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Anthropic's IPO Draft: $16.3B Revenue, an $80.7B Loss and a $750B Compute Bill

Anthropic's draft IPO prospectus reveals revenue surged nearly 15-fold to $16.3 billion in H1 2026, alongside an $80.7 billion net loss largely driven by accounting charges and potential AI computing commitments approaching $750 billion.

DDesk20 Oct 2026 · 16:36 ET5 min read
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Pending Home Sales Index Drops to Record Low of 66 as Mortgage Rates Hit 7.4%

The National Association of Realtors' index of home purchase contract signings fell to a seasonally adjusted 66 in September, the lowest since 2001, as mortgage rates near 7.4% keep buyers on the sidelines.

DDesk20 Oct 2026 · 10:53 ET5 min read
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Amazon Gains 5% as TorchNeuron Targets Nvidia's CUDA Advantage

Amazon ($AMZN) launched TorchNeuron, a new developer tool designed to challenge Nvidia's ($NVDA) CUDA software advantage by making it easier to run AI models on AWS Trainium chips.

DDesk19 Oct 2026 · 16:38 ET4 min read
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Why Cerebras Stock Is Trading Far Below Its IPO Price: OpenAI Chip Doubts, Lockup Selling and an AI Sell-Off

Cerebras has fallen roughly 30% below its $185 IPO price and about two-thirds from its debut high. An OpenAI chip report, a wave of share unlocks, heavy customer concentration and a broad AI sell-off explain most of the slide.

DDesk19 Oct 2026 · 14:36 ET7 min read
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Why Dell Stock Fell 23% in a Week Despite a Blowout Quarter: A Barclays Downgrade, Memory-Price Doubts and an AI Sell-Off

Dell lost 22.9% from Oct. 9 to Oct. 16, its worst week since returning to public markets in 2018, even after record AI-server results. A Barclays downgrade, doubts about memory-driven revenue and a broad AI-hardware sell-off did the damage.

DDesk19 Oct 2026 · 14:16 ET6 min read
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The Market's Stealth Bear: S&P 500 Sits Within 1% of a Record While Only 23% of Its Stocks Clear Their 50-Day Average

The index is within 1% of its record close, yet fewer than a quarter of its members trade above their 50-day average. Earnings are growing at the fastest pace since 2021 while the forward multiple has slipped to about 19x. Here is what the split is telling us.

DDesk16 Oct 2026 · 11:52 ET6 min read
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