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Inovio Pharmaceuticals long trade returns 118%

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  1. 1Inovio Pharmaceuticals long trade returns 118%
  2. 2US midterms market ended close to start after sharp swings
  3. 3Nasdaq 100 extends losses to -5.5%, near bear market
  4. 4Cash 71 years, Bonds 53 years, Stocks 24 years to 10x money
  5. 5Kihan Constitutional Computing launch – enforceable AI authority
  6. 6Voice AI Benchmarks - Cekura Bench launched for STT/TTS
  7. 7Quest personal agent announced, offers memory layer and coordination

Inovio Pharmaceuticals ($INO) long position entered at $0.91 on 26 October yielded a 118% return after the FDA decision on INO-3107. The trade survived a catalyst drawdown when the stock closed at $0.60 on decision day before reaching the target.

Key points

  • Entry price $0.91 on 26 October

  • Take-profit $4 and stop $0.50

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US midterms market ended close to start after sharp swings

US midterms market ended close to where it started after a week of sharp swings, with the S&P 500 up about 1.6% on election day. The week showed large intraday moves despite a flat weekly close.

Key points

  • S&P 500 rose about 1.6% on Wednesday, exceeding options pricing for election day.

  • Iron butterfly (7,620/7,720/7,820) credit 67.00 points yielded a hypothetical gain of roughly $3,562 per contract at expiry.

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Nasdaq 100 extends losses to -5.5%, near bear market

Nasdaq 100 fell 5.5% on the day, heading toward its biggest daily decline since April 2025. The index is about 5% away from bear market territory.

Key points

  • Daily loss: -5.5%

  • Closest bear market distance: ~5% away

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Cash 71 years, Bonds 53 years, Stocks 24 years to 10x money

Cash, bonds, and stocks require 71, 53, and 24 years respectively to achieve a tenfold return assuming historical rates of return. The post frames short-term safety as costly to long-term wealth.

Key points

  • Cash: 71 years to 10× return.

  • Bonds: 53 years to 10× return.

  • Stocks: 24 years to 10× return.

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Kihan Constitutional Computing launch – enforceable AI authority

Kihan launches Constitutional Computing, a mathematical architecture that separates AI proposals from authority to commit actions. Inktomi evaluates proposed actions, issues signed single-use permits, and records decisions, with a median governance decision time of 1.22 ms.

Key points

  • Constitutional Computing separates what AI proposes from the authority to commit consequential actions.

  • Median time for the governance decision is 1.22 ms in Kihan’s benchmark harness.

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Voice AI Benchmarks - Cekura Bench launched for STT/TTS

Cekura Bench launched as a voice AI benchmark covering STT, TTS, speech-to-speech and voice agent platforms. It includes tests on 50+ models from OpenAI, Google, Nvidia and others, measuring naturalness, performance and cost.

Key points

  • 50+ models from OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, xAI, Inworld, Gradium, Assembly, Fish audio benchmarked.

  • Tests cover Speech-to-Speech, Speech-to-Text, Text-to-Speech and Voice Agent platforms using real human tasks.

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Quest personal agent announced, offers memory layer and coordination

Quest personal agent announced, adds a memory layer around your life and gives other agents context for tasks. It can brief agents on budget, seat preference and avoid red-eye flights.

Key points

  • Memory layer: builds context from your life for specific tasks

  • Coordination: can brief Muse to book travel with budget, seat preference, and no red-eyes

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This digest is also a plain Markdown file in the ai-resources repository on GitHub.

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