Unusual Whales

Someone Just Put $46 Million Into Nvidia $185 Calls Expiring March 2027

The Trade While most of the market is still deciding what to do with Nvidia, one very large player has already decided. Someone put $46 million into Nvidia $185 calls expiring March 2027, bought at the ask. The size was not subtle: 34,696 contracts changed hands, with total volume

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Cramer: Nvidia Is the Cheapest It Has Been in 10 Years, and Now Is the Time to Buy

The Call Jim Cramer is making the contrarian case for the most beaten-down name in the market. Cramer says Nvidia is the cheapest it has been in 10 years, and that now is the time to buy. The call lands with the stock trading near its lowest levels in

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Cramer Says Nvidia Investors Must Prepare for a Future Without Jensen Huang

Key-Man Risk, Out Loud Jim Cramer put the question Nvidia shareholders have been circling for a week into a single sentence: investors in the chip giant need to prepare for a future without Jensen Huang. Cramer's CNBC warning lands in the middle of the worst stretch of

AI

Investors See a Premature End to the AI Datacenter Boom, per Fortune

The Turn For three years, the AI datacenter buildout was the closest thing markets had to a sure thing. That confidence is starting to crack. "Investors see premature end to AI datacenter boom," Fortune reported, as the trade that powered chipmakers, power companies, and construction names runs into

Economy

Filling an F-150 Now Costs $100 as Prices Outrun Paychecks for a Year

The Squeeze, Itemized The cost-of-living squeeze can be measured at the gas pump. "Filling up a Ford F-150 truck now costs about $100, up $30 from a year ago. Mortgage rates have jumped to levels that have depressed home sales. And for the past 12 months,

housing

A Record 25.2 Million Adults Under 35 Now Live With Their Parents

The Record A record 25.2 million adults under 35 in the United States now live with their parents, per Realtor.com. That is roughly one in three young adults, and the highest count ever recorded. Multigenerational living has been climbing for two decades, but the post-pandemic housing market

Gaming

GTA 6 Will Run at 30fps on All Consoles, per IGN

The Trade-Off Grand Theft Auto 6 will run at 30 frames per second on all consoles, with PS5 Pro enhancements that improve ray tracing rather than unlock a higher frame rate, per IGN. The decision confirms the direction most technical analysts expected: Rockstar is spending the hardware budget on

anthropic

Anthropic Sent Bankers IPO Terms of $70 to $80 a Share, per Reuters

The Terms Anthropic's long-awaited public debut now has numbers attached to it. The AI lab has reportedly sent bankers IPO terms of $70 to $80 a share, per Reuters. The terms give the market its first concrete anchor for pricing the offering, which is expected to be

Politics

Rubio: "Our Job Is to Execute on the President's Orders"

The Remarks Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking in Paris, described the administration's chain of decision-making in the plainest possible terms. "Ultimately our job is to execute on the president's orders ... in the end, the decision is the president's," Rubio said,

Politics

Texas Democrats File Two Bills to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

The Bills Texas Democrats have filed two bills to legalize recreational marijuana in the largest state where it remains fully prohibited. The legislation would legalize cannabis for everyone 21 and older, allow possession of up to two ounces, permit home cultivation of up to 12 plants, and create a framework

Politics

Whistleblowers Say Documents Tied to Trump's Construction Projects Are Being Destroyed

The Allegation House Democrats are demanding the Trump administration preserve records tied to the President's Washington construction projects after whistleblowers warned that key paperwork is already being destroyed, per CNN. Multiple whistleblowers approached the Democratic staff of the House Natural Resources Committee in recent weeks, raising concerns that

Politics

Gaza-Born Democratic Socialist Ahmed Moor to Challenge John Fetterman in 2028

The Challenge John Fetterman has his first declared challenger for 2028. Ahmed Moor, a Palestinian American writer born in Gaza and raised in Philadelphia, announced Monday that he will run against Fetterman in Pennsylvania's 2028 Democratic primary, per the Guardian. Moor, 42, is a member of the Philadelphia

Trump

Hegseth Defends Himself: Everything Was "Ordered by the Commander in Chief"

The Defense Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used his first Pentagon press briefing in more than six months to answer the impeachment articles filed against him, and his defense was direct: everything he did was ordered from the top. "As for the articles themselves, Iran, the cartels, Maduro, Yemen, every

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Alice Huang's Real Company Enabled at Least $7.5 Billion in Nvidia Chip Sales to China

The Real Company The commercial scale behind the Jensen Huang scandal is larger than first reported. Alice Huang's real company, Shanghai Century Litong, enabled at least $7.5 billion in Nvidia chip sales to China since 2023, per The Information. The figure is bigger than previously reported, and

NVDA

Nvidia and Jensen Huang Sued in Class Action Over Suspected Chinese Spy Ties

The Lawsuit The scandal around Jensen Huang moved from the boardroom to the courtroom on Monday. Nvidia and its chief executive were sued in a proposed securities class action filed in federal court in San Jose, California, accusing them of defrauding shareholders by concealing Huang's ties to a

Trump

Pressed on His Crypto Company and Foreign Investors, Trump Declines to Divest

In a pointed exchange, a reporter pressed President Trump on the crypto company he co-owns with his sons, its Middle East investments, and whether foreign investors are buying influence. Trump declined to divest, asking how one divests from cash and arguing every president has faced the same problem

housing

Starter Homes Now Cost $1 Million in a Record 242 US Cities

Starter homes cost $1 million in a record 242 US cities, according to Fortune, as the entry level of the housing market keeps climbing out of reach for first-time buyers.

california

California Voters Reject One-Time 5% Billionaire Tax, Proposition 40

California voters rejected a one-time 5% tax on billionaires, with Proposition 40 trailing 55% to 45%, according to Fortune. Los Angeles and San Francisco voted for it, but Silicon Valley's Santa Clara County voted against the tax on its own billionaires.

Elon Musk

Musk Has Outspent Soros's Five Decades of Giving in Just 18 Months, Fortune Analysis Finds

Elon Musk has given $427.5 million to federal political committees since May 2025, more than George Soros has personally given since 1979, according to a Fortune analysis of federal filings. Musk's lifetime federal total of $723.8 million is about three times Soros's.

Trump

Trump Says the US Midterms Were Not Honest

President Trump says the US midterms were not honest, after an election that flipped the Senate and House to the Democrats, flipped the Texas Senate seat and governorship, and set up two years of investigations into his administration and donors.

nyse

NYSE Picks Avalanche Blockchain as Core Ledger for Tokenized Stock Trading Platform

The New York Stock Exchange will use the Avalanche blockchain as the core ledger to record and settle tokenized stock trades on its upcoming 24/7 alternative trading system, targeting a fourth quarter 2026 launch pending regulatory approval.

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Commerce Investigation Into Megaspeed Was Suspended After Nvidia Contact, NY Post Reports

The Commerce Department investigation into Megaspeed, the firm led by the executive at the center of the Jensen Huang scandal, was suddenly suspended last year after an interaction between Nvidia and a top Commerce official, according to the New York Post.

texas

Texas Governor-Elect Hinojosa Pledges Day-One Emergency: Freeze Electricity Rates, Suspend Gas Taxes

Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa has pledged to declare a high-cost emergency on her first day in office, freezing residential electricity rates and suspending state gas and diesel taxes by executive order.

Congress

Democrats Vow to Impeach Trump Officials and Investigate Republican Donors, FT Reports

Democrats are vowing to impeach Trump administration officials and investigate Republican donors, according to the FT, as the party prepares to use its new Senate and House majorities for aggressive oversight of the administration.

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Commerce Dept Approved Nvidia Chip Sales to Nonexistent and Sanctioned Chinese Companies, NYT Reports

The US Commerce Department was approving sales of Nvidia chips to companies in China that did not exist, were on the sanctions list, or had ties to China's military, according to the New York Times, a failure at the heart of the export control regime.