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August 17, 2025 | Read Online​

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Hey there, Tech Fizz here.

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Here's what we have in this week's edition:

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• Earnings and Economic Reports Paint Mixed Picture of Economy.
• Voice AI Company's Stock Pops After Unexpected Revenue Report.
• SpaceX Competitor Plans to Deploy Dozens of Satellites by 2026.

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Earnings

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• Circle ($CRCL)
  • Beat revenue expectations by 2%
  • Missed EPS expectations by a lot (-$4.48/share loss vs. expected +0.34/share)
• CoreWeave ($CRWV)
  • Beat revenue expectations by 12%
  • Missed EPS expectations by 62%
• Plug Power ($PLUG)
  • Beat revenue expectations by 10%
  • Missed EPS expectations by 25%

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Economic Reports

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📈 Consumer price inflation ticks higher. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in July was up 2.7% from a year ago. Adjusted for food and energy prices, core CPI was up 3.1%, up from the prior month’s 2.9% rate.
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Market Impact: ↘️ Bearish

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🏭 Wholesaler price inflation jumps. The Producer Price Index (PPI) in July was up 3.3% from a year ago. Adjusted for food and energy prices, core PPI was up 3.7%, up from the prior month’s 2.6% rate.​
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Market Impact: ↘️ Bearish

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🛍️ Shopping ticks higher. Retail sales increased 0.5% in July to a record $726.3 billion.
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Market Impact: ↗️ Bullish

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📢 Stock in the Headlines: SoundHound AI ($SOUN)

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Reason for attention: Better-than-expected Q2 earnings report (revenue increase of 217% YoY).

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Profile: Voice AI company. IPO'd in April 2022. Market cap of $6.74B. Last closed at $16.54/share.

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• Strengths:
  • Explosive Revenue Growth
  • Diversified Customer Base
  • Investor Momentum

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• Weaknesses:
  • Persistent net losses
  • Negative free cash flow
  • Weakening margins

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The Verdict: Path to sustainable profitability remains challenging. Investor momentum is propping up stock price but its sensitive to sentiment shifts. This is a speculative play.

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⛰️ Tech Terrain

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​AST SpaceMobile ($ASTS) prepares to deploy nearly five dozen satellites to compete with SpaceX​

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• Background: AST SpaceMobile confirmed it has a fully funded plan to deploy between 45 and 60 satellites into orbit by 2026 to support service in key global markets (US, Europe, Japan).

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• Long-term outlook: $ASTS stock has a lot of room to grow if the company delivers on its launch schedule, secures service contracts, and begins generating meaningful revenue. Successful deployment of satellites would validate Tuesday's rally; failure could trigger a sharp correction.

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😎 Vibe Check

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Thoughts on this week's newsletter?

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​ 🤑🤑🤑 Keep 'Em Coming, Big Boy ​

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​ 🤑🤑 Not Great, Not Terrible ​

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​ 🤑 Weak Sauce ​

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As always, thanks for reading and stay tuned for next week's edition!

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Tech Fizz Team, signing off 🫡

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