The rally is narrow but not irrational. A few leaders, especially NVIDIA and peers, are carrying index performance because they sit at the centre of real earnings growth, not just narrative. Mallouk’s point has merit. The chip trade is still supported by genuine demand: hyperscaler capex, inference scaling, and supply constraints across GPUs, memory, and networking. That gives semis stronger near-term visibility than most sectors. But the risk is concentration and expectations. When a small group drives the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite, the market becomes fragile. Any disappointment, even a “good but not great” quarter, can trigger outsized reactions. So I would frame it this way: Trend: still bullish, backed by earnings Structure: increasingly fragile Behaviour: late-cycle characteris
Berkshire Hathaway’s Q1 2026 13F: A New Chapter Under Greg Abel Brings Notable Portfolio Pruning and Selective Bets
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$EBAY Climbs Toward 52-Week High as Momentum Accelerates
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$EQT Corp(EQT)$ Recently, I started to slowly build my position in EQT because I believe the natural gas sector is entering a much stronger long-term cycle. While many investors continue to focus heavily on AI and semiconductor stocks, I see energy infrastructure as one of the forgotten themes that could quietly outperform over the next few years. EQT, being one of the largest natural gas producers in the United States, stands in a very strong position to benefit if gas demand continues to rise globally. The stock has also gone through periods of consolidation and negative sentiment, which creates a more attractive entry point for long-term investors like me. Another reason I am interested in EQT is the growing electricity demand coming from A
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CSE Global: A Hidden Gem in SGX 🌟🌟🌟Move over hyped up Silicon Valley software companies. $CSE Global(544.SI)$ , Singapore listed global systems integration powerhouse has just announced its Q1 2026 business update on 14 May 2026. The verdict? It was an absolute operational masterclass that forced analysts to take note and re-price this hidden gem in the SGX. The Q1 2026 Results: An Electrification Tsunami CSE Global's real-time financial ledger shows that its multi year pivot into hard physical infrastructure, utilities and green energy infrastructure is hitting its exponential stride: The Order Book Explosion: CSE Global secured a staggering SGD 271.2 million in brand new order inflows for Q1 2026, marking a
NVIDIA: Ride the Rocket to the Moon or Lock in Gains? 🌟🌟🌟The air is getting remarkably thin at the absolute peak of the global technology mountain. $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ has just smashed through another barrier, closing the week at a fresh all time high. As we cruise through mid May 2026, the global financial market is gripped by a state of high octane suspense. NVIDIA is scheduled to deliver its highly anticipated Q1 FY 2027 earnings on May 20 2026. NVIDIA's Earnings Expectations: Priced for Absolute Perfection The Consensus Baseline: Wall Street expects revenue to skyrocket past USD 32.4 billion to USD 34.2 billion for the single quarter. This is driven by a high demand for advanced sil
The Cybersecurity Vendor That Quietly Became an Operating System There is a strange irony surrounding CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.. Despite becoming one of the most dominant software platforms in enterprise security, many investors still discuss it as though it merely sells antivirus software with better marketing and cooler conference booths. That framing now looks wildly outdated. What I increasingly see is a company evolving into the operating layer for modern cybersecurity operations — a position that tends to create frighteningly durable economics. Once enterprises centralise endpoint security, identity protection, cloud workload monitoring, threat intelligence, SIEM, and incident response into a single architecture, the cost of ripping it out becomes about as appealing as replacing a j
$AEM SGD(AWX.SI)$ Indeed it has pullback after hitting above 10.20 and retreated to close at 9.25. Lowered than previous day closing price of 9.91. Likely to see further retracing as the share price is still extremely over stretched! Pls dyodd. AEM - The Gapped up this morning plus continue to push it higher and closed all time high at 9.91, looks rather extremely over stretched. Likely to pullback! Pls dyodd. How deep is the pullback, nobody knows! AEM Reports Strong 1Q FY2026 Results Driven by AI/ HPC Production Ramp, Revises Revenue Guidance Upwards • 1Q2026 revenue increased 35.8% year-on-year to S$116.9 million • Profit before tax rose to S$17.8 million, with PBT margin expanding to 15.2% • Test Cell Solutions revenue grew 72.
I would not chase this move. A clean breakout into all-time highs, plus a +68% IPO reaction in Cerebras, signals confirmation phase, not early discovery. By then, positioning is crowded and expectations are doing most of the lifting. The $235 pivot is valid technically, but from a risk-reward perspective: Upside to $250 is ~6% Downside on any disappointment is easily 10–15% That is not a favourable entry unless you already have a cushion. My playbook Already long: hold, trim into $245–250 strength Not in: wait for either 1. pullback to ~$220–225, or 2. post-earnings reset --- On NVIDIA earnings A “beat” alone is not enough. The market is pricing: continued hyperscaler capex acceleration strong inference demand (not just training) sustained high margins despite scale What will move the stoc
Precious Metals Bloodbath: Gold, Silver Miners Crushed as Dollar and Yields Surge Against the backdrop of continued strength in U.S. economic data and a market rapidly repricing the Federal Reserve's rate-cut path, the precious metals sector suffered its most severe systemic selloff of 2026 on Friday. Spot gold plunged 6.38% while spot silver collapsed 8.45%, triggering a broad-based selloff across precious metals and mining stocks. At the same time, the U.S. dollar index and Treasury yields surged sharply, becoming the key drivers behind the collapse in bullish sentiment toward the sector. Data showed the ICE U.S. Dollar Index rose about 0.3% to around 99.17, while the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield briefly climbed to 4.54%, marking its highest level in nearly a year. For gold and silver, th
Nvidia Post-7-Day Streak: Chart Signals $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ 's breakout is arriving with unusual market heat behind it: the stock has risen for seven straight trading days, its market cap is approaching the $6 trillion mark, and it has gained about 18% since May, leading the Mag7. More importantly, the AI trade may be rotating back toward Nvidia after earlier strength in memory and CPU-related names, as investors refocus on the core AI infrastructure leader. Daily Chart: Breakout Confirmed, but Not an Early Entry The daily chart has shifted from recovery to right-side confirmation. NVDA has cleared its multi-month $165–200 base, turning the old resistance zone into a new support reference. Trend structure is s
The Most Turbulent Bond Market in 28 Years — What It Means for Your Singapore REITs | EP1612🦖
The Most Turbulent Bond Market in 28 Years — What It Means for Your Singapore REITs | EP1612🦖 Most Singapore REIT investors still think “bond market volatility” is some faraway Wall Street drama, but a 5.8–5.9% 30‑year UK government bond and a 4% Japan 30‑year yield change the basic maths of your income portfolio overnight. When “risk-free” or near risk-free assets suddenly pay what your S‑REITs are paying, the big funds that supported your Mapletree and CapitaLand prices now have every reason to rotate out and let prices and future DPU take the hit instead of them. The forensic tension for me is simple: the buildings can stay full, the malls can stay busy, and yet your CDP statement and your retirement cashflow can still get punched just because global bond traders re-priced what “enough
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Elon Musk’s latest arrival in China has reignited investor speculation around one key question: is this finally the moment Tesla gets a clearer regulatory pathway for Full Self-Driving (FSD) approval in the world’s largest EV market? From an investor’s perspective, this visit matters far beyond diplomacy. It sits at the intersection of AI, geopolitics, autonomous driving, and Tesla’s long-term valuation narrative. 1. China Is the Biggest Untapped Revenue Catalyst for Tesla FSD Tesla already has over 1.3 million FSD subscribers globally, and investors increasingly view Tesla less as a car company and more as an AI platform. China represents Tesla’s largest international EV market, making FSD approval potentially transformative for recurring software revenue. The challenge is that Chinese re
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Can Intel (INTC) Show Some Strength As We Approach Next Wednesday Nvidia Earnings?
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Hello everyone! Today i want to share some AI stories with you! 1 $Rocket Lab USA, Inc.(RKLB)$ proved with Electron that it can take a rocket program from first launch to industrial cadence by becoming the fastest commercially developed rocket in history to reach 50 launches (beating SpaceX Falcon 9 by a year). That same manufacturing system is now being applied to Neutron which is approaching first flight in Q42026 with a $2.2B backlog already in place. Rocket Lab is the only company outside SpaceX that has proven it can scale a launch program to this level of cadence and Neutron is where that capability gets monetized at a much larger scale. 2 President Trump filed 3,600+ trades during Q1 and the biggest winners are heavily tilte
Economic Preview: Key Data Releases (week of 18May2026) Key Economic Releases to Watch The coming week features several closely watched releases that could shape market sentiment, particularly around demand expectations, monetary policy, manufacturing activity, and labour market conditions. · Crude Oil Inventories: This release will be a key reference point for assessing supply conditions and expected production trends relative to demand. · FOMC Meeting Minutes: The minutes are likely to influence market expectations for upcoming interest rate decisions and may also provide context for the transition in Federal Reserve leadership. · Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (May): The previous reading was 26.7. This indicator will help gauge the direction and pace of manufacturing activity. · I
(part 2 of 5) earnings calendar - ZIM shipping line (18May2026)
Earnings Calendar (18May2026) I am interested in the earnings of ZIM, Nvidia, Baidu, and NIO next week. ZIM Overview ZIM has delivered a strong share price performance over the past year, but the broader picture is mixed. While valuation and income metrics appear attractive, technical indicators suggest caution, and analyst sentiment remains “neutral”. · Share price performance: Up 39.5% from a year ago. · Technical analysis: Signals a strong sell. · Analyst sentiment: Neutral. · Target price: $22.78, implying a potential downside of 10.93%. · P/E ratio: 6.5, which may suggest an attractive valuation. · EPS: $3.98. · Dividend yield: 13.8%, which stands out as especially attractive. Financial Performance Trend · Tota