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Oil at $110: refiners, integrated majors and US producers win, while airlines, truckers and consumers pay, with ExxonMobil up about 49% this year and jet fuel up about 84%

Oil Is Back at $110. Who Wins, Who Pays, and 4 Ways It Could End.

Brent is back above $110 after new attacks near the Strait of Hormuz. Refiners and majors are collecting, airlines and truckers are paying. Here is who sits on each side, why prices are this high, and four moves that could bring them down.

Ankur Tripathi

Market Analyst

7 min read

Oct 22, 2026

Tesla and SpaceX merger: about $3.5 trillion combined, approval needs 50% of all outstanding Tesla shares, and shares that don't vote count as no

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Tesla and SpaceX Want to Merge. Your Vote Counts Even If You Don't Cast It.

Tesla and SpaceX are exploring a $3.5 trillion merger, the largest ever. It needs a majority of all Tesla shares, so a share that doesn't vote counts as no. Here is what holders would own, who would control it, and what to watch.

Ankur Tripathi

Market Analyst

7 min read

Oct 21, 2026

CXMT holds 10% of global DRAM revenue, up from 4% a year earlier, while Micron fell about 4% on Oct 12 and earns an 87% gross margin

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China's CXMT Knocked 4% Off Micron. The Real Threat Isn't the New Chip.

Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung fell about 4% after China's CXMT showed a denser memory design. The chip is years out. The real story is CXMT's 10% market share and new capacity, arriving while Micron earns an 87% gross margin.

Ankur Tripathi

Market Analyst

7 min read

Oct 13, 2026

Delta assumes about $4.25 a gallon for fuel in the fourth quarter against $3.61 in the third, cut its 2026 earnings guidance, and US diesel sits at $6.20 near its record

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Delta Just Cut Its Profit Forecast Over Fuel. Here's Who Wins When Diesel Breaks.

Delta expects to pay about 18% more per gallon this quarter and cut its 2026 forecast by more than $1 a share. Oil bounced back above $104 and diesel is near its record. The shortage is in refining, and it decides who pays and who collects.

Ankur Tripathi

Market Analyst

7 min read

Oct 12, 2026

Bank earnings preview: four banks report Tuesday Oct 13, bank shares down about 13% from their August peak, $326.7 billion of unrealized bond losses

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JPMorgan Reports Tuesday. Three Numbers Show Whether 5% Yields Help or Hurt Banks.

Six big banks report Oct 13 and 14 and all are expected to grow profits, yet bank shares are down about 13% from their August peak. Here are the three numbers that settle it: the lending income outlook, loan-loss provisions, and paper losses on bonds.

Ankur Tripathi

Market Analyst

7 min read

Oct 10, 2026

Monday's deals: PTC up 33% on a $22.6 billion offer while buyer C.H. Robinson fell about 11%

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Up 33%. Down 11%. The Two Sides of $28 Billion in Deals.

PTC and RXO soared on takeover offers while their buyers sank, and a third deal on Tuesday showed why. Here is why targets jump and acquirers drop, what the gap between price and offer is telling you, and why a stock-funded bid is a moving number.

Ankur Tripathi

Market Analyst

6 min read

Oct 9, 2026

Google's nuclear power deal with Constellation: 890 megawatts of new output, a 20-year contract and more than $4.3 billion invested

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Google Just Bought 20 Years of Nuclear Power. The AI Trade Is Moving to the Grid.

Google signed for 890 megawatts of new nuclear output and 2,700 megawatts of existing supply from Constellation Energy. The AI shortage has moved from chips to memory to electricity. Here is what was signed, who holds pricing power, and what could go wrong.

Ankur Tripathi

Market Analyst

6 min read

Oct 8, 2026

Three market readings: 29,000 jobs added in September, 30-year Treasury yield at 5.70%, and the Nasdaq at a record

Market Analysis

29,000 Jobs. 5.7% Bonds. A Record Nasdaq. They Can't All Be Right.

Hiring stalled at 29,000, the 30-year Treasury yield hit its highest since 2002, and the Nasdaq set a record. Three markets are pricing three different economies. Here are the four dates that break the tie and what to check in your portfolio.

Ankur Tripathi

Market Analyst

7 min read

Oct 7, 2026

Dollar Index near 102 with S&P 500 foreign revenue exposure: semiconductors 67%, utilities 2%

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The Dollar Just Hit 102. Here's Who in the S&P 500 Pays the Bill.

The dollar is at its highest since March 2025. About 28% of S&P 500 revenue is earned abroad, 67% in semiconductors. Here is where the currency drag lands, and why "domestic" is not automatically safe.

Ankur Tripathi

Market Analyst

5 min read

Oct 5, 2026