Daily Charts - Small Caps vs. Nasdaq: 20-Year Downtrend
1.Small Caps $iShares Russell 2000 ETF(IWM)$ relative to the Nasdaq $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ over the last 20 years.. basically just straight down, awful 📉📉📉A line chart displaying the performance of Russell 2000 shares (IWM) relative to the Nasdaq over 20 years. The chart shows a downward trend from 2004 to 2024, with price movements marked on a vertical axis ranging from 0.0 to 1.5 and a horizontal timeline from 2004 to 2024. Text labels include "Russell 2000 Shares (IWM)" and timestamps like "Oct 2023" and "Mar 2024."2.U.S. Stocks are underperforming the rest of the world by the largest margin since 2009A bar chart displaying yearly price gains of US equity MSCI USA versus MSCI ACWI ex US since 1995. Bars vary
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While a market rally persists, underlying issues—both technical and macroeconomic—are surfacing. The macro environment, specifically, has revealed a profound contradiction: a simultaneous combination of a soft jobs market, weakening service sector activity, and persistent inflationary pressure.This precarious macroeconomic setup has fueled market optimism. The ongoing US government shutdown has caused a “data blackout,” preventing the release of critical official indicators like the monthly jobs report. In the absence of this data, markets are heavily relying on private-sector reports, such as the ADP’s finding that the private sector shed 32,000 jobs in September. This soft labor reading has bolstered investor confidence in an imminent Federal Reserve rate cut this month.However, a closer
Logistics Focused REITs Comparison @ 1 October 2025
$AIMS APAC Reit(O5RU.SI)$$ESR REIT(9A4U.SI)$$Mapletree Log Tr(M44U.SI)$$EC World Reit(BWCU.SI)$$Daiwa Hse Log Tr(DHLU.SI)$ Below is a comparison using the latest data from comparison tables on S-REITs Comparison page. The most favorable figures are marked in blue and given a +1 score, while the least favorable are in red with a -1 score. The highest score in each category determines the winner. Note that this is a simple comparison without weightage assigned to each figure. Image Generated by Go
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$Apple(AAPL)$ is one of the 20 securities analyzed 2X per week in the Weekly Compass using the weekly timeframe and including more indicators with price levels as targets and risk management tool.A long term bullish setup is complete for Apple, if the market takes a healthy breather this stock can consolidate the current volume at price and overheated RSI before bullish continuation. More details using the link in bio. $Invesco QQQ(QQQ)$$SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$$SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust(DIA)$$iShares Russell 2000 ETF(IWM)$ ImageFor whom haven't open CBA
$NVIDIA(NVDA)$ : Everything looks good in the daily, perhaps a consolidation to $182 given the overbought oscillator and indecisive price action on Thursday and Friday. However, a long term RSI divergence analyzed in the weekly compass along with a crucial crossover could be validated next week. Managing risk is key, since the strongest support nearby is at $181.ImageFor whom haven't open CBA can know more from below:🏦 Open a CBA today and enjoy privileges of up to SGD 20,000 in trading limit with 0 commission. Trade SG, HK, US stocks as well as ETFs unlimitedly!Find out more here:💰Join the TB Contra Telegram Group to Get $10 Trading Vouchers Now🎉
Tesla’s Q3 delivery beat—up 7% YoY 📦⚡—even without the U.S. EV tax credit. That’s solid. But Wall Street wasn’t impressed. Shares dropped –5.1% 📉 as concerns over shrinking margins 💸 and fading policy support 🏛️ cast doubt on Tesla’s 2025 outlook. So… is the momentum ending?[Helpless] 💬 My Take: 7% YoY growth is respectable 👍, especially in a tougher macro and policy backdrop Can it sustain? Maybe not at high double digits—but short-term momentum still has room to run 🏎️📈 I’m vested in Tesla and watching closely 👀. Margins matter, but innovation and scale still drive upside 🚀 Bottom Line: Tesla’s growth isn’t gone—it’s just evolving[Surprised] 🔄 Short-term? Still bullish [Sly]💪 Long-term? Needs margin clarity[Glance] 🧭⚡ @JC888 <
<Full Article> Q3/2025 earnings start with Delta - Preview of the week starting 06Oct25
Economic Calendar: Key Market Movers (week of 06Oct25) Public Holidays There are no public holidays in Singapore and the USA. China is closed from 1st to 8th October for the Golden Week. Hong Kong will be closed on October 7, 2025, for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Market Outlook and Key Economic Events Impending Market Volatility from Economic Data: The upcoming week features several key economic data releases that are anticipated to introduce market volatility. Fixed Income Analysis: Investor sentiment following the recent Federal Reserve interest rate decision can be gauged by observing the pricing of 10-year Note and 30-year Bond options. Should bond rates continue to rise, a potential shift of capital from stocks and equities toward fixed-income assets is expected. Federal Reserve Guidance
<Part 1 of 5> Economic Calendar: Key Market Movers (week of 06Oct25)
Economic Calendar: Key Market Movers (week of 06Oct25) Public Holidays There are no public holidays in Singapore and the USA. China is closed from 1st to 8th October for the Golden Week. Hong Kong will be closed on October 7, 2025, for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Market Outlook and Key Economic Events Impending Market Volatility from Economic Data: The upcoming week features several key economic data releases that are anticipated to introduce market volatility. Fixed Income Analysis: Investor sentiment following the recent Federal Reserve interest rate decision can be gauged by observing the pricing of 10-year Note and 30-year Bond options. Should bond rates continue to rise, a potential shift of capital from stocks and equities toward fixed-income assets is expected. Federal Reserv
<Part 2 of 5> Earnings Calendar (06Oct25) - Delta airlines for you?
Earnings Calendar (06Oct25) I am interested in the coming earnings for Delta Airlines and Levi’s. Let's take a deep dive into Delta Air Lines. The stock price for Delta Air Lines (DAL) has demonstrated strong performance, achieving a 16.19% increase year-over-year. However, a divergence exists between technical and fundamental analysis: Technical Analysis: Based on technical indicators, the current recommendation is a Sell rating. Analyst Sentiment: Conversely, a consensus of analyst ratings points to a Strong Buy recommendation. The average price target is set at $70.31, which suggests a potential upside of 22.79% from the current price. This disparity highlights a need for investors to reconcile short-term technical si
<Part 3 of 5> Market outlook of S&P500 - what 20+ indicators say
Market Outlook of S&P500 (06Oct25) Technical observations: MACD analysis indicates a bullish uptrend. The Exponential Moving Averages (EMA) are aligned in an uptrend, which supports a bullish outlook. Both the 50-period and 200-period Moving Averages (MA) are showing an uptrend, suggesting a bullish market sentiment in both the short and long term. The Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) is positive at 0.21, which confirms that there has been an influx of buying volume over the last 20 periods. Technical analysis on the daily interval strongly supports a Strong Buy rating. This consensus is based on 22 technical indicators signalling a buy, with zero indicators signalling a sell. This alignment suggests significant short-term positi
<Part 4 of 5> News and my thoughts from the past week (06Oct25) - Soya, Mag7 & debts
News and my thoughts from the past week (06Oct25) Soybean farmer: I get up one morning, I turn the news on and we gave $20 billion of taxpayer money to Argentina, my competition. And then the Chinese buy $12 or $14 billion worth of soybeans from the Argentinians. - From X user FactPost In the coming economic challenges, the Federal government’s fiscal mismanagement is going to add to the complications. Money printing, monetary misappropriation, and fraud are funnelling the country into a cocktail of challenges like social and ideological divide, geopolitical tensions, tariffs, military conflicts and more. Let us brace ourselves. What should we do to prepare ourselves as global citizens? The Mag7 have driven 60% of the S&P 500 gains in 2025. Combined, these firms employ just 1.6m Americ
<Part 5 of 5> My Investing Muse (06Oct25) - layoffs, bankruptcy, closure, recession & leverage
My Investing Muse (06Oct25) Layoffs, Bankruptcy & Closure news A bar chart displaying employers\' planned job additions in the US from 2011 to 2025, with data points for each September. Green bars vary in height, representing the number of jobs, with the y-axis labeled up to 1,000,000 and the x-axis showing years. The 2025 bar is notably low. Text overlay reads "Employers in US Dial Back Hiring Intentions, Planned job additions were the weakest for any September since 2011" and includes the Bloomberg watermark. Auto Parts Supplier First Brands Group Bankruptcy’s Spells Potential Trouble for Loads of People Who Own a Car, Truck, or SUV - MotorTrend NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Two auto sector bankruptcies have rattled parts of the U.S. credit market, raising concerns about a deteriorat
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It's hard to believe a bear market is inbound anytime soon when we just had a big correction in the market THIS YEAR already. Short term pullbacks will be gifts. The runway is still 2-3 years before the next bear market. There's lots of opportunities on the horizon. Lots of money to be made... Be open minded to what's possible and you WILL grow your account. When you see stocks like $HOOD, $NBIS $CRWV, $MSTR $BTC $ETH $PLTR print new all time highs and the SP500 and Nasdaq continue to be bought up, these are not indications of a top incoming. The market is efficient and extremely resilient. Q4 will present many difference ways for you to go from 4 figures to 5 figures beyond. Stay patient and poised. Let's crush this quarter together. 🫡
$TSLL is the 2x leveraged fund of Tesla $TSLA. I like the chances of price breaking out next week now that we've reached this apex, and at the very least running back to the 50 DMA, which currently sits at $20.33. Over the 50 DMA, $TSLL has clear skies to drift back up to the $24s. I still firmly believe we are going to see new ATHs for Tesla soon 📈