AMD Earnings Preview: High Stakes for the Data Center and the Bridge to MI455 Global semiconductor giant $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ is set to release its Q4 earnings after the closing bell on February 3, Eastern Time. Previously, the market narrative surrounding a shortage of server CPUs drove a rally for both $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ and $Intel(INTC)$ , but this momentum was briefly interrupted by Intel's disappointing financial results. Recently, market sentiment has been tested by rumors suggesting a delay in the mass pro
A memory-chip meltdown has hit South Korea’s stock market.
Korean shares plunged 5% today, triggering a circuit breaker. Around midday, the Korea Exchange stepped in with a temporary trading halt, restricting sell orders to prevent panic selling from snowballing into even greater volatility. The sell-off was largely driven by profit-taking after a strong rally. The recent slide in memory stocks isn’t just about chips—it’s a "perfect storm" of outside factors: 📉 Silver Crash: Silver's wild drop triggered massive margin calls. Traders are selling their "winners" (like Micron/SanDisk) just to cover their losses. 🪙 Crypto Drag: Bitcoin’s dip below $78k is pulling down high-growth tech. The algorithms see them as the same "risky" basket. 💰 Profit Taking: After a 2025 where memory prices jumped 170%+, investors are finally hitting the "sell" bu
$Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ 1. Why Palantir is down despite strong recent gains Palantir’s share price is weaker in early 2026 with a ~18% drawdown from recent highs and pressure on high-beta tech names at the start of the year. Softness reflects risk-off behaviour in the broader market rather than a fundamental collapse. Palantir has delivered strong performance over the past few years, mirroring classic momentum and AI-driven positioning in software. Market psychology has been volatile as AI-linked stocks rotate, and some longer-term holders take profits after outsized moves. Price action does not necessarily imply deterioration in Palantir’s core growth trends. 2. Fundamental expectations for Q4 2025 (reported 2 Feb 202
Would I sell or add at $4,600? I would add selectively, not sell, assuming this is not a forced-liquidity event. A dip of this magnitude after a parabolic move is consistent with position cleansing, not trend failure. The key is position sizing, not conviction. Is the bull market still intact? Yes, structurally. The correction looks like a volatility reset rather than a regime change. Why the bull case still holds Macro floor remains firm: real yields are capped, fiscal deficits persist, and central-bank gold accumulation remains strong. Geopolitical and policy risk premiums have not unwound meaningfully. Demand is diversifying: central banks, long-term allocators, and retail hedgers are all present, not just fast money. What this move likely was A crowded positioning shake-out after extre
Is this short-term deleveraging or a deeper trend shift? Near term: deleveraging. Medium term: narrative stress. The current move has all the hallmarks of a forced unwind rather than a fundamental collapse. ETF outflows, reduced risk appetite, and tighter liquidity conditions are pressuring leveraged positioning. That said, the divergence versus gold is real and matters. Crypto is behaving like a high-beta liquidity asset, not a defensive store of value, which weakens the “digital gold” framing in this phase of the cycle. This does not kill the long-term thesis, but it re-anchors crypto firmly to global liquidity, not safe-haven demand. Are you buying the dip or staying on the sidelines? I would not aggressively buy this first leg down. Historically, sharp crypto drawdowns linked to macro
My focus today is on $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ ahead of its Q4 2025 earnings release after the U.S. market close. Consensus expects revenue of about $1.34B, EPS of $0.23, already slightly above management’s prior guidance, meaning expectations are not low going into the print. Growth continues to be driven by strong AI demand across both government & commercial segments. Government revenue is supported by rising defense spending & contracts like the $448M Navy deal, while commercial revenue momentum remains key, following last quarter’s triple-digit U.S. growth. Ongoing adoption of AIP & tools like AI Hivemind further reinforces Palantir’s position in large-scale data integration. With the stock up roughly 78% in 2025 & o
SMCI Defining "Show-Me" Moment To Help Pass Valuation Stress Test?
$SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC(SMCI)$ is scheduled to report its fiscal Q2 2026 earnings on February 3, 2026, after the market close. This report is arguably one of the most critical "stress tests" in the company's recent history, coming on the heels of significant 2025 volatility and operational hurdles. Key Metrics & Earnings Expectations Wall Street is looking for a massive sequential rebound after a disappointing Q1. The company itself has set a high bar for this quarter: Revenue: The company guided between $10 billion and $11 billion, representing a nearly 100% sequential increase from Q1 ($5.02B). Missing this midpoint would likely trigger severe concerns about demand fulfillment. Non-GAAP EPS: Analysts are targeting roughly $0.49 (with guida
🚨 January Bloodbath Complete: Gold, Silver & Bitcoin Crashed Hard — But Is the Real Money About to Be Made in February? 💰🔥
$S&P 500(.SPX)$$NASDAQ(.IXIC)$$Dow Jones(.DJI)$$SPDR Gold ETF(GLD)$ January 2026 is officially in the rearview, and what a rollercoaster it was! 🎢 The S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq all closed green for the month, yet precious metals got absolutely hammered, Bitcoin bled out, and a shock Fed leadership transition threw another curveball into the mix. Tech giants lagged, earnings surprised in both directions, and now everyone’s asking: buy this dip or bail before it gets worse? Let’s dive straight into the numbers that mattered. January 2026 Performance Snapshot 📊 The “Precious Metals Massacre” was real 😵 — gold pos
🚨 Bitcoin Just Hit a 10-Month Low at $74,600 – Is $60K Really Next or Prime Dip-Buying Time? 📉🔥
Crypto crew, buckle up – the king took a serious punch today! 😱 Bitcoin plunged as low as $74,600, marking its weakest level since early April 2025. Ethereum followed the bleed, touching $2,165 – a zone not seen since mid-2025. Ouch! 💥 What’s fueling this brutal sell-off? 🔴 Massive ETF outflows: Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw hundreds of millions fleeing in recent days, with January alone clocking $1.6B+ in net redemptions 🩸 🔴 Macro storm clouds: Rising uncertainty, profit-taking across risk assets, and a stronger dollar crushing sentiment ⚡ 🔴 Safe-haven rotation: Investors piling into gold (still holding strong near $4,900 despite today’s pullback) while crypto gets dumped 🏅 The “digital gold” narrative? It’s getting absolutely tested right now. Bitcoin and precious metals are diverging hard – gol
📊📈💹 $PLTR Palantir & $AMD earnings inflection, positioning reset, and where liquidity moves next 💹📈📊
$Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$$Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ I see this earnings window as a critical positioning pivot across AI, software, and semiconductors, with both $PLTR and $AMD sitting at levels where expectations, liquidity, and options flow can rapidly reprice direction across markets. All eyes are now on $PLTR reporting after the bell, with $AMD following immediately after as momentum builds into its own print. 🔎 Why $PLTR matters right now • $PLTR trades below its 200DMA for the first time since Aug 2024 • Lowest close since July, signalling optimism has cooled • Positioning has materi
$McDonald's(MCD)$$Paramount Global(PARAP)$ $Top Wealth Group Holding Limited(TWG)$ 🚨🚨🚨 Wild collab: McDonald's $MCD x Paramount Caviar are launching a “McNugget Caviar Kit” featuring caviar, crème fraîche, spoon, and a $25 Arch Card for the nuggets. Giveaway-only drop on Feb. 10. I’m seeing a clear sentiment shift in $MCD after BTIG upgraded the stock to Buy with a $360 price target, pointing to roughly +14% upside as traffic momentum rebuilds across the system. 🍟 Value strategy is working again Franchise checks show the value reset is pulling customers back. Extra Value Meals combined with the $5 and $8 meal platforms are driving stronger g
🌟🌟🌟Gold & Silver: A Deep Dive or a Golden Pit? When precious metals fall, they don't fall politely. They swan dive. But here is the thing : Gold and Silver rarely crash because their fundamentals break. They crash because humans panic , algorithms overreact and liquidity dries up at the worst possible moment. That is why deep dives in Gold and Silver often feel like a Golden Pit - terrifying on the way down but historically rewarding for anyone brave enough to climb in with a shovel and a long term view. If you believe in Gold and Silver as insurance against human overreaction , then January's drop looks less like danger and more like a big sale. I am ready to climb in with my shovel and start digging in to find my Golden Pit. My future self will thank me
PayPal Sees Bullish Options Support, Circle Capped Ahead of Earnings Ahead of earnings, $PayPal(PYPL)$ and $Circle Internet Corp.(CRCL)$ saw large-scale new-position options activity. Based on the trade structures, options flows are bullish on PayPal and bearish on Circle. Specifically, PayPal traders are expressing a bullish view by selling puts to bet that the stock will hold key support, while CRCL traders are selling calls to cap upside, signaling limited confidence in a rebound. PayPal: Selling puts to bet on a “no-blowup” earnings outcome PayPal is scheduled to report earnings before the market opens on February 3. In the run-up to the release,
AMD Is Up 100%+ Over 12 Months. What Its Chart Says Ahead of Earnings High-end chip designer $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ has risen more than 100% over the past year, outpacing the S&P 500 and setting an all-time high in October. Let's see what its chart and fundamental analysis say heading into this week's Q4 earnings report. AMD's Fundamental Analysis AMD will release results after the closing bell on Tuesday, with analysts expecting the firm to post $1.32 in adjusted earnings per share on roughly $9.7 billion of revenue. That would represent 21.1% gain from the year-ago period's $1.09 of adjusted EPS, as well as better than 26% year-over-year growth from Q4 2024's approximately $7.7 billion i
Disney Q1 Earnings: Streaming Monetization Accelerates while Parks Provide a Solid Anchor February 2, Pre-market – $Walt Disney(DIS)$ released its fiscal year 2026 Q1 earnings report, beating market consensus on both the top and bottom lines. The quarter's core narrative is the significant profitability improvement in the Streaming (SVOD) business, signaling a clear inflection point, while the Experiences (Parks) segment continues to serve as the company's "profit anchor." Management's full-year guidance—particularly regarding streaming margins and cash flow commitments—has provided much-needed clarity for the market. Key Metrics ~Q1 revenue hit $26 billion, up 5% year-over-year (from $24.7 billion), beati
Latest PLTR DataCurrent Price: $158.79 Current P/S Ratio: 84.47 (based on FY2025 revenue) Current P/E Ratio: 232.62 (based on FY2025 net income) Projected Ratios in 1 Year (Assuming Continued Growth)Based on the past year's (FY2025 vs. FY2024) revenue growth rate of approximately 56% and net income growth rate of approximately 251.7%, continuing at the same rates:Projected P/S Ratio (at current price): 54.14 Projected P/E Ratio (at current price): 66.14 These projections assume no changes in shares outstanding or other factors, and are based on annual financial data from the latest Q4 2025 report. Actual results may vary due to market conditions, operational changes, or other variables. businesswire.com These are calculations based on current earnings and projected revenue for 2026. For Pl
Palantir Just Posted a Monster Quarter… and the Market Shrugged
One of the most controversial names in the entire U.S. equity market—and a true outlier in the global data analytics and AI applications space $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ reported its Q4 2025 earnings after market close on February 2. Overall, this was a report with very few real flaws to pick apart. Revenue, profitability, leading indicators, and forward guidance all came in above expectations. More importantly, growth re-accelerated in Q4, directly easing the market’s core concern that Palantir’s premium valuation depends on high growth that might be peaking. What’s intriguing, however, is the market’s reaction. The stock rose less than 8% post-earnings, noticeably below the 10%+ moves investors had grown accustomed to in recent quarters.
Narrative Shifted From "Is Google losing to AI?" to "How fast can Google Cloud grow?"
$Alphabet(GOOGL)$ is scheduled to report its fiscal Q4 2025 earnings on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, after the market close. Heading into the report, the stock has been a standout performer, rallying nearly 70% over the past year and recently hitting record highs near $340. Here is a breakdown of what to expect, the key metrics to watch, and how Alphabet stacks up against AMD in the AI race. Consensus Expectations (Q4 2025) Wall Street has high expectations for Alphabet, driven by the rollout of Gemini 3 and strong Cloud adoption. *Note: Range reflects differences in "Net Revenue" vs. "Total Revenue" reporting across analyst models. Alphabet’s fiscal Q3 2025 earnings, reported in late October 2025, marked a historic turning point for the company.
Ciena Corp: Beyond the Silicon Peak — The Quiet Toll-Collector of the AI Efficiency Era AI investing still looks like a race up the silicon mountain. Faster GPUs, denser racks, louder narratives. $Ciena(CIEN)$ sits somewhere less glamorous but far more unavoidable: at the junction where power, distance and data collide. The market largely treats it as a beneficiary of AI growth. I see it as a physical bottleneck with pricing power. The arteries of AI, flowing unseen but indispensable This is not an AI hardware story in the conventional sense. It is an efficiency monopoly operating inside tightening constraints, and that distinction is being mispriced. When Saving Energy Spends More of It The dominant narrative around Ciena is simple: data volumes