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Nash Riggins

Nash Riggins

Nash Riggins is a financial journalist who’s been covering personal finance, economics, markets, politics and accounting for more than a decade. Since earning his bachelor’s from the University of Stirling in Scotland, he’s written extensively for a number of financial magazines and global publications including The GuardianThe Washington Post, The Independent, The International Business Times, Forbes, Wired, The Huffington PostWorld FinanceThe-CFO, and many others.

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BREAKING 🚨: JP MorganS&P 500 now up more than 10% since JP Morgan told us to short the market 🚨 RIP 🫡🪦 https://t.co/n6nYPuY6hx
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Monolithic Power $MPWR just hit an all-time high yesterday and has now more than doubled over the last 12 months 🚨 With Energy stocks taking focus, will this stock continue to show strength? For magnified exposure, consider the Tradr 2X Long MPWR Daily ETF $MPWX from @TradrETFs https://t.co/LzssE5JPWv
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Berkshire Hathaway $BRK.A is now underperforming the S&P 500 $SPY by more than 42 percentage points since Warren Buffett announced his retirement in May 2025 📉🤯👀 https://t.co/2JTo65d01j
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Seagate Technology $STX going parabolic and is now trading above its 200-day moving average by the largest margin in history 🚨 Will this storybook run continue? For maximum exposure, consider the Tradr 2X Long STX Daily ETF $STXX from @TradrETFs https://t.co/mmJTBlpT9O
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Semiconductor Stocks are now trading above their 200-day moving average by the largest margin since the Dot Com Bubble Burst 🚨🚨🚨 https://t.co/R8I3JH8gCB
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Stock Market jumps to a Greed level of 69, and has now been in Greed since April 15 🥳🤑📈🫂 https://t.co/UnThFg5GLX
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Dow Jones just hit 50,000 again! 😨 https://t.co/QxkstwRwGB
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Amazon $AMZN forms a Golden Cross for the first time since July 🚨 The last one sent shares soaring 18% over the next 4 months 📈📈 https://t.co/PHTCQ0t7k8
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Options Traders just registered one of the most bullish U.S. Stock Market readings in the past 7 years after the Index Put/Call Ratio plunged to 0.71 🥳🤑📈 https://t.co/s7qflGmNAx
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Japanese Stocks soar to a new all-time high after posting their biggest daily gain in 13 months 📈📈📈 https://t.co/f1F2spahyt
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