📉 Netflix just fumbled, what’s next?

This week’s markets are anything but boring.

October 22, 2025

In partnership with

Good Morning & Happy Wednesday!

Earnings season is heating up, meme stocks are back, and AI continues to shake up everything from browsers to banking. 

In today’s edition: Tesla and Intel brace for big moves, Beyond Meat goes full rocket mode, and OpenAI, LangChain, and Nexos.ai push deeper into the enterprise AI race, plus, a closer look at gold’s plunge, Netflix’s stumble, and what it really means to be a rich-but-broke Millennial.

Grab you Flat White and let’s get into it! ☕️ 

After This Reddit Signal, $1,000 Turned into $5,300

July 15th: Reddit mentions of DOOR explode 3,968%
August 30th: The stock had gained 530%

The pattern repeated with OKLO: Reddit mentions surged over 800%, and now the stock is up 541% YTD.

It's happening again right now with stocks you've never heard of.

Here’s the truth: hedge funds and Reddit meme stock traders aren't smarter than you. They just get the signals first.

While you analyze earnings, they're watching Reddit sentiment shift in real-time. The data was public, it’s just that the tools weren't.

Until now.

AltIndex monitors 50,000+ Reddit comments daily. Every week, we send you the 3-5 stocks showing the strongest Reddit signals along with other alternative data before they hit mainstream media.

We’re also giving you a free 7-day trial of our app so you can see which stocks are gaining traction in real time.

The next 530% winner is already being talked about on Reddit. Will you catch it this time?

Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investing involves risk including possible loss of principal.

Market News

⏸️ Futures hit pause as investors brace for Tesla earnings after Netflix disappoints
U.S. stock futures held steady Wednesday after the Dow closed at a record high above 47,000, fueled by strong earnings from blue chips like GM and Coca-Cola. Nasdaq futures dipped 0.1% as investors turned their attention to Tesla’s earnings, due after the bell, the first of the "Magnificent Seven" to report. Key focus: the impact of the EV tax credit expiration and any fresh details on its robotaxi plans.

🏅 Gold Plunges From Record High With Biggest One-Day Decline in 12 Years
Gold’s historic rally hit a wall Tuesday, plunging 6%, its biggest one-day drop in 12 years. After touching nearly $4,400, spot gold fell to around $4,120, while silver dropped over 8% to $48.40. The pullback comes as optimism grows around a potential U.S.-China trade deal and an end to the government shutdown, easing the uncertainty that’s fueled precious metals this year. Even with the drop, gold remains up 57% in 2025.

📉 Netflix stock falls after earnings miss estimates
Netflix (NFLX) slipped over 6% premarket after missing on both revenue and earnings. Q3 revenue came in at $11.51B, just shy of estimates, while EPS of $5.87 missed by over a dollar. Margins also fell short due to a surprise tax charge in Brazil, though Netflix says the issue won’t have a long-term impact. Guidance for Q4 is strong, with revenue and earnings expected to beat Wall Street forecasts.

📈 Beyond Meat Stock Rockets 146% as Retail Traders Go for the Short Squeeze
Beyond Meat (BYND) just pulled off a meme stock miracle, soaring 146% Tuesday and over 600% in three days. The frenzy kicked off with its inclusion in Roundhill’s Meme Stock ETF and caught fire after news of a Walmart expansion deal. With over 63% of shares sold short, retail traders triggered a brutal squeeze, sending the stock from $0.50 to $3.60 in under a week. But despite the rally, Beyond’s fundamentals remain shaky, with losses piling up and demand for plant-based meats still fading.

👀 Here's What Traders Expect Intel Stock To Do After Earnings This Week
Intel (INTC) is bracing for a big post-earnings move Thursday, with options pricing in a nearly 10% swing. It’s the first report since Intel agreed to give the U.S. government a ~10% stake, a deal that’s drawn interest from AI players like Nvidia. A surprise beat could send shares to $42, their highest since April 2024, while a miss might drag them down to just above $32. Either way, volatility is coming.

This week in Tech

🤖 OpenAI Is Paying Ex-Investment Bankers $150 an Hour to Train Its AI
OpenAI’s new “Project Mercury” is putting Wall Street brains to work for AI. The company has hired over 100 former investment bankers, from JPMorgan, Goldman, and Morgan Stanley, paying them $150/hour to build financial models used to train AI. The goal? Automate the grunt work of junior bankers and prove AI’s value in real-world finance, even as OpenAI itself chases profitability after hitting a $500B valuation.

📊 OpenAI’s new browser puts Google in the hot seat, and Alphabet’s stock drops
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Atlas browser just rattled Google’s cage. Alphabet shares dropped over 4% after the launch, as investors questioned whether Chrome’s dominance might finally be under threat. With Atlas challenging Google’s core ecosystem, the AI browser wars may be just beginning.

💰️ Open source agentic startup LangChain hits $1.25B valuation
LangChain just hit unicorn status, raising $125M at a $1.25B valuation. The open-source startup, known for making it easier to build AI agents, is backed by IVP, Sequoia, CapitalG, and others. Founded in 2022, LangChain has evolved from a dev tool into a full platform with products like LangGraph and LangSmith, and it's still a GitHub favorite with 118K stars and counting.

🇨🇭 Ex-NordVPN founders’ Nexos.ai raises €30M to build a “Switzerland for LLMs”
Nexos.ai, launched in late 2024 by the founders of NordVPN, just raised €30M at a €300M valuation to tackle a growing enterprise challenge: secure AI adoption without risking data leaks. Positioning itself as a “Switzerland for LLMs,” the startup offers an AI Workspace and AI Gateway that unify access to 200+ models while enforcing security, compliance, and cost controls, a sharp contrast to more narrowly focused rivals. With rapid traction and plans to expand across Europe and North America, Nexos is quickly becoming a force in enterprise AI infrastructure.

Invest & Strategies

🔎 This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Could Be the Next Trillion-Dollar Giant
Oracle might just be the next AI stock to crack the trillion-dollar mark. Already sitting near $790 billion in market cap, it's been on a 2025 tear with nearly 70% YTD gains, outpacing the likes of Nvidia, Microsoft, and Meta. The common thread? Like Apple and Amazon, Oracle is doubling down on AI, and Wall Street’s paying attention. If momentum holds, we could soon see a new name in the 13-digit club.

🫧 Here's What Traders Expect Intel Stock To Do After Earnings This Week
All eyes are on Intel this Thursday. With Q3 earnings dropping after the bell, traders are bracing for a potential 10% swing, nearly double the chipmaker’s recent average. This marks Intel’s first report since agreeing to hand the U.S. government a ~10% stake, a move that’s drawn interest from AI giants like Nvidia. A big beat could send shares to $42, their highest since April 2024, but a miss? We’re talking back down to $32.

🤔 Are Millennials Doomed?
Millennials are the richest generation for their age in U.S. history, and yet, many feel broke. While they’ve outpaced their parents financially by this point in life, they’re still lagging on key milestones like homeownership and starting families. This “richer yet poorer” paradox came up in a panel I joined last week at The Manhattan Institute, and it’s clear: money shapes where Millennials live, how they vote, and what their futures look like.

📈 3 Charts That Caught My Eye
New cars now average $50,000, with over 60 models priced above $75K, a mix of inflation, tech upgrades, and America’s shift to SUVs is driving costs up, forcing many buyers into 84-month loans just to make it work. Meanwhile, young investors are piling into the stock market like never before, and while some may pick up bad habits, the long-term compounding power of starting early is a major win. On a more sobering note, wealth and health are becoming increasingly intertwined, the richest 10% live nearly nine years longer than the poorest 20%, highlighting a growing gap that could deepen as the U.S. population ages.

👀