yields turned back up and the gaps got sold — only Tesla held its highs...

Oct 2, 2026 2 min read