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Markets news and analysis from Bear Creek Capital Network, updated daily.
- $10,000 in the 10-Year Treasury Now Earns $276 a Year After Inflation
Bear Creek Capital Network's weekly real-return reading: the 10-year yields 5.13% and the market expects 2.37% inflation, which leaves $276 a year on $10,000.
- Quantum X Takes Advisory Role at Stablecoin Trading Platform Ostium
Quantum X Inc., a small OTC-listed company repositioning itself around quantum technology and artificial intelligence, has announced a strategic advisory arrangement with Ostium, a leveraged...
- AI Coding Tools Are Hitting a Ceiling Where Speed and Price Beat Raw Intelligence
A cofounder of Cognition, the startup behind the Devin software-engineering platform, says many routine coding tasks have reached what he calls "intelligence saturation", the point where any...
- Gauzy raises $7M PIPE led by CEO to cover $61M debt settlement
Gauzy Ltd. (Nasdaq: GAUZ) has closed a $7 million private placement led by its own chief executive to finance a court-approved restructuring that resolves roughly $61 million in pre-petition...
- The S&P 500 Is Near Its High. Why Are 84% of Its Stocks Far Below Theirs?
The index set a record close on October 5, yet by October 13 most of its 503 stocks traded at least 10% under their own best prices. Here is what that number measures, and what it does not.
- Small AI Models Could Self-Replicate on Consumer IoT Devices Within Months, Researchers Warn
Experimental findings suggest compact AI models are approaching the capability to self-replicate across commercial IoT hardware, including smart ovens and off-brand Android TV boxes. Because there...
- Life Biosciences reports first human data on ER-100 glaucoma gene therapy
Life Biosciences has released interim Phase 1 data showing its ER-100 gene therapy was well-tolerated in three open-angle glaucoma patients through 56 days, with two showing early signs of visual...
- Yiren Digital posts RMB449.6M Q2 loss as regulatory overhaul cuts lending revenue in half
Yiren Digital Ltd. (NYSE: YRD) swung to a net loss of RMB449.6 million (US$66.3 million) in the second quarter of 2026, down sharply from net income of RMB357.5 million in the same quarter a year...
- Polymarket hires Goldman Sachs partner Lisa Mantil to build institutional business
Polymarket has brought on Lisa Mantil, a nearly 30-year Goldman Sachs veteran, as head of institutional growth, CNBC reported. The hire signals the prediction market exchange's push to pull large...
- Ennis Posts 3.3% Revenue Gain but Litigation Swings Obscure Underlying Margin Pressure
Ennis, Inc. reported quarterly revenue of $102 million for the period ended August 31, 2026, up from $98.7 million a year earlier, but net earnings dropped to $9.4 million from $13.2 million....