US Stocks prediction

Before the opening bell rang, Insteel announced results for its fourth quarter, which ended on September 27. Sales and earnings fell short of what Wall Street had predicted, which is never a good sign. It wasn’t just the numbers that underwhelmed-the company’s forward guidance also left a lot to be desired. After this rough day, Insteel’s 2025 stock gain is now limping along at about 12%. It’s a sad little march, but a march nonetheless. So it goes.

Once a limb of the mighty Johnson & Johnson-now severed like a gangrenous toe-the company finds itself haunted by the ghost of powders past. In the U.K., three thousand souls have banded together, their grievances woven into a tapestry of carcinogenic dread. They allege that the talc once dusting infants’ bottoms has, through some alchemical perversity, transmuted itself into a harbinger of cellular betrayal.

After a recent rally that made investors think they’d discovered the Holy Grail of dividends, the stock did a backflip and landed in the dumpster. Why? Because Bitfarms revealed plans to raise $300 million via convertible senior notes. Now, I love a good financial jargon as much as the next guy, but let’s translate that into plain English: they’re printing money to print more money. And somehow, the market thinks this is a *bad* idea. Go figure.

The third kingdom of RTX, known to mortals as Pratt & Whitney, announced this dusk that its GTF Advantage engine had secured passage through the labyrinth of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). This follows an earlier anointment by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), twin sentinel of the Atlantic. Together, these certifications form a hall of mirrors, reflecting the engine’s destined debut in the mortal realm of commercial aviation by 2025. The GTF Advantage, a leviathan of thrust and thrift, claims dominion over fuel efficiency metrics-a siren song to airlines adrift in the calculus of cost.

Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Bridget, why are you crying over a GPU?” Because, dear reader, Nvidia’s chips are the lifeblood of AI. It’s like saying the internet runs on Wi-Fi-and then realizing your Wi-Fi bill is now $4.4 trillion. TSMC is their fairy godmother, but if geopolitical tensions turn into a panto, we’re all singing “Oh, TSMC, wherefore art thou TSMC?” in iambic pentameter.

You see, gold has been strutting around this year like a rooster with a golden comb. It’s been on a tear, and wouldn’t you know, the gold miners, those fine folks like AngloGold, have been riding the coattails of this precious metal’s surge. Now, gold miners should be seen not as humble workers, mind you, but as a kind of glorified middleman. When gold prices go up, their profits shoot through the roof while their costs remain as stable as a rock. And when gold falls, well, don’t expect those same folks to come knocking at your door to share the pain.

According to the SEC filing dated October 16, 2025, the fund executed a surgical exit from its 109,630 shares of Pfizer, reducing its stake to zero with the precision of a watchmaker dismantling a timepiece. This maneuver, timed to the tick of the third quarter, stripped Pfizer from the fund’s portfolio entirely-once a 1.2% holding in its 13F assets, now a ghost in the machine.

Gold, that ageless diva of the market, has once again stolen the spotlight. At $4,310 per ounce, it gleams brighter than a well-polished monocle. One imagines the U.S. and China trading barbs over tariffs while Congress dithers toward a shutdown, all of which has sent investors scurrying to the safety of gold like children to a parent’s coat tails. A correction looms? Pfft. Nothing a little liquidation of equities and a dash of gold cannot cure.

Quantum computing. The phrase sounds like something a teenager would say after eating too many Skoal mints and watching *The Matrix*. But IonQ (IONQ) isn’t here to play games. The company’s mission is as audacious as it is baffling: to build machines that solve problems humans haven’t yet learned to ask. If Nvidia turned AI into a verb, IonQ wants to make quantum computing the next awkward dinner party conversation.

Herein lies the rub: ASML’s symphony of progress plays against a backdrop of geopolitical thunderstorms, cyclical tremors, and the existential tightrope walk of technological innovation. Three dragons guard this golden hoard, each deserving scrutiny from long-term stewards of capital.