2025 Recap: The Opportunities I Regret Missing — and the Lessons the Market Etched Into Me 📉📈
2025 will go down as one of those years that felt emotionally longer than it was on the calendar. It was a year where headlines moved markets faster than fundamentals, where fear and euphoria alternated with dizzying speed, and where the line between discipline and impulse was tested almost daily. From Trump’s return to center stage and the policy uncertainty that followed 🇺🇸, to artificial intelligence reshaping capital allocation at a pace I had never seen before 🤖, to gold quietly rewriting its own history while equity investors were distracted by megacaps — 2025 was not just a trading year. It was a psychological endurance test. Looking back, the question that matters most isn’t how much was made, but what was learned, what was missed, and what scars were earned along the way. ⸻
Tiger Weekly: Record-Breaking US Rally Led by Tech & Metals, Fed Minutes Eyed Ahead
Last Week's Recap1. The US Market - Major indices reaching record highsDriven by robust economic data and positive investor sentiment last week. The $Dow Jones(.DJI)$ rose by approximately 1.2%, closing at 48,710.97; $S&P 500(.SPX)$ surged by about 1.4%, closing at a new record high of 6,929.94. The $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ increased by around 1.2%, ending the week at 23,593.096. GDP acceleration:GDP expanded at an annualized rate of 4.3% in the July-through-September period versus the consensus forecast for 3.2%, the fastest in two years. 2026 rate outlook: the Fed's minutes contributed to the positive market sentiment, bond market trading continued to support prosp
$Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ It’s been almost two months since that strange Q3 earnings gap-down, where a massive $16 billion one-time tax charge from the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" made the profits look like they were in a freefall. Even though the actual business was firing on all cylinders, the market took the stock on a downward slide, leaving many to wonder if the recovery was ever coming. But like a slow-moving merry-go-round, the share price has spent the last eight weeks carving out a bottom and climbing its way back to that exact gap-down level. Watching this circular journey confirms why I prefer the steady rhythm of selling premium over the stress of the ride. While the stock price did a ful
$Globalstar(GSAT)$ sharing profitable stock trade for coins. The trade that keep giving. Already up 100% of paper profit and also added some additional shares on the way up. Managed to get into GSAT while the market were busy with AI and other trades. And then recent weeks 2 good news on spare/Satellite providing tail winds to GSAT. AAPL expanding its satellite technology on their phones and GSAT is set to benefit. And then one of the hottest private company SpaceX is rumoured to be preparing for a blockbuster IPO which will likely provide revaluation on existing space centric companies if SpaceX is prices at premium.
$Alphabet(GOOG)$ Alphabet (GOOG) remains a dominant force in the tech sector, supported by strong financials and AI-driven growth, though current valuation metrics suggest caution.
$Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM)$ a bit premium. sold off most of it for some meals, just holding a little bit. Expect growth in 2026 and will buy it again soon.