https://finvestex.com/stories/Market stories explained in plain English, every figure sourced.en-ushttps://finvestex.com/stories/amazon-has-burned-dollar-42-4b-of-free-cash-over-12-months-to-fund-ai/https://finvestex.com/stories/amazon-has-burned-dollar-42-4b-of-free-cash-over-12-months-to-fund-ai/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:45:36 GMTAmazon posted a record operating margin in Q3, yet its trailing free cash flow turned deeply negative. The gap comes down to $215.2 billion of equipment spending.https://finvestex.com/stories/intel-beat-on-profit-then-had-its-worst-day-since-1974/https://finvestex.com/stories/intel-beat-on-profit-then-had-its-worst-day-since-1974/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:30:46 GMTThe third quarter was strong. The forecast for the fourth was not, and the stock fell 28.6% in a single session.https://finvestex.com/stories/reddit-beat-wall-streets-third-quarter-numbers-then-lost-about-a-quarter-of-its/https://finvestex.com/stories/reddit-beat-wall-streets-third-quarter-numbers-then-lost-about-a-quarter-of-its/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:15:35 GMTRevenue grew 53% and profit jumped, but a fourth-quarter forecast that landed below analysts' hopes, plus a warning about Google traffic, sent the stock sharply lower.https://finvestex.com/stories/charles-schwabs-trust-sold-dollar-18-1m-of-schwab-stock-in-two-days/https://finvestex.com/stories/charles-schwabs-trust-sold-dollar-18-1m-of-schwab-stock-in-two-days/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:30:43 GMTA Form 4 filed on Oct 29, 2026 shows 203,150 shares sold on Oct 28 and 29. The size is modest next to the stake. The reason is not in the filing.https://finvestex.com/stories/amazon-fell-7-percent-and-intel-20-percent-premarket-as-ai-spending-worries-bite/https://finvestex.com/stories/amazon-fell-7-percent-and-intel-20-percent-premarket-as-ai-spending-worries-bite/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:00:49 GMTAmazon posted a record operating margin and 39% cloud growth, and its stock still slid before the open. The reason is in the cash flow line.https://finvestex.com/stories/q3-gdp-rose-3-4-percent-but-september-inflation-ran-hotter/https://finvestex.com/stories/q3-gdp-rose-3-4-percent-but-september-inflation-ran-hotter/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:30:44 GMTThe economy grew faster than expected last quarter, while September prices rose 3.6% from a year earlier and real spending stalled.https://finvestex.com/stories/americans-spent-0-5-percent-more-in-september-but-income-rose-only-0-2-percent/https://finvestex.com/stories/americans-spent-0-5-percent-more-in-september-but-income-rose-only-0-2-percent/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:30:41 GMTThe BEA's September report shows spending growing faster than pay, and the personal saving rate at 3.8%. Here is what that gap means.https://finvestex.com/stories/us-economy-grew-3-4-percent-in-q3-2026-but-the-mix-behind-it-is-uneven/https://finvestex.com/stories/us-economy-grew-3-4-percent-in-q3-2026-but-the-mix-behind-it-is-uneven/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:15:37 GMTThe Bureau of Economic Analysis' first estimate shows real GDP growing at a 3.4% annual rate, up from 2.2% in the spring. Part of the lift came from a quirk in how government oil sales are counted.https://finvestex.com/stories/accentures-ceo-put-dollar-3-0m-of-her-own-money-into-the-stock-lifting-her-direc/https://finvestex.com/stories/accentures-ceo-put-dollar-3-0m-of-her-own-money-into-the-stock-lifting-her-direc/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:30:45 GMTA Form 4 filed Oct 28, 2026 shows Julie Sweet bought 12,200 shares on the open market, outside any reported trading plan. Here is what the filing does and doesn't tell you.https://finvestex.com/stories/ecb-chief-lagarde-will-leave-on-7-february-2027-months-before-her-term-ends/https://finvestex.com/stories/ecb-chief-lagarde-will-leave-on-7-february-2027-months-before-her-term-ends/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:30:48 GMTThe ECB has given a leaving date for its president. It has not named a successor or said when one will be chosen.https://finvestex.com/stories/google-cloud-doubled-in-a-year-azure-grew-48-percent-both-are-spending-fortunes/https://finvestex.com/stories/google-cloud-doubled-in-a-year-azure-grew-48-percent-both-are-spending-fortunes/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:30:44 GMTAlphabet and Microsoft both reported accelerating cloud growth on Oct 28, 2026. Their capital spending is rising just as fast.https://finvestex.com/stories/alphabets-revenue-jumped-25-percent-yet-its-profit-per-share-fell/https://finvestex.com/stories/alphabets-revenue-jumped-25-percent-yet-its-profit-per-share-fell/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:30:45 GMTAlphabet's third quarter looks contradictory until you separate the operating business from a large swing in the value of its investments.https://finvestex.com/stories/oracle-targets-dollar-225b-revenue-for-fiscal-2030-and-caps-new-fundraising-at-d/https://finvestex.com/stories/oracle-targets-dollar-225b-revenue-for-fiscal-2030-and-caps-new-fundraising-at-d/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:30:48 GMTOracle's 8-K pairs a big growth target with a hard limit on new financing. Here is what it says, and what it does not settle.https://finvestex.com/stories/new-zealands-central-bank-held-rates-when-a-hike-was-expected-and-the-kiwi-dolla/https://finvestex.com/stories/new-zealands-central-bank-held-rates-when-a-hike-was-expected-and-the-kiwi-dolla/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:15:35 GMTThe Reserve Bank of New Zealand left its official cash rate at 2.75% on Oct 28, 2026, after economists had almost all forecast an increase. The currency slid almost a cent against the US dollar.https://finvestex.com/stories/a-stride-director-bought-dollar-12-2-million-of-stock-on-the-open-market/https://finvestex.com/stories/a-stride-director-bought-dollar-12-2-million-of-stock-on-the-open-market/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:30:43 GMTA Form 4 filed Oct 27, 2026 shows three purchases of Stride shares worth about $12.2 million. The buyer is a director who also runs the fund named in the filing.https://finvestex.com/stories/ares-capitals-30-percent-premium-for-midcap-financial-comes-with-a-floor-and-a-c/https://finvestex.com/stories/ares-capitals-30-percent-premium-for-midcap-financial-comes-with-a-floor-and-a-c/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:30:47 GMTAres Capital will pay $10.88 a share for MidCap Financial, mostly in its own stock. The formula behind that stock decides what holders actually get.https://finvestex.com/stories/boeings-737-max-ramp-slips-again-and-the-market-noticed/https://finvestex.com/stories/boeings-737-max-ramp-slips-again-and-the-market-noticed/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:30:36 GMTBoeing's backlog is a record $745 billion, yet its shares had their worst day in 18 months. The reason is how fast the planes get built, and how late the cash arrives.https://finvestex.com/stories/applied-digitals-ceo-and-president-bought-66m-of-their-own-stock-their-first-buy/https://finvestex.com/stories/applied-digitals-ceo-and-president-bought-66m-of-their-own-stock-their-first-buy/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:30:40 GMTTwo executives made open-market purchases on Oct 16, 2026, after a quarter with a 21 million loss to common holders. What a Form 4 buy does and doesn't tell you.https://finvestex.com/stories/vertiv-pays-dollar-1-45b-cash-for-a-2020-microgrid-startup-with-up-to-dollar-1-1/https://finvestex.com/stories/vertiv-pays-dollar-1-45b-cash-for-a-2020-microgrid-startup-with-up-to-dollar-1-1/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:30:45 GMTThe upfront price is about 13 times expected 2027 EBITDA, according to Vertiv, and the earnout could take the total to about $2.6 billion. The deal shows how AI data centers now need their own power, not only cooling.https://finvestex.com/stories/the-us-emergency-oil-reserve-is-at-its-lowest-since-1982-while-brent-sits-near-d/https://finvestex.com/stories/the-us-emergency-oil-reserve-is-at-its-lowest-since-1982-while-brent-sits-near-d/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:33:36 GMTAmerica's Strategic Petroleum Reserve has fallen to about 283 million barrels as Washington releases oil to cushion the Hormuz disruption. Brent is still near $115, so the buffer is shrinking while the shock is not over.https://finvestex.com/stories/a-10-percent-owner-bought-dollar-24-2-million-of-group-1-automotive-stock/https://finvestex.com/stories/a-10-percent-owner-bought-dollar-24-2-million-of-group-1-automotive-stock/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:30:45 GMTA Form 4 filed Oct 26, 2026 shows 100,000 GPI shares bought over three trading days, outside any 10b5-1 plan. It shows what was done, not why.https://finvestex.com/stories/gms-delisting-notice-is-really-a-move-from-the-nyse-to-nasdaq/https://finvestex.com/stories/gms-delisting-notice-is-really-a-move-from-the-nyse-to-nasdaq/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:00:50 GMTAn SEC filing headed "notice of delisting" sounds like trouble. In General Motors' case, it announces a voluntary switch of exchanges, with the ticker unchanged.https://finvestex.com/stories/galp-and-moeve-scrap-their-refinery-merger-as-the-iran-war-lifts-valuations/https://finvestex.com/stories/galp-and-moeve-scrap-their-refinery-merger-as-the-iran-war-lifts-valuations/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:30:40 GMTThe two Iberian energy groups ended merger talks on October 26. Reportedly, refineries had become too valuable, and too volatile, for the sides to agree on a price.https://finvestex.com/stories/anthropics-ipo-filing-dollar-16-3b-in-revenue-an-dollar-80-7b-loss-and-why-both/https://finvestex.com/stories/anthropics-ipo-filing-dollar-16-3b-in-revenue-an-dollar-80-7b-loss-and-why-both/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:30:47 GMTMost of the reported first-half loss is a non-cash charge tied to the company's rising value. The numbers worth watching are cash commitments and customer concentration.https://finvestex.com/stories/eqts-all-stock-deal-for-range-resources-what-no-cash-changes-hands-really-means/https://finvestex.com/stories/eqts-all-stock-deal-for-range-resources-what-no-cash-changes-hands-really-means/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:45:35 GMTEQT and Range Resources agreed to combine on October 26, 2026 in a deal paid entirely in shares. Here is how that works, and what is still only a forecast.https://finvestex.com/stories/mortgage-rates-are-1-13-points-above-a-year-ago-and-the-bond-market-sets-them/https://finvestex.com/stories/mortgage-rates-are-1-13-points-above-a-year-ago-and-the-bond-market-sets-them/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:15:40 GMTThe average 30-year rate was 7.32% this week, up from 6.19% a year earlier and just off a two-year high. Here is what moves it, and what the gap costs a buyer.https://finvestex.com/stories/eqts-all-stock-deal-for-range-resources-the-dollar-50-billion-headline-vs-what-i/https://finvestex.com/stories/eqts-all-stock-deal-for-range-resources-the-dollar-50-billion-headline-vs-what-i/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:45:43 GMTEQT agreed to buy Range Resources with its own shares, not cash. The $50 billion figure describes the combined company, not the price tag.https://finvestex.com/stories/profits-are-forecast-up-24-percent-yet-the-nasdaq-sits-6-percent-below-its-high/https://finvestex.com/stories/profits-are-forecast-up-24-percent-yet-the-nasdaq-sits-6-percent-below-its-high/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 17:15:38 GMTAnalysts expect S&P 500 companies to report a strong third quarter. Stocks have slipped anyway, and the 10-year Treasury yield, near 5%, is part of the reason.https://finvestex.com/stories/audi-plans-a-dollar-4-billion-georgia-plant-its-first-in-the-u-s/https://finvestex.com/stories/audi-plans-a-dollar-4-billion-georgia-plant-its-first-in-the-u-s/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 16:13:28 GMTAnnounced at a Trump rally on Oct 24, the factory would let Audi build large SUVs where it sells them. Tariffs are part of the story, but Audi's CEO says they are not the whole of it.https://finvestex.com/stories/a-vc-fund-sold-dollar-10-3m-of-alamar-stock-at-76-percent-above-the-ipo-price/https://finvestex.com/stories/a-vc-fund-sold-dollar-10-3m-of-alamar-stock-at-76-percent-above-the-ipo-price/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 14:30:46 GMTA Form 4 filed Oct 23 shows Qiming-affiliated funds selling 342,626 Alamar shares on Oct 21–22, about six months after the IPO. The filing says what was sold, not why.https://finvestex.com/stories/markets-price-an-84-percent-chance-of-a-fed-hike-by-december-but-only-9-percent/https://finvestex.com/stories/markets-price-an-84-percent-chance-of-a-fed-hike-by-december-but-only-9-percent/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:00:48 GMTThe Fed is widely expected to hold on Wednesday. Futures still put the odds of a hike by its December meeting at 84%, and the gap says a lot about how markets read the Fed.https://finvestex.com/stories/the-week-in-5-minutes-ai-stocks-borrowing-costs-and-a-split-economy/https://finvestex.com/stories/the-week-in-5-minutes-ai-stocks-borrowing-costs-and-a-split-economy/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:59:59 GMTEight Finvestex stories from the week to October 24, one short section each: what happened, why it mattered, and what to watch next.https://finvestex.com/stories/lockheeds-backlog-jumped-27-percent-in-one-quarter-to-a-record-dollar-292-billio/https://finvestex.com/stories/lockheeds-backlog-jumped-27-percent-in-one-quarter-to-a-record-dollar-292-billio/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:30:45 GMTMost of the leap traces to one multi-year missile-interceptor award worth about $52.5 billion. Lockheed also skipped share buybacks for the first nine months of 2026.https://finvestex.com/stories/a-tesla-spacex-merger-would-be-the-biggest-deal-ever-and-tesla-holders-must-clea/https://finvestex.com/stories/a-tesla-spacex-merger-would-be-the-biggest-deal-ever-and-tesla-holders-must-clea/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:30:48 GMTElon Musk says SpaceX and Tesla are exploring a combination worth about $3.5 trillion. No terms exist yet, and Tesla's own shareholders would have to approve it.https://finvestex.com/stories/oil-is-back-above-dollar-100-and-dragged-the-dow-down-652-points/https://finvestex.com/stories/oil-is-back-above-dollar-100-and-dragged-the-dow-down-652-points/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:20:38 GMTU.S. crude closed above $100 a barrel on Oct 23, 2026, and the Dow fell 1.23%. Here is why an oil jump reaches well beyond energy stocks.https://finvestex.com/stories/starboard-reportedly-builds-a-solstice-stake-after-its-dollar-14-5b-deal-collaps/https://finvestex.com/stories/starboard-reportedly-builds-a-solstice-stake-after-its-dollar-14-5b-deal-collaps/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMTThe activist fund is said to hold several hundred million dollars of Honeywell's spin-off, weeks after Solstice walked away from its biggest acquisition. The details come from press reports, not a filing.https://finvestex.com/stories/chip-stocks-had-their-worst-day-since-june-yet-theyre-still-up-51-percent-this-y/https://finvestex.com/stories/chip-stocks-had-their-worst-day-since-june-yet-theyre-still-up-51-percent-this-y/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:30:00 GMTThe Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 6.7% on Oct 22. It is also more than 26% below its June record and up 51.5% for the year. All three facts hold at once.https://finvestex.com/stories/a-10-percent-owner-of-dole-just-spent-dollar-8-6-million-buying-more-of-its-own/https://finvestex.com/stories/a-10-percent-owner-of-dole-just-spent-dollar-8-6-million-buying-more-of-its-own/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:30:00 GMTPale Fire Capital, a Prague investor, bought 648,356 Dole shares in three days, according to a Form 4 filed Oct 22, 2026. The filing says none of it was a pre-arranged plan trade.https://finvestex.com/stories/saabs-orders-tripled-in-a-quarter-and-one-gripen-deal-is-only-part-of-why/https://finvestex.com/stories/saabs-orders-tripled-in-a-quarter-and-one-gripen-deal-is-only-part-of-why/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:22:21 GMTSaab booked SEK 65.8 billion of orders in Q3 2026, about 3.2 times a year earlier. The Ukraine Gripen contract was the biggest piece, but the jets will not arrive until 2029.https://finvestex.com/stories/ebay-is-cutting-about-9-percent-of-its-workforce-while-saying-profit-beat-its-ow/https://finvestex.com/stories/ebay-is-cutting-about-9-percent-of-its-workforce-while-saying-profit-beat-its-ow/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:30:00 GMTIn an 8-K filed Oct 22, 2026, eBay disclosed a workforce reduction and, in the same document, said its third-quarter results are expected to come in above its guidance.https://finvestex.com/stories/jobless-claims-fall-to-194-000-near-the-lowest-level-since-the-1960s/https://finvestex.com/stories/jobless-claims-fall-to-194-000-near-the-lowest-level-since-the-1960s/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:30:41 GMTFewer Americans are filing for unemployment benefits than at almost any time in decades. That says a lot about layoffs, and less about hiring.https://finvestex.com/stories/meta-spent-more-than-it-earned-in-cash-what-negative-free-cash-flow-means/https://finvestex.com/stories/meta-spent-more-than-it-earned-in-cash-what-negative-free-cash-flow-means/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:15:40 GMTMeta's third-quarter revenue hit a record, yet capital spending outran the cash its business produced. The gap shows why profit and cash are not the same thing.https://finvestex.com/stories/frances-10-year-bond-yield-tops-5-percent-a-24-year-high-as-unrest-meets-budget/https://finvestex.com/stories/frances-10-year-bond-yield-tops-5-percent-a-24-year-high-as-unrest-meets-budget/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:16:48 GMTFrance's cost of borrowing for ten years has crossed 5% for the first time since 2002. The number says as much about politics and a stalled budget as it does about bonds.https://finvestex.com/stories/a-funds-own-chairman-keeps-buying-its-shares-and-just-spent-dollar-3-3-million/https://finvestex.com/stories/a-funds-own-chairman-keeps-buying-its-shares-and-just-spent-dollar-3-3-million/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:30:50 GMTA Form 4 filed Oct 21, 2026 shows 271,555 BPRE shares bought on the open market over three days, following similar buys in September.https://finvestex.com/stories/zuckerberg-cant-cash-out-his-new-meta-shares-without-giving-up-voting-power/https://finvestex.com/stories/zuckerberg-cant-cash-out-his-new-meta-shares-without-giving-up-voting-power/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:46:42 GMTMeta's new non-voting Class C stock comes with a catch: 80% of Zuckerberg's allotment is stapled to his voting shares. Here is what the Oct. 21 filing says.https://finvestex.com/stories/wholesale-prices-rose-6-3-percent-in-a-year-the-most-since-2022/https://finvestex.com/stories/wholesale-prices-rose-6-3-percent-in-a-year-the-most-since-2022/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:30:38 GMTThe Producer Price Index jumped 1.3% in September, the biggest monthly gain since March 2022. It is a gauge of what businesses pay, and consumers usually meet it later.https://finvestex.com/stories/teslas-profit-fell-43-percent-in-q3-and-its-spending-plan-implies-a-huge-q4/https://finvestex.com/stories/teslas-profit-fell-43-percent-in-q3-and-its-spending-plan-implies-a-huge-q4/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:47:02 GMTRevenue was flat at $28.05 billion, but net income dropped to $787 million. The bigger question is how Tesla reaches its $25 billion-plus capital spending target.https://finvestex.com/stories/fink-says-blocking-data-centers-is-inflationary-what-he-said-and-whats-missing/https://finvestex.com/stories/fink-says-blocking-data-centers-is-inflationary-what-he-said-and-whats-missing/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMTBlackRock's CEO told Bloomberg on Oct. 21 that a slow data-center buildout raises costs. His claim is documented; the evidence behind it is thinner.https://finvestex.com/stories/tesla-reports-tonight-deliveries-beat-but-earnings-are-expected-to-fall/https://finvestex.com/stories/tesla-reports-tonight-deliveries-beat-but-earnings-are-expected-to-fall/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:42:41 GMTTesla sold more cars than Wall Street expected last quarter. Analysts still expect profit per share to drop when results land after the close.https://finvestex.com/stories/spacexs-ai-arm-is-now-bigger-than-starlink-and-it-just-made-the-company-profitab/https://finvestex.com/stories/spacexs-ai-arm-is-now-bigger-than-starlink-and-it-just-made-the-company-profitab/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:30:00 GMTSpaceX's Q3 report shows AI computing at $7.56 billion in revenue, ahead of Starlink's segment, and a $4.4 billion net profit. The spending behind it, and part of the profit, deserve a closer look.