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The combined rise of all quantum computing stocks, a phenomenon exceeding the $10 billion figure itself, suggests a system operating on principles beyond mere economics. Observers, now clad in the robes of financial prophets, whisper of a bubble, a gilded cage where the laws of economics bend to the whims of collective delusion. Warren Buffett, that venerable sage of capital, has long advised the faithful to “be fearful when others are greedy.” But in the current climate, where greed has taken root like ivy on a crumbling wall, his counsel seems a distant echo in a hall of mirrors.

It would be remiss of me, however, not to take you on a brief but exhilarating journey through ASML’s most recent quarterly results and their *flawlessly optimistic* predictions for 2026. Prepare yourself-this is one of those rare occasions when reality takes a backseat to pure, undiluted triumph.

What sorcery turned Zepp’s fortunes? A single, well-timed pivot-like a knight trading a rusted sword for a gleaming longsword.

This stock is a reminder that markets are not just a place to trade shares but a vast, incomprehensible expanse where opportunities hide behind bureaucratic fog. Should you buy Nu Holdings while it’s trading below $16? Let’s explore the logic, or as Douglas Adams might call it, “the illusion of logic.”

Oracle, the old guard, has been busy. Its stock has climbed 68% in a year, with a market cap now hovering near $828 billion. They’re selling clouds like hot dogs at a ballpark. Their backlog? A record $455 billion. Their CEO, Larry Ellison, probably still wears a suit to meetings, because why not? Meanwhile, Palantir-$422 billion in value, a company that once made me cry over a failed government contract-has grown its revenue 48% year-over-year. I’m not saying it’s a sure thing. I’m just saying, if you’ve ever seen my budget spreadsheet, you know I’m not qualified to predict anything.

IBM, that paragon of internationality, operates research labs on six continents, counts more employees in India than the U.S., and maintains offices in 170 countries. Half its 2024 revenues trickled in from the Americas, a region that includes Canada and Latin America. One might assume such a sprawling empire would quiver under the weight of tariff whimsy. Yet, as it turns out, IBM’s executives seem less concerned than a cat in a hurricane.

The company’s Advantage2 system, with its 4,400 qubits, is a marvel of engineering, yet it is but a single cog in the vast machinery of technological progress. To reduce its potential to a stock ticker is to conflate means with ends, a folly as old as capitalism itself. The system’s promise to solve optimization problems in logistics and material science is noble, but one must ask: whose problems? Whose science? The market’s exuberance often forgets that innovation is not a linear march, but a battlefield where ideas and egos collide.