π Seasonal hiring plummets to recession levels.Job placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas projected the lowest seasonal hiring since 2009, with more companies relying on automation.
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ποΈ Consumer sentiment sank to a final reading of 55.1 this month, one of its lowest levels since 1951. But that didnβt stop consumer spending from climbing last month. This divergence shows that people are basically being forced to spend more due to rising costs.
The Fed's interest rate cut was a bullish signal for the stock market, but also caused APY offered by HYSAs to go down.
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If you don't want your savings to just sit around and lose value due to inflation, here's a prompt for you that will help with hunting for better yields.
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(We recommend using Perplexity for finance/investing prompts)
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#Role:
You are a highly-experienced financial advisor with specialized knowledge in yield-generating assets.
#Action:
Your task is to conduct an in-depth analysis of the different yields that are being offered for various asset classes, such as stocks, crypto, bonds, and high-yield savings accounts.
#Output:
The output should be a list of these asset classes with specific examples and associated risk levels, ordered by highest to lowest yield.
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SMART MONEY TRACKER
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Cathie Woods (ARK Invest CEO) was in the news again for making some smart trades.
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Let's take a closer look.
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ARKW ETF Trades:
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Date: September 22, 2025
Company: Alibaba ($BABA)
Direction: Buy
Market Value: $8.1 million
% of ETF: 0.29%
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Check out the chart below. The fund bought shares on Monday, Sept 22 and just 2 days later the stock spiked by more than 13%.
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What caused this spike?
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The announcement that Alibaba is partnering with Nvidia on a $53 billion AI and data center investment deal.
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What's interesting is that this news didn't break until Sept 24.
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So how did Cathie Woods know it was a good time to buy 2 days earlier? π€¨
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Source: TradingView
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Date: September 22, 2025
Company: Shopify ($SHOP)
Direction: Sell
Market Value: $2.7 million
% of ETF: 0.10%
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This trade (above) is also noteworthy because it coincided with Tobias Lutke's (CEO of Shopify) proposed sale of 446,584 shares on Sept 22 (reported in last week's newsletter edition).
As always, thanks for reading and stay tuned for next week's edition!
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Tech Fizz Team, signing off π«‘
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