Global stock market hit a record $166 trillion 🔥 That's $32 trillion more than last year, up 23.6%.
Since the pandemic low in 2020, markets surged $94 trillion—a 131% jump.
For context, the 20-year average growth is just 7% a year. Now stocks are worth 134% of global GDP
BREAKING: President Trump says Freedom Fuel Network is lowering gas prices at 25 gas stations in the northeast US on July 3rd and "others should follow."
Q2 in the stock market was wild, but it turned out pretty good.
- S&P gained $8T in market cap, up 14%
- Best quarter since 2020
- Three memory companies joined the $1T club
- Largest IPO ever with $SPCX
- Oil dropped from $120 to $70
- Kevin Warsh became the new Fed Cha
Warren Buffett is holding off on his usual midyear donations to the Gates Foundation for the first time in 20 years. He's waiting for the results of a review into the group's ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to WSJ.
First half of 2026 is officially done in the stock market.
Here are the top performing S&P 500 stocks so far:
🥇 Sandisk $SNDK +857%🟢
🥈 Micron $MU +303%🟢
🥉 Intel $INTC +278%🟢
Western Digital $WDC +271%🟢
Seagate +250%🟢
Marvell $MRVL +250%🟢
$DELL +243%🟢
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Big news coming Monday — Samsung & SK Group are expected to announce a massive $1.3 trillion in investments 💰
The plan will be shared directly with President Lee Jae Myung at 2pm local time.
What's likely:
- Samsung: 4–5 new chip fabs in Gwangju + packaging plants in S
That Chinese fund guy who perfectly called the 2007 top just said AI stocks could crash over 80%.
His own words: 'the collapse point may not be far away.'
Another big Chinese fund: 'the trigger is already here.'
Korean investors are borrowing like crazy to buy stocks right now 📈
Margin loans hit a record ~$26 billion—DOUBLING since 2025 started.
But as a % of free float, it's actually at its lowest since 2020 (~0.8%). Market cap just grew way faster than borrowing.
Still, dur