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ASML Crushes Q3 Estimates, Raises Its 2026 Outlook and Warns AI Demand Will Outrun Its Factories Through 2028

ASML earned €12.95 a share against €10.60 expected, lifted full-year sales guidance to €44 billion to €45 billion and said customers want more chipmaking machines than it can build in 2027 and 2028.

DDesk14 Oct 2026 · 09:47 ET5 min read
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Educational

How Inflation Data Moves Stocks: A Beginner's Guide to Which Sectors Win and Which Lose

Learn why a hot CPI report can lift some stocks and sink others. This beginner's guide explains the two channels, which sectors tend to hold up or get hit, and what 2022 taught investors.

DDesk14 Oct 2026 · 09:36 ET6 min read
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Recap

Stocks Moving Premarket: Hot CPI Greets Wall Street, Liquidia Soars on a Legal Settlement and Bank of America Slides on a $1.2 Billion Penalty

September CPI ran hotter than expected at 3.7% as futures were mixed, Liquidia jumped more than 40% after settling with United Therapeutics, and Bank of America fell on a record Treasury penalty while BlackRock rose. Plus the rest of this week's calendar & what to watch.

DDesk14 Oct 2026 · 08:50 ET7 min read
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News

Hotter Than Expected: September CPI Jumps to 3.7%, Core Hits 2.6% and Traders Bet on More Fed Hikes

Headline inflation rose 0.6% in September and 3.7% from a year earlier, above forecasts, while core CPI accelerated to 2.6%. Treasury yields and the dollar jumped, and traders added bets on an October Fed rate hike.

DDesk14 Oct 2026 · 08:49 ET4 min read
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Recap

Energy Surge Offsets Tech Slump as Dow Slides and Nasdaq Tumbles on Oct 13

Broad‑market indices slipped, led by a 0.38% drop in the Nasdaq, while soaring oil prices lifted energy stocks. A modest rise in the Greed‑driven sentiment score (67/100) masked thin market breadth an

DDesk13 Oct 2026 · 16:15 ET9 min read
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Analysis

Workday Opens Its HR and Finance Data to Claude, Gemini and Copilot as Outside AI Agents Threaten Software's Front Door

Workday is bringing its Sana agents into the AI tools employees already use, while The Information reports some customers query Workday data through outside agents without opening it. New Wharton data shows AI returns are real but uneven. Here is what it means for Workday, Salesforce and ServiceNow.

DDesk13 Oct 2026 · 15:22 ET5 min read
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