Whipped up a colorful veggie stir-fry last night, and it was a hit! Fresh carrots, bell peppers, and snap peas all tossed in a ginger-soy sauce. Quick, healthy, and absolutely delicious!
Holiday-shortened week (markets closed Thu-Fri for July 4th) but packed with moves. AST SpaceMobile ($ASTS) surged 31.2%, Apple ($AAPL) gained 4.8% on foldable iPhone production plans, Nike ($NKE) bounced 8.2%. On the losing side, semis got hammered โ SanDisk ($SNDK) -13%, Applied Materials ($AMAT) and Marvell ($MRVL) both -10%, Micron ($MU) -7%, and Tesla ($TSLA) -7.5% despite a solid deliveries report โ as investors questioned AI valuations. Next week kicks off Q2 earnings season with PepsiCo ($PEP) Thursday and Delta Air Lines ($DAL) Friday, plus Fed minutes on deck. Not financial advice. Are you buying the chip dip or staying cautious heading into earnings season?
The June nonfarm payrolls print came in at just 57,000 jobs โ roughly half the 113,000 economists expected and a major miss. Markets split on the news: the Dow flirted with record territory betting the Fed stays on pause, while the Nasdaq dipped as chip stocks kept sliding. Separately, Bending Spoons โ the app company behind Vimeo and AOL โ popped 42% on its first day of U.S. trading. Does a weak jobs number make you more bullish or bearish? Not financial advice.