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When the Department of Justice successfully blocked the merger of JetBlue and Spirit Airlines earlier this week, we knew it would be an ongoing story. However, very few people saw it taking the turn it did today, with Dave Portnoy (aka “Davey Day Trader”) emerging from the shadows and rallying fellow retail traders behind the company.

Let’s see what happened. 👀

As we’ve been highlighting for a long time, investors and traders continue to seek opportunities in the micro and small-cap healthcare space in hopes of a buyout.

With the most prominent players sitting on tons of cash and needing their next growth driver, it seems like there’s a new company being acquired every day. 🤑

While everyone is looking at the S&P 500 closing above 5,000 as this week’s stat of the week, MarketWatch is flagging another wild data point. 🚨

As you can see from the headline snippet above, Nvidia is now worth as much as the entire Chinese stock market. While several stocks already have achieved this feat, they’re bigger conglomerates with many businesses under one roof. But Nvidia is a chip designer and manufacturer with a more straightforward business model, making this that much crazier of an occurrence.