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Starbucks’s Snoopy cups 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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QQQ———————
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Adults are scooping up promotional items out of nostalgia — and playing into a frenzy around collectibles .

Source: MarketWatch

Starbucks (SBUX) since this story, compared with the market

Since the first closing price after “Starbucks’s Snoopy cups 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.

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Who reported a Starbucks (SBUX) trade near this story

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Where this story sits: Taiwan Strait

Taiwan Strait has 48 linked stories in the last 7 days and 48 in the last 30 on the page that also carries “Starbucks’s Snoopy cups 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 tied to this story

  • SBUX Starbucks

    In “Starbucks’s Snoopy cups 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

How a Taiwan Strait shock reaches Starbucks (SBUX)

The 19 Sep 2026 story “Starbucks’s Snoopy cups and McDonald’s SpongeBob toys are commanding huge markups on eBay” names Starbucks (SBUX) because of Taiwan Strait.

For Starbucks (SBUX), the reason on file says The reported development directly names STARBUCKS CORP in the headline; GA resolved that company to SBUX

The price range for Starbucks (SBUX), and the dates in the story

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

A simple score for Starbucks (SBUX)

14 out of 100

“Starbucks’s Snoopy cups and McDonald’s SpongeBob toys are commanding huge markups on eBay” scores 14 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 1 linked companies.