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Intensifying Chinese memory competition and the turmoil of the CoreWeave shock, the AI paradigm shift (from training to inference), and the approach of the full-scale earnings season

1. Weekly Market Overview: A sharp decline for the first time in 5 weeks and the shock of the Nikkei 225’s ‘3318-point drop’

The stock market for the third week of October 2026 (October 12-16) was a historically turbulent week,

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Your company pension calculates a lump sum using interest rates from a single calendar month it may have chosen years ago, and shifting your retirement date by just a few months can swing that check by six figures before taxes…

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The US market today saw a renewed sell-off in AI-related tech stocks, triggered by a sharp decline in major AI cloud service provider CoreWeave. Additionally, concerns that surging oil prices would pressure stock valuations (P/E ratios) led to a pullback in major indices, with the Nasdaq Composite falling -2.15% and the S&P 500 dropping -1.11%.

 » Read more about: [NAV Forecast] WCM Next & World's Best: US Market Pulls Back on AI Stock Declines and Rising Oil Prices; WCM Burdened by Tech Weakness (Analysis as of 10/17)  »

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When aiming for financial freedom while working as an employee, designing a diversified income stream is very important. This time, I will introduce a strategy that combines three pillars: ‘salary income from the company,’ ‘capital gains from stock investments,’ and ‘rental income from real estate investments’ to simultaneously achieve monthly cash flow and future asset growth.

 » Read more about: The 'Three Pillars of Income' Strategy for Employees Aiming for Financial Freedom: How to Combine Salary, Index Investing, and Real Estate Investing  »

By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer

A broad sell-off in technology companies pulled stocks lower on Wall Street Friday, capping off the market’s worst week since late June.

The S&P 500 fell 1.1%. Its roughly 2% drop for the week wiped out its gains from last week,

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The “Growth Investment Quota” of the new NISA is
a system that allows for tax-free investments of up to 2.4 million yen per year.

Unlike the installment investment quota,
it covers a wide range of products such as individual stocks, ETFs, and REITs, allowing for a higher degree of investment freedom.

 » Read more about: Growth Investment Quota Strategy: Maximizing Tax Benefits with Individual Stocks, ETFs, and Thematic Investing (1/2)  »

“It seems banks make money when interest rates rise. So, shouldn’t I just buy bank stocks?”

If you have ever thought that, I will give you the conclusion first.

It is not by chance, but by structure, that banks profit from interest rate hikes. However, there is no need to chase bank stocks now that they have gained attention.

 » Read more about: Two Mechanisms by Which Banks Profit from Rising Interest Rates | Why I Still Don't Chase Bank Stocks  »

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