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That includes bets on leveraged exchange-traded funds tracking semiconductor stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

This level of fandom has transformed young adult romance, often found in novels, into one of streaming's safest bets.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

Anyone can now use a little money to make big SpaceX stock bets.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

They were last marked just north of $80 a barrel —only $10 above prewar levels—in early Tuesday trading as investors adjust their bets heading into the newly agreed, but still unpublished, U.S.-Iran cease-fire terms.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Charlie, Jamie, and Ben entered the subprime mortgage market assuming they wanted to do what Mike Burry and Steve Eisman had already done, and find the very worst subprime bonds to lay bets against.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis