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VP of Marketing @DefianceInvest • Masters of Law @USC ✌🏼 • #ChiefsKingdom • UFC Fan 💪🏽 • Former @GopherFootball QB Manager 🏈

Miami, FL
Joined June 2011
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“It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.” - Mark Twain
⚛️ $IBM has unveiled its most advanced quantum computer yet, powered by its Nighthawk processor. Now operational at the University of Chicago, the system marks a major milestone in Illinois’ push to become the global capital for quantum computing. newsroom.ibm.com/2026-11-06-…
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🚨 Shield AI is acquiring radar maker Echodyne in a $5.3 billion deal, expanding its capabilities in counter-drone defense technology. The company is also raising $2.5 billion in financing at a $28.8 billion valuation, more than doubling its $12.7 billion valuation from March. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Can we just not open the KOSPI tonight?
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Narrator “it didn’t last” *PHILADELPHIA SEMICONDUCTOR INDEX SINKS 12%, MOST SINCE 2020
This... won't last
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US industrial capacity has been eroding for decades, and with it the fortunes of our middle class and to an extent, our national security. Data center development and our leadership in AI can reverse that trend, finally. Current hysteria to block all projects everywhere is a gift to China.
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Congrats. You just killed AI. And now we’re all poor.
Top of the Democratic agenda on day 1 needs to be a pause on advanced AI development, regulation of this out of control industry, and a ban on artificial superintelligence.
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OUR TECH BROTHERS ARE PUTTING IT ALL ON THE LINE IN NASDAQISTAN FOR THE SHAREHOLDERS
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Historic day of selling. And it is only Noon.
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AI investors navigating the Blue Tsunami
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*HEDGE FUND WALLEYE TO RETURN PART OF ITS CAPITAL: CLIENT LETTER
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AI is now Allen Iverson again.
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Hyperscalers 📈
Hyperscalers ripping and neoclouds dipping. Nature is healing
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👀 ICYMI Defiance CIO @SylviaJabz joined @YahooFinance as a guest Co-host this morning to discuss the election results and what it means for markets.
Stock futures are rising as Democrats are set to control both chambers of Congress. Here’s what that means for markets. @pras_S and @byjakeconley break it down with Defiance ETFs CIO Sylvia Jablonski on The 8:30.
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BREAKING: Sky News Arabia reports that most major Israeli hospitals are operating at high alert and expanding emergency department operations
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🚨The secretary of the supreme national security council in Iran rejects the latest U.S. position on the deal to resume the ceasefire and launch negotiations
پاسخ آمریکا به حقوق و مطالبات ایران قانع‌کننده نبود و آن‌ها باید کامل و صریح هفت شرط ایران را پاسخ داده و به آن عمل کنند؛ تنها در این صورت تنگه هرمز باز خواهد شد.
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Marvell Technology $MRVL has agreed to acquire Lumentum $LITE in a $115 billion all-stock transaction. The deal combines Marvell’s semiconductor technology with Lumentum’s optical networking capabilities, targeting surging demand for high-speed connectivity across AI data centers. The companies expect the transaction to expand their combined addressable market to $550 billion. cnbc.com/2026/11/02/marvell-…
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Next Saturday’s college football slate is simply generational 🤩
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AIR FRANCE SAYS FLIGHTS TO AND FROM RIYADH ARE SUSPENDED UNTIL DEC 12, 2026 AIR FRANCE SAYS FLIGHTS TO AND FROM DUBAI ARE SUSPENDED UNTIL NOV 7, 2026
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Shares of $PURR are up 15% pre-market after @standuquesne announced his investment in trade(xyz).
Introducing $PUR — the first 2X Long PURR ETF. 2x daily exposure to Hyperliquid Strategies $PURR, the digital asset treasury company accumulating HYPE, the native token of Hyperliquid, a high-performance blockchain built for on chain trading and perpetual futures. Now trading on the @NasdaqExchange! Learn More: defianceetfs.com/pur
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