Smart Finance

Issue 9 · October 12–18

Chip stocks keep falling and the S&P 500 heads for its worst week

The dollar ended the week at 18.48 pesos, up 0.32%. Fear in the market (19.99) rose 30.06%.

The week's story

Chip stocks keep falling and the S&P 500 heads for its worst week since June

AI summary · reviewed by Claude

Bloomberg says the index was down on Friday and headed for its worst week since June, with chipmakers under pressure. It is too early to tell whether the week ends that way or how far the AI worries spread beyond chip stocks.

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The dollar this week

USD/MXN
18.4790
+0.32 %
Fear index (VIX)
19.99
+30.06 %

Yahoo Finance · quotes delayed up to 15 min · Friday, October 16

What moved this week

Euro in pesos EUR/MXN +1.84 %
Apple AAPL +0.62 %
Euro in dollars EUR/USD +0.60 %
Nvidia NVDA −5.00 %
Nasdaq 100 QQQ −4.87 %
Amazon AMZN −4.40 %

Yahoo Finance · quotes delayed up to 15 min · Friday, October 16 · Monday-to-Friday change

This week's lesson

What inflation is, and how it hits you

5-minute read

Why the same money buys less over time, how a raise can still be a pay cut, and what central banks are actually doing when they raise rates.

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Educational content only — not financial, investment, or tax advice. Prices are the ones shown in the email that week; they are not updated.