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Halal investing, the US market and analysis built on our platform's data.
Tesla's Q3 report on October 21: what to watch
Tesla delivered more cars than expected, but last quarter its profit fell short. What EPS is, where ~$0.45 comes from and what to watch in the October 21 report.
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Anthropic plans to go public: $2T expected — who sets that price?
AI company Anthropic is reportedly preparing a November IPO. What an IPO is, where the $2T figure comes from, why one analyst says $150B, and why the date is not official yet.
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Will Tesla and SpaceX merge? For now it is a rumor — nothing is confirmed
Barclays says a Tesla–SpaceX merger announcement could come before December. Neither company has confirmed anything. What a share-swap merger is and how to tell a rumor from a fact.
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Indonesia's market falls 11% in a day: the MSCI proposal and why index funds are forced to sell
On October 16 the Jakarta exchange saw its biggest one-day drop since 1998. The cause was a single MSCI proposal. How index funds work and what to watch next.
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US inflation rose to 3.7%: why it matters for stocks
The September report released on October 14: prices up 3.7% over a year, core prices faster than expected. What happened, how markets reacted and what to watch on October 27–28.
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Chip stocks crash: Korea's market drops 7.6% in a day — what happened and why
On October 15 the Kospi fell 7.57%, trading was halted for 20 minutes, and AI and chip stocks lost $1T+ in four days. The causes, the market reaction and what to watch next.
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Tesla shows a "flying" Roadster: does it really fly, and how did the stock react
On October 15 Tesla unveiled the new Roadster: a compressed-air hop, 0–60 mph in 0.81 s and a 2028 start. What happened, how TSLA reacted and what to watch next.
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Fed rates, inflation and the stock market: the minimum macro for investors
What the Fed rate and CPI are, why they move stocks and how a halal investor relates to interest rates — the minimum to know without being an economist.
Market review5 min read - Research
Short interest: what short positions tell you (and is shorting halal?)
What short interest and days to cover mean, how to read FINRA data, what it doesn't tell you — and what scholars say about short selling.
Research6 min read - Guide
Insider buying: what happens when executives buy their own stock
When a CEO or director buys company stock with their own money — is it a signal? How to read SEC Form 4, what research says, and where it's easy to go wrong.
Guide5 min read - Research
What share of the US stock market is halal? A sector breakdown
Our own screening data: how many of 5,403 US stocks are halal, which sectors have the most and which have almost none, and what usually fails them.
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Price alerts and watchlists: follow the market without watching it all day
The US market is open in the evening and at night in Tashkent. How a watchlist and price alerts let you catch the right moment without staring at charts.
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How to use the stock screener: 5 ready-made filters
Turn thousands of US stocks into a short list in minutes: 5 ready-made filter recipes by halal status, quality, growth and liquidity.
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Trading journal: what to record and how to analyse the results
A journal isn't a notebook — it shows which of your decisions make money and which lose it. What to record, which numbers to watch, and CSV import.
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Why you should trade on a demo account first
A demo account is a free practice ground: test your plan, find mistakes cheaply and build statistics. How to use it and where it differs from the real market.
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Position size and risk/reward: the 2 questions before every trade
How many shares to buy and whether the trade is worth it — work out both before you enter. Formulas, a worked example and the most common mistakes.
Guide4 min read - Halal investing
Haram revenue you can't see from the industry label: pork, weapons, casinos
Pork hides under "Packaged Foods", weapons under "Aerospace & Defense". What automated screening misses and how we catch it by hand.
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Why a company's cash affects whether its stock is halal
Lots of cash sounds like a good sign — but halal screening checks it separately. What counts, what doesn't, and where we are stricter than AAOIFI.
Halal investing5 min read - Research
SPAC mergers and splits: why halal screening can go wrong
After a reverse split or a SPAC merger the market cap can inflate many times over and an indebted company can look "halal". How we catch these errors.
Research6 min read - Halal investing
A halal portfolio for beginners: 5 steps
We won't tell you which stocks to buy — that's your call. The process for building and keeping a halal portfolio: screening, diversification, purification and re-checks.
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The trap in halal screening of ADR stocks (TSM, BABA…)
Halal ratios for a foreign company's US-listed shares (ADRs) go wrong easily: currency, the ADS ratio, a broken market cap. Our own mistakes and safeguards.
Halal investing6 min read - Research
Our signal results: open report for Q3 2026
146 signals, 139 closed, 61% win rate, +1.3% average. Alongside the good numbers — the bad ones too: losses, weak weeks and the limits of the calculation.
Research4 min read - Guide
US market hours in Tashkent time: pre-market, regular session, after-hours
When the US market opens and closes in Tashkent, why it opens an hour later from 2 November, plus holidays and short days — all in one place.
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Halal ETFs: SPUS, HLAL and others — which one suits what
Six US-listed Shariah ETFs: which index each tracks, what it costs, what's inside and which goal each one fits.
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Earnings season: what to watch and how it affects halal status
Every quarter US companies report: prices jump and halal ratios get updated. What to look at during the season and how to re-check your portfolio.
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Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, Amazon, Meta, Tesla — are they halal?
The seven most-asked tech giants: how to check them, what to look at in each one, and why even halal ETFs don't give the same answer.
Halal investing5 min read - Market review
Weekly market recap: September 28 – October 2, 2026
S&P 500 −0.3% on the week, Nasdaq +0.5%, Dow −1.3%. Chip equipment rallied, gold and healthcare fell. Our signals had a negative week.
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What a signal is and isn't: TP/SL, probability and track record
A signal is not a guarantee — it's a notice that a rule was met. How to read one, what TP/SL mean and which numbers to judge results by.
Guide3 min read - Market review
September 2026: stocks that left and joined the halal list
In September 132 stocks left the halal list and 105 joined. The main reasons, examples — and one important methodology fix.
Market review3 min read - Guide
Dividends, zakat and tax: a practical guide for US stock holders
How much US tax is withheld from dividends, what to declare in Uzbekistan, and how zakat on shares is calculated — with one worked example.
Guide4 min read - Research
Why most pre-market stops are false
In our own data, more than half of the stops triggered outside regular hours came from a bogus price print. How it happens and what to do.
Research3 min read - Halal investing
The "doubtful" category: film, music and scholarly disagreement
Why Netflix, Disney and Spotify are not on our halal list — yet not labelled "haram" either. How we handle a disputed question.
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CFDs vs real stocks: the difference and why it matters for halal
Your app says "you bought Apple", but you may not own the share at all. How CFDs work and why to be careful.
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Buying US stocks from Uzbekistan: a broker comparison
Interactive Brokers, Freedom Finance, Hyssa, Amana and local apps: who accepts Uzbek residents, real shares or CFDs, and what to check.
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AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 in plain language
The most widely used standard for halal stock screening: the two-step test, the three ratios and how it differs from other methods.
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How to calculate purification for a halal stock
Even a halal company earns a little interest. A simple formula and worked example for how much of your dividend to give to charity.
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Why does a stock's halal status change?
A stock that was halal yesterday can leave the list today. The four main reasons — and why none of them is a bug.
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