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The U.S. dollar is firming up after August nonfarm payrolls came in stronger than expected, reigniting bets that the Federal Reserve still has room to move on rates. The jobs beat signals labor market resilience, and bond traders are repricing accordingly, with rate hike expectations climbing across the near-term horizon.
Shifting to tech, Taiwan Semiconductor is drawing fresh attention from analysts who see the stock surging by twenty-two percent before two thousand twenty six ends. The thesis rests on the sheer scale of AI infrastructure spending, with the five largest hyperscalers collectively planning one point three trillion dollars in capital expenditures next year, and TSMC sitting squarely in the middle of that demand chain.
And on Oracle, analysts are framing the company as a compelling buy ahead of next week's earnings report. The argument centers on strengthening cloud pricing trends and Oracle's deepening footprint in AI workloads, suggesting the print could serve as a meaningful catalyst for a stock that's been building momentum quietly.
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