The American dream just got three times more expensive. per WSJ. 10 years ago: Mortgage rate: 3.4% Median home price: $235,000 Monthly payment: about $830 Today: Mortgage rate: 7.4% Median home price: $418,000 Monthly payment: about $2,300 Home prices are up 78%.

$AAPL's iPhone Duo debuted around the world in more than 70 countries. 🌎 Will you be getting one? 📱

⚠️BREAKING: *DOW TUMBLES 650 POINTS AS US STOCKS CLOSE LOWER TO END VOLATILE WEEK $SPY $QQQ

AMERICAN EXPRESS $AXP Q3’26 EARNINGS HIGHLIGHTS 🔹 Revenue: $20.1B (Est. $20.12B) 🟡; +9% YoY 🔹 GAAP EPS: $5.42; +31% YoY 🔹 Adj. EPS: $4.68 (Est. $4.48) 🟢; +13% YoY 🔹 Pretax Income: $4.53B; +18% YoY 🔹 Net Income: $3.7B; +28% YoY FY26 Guide: 🔹 Adj. EPS: $17.60-$17.90 (Est. $17.63) 🟡 🔹 EPS: $18.30-$18.60 🔹 Revenue Growth: 10% Other Q3 Metrics: 🔹 Billed Business: $454.0B; +8% YoY 🔹 Credit Loss Provisions: $1.0B; vs $1.3B LY 🔹 Net Write-off Rate: 1.8%; vs 1.9% LY 🔹 Expenses: $14.5B; +9% YoY 🔹 Effective Tax Rate: 18.1%; vs 24.1% LY Key Updates: 🔹 GBTG Gain on Sale (pretax): $982M; $751M after tax 🔹 Adjusted EPS excludes the GBTG gain, net of the portion used to fund restructuring Comments: 🔸 “We had another strong quarter, delivering 9 percent revenue growth and EPS of $5.42, or $4.68 adjusted, up 13 percent year-over-year.”

Artificial intelligence is out. Super intelligence is in. In earnings releases this week, $MSFT, $META, and $IBM all ditched AI for SI. 🧐

Elon Musk: "I'd be stunned if anyone has a robot that is remotely competitive with Optimus when we go when we start delivering it to customers, which is likely to be towards the end of next year."