To The Moon

Recap. Last week was the ‘surprising’ week of Democratic sweeping midterm election victories that subsequently, sparked immediate investor fear over impending tech and AI regulatory crackdowns. The political shockwave triggered a massive tech rout that erased trillions in market value and forced major indices into a correction. Consequently, typically crucial US economic reports were completely buried as Wall Street panicked over the unfolding political and corporate. By the time market called it a week: DJIA: -1.39% (-722.5 to 51,285.73). S&P 500: -3.07% (-233.97 to 7,376.86). Nasdaq: -3.99% (-1,020.75 to 24,579.42). The VIX Index. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) also experienced a massive surge last week, skyrocketing from Monday’s 21.15 to Thursday’s peak of 28.18. This as market an

Recap. Last week was the ‘surprising’ week of Democratic sweeping midterm election victories that subsequently, sparked immediate investor fear over impending tech and AI regulatory crackdowns. The political shockwave triggered a massive tech rout that erased trillions in market value and forced major indices into a correction. Consequently, typically crucial US economic reports were completely buried as Wall Street panicked over the unfolding political and corporate. By the time market called it a week: DJIA: -1.39% (-722.5 to 51,285.73). S&P 500: -3.07% (-233.97 to 7,376.86). Nasdaq: -3.99% (-1,020.75 to 24,579.42). The VIX Index. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) also experienced a massive surge last week, skyrocketing from Monday’s 21.15 to Thursday’s peak of 28.18. This as market an

Recap. Last week was the ‘surprising’ week of Democratic sweeping midterm election victories that subsequently, sparked immediate investor fear over impending tech and AI regulatory crackdowns. The political shockwave triggered a massive tech rout that erased trillions in market value and forced major indices into a correction. Consequently, typically crucial US economic reports were completely buried as Wall Street panicked over the unfolding political and corporate. By the time market called it a week: DJIA: -1.39% (-722.5 to 51,285.73). S&P 500: -3.07% (-233.97 to 7,376.86). Nasdaq: -3.99% (-1,020.75 to 24,579.42). The VIX Index. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) also experienced a massive surge last week, skyrocketing from Monday’s 21.15 to Thursday’s peak of 28.18. This as market an

Recap. Last week was the ‘surprising’ week of Democratic sweeping midterm election victories that subsequently, sparked immediate investor fear over impending tech and AI regulatory crackdowns. The political shockwave triggered a massive tech rout that erased trillions in market value and forced major indices into a correction. Consequently, typically crucial US economic reports were completely buried as Wall Street panicked over the unfolding political and corporate. By the time market called it a week: DJIA: -1.39% (-722.5 to 51,285.73). S&P 500: -3.07% (-233.97 to 7,376.86). Nasdaq: -3.99% (-1,020.75 to 24,579.42). The VIX Index. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) also experienced a massive surge last week, skyrocketing from Monday’s 21.15 to Thursday’s peak of 28.18. This as market an

Recap. Last week was the ‘surprising’ week of Democratic sweeping midterm election victories that subsequently, sparked immediate investor fear over impending tech and AI regulatory crackdowns. The political shockwave triggered a massive tech rout that erased trillions in market value and forced major indices into a correction. Consequently, typically crucial US economic reports were completely buried as Wall Street panicked over the unfolding political and corporate. By the time market called it a week: DJIA: -1.39% (-722.5 to 51,285.73). S&P 500: -3.07% (-233.97 to 7,376.86). Nasdaq: -3.99% (-1,020.75 to 24,579.42). The VIX Index. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) also experienced a massive surge last week, skyrocketing from Monday’s 21.15 to Thursday’s peak of 28.18. This as market an

Recap. Last week was the ‘surprising’ week of Democratic sweeping midterm election victories that subsequently, sparked immediate investor fear over impending tech and AI regulatory crackdowns. The political shockwave triggered a massive tech rout that erased trillions in market value and forced major indices into a correction. Consequently, typically crucial US economic reports were completely buried as Wall Street panicked over the unfolding political and corporate. By the time market called it a week: DJIA: -1.39% (-722.5 to 51,285.73). S&P 500: -3.07% (-233.97 to 7,376.86). Nasdaq: -3.99% (-1,020.75 to 24,579.42). The VIX Index. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) also experienced a massive surge last week, skyrocketing from Monday’s 21.15 to Thursday’s peak of 28.18. This as market an

For the week ending Fri, 30 Oct 2026, US market closed off October 2026 sharply lower as a heavy-tech sell-off dragged down all 3 major benchmarks. (see below) By the time 4pm came around, The Dow lost -1.05% (-550.14 to 51,770.3). The S&P 500 fell by -0.78% (-59.63 to 7,580.07). Nasdaq Composite tumbled -2.27% (-589.87 to 25,437.00) For the month of October 2026: (there’s a surprise) DJIA: +1.70% (+864.26 to 51,770.31). S&P 500: -0.39% (-71.47 to 7,580.07). Nasdaq: -5.30% (-1,424.06 to 25,437.00). Weekly Drivers / Catalysts. The 4 key catalysts of the week were : (1) Tech & AI Spending Pushback. Disappointing earnings reports and heavy AI-related capex from major tech firms (eg. $Alphabet(GOOG)$ and

Diamonds fascination. In the 1953 Hollywood movie “Gentlemen prefer blondes”, movie legend Marilyn Monroe sang “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend” and 32 years later in January 1985, Madonna paid an hommage, replicating the entire musical set in her MTV video “Material girl” - dripping in diamonds, of course ! Diamonds have long captivated women as the ultimate symbols of love & status, a fascination fiercely guarded for decades by the De Beers cartel through strict supply control and brilliant marketing of “a diamond is forever”. This historic monopoly shattered with the rise of lab-grown diamonds, that offer chemically identical stones with superior ethical and financial appeal. By making diamond luxury highly accessible, lab-grown gems permanently disrupted De Beers' dominance and f

Diamonds fascination. In the 1953 Hollywood movie “Gentlemen prefer blondes”, movie legend Marilyn Monroe sang “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend” and 32 years later in January 1985, Madonna paid an hommage, replicating the entire musical set in her MTV video “Material girl” - dripping in diamonds, of course ! Diamonds have long captivated women as the ultimate symbols of love & status, a fascination fiercely guarded for decades by the De Beers cartel through strict supply control and brilliant marketing of “a diamond is forever”. This historic monopoly shattered with the rise of lab-grown diamonds, that offer chemically identical stones with superior ethical and financial appeal. By making diamond luxury highly accessible, lab-grown gems permanently disrupted De Beers' dominance and f