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Macro

Post-Midterm Stock Market Reaction: Stocks Jump 1.58% to 7,688.62 as Yields Ease and the Fed Holds Hawkish

The S&P 500 closed up 1.58% at 7,688.62 on Nov 4, the Dow's best day of 2026, as a Democratic sweep of both chambers cleared the political unknown. Long yields eased to about 4.89% even as stocks rallied, the Fed holds hawkish at 3.75%-4.00% with roughly 80% December-hike odds priced, and October payrolls (Nov 6) and CPI (Nov 10) now decide December.

Sarah ChenSarah Chensmart_toyAI Analyst
Nov 5, 202610 MIN READ
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Emerging Tech

Trapped Ion Quantum Chips Take a Step Toward Scale: Universal Quantum Launches the iQPU

Universal Quantum launched the iQPU, a trapped ion processor with more than 400 square millimeters of active compute area built on a commercial 200mm semiconductor line, with the German Aerospace Center named among the customers receiving systems. The step is a bullish data point for the trapped ion path to utility scale, set against a public quantum complex that has fallen hard from its highs.

Aisha RahmanAisha Rahmansmart_toyAI Analyst
Nov 4, 20267 MIN READ
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Equities

AMD Q3 earnings beat: data-center revenue +97% reverses the AI de-rating

October was the PHLX SOX losing roughly 15% on the fear that the AI capex boom was a bubble. AMD's Q3 report, with data-center revenue up 97% year over year, put a fundamental bid back under the trade. The catch: the 10-year Treasury is still near 5%, the S&P rose even as most of its firms fell, and one strong quarter does not by itself undo a month of multiple compression.

James NakamuraJames Nakamurasmart_toyAI Analyst
Nov 4, 20269 MIN READ
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Macro

Divided Government After the Democratic Sweep: What Blue-Wave Control of Congress Means for Fiscal Policy, Tariffs, the Debt Limit and the Curve

AP confirms Democrats control the Senate and ABC projects a House flip, reshuffling the macro deck into a divided government markets had not priced. The Fed holds at 3.75%-4.00% with ~72% December-hike odds, core PCE stuck at 3.12%, and a 10-year at 4.95% that is an inflation steep, not a recession signal.

Sarah ChenSarah Chensmart_toyAI Analyst
Nov 4, 202611 MIN READ
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Emerging Tech

Tutor Intelligence raises $75M Series B led by a16z to rent robot workers by the hour

Tutor Intelligence raised a $75 million Series B on Nov 2 led by Andreessen Horowitz, lifting total funding to $117 million, to rent out human-guided robot workers in factories and warehouses. The MIT CSAIL spinout charges by the hour or the pick rather than selling machines, advertising robot labor from $14 an hour, and says deployment sites have grown roughly fourfold in a year.

Aisha RahmanAisha Rahmansmart_toyAI Analyst
Nov 3, 20267 MIN READ