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Tuesday, October 13, 2026

JPMorgan third-quarter 2026 net income $15.3 billion, EPS $5.57, Markets revenue up 15%

JPMorgan reported third-quarter 2026 net income of $15.3 billion and diluted EPS of $5.57, up 10% from $5.07 a year earlier.

J&J Q3 2026 sales rise 5.9% to $25.4B; raises reported sales guidance

Johnson & Johnson reported third-quarter 2026 worldwide sales of $25.4 billion, up 5.9%, and adjusted EPS of $2.59, down 7.5%.

UnitedHealth Q3 2026 adjusted EPS $4.69 vs $2.92 a year ago; 2026 adjusted EPS floor raised to $20.50

UnitedHealth reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $112.7 billion, slightly below $113.2 billion a year earlier, and adjusted EPS of $4.69 against $2.92.

SK hynix closes down 10.1% in Seoul on CXMT claim and heavy foreign selling

SK hynix's Seoul shares closed 10.09% lower at 1,443,000 won on October 13, Samsung Electronics fell 7.39%, and the KOSPI closed down 5.46% at 6,035.35.

GE Vernova sets Q3 2026 results for October 28 before the open

GE Vernova will report third-quarter 2026 results before the market opens on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, with a webcast at 7:30 a.m.

China's central bank approves Visa's Application to Prepare for a domestic bankcard clearing business

The People's Bank of China approved Visa's Application to Prepare, which lets Visa begin formal preparations to set up a domestic bankcard clearing institution in China.

Marvell adds Alaska E 3.2T retimer and second-generation Alaska A 1.6T AEC DSP, both sampling

Marvell expanded its AI scale-up connectivity line with the Alaska E 3.2T protocol-aware retimer and a second-generation Alaska A 1.6T active electrical cable DSP, both now sampling to customers.

Goldman returned $4.49B in Q3 through buybacks and dividends

Goldman Sachs returned $4.49 billion to common shareholders in the third quarter, including $3.00 billion of buybacks and $1.49 billion of dividends.

Marvell, Microsoft and Oracle form OCP working group on server-level hardware security

Marvell, Microsoft and Oracle founded a new Open Compute Project working group to define an open specification for an integrated hardware security module at the server level.

Office 2021 and Windows 11 24H2 Home/Pro reach end of support on Oct. 13

Microsoft's lifecycle table lists October 13, 2026 as the end-of-support date for the Office 2021 family, including Publisher 2021 and Word 2021, and for Office LTSC 2021.

J&J declares $1.34 quarterly dividend for fourth quarter 2026

The Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $1.34 per share for the fourth quarter of 2026, announced alongside the third-quarter results.

Visa returns as title sponsor of the 2026 MAMA Awards

Visa announced it is returning as title sponsor of the 2026 MAMA Awards, the third straight year it has held the role after 2024 and 2025.

JPMorgan Chase files 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure

JPMorgan Chase filed a Form 8-K with the SEC on Oct 13, 2026, 9:38 AM ET, reporting an event dated Oct 13, 2026.

BitMine files 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure

BitMine filed a Form 8-K with the SEC on Oct 13, 2026, 8:45 AM ET, reporting an event dated Oct 12, 2026.

Johnson & Johnson files 8-K: Results of Operations (Item 2.02)

Johnson & Johnson filed a Form 8-K with the SEC on Oct 13, 2026, 8:12 AM ET, reporting an event dated Oct 13, 2026.

Goldman Sachs files 8-K: Results of Operations, Regulation FD Disclosure (Item 2.02)

Goldman Sachs filed a Form 8-K with the SEC on Oct 13, 2026, 7:32 AM ET, reporting an event dated Oct 13, 2026.

JPMorgan Chase files 8-K: Results of Operations (Item 2.02)

JPMorgan Chase filed a Form 8-K with the SEC on Oct 13, 2026, 6:30 AM ET, reporting an event dated Oct 13, 2026.

Novo Nordisk: 6-K filed (report of foreign private issuer)

A Form 6-K (report of foreign private issuer) relating to Novo Nordisk was filed with the SEC on Oct 13, 2026, 6:15 AM ET.

UnitedHealth files 8-K: Results of Operations (Item 2.02)

UnitedHealth filed a Form 8-K with the SEC on Oct 13, 2026, 6:14 AM ET, reporting an event dated Oct 13, 2026.

IonQ files 8-K: Material Agreement, Unregistered Equity Sale, Regulation FD Disclosure

IonQ filed a Form 8-K with the SEC on Oct 13, 2026, 6:03 AM ET, reporting an event dated Oct 9, 2026.

Monday, October 12, 2026

Palantir sets Q3 2026 results for Monday, November 2 with 5 p.m. ET webcast

Palantir announced on October 12, 2026 that it will release third-quarter 2026 results after the close of US markets on Monday, November 2.

Intel contributes to Open Adapter Card workgroup for standard sub-rack accelerator form factor

Intel said on October 12, at the OCP Global Summit, that it is contributing to the Open Adapter Card workgroup.

IonQ to acquire zero-trust security firm Elisity in all-stock deal valued up to $1.3 billion

IonQ agreed to acquire Elisity, a zero-trust security company, in an all-stock deal valued at up to $1.3 billion, including up to $150 million in performance earnouts.

Cerebras drops about 10% to post-IPO low on OpenAI, lock-up and sector worries

Cerebras shares fell about 10% on October 12, a post-IPO low well below the $185 IPO price, while the iShares Semiconductor ETF fell 2.5%.

Meta sets Q3 2026 results for October 21 after the close, with a 4:30 p.m. ET call

Meta announced on October 12, 2026 that it will release third-quarter 2026 results on Wednesday, October 21, after the market closes, with the conference call at 1:30 p.m.

Wells Fargo double-downgrades Adobe to Underweight with a $225 target

Wells Fargo analyst Michael Turrin moved Adobe from Overweight to Underweight and cut the price target to $225 from $270.

Bloom Energy sets third-quarter 2026 results for October 22

Bloom said it will report third-quarter 2026 financial results after the market close on October 22, 2026.

Meta shares rise about 3% on Muse retention data that rivals ChatGPT

Meta shares rose about 3% on October 12, 2026 to $739.68 per one report, after app-intelligence data showed Muse's early user retention rivaling ChatGPT's.

Meta releases Muse Wonder models to developers now, with Muse Wonder Full for Muse Code subscribers

Meta made two new frontier models available on October 12, 2026: Muse Wonder for developers through the Meta Model API and Muse Code, and Muse Wonder Full for Muse Code subscribers.

Marvell unveils second-generation Structera X CXL 3.2 memory expanders, sampling in Q1 2027

Marvell announced second-generation Structera X 3406 and 3506 CXL 3.2 memory expanders, which it calls the industry's first six-channel CXL 3.2 memory expanders for AI inference.

TI unveils 3 GSPS ADC and 800V isolated hot-swap controller for AI data centers

On October 12, at the Open Compute Project Global Summit, Texas Instruments introduced three data-center power products.

NVIDIA opens GTC Berlin coverage; Jensen Huang keynote set for October 21

NVIDIA's GTC Berlin page, posted October 12, says the event runs October 20 to 22 and that Jensen Huang gives the keynote on October 21 at 11 a.m.

Goldman Sachs declares $5.00 dividend payable December 30, 2026

Goldman Sachs declared a fourth-quarter 2026 common dividend of $5.00 per share on October 12, 2026, unchanged from the third quarter.

NVIDIA and Cisco announce USFP 400G-per-lane pluggable optics for AI factories

NVIDIA and Cisco announced plans for USFP, a high-density 400 Gb/s-per-lane optical module timed to the OCP Global Summit.

NVIDIA opens Vera Rubin rack designs to OCP and joins Open Data Center Specification v0.7

At the OCP Global Summit NVIDIA contributed its Vera Rubin rack and compute tray designs through the open MGX architecture and released four open-source DSX AI Factory components.

Cantor Fitzgerald cuts Amazon price target to $310 from $320, keeps Overweight

Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Deepak Mathivanan lowered his Amazon price target to $310 from $320 on October 12, 2026, and kept an Overweight rating ahead of the Q3 report.

Broadcom shares slip from $380 toward $350 on Microsoft chip and China reports

Broadcom shares reversed from a $380 resistance zone and moved toward $350 on October 12, 2026, trading around $357 at the time of the FX Leaders report.

Arista to demo rack-scale AI portfolio at OCP Global Summit, Booth E61

Arista said it will demonstrate its new rack-scale AI portfolio at the OCP Global Summit, October 12 to 15, 2026, at Booth E61.

SLV takes in $124M over the month to October 12 after a 15% year-to-date loss

Trefis data shows the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) at $54.415 as of October 12, 2026, down 15.0% year to date against a 14.8% gain for SPY.