Overview The Census Bureau releases September retail sales on October 15 at 08:30 ET, which is 20:30 in Singapore. According to investinglive's calendar for the week, consensus looks for a 0.3% monthly gain in the headline and 0.5% excluding autos, against August prints of 1.2% and 1.4%. Moving from 1.2% to 0.3% is a sizable step down in expectations. The number itself is not the interesting part. What makes this release worth watching is the contradiction sitting behind it. The University of Mi
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Overview Four token unlocks land within the next 72 hours. BeInCrypto's roundup of this week's schedule puts Starknet at roughly 127 million STRK on October 15, Arbitrum at roughly 92.65 million ARB on October 16, and Cronos at roughly 1.17 billion CRO on October 17. PANews' list of the same window adds Sei with about 55.56 million SEI, also on October 15. Priced at October 14 levels, the four events total roughly $102 million. Unlocks earn calendar space not because prices reliably fall on the
ASML Holding (NASDAQ: ASML) reported €11.66 billion in Q3 2026 revenue, a record 57.5% gross margin, and €4.96 billion in net income on October 14. The Dutch semiconductor equipment maker also raised its full-year revenue guidance as AI-driven demand for advanced chipmaking capacity continued to accelerate.But the earnings story extends beyond headline growth. ASML's installed-base upgrade business exceeded expectations, customers are discussing equipment demand through 2029 and 2030, and manage
Citigroup (NYSE: C) shares fell 5.60% to $124.53 on October 13, 2026, despite reporting third-quarter earnings that exceeded Wall Street expectations. The bank posted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.85 versus an estimated $2.66, while net income jumped 40% year over year to $5.2 billion.The selloff reflected a different concern: Citigroup's trading and investment banking businesses slowed from the second quarter, and management warned that fourth-quarter Markets revenue could decline approximatel
IntroductionMeta Platforms, Inc. rose about 4% on Monday, October 12, 2026, after launching Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, which the company calls its most capable AI models to date. Shares traded around $748 to $749 in the afternoon, up from Friday's close of $718.67, and snapped a four-session losing streak even as the Nasdaq Composite declined. The release is the first real test of whether Mark Zuckerberg's multibillion-dollar rebuild of Meta's AI organization has closed the gap with Anthr
IntroductionSalesforce, Inc. rose about 3% on Monday, October 12, 2026, after Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) double-upgraded the software maker to Buy from Underperform and lifted its price target to $285 from $160. The move is a full reversal of the bank's May stance, when analyst Tal Liani argued that artificial intelligence would force a structural reset on Salesforce's business. Shares touched an intraday high of $240.90 and traded near $237, up from Friday's close of $229.13, but th
Indonesia collected Rp1,607.6 trillion in tax revenue through September 30, 2026. The figure grew 24.1% from the same period a year earlier, but it represented only 68.2% of the 2026 state-budget target.Those two percentages describe different conditions. The 24.1% growth rate indicates a strong improvement from the 2025 base. The 68.2% realization rate shows that a substantial portion of the annual target still had to be collected during the final three months.The 68.2% result should not be mec
I. Macro & Market Sentiment· Market data: BTC $83,248(+1.09%)|ETH $2,503.85(+1.75%)|SOL $107.31(+2.01%)· Market sentiment: Funding rate -0.0045%|Fear & Greed Index 62(Greed)· Interest-rate environment: The 10-year US Treasury yield eased to 5.1935%, but remains within its historical high range, with restrictive financial conditions yet to show a sustained easing trend. Read More· Asset allocation: BlackRock downgraded US equities and overweighted short-term US Treasuries, reflecting
Apple and NVIDIA can now be traded in tokenized form through the Solana network. The initial launch also covers several other U.S. stocks, including Microsoft, Tesla, Amazon, Meta, Netflix, and Alphabet.The phrase “Apple and NVIDIA stocks have come to Solana” can create the impression that the companies moved their official shares from U.S. exchanges onto a blockchain. That is not what happened. Apple and NVIDIA have not transferred their entire shareholder registers to Solana, and Solana has no
Indonesian retail sales are expected to grow by 1.4% year on year in September 2026. Bank Indonesia forecasts the Real Sales Index, or RSI, at 221.3, slightly improving from growth of 1.3% in August and 1.1% in July.The increase suggests that household consumption has not entered a broad contraction. Other Goods, Other Household Equipment, and Cultural and Recreational Goods were expected to support the annual increase.A 1.4% reading is not sufficient to conclude that purchasing power has recove

