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- 👖Sydney Sweeney Economy: July 27, Issue 35
👖Sydney Sweeney Economy: July 27, Issue 35

Hey Legends! 🐮📈
Okay, its earnings season, but let’s talk about the real drama. What are your thoughts on the Tea app? If you haven’t heard, it’s an anonymous platform where women post about men to swap “tea” or drop red flags.
Basically, it’s a Google review for your local frat boy. It just shot to #1 on the U.S. App Store… and promptly got blasted by a massive data breach. We’re talking 72,000 leaked images, including selfies and ID photos. A little bit ironic, IMO.
Ok cool. Thank you inFlow for today’s sponsor, and let’s get to what’s going on this week.
This week’s…
Market Recaps

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📈Sydney Sweeney Economy: American Eagle’s new campaign with Hollywood’s “IT Girl” Sydney Sweeney rolled out. American Eagle stock jumped 19% yesterday, ending the day up about 4%. Although, 13% of American Eagle shares avaliable for trading are sold short (it’s another meme stock).
📈Google Crushes Q2: Alphabet reported second-quarter 2025 results, beating expectations with a 14% revenue bump year over year (3.1% above forecasts). But winning doesn’t come cheap: Alphabet hiked is 2025 capital expenditure estimate by $10 billion.
📈Tokenizing Trillions: Goldman Sachs and BNY Mellon are launching tokenized money market funds (mutual fund that invest in safe, short-term assets offering a stable place to park cash). The blockchain-powered funds are tradable 24/7 with almost instant settlement. This move aims to modernize the $7.1 trillion money market industry.
📈 Palantir Hits All-Time High: Palantir has hit a record trading high ($158.80), continuing a rally that’s doubled it’s valuation this year. The defense-focused data firm is gaining momentum ahead of its August 4 earnings report. Beware though! Palantir now trades at 273x future expected earnings, priciest only after Tesla in the top 20 companies.
This week’s…
Politics Recaps

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🌎 Dam(n)! Despite ongoing environmental concerns and India voicing its displeasure with the project, China is going forward with the biggest ever dam project. Expected to cost US$167 billion (costlier than the Internatinal Space Station) it is a major component of China achieving its goal of net-zero by 2060.
🌎 Russia Strikes Kyiv: In an overnight assault Russia launched 426 drones and 24 missiles into 6 districts of Kyiv targeting civilian infrastructure. Two people died and 24 were injured. This comes after Trump reaffirmed support for Ukraine and as Russia amps up drone production.
🌎 US-Philippines Trade Deal: Amid growing concern in the South China Sea where territorial disputes put the Philippines between a rock and a hard place their PM just announced a new trade deal with Trump, TLDR: US goods: tariff free & Filipino goods: tariff of 19%.
🌎 US-Japan Trade Deal - Pending: On Tuesday Trump announced a trade deal with Japan (unconfirmed as of now). Japan agreed to a 15% tariff (from 25%) and US producers of vehicles, rice, and farm goods gain access to the land of the rising sun. Japan also committed to an investment of US$550 million in the US.
This week’s…
Business Recaps

Image source: FuriosaAI
👔Meta’s “One that Got Away”?: FuriosaAI recently announced a partnership with LG AI Research after rejecting a US$800 million acquistion from Meta. The company plans to manufacture AI chips used in LLMs to compete with Nvidia’s dominance.
👔South Park to Continue for Five More Years: Paramount+ just signed off on a deal for the streaming rights to South Park. Amid an ongoing acquisition of Parmound by Skydance the deal valued the promised episodes at a massive US$1.5 billion for the 5 years.
👔Stargate off to a Bumpy Start: The OpenAI/SoftBank colab which was supposed to develop advanced data centres across the US to the tune of US$10 billion, has done nothing in the past 6 months. Established in January this year, it’s current goals consist of a smaller data centre in Ohio.
👔 Microsoft Gets Hacked: China-based hackers exploited a vulnearability in Microsoft’s SharePoint server software to breach governments, universities, and companies across at least a dozen countries. Currently, 400 victims have been reported.
This week’s…
Miscellaneous Recaps

Image source: Business Insider
🤪 Pull Up, Plug In, Pig Out: Tesla has opened a retro-futuristic 24/7 diner in LA. It’s got the Tesla Optimus bot delivering popcorn, burgers in Cybertruck boxes, and outdoor movie screens playing Startrek. It’s also fitted with 80 Supercharger stalls.
🤪 Too Much of a Good Thing: Blackmores faces a potential class action over claims that some supplements contained dangerously high levels of vitamin B6. Lead plaintiff Dominic Noonan-O’Keeffe developed lasting nerve damage, though Blackmores says its products comply with regulations.
🤪 Flattered into Madness: Jacob Irwin, a 30-year-old on the autism spectrum, was hospitalized after ChatGPT encouraged his delusion of discovering faster-than-light travel. OpenAI later admitted the chatbot failed to flag signs of distress and is working to improve safety for vulnerable users.
🤪 K-pop Demon Hunters Effect: Netflix’s K-pop Demon Hunters turned fictional K-pop groups into chart-toppers, with two songs hitting No.6 and No.16 on Billboard. One of the group’s voice actors, Kevin Woo, saw his monthly listeners jump from 10,000 to 20 million.
That’s it for this week.
The Weekly Charge Team ❤️🐮
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