🚀 $S&P 500(.SPX)$ Crushes +10.4% in April — "Sell in May" or Ride the Wave? 📈
🔥 The Pulse $S&P 500(.SPX)$ April just delivered the $S&P 500(.SPX)$'s best monthly performance since the COVID rebound euphoria of November 2020, closing at 7,209.01 with a blistering +10.4% gain. This wasn't just momentum — it was a capital rotation masterclass. A softer USD, Fed easing expectations baked in, and selective megacap earnings beats created the perfect storm. But here's the twist: while $GOOGL and $CAT soared +10% on blowout results, $META crashed -8.6% and $MSFT slipped -3.9% in the final session. The bull is alive, but it's picking favorites. The question: Do we chase into May, or does the old adage "Sell in May and go away" finally apply? 📊 Key News: The Numbers That Moved Markets $Ca
S&P 500 Just Logged Its Best Month Since 2020 — Is "Sell in May" a Trap or a Promise? April just wrapped up with a historic, face-ripping rally that caught the bears completely off guard. The S&P 500 closed at all-time highs, surging a massive 10.4% for the month, while the Nasdaq ripped an eye-watering 14.8% — printing the strongest single-month return we’ve seen since the post-COVID euphoria of 2020. Now, as we step into a new month, the oldest adage in Wall Street history is staring us right in the face: "Sell in May and go away." But with momentum running this hot and historical data painting a very different picture, stepping in front of this freight train might be the most dangerous trade you can make right now. 1️⃣ The Anatomy of the April Face-Ripper Let’s get one thing str
$Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ Earnings Showdown: Will the MI300X Crush Expectations or Trigger a 'Sell the News' Flush? AMD reports next Tuesday, and the entire semiconductor sector is holding its breath. The spotlight is squarely on Data Center GPU revenue—specifically the adoption rate of the MI300X and the upcoming MI350—as analysts trip over themselves to raise price targets citing massive AI demand. But with the stock hovering near recent highs and expectations practically in the stratosphere, the margin for error is absolute zero. Is AMD about to solidify its spot as the definitive co-pilot to Nvidia, or are we staring down the barrel of a brutal "sell the news" reset? 1️⃣ The Only Metric That Matters: Data Center GPUs Let’s
$Apple(AAPL)$ Apple Drops a $111B Record Quarter + $100B Buyback — But Are Memory Costs the Silent Killer? Apple just delivered a sledgehammer to the bearish "peak iPhone" narrative. The tech giant posted a massive fiscal Q2 2026 revenue print of $111.2 billion (+17% YoY), absolutely shattering March quarter records and driving the stock up 2%. But the real shocker wasn't just the double-digit growth in China—it was the CFO officially abandoning the long-held "net-cash-neutral" target to unleash a colossal $100 billion share buyback. So, with a record-breaking quarter and a mountain of cash being deployed to buy up the float, is $AAPL a screaming buy, or is there a margin trap hiding beneath the surface? 1️⃣ Crushing the China Fear Narrative
$ORCL: The ‘Crazy Debt’ Prata Stall About to Become Franchise King 👑”
The Oracle ($Oracle(ORCL)$ ) story ah… this one not finished cooking yet. The rally just like your kosong prata — still flipping, not even serve yet 🚀 Now you see ah, last time all the customers queue at Claude Code (Antrophic) stall. But recently, more and more people walk over to Codex side. Why? Taste already similar… but Codex (OpenAI) got bigger kitchen, more firepower. Cook faster, serve faster. This kind of habit ah, once customer switch, very hard to go back one. Sticky like egg on your prata pan. Now come the interesting part. Oracle like the shop owner who partner with the biggest supplier OpenAI. While others still thinking whether to buy more flour, Oracle already go take big loan, build h
DBS shares are currently trading at SGD 58.50, with a consensus analyst price target of SGD 62.28 as of 4 May 2026, implying an upside potential of approximately 6.5% from current levels. [Beansprout](https://growbeansprout.com/quote/D05.SI) The $60 mark is therefore just 2.6% away — a modest but meaningful gap in the near term. DBS reported Q1 2026 net profit of SGD 2.93 billion, up 1% year-on-year and 24% quarter-on-quarter, beating expectations. Total income reached a record SGD 5.95 billion, driven by robust wealth management, strong deposit growth, and record fee and treasury customer sales. [Minichart](https://www.minichart.com.sg/2026/04/30/singapore-market-review-april-2026-dbs-q1-results-sheng-siong-growth-institutional-retail-fund-flows-dividend-dates/) Asset quality remains heal
$TSLA 20260501 340.0 PUT$ Support / Resistance 📈📉: Support: $380, $375, $367, $355-$357 Resistance: $387, $394-$396, $402 Outlook 📝: TSLA pushed above $375 and $380 today which is a very bullish move, thus may be able to see more short term upside movement towards $387. If TSLA rejects below $387, then watch for downside movement towards next support level at $380. Else if TSLA manage to hold $387, then we may see even more relief back towards $394-396. Target 🎯: Sold this Cash Secured Put position back in early April 2026 Straits of Hormuz and war were pushing market low. Initially wanted to exit this Cash Secured Put position at 5-20% profit but held position longer than expected, even saw this position down by 1
$Apple(AAPL)$ Bullish Momentum Confirmed. Apple's stock surged +3.24% to close at $280.14 on May 2, smashing through the previous resistance of $280.22 and reaching an intraday high of $287.22. This rally was catalyzed by the company's strongest quarterly sales growth in over four years 2, indicating robust fundamental health ahead of a leadership transition. The break above resistance with high volume suggests a strong bullish bias in the near term.
$Elixir Energy Ltd(EXR.AU)$ Same old same old... I am not going to sugarcoat my trades. AI related trades are all the rages right now, with the on-going war, in the midst of a fragile ceasefire and a big US government debt (and counting) concerns, US markets are making their all time highs (ATHs) like nothing happens. More big techs are borrowing record amounts to throw after their AI obsession, and investors and speculators alike have no qualms in throwing hot money after them. I am not sure about you. I am concerned if not worried. However, like many others who did not follow Warren Buffett "into the mountains", I still have plenty of chips in the market. In short, when the collapse comes (and it will, just when), I might be too slo