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Snoopy cups at Starbucks and McDonald’s SpongeBob toys are commanding huge markups on eBay

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Adults are scooping up promotional items out of nostalgia — and playing into a frenzy around collectibles .

Directly affected

  • SBUX Starbucks

    Named in this report.

  • EBAY Ebay

    Named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • SPY SPDR S&P 500

    The broad U.S. stock market

  • TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond

    Long-term U.S. government bonds

  • QQQ Invesco QQQ

    Large technology stocks

  • GLD SPDR Gold Shares

    Gold can move with the broad market

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

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The price since 20 Sep 2026: Starbucks (SBUX) versus the S&P 500

Since the first closing price after “Snoopy cups at Starbucks and McDonald’s SpongeBob toys are commanding huge markups on eBay,” Starbucks (SBUX) is +3.14%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.89% over the same days, a +4.04% difference versus the market.

SBUX
SPY

Official trades in Starbucks (SBUX) around 20 Sep 2026

Public disclosure filings, not a recommendation. The filing link is the source document. News use of these reports still sits under 5 U.S.C. § 13107(c).

How busy Taiwan Strait has been lately

Taiwan Strait has 48 linked stories in the last 7 days and 48 in the last 30 on the page that also carries “Snoopy cups at Starbucks and McDonald’s SpongeBob toys are commanding huge markups on eBay.” The recent pace is rising.

Who gains and who loses around Starbucks (SBUX)

Companies carried with this story

  • SBUX Starbucks

    For “Snoopy cups at Starbucks and McDonald’s SpongeBob toys are commanding huge markups on eBay,” Starbucks (SBUX) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: The reported development directly names STARBUCKS CORP in the headline; GA resolved that company to SBUX

From Taiwan Strait to Starbucks (SBUX)

“Snoopy cups at Starbucks and McDonald’s SpongeBob toys are commanding huge markups on eBay” (20 Sep 2026) reaches Starbucks (SBUX) through Taiwan Strait.

What ties Starbucks (SBUX) to the headline is this: The reported development directly names STARBUCKS CORP in the headline; GA resolved that company to SBUX

Price levels for Starbucks (SBUX)

SBUX traded between 87.35 and 98.40 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 97.87.

How strong the case is around Starbucks (SBUX)

17 out of 100

“Snoopy cups at Starbucks and McDonald’s SpongeBob toys are commanding huge markups on eBay” scores 17 out of 100. The score uses 1 linked companies.