The CEOs Building Tomorrow's Giants Take Big Risks Today
Something different. As an investor, I look for what I call "ambitious failures". CEOs moving quickly, taking big swings, and striking out every once in awhile is not necessarily a bad thing. Big thinkers and innovators play big. But as a shareholder betting on asymmetric returns, I WANT my leadership to play fast + play BIG. Couple examples of founders moving fast, playing big (and sometimes flopping): > bezos launched $Amazon.com(AMZN)$ 's fire phone, it flopped > $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ zuckerberg went all in on metaverse, flopped > $Coinbase Global, Inc.(COIN)$ 's nft marketplace flopped > $GameStop(GME)$
Q3 2026 Crypto Equity Strategy: Trading Bitcoin’s Momentum and Volatility via COIN and MSTR Options
The cryptocurrency market is moving out of its late 2025/early 2026 lull, and Bitcoin's defense and reclaim of the $62,000 level highlights that structural demand is very much intact. An analysis of what is driving this momentum, how to position for Q3 volatility, and an individual breakdown of MSTR, COIN, IREN, and MARA provides clarity on navigating this landscape. What Has Been Keeping This Momentum Alive? While retail "hype" cools down periodically, the 2026 momentum is driven by deep institutional rails and structural shifts: The Corporate Treasury "Digital Credit" Playbook: Led aggressively by MicroStrategy, the market is embracing engineered bitcoin capital tools. MSTR's launch and scaling of massive preferred equity instruments (like STRC) have allowed institutional investors to ga
The algorithmic panic over the META cloud computing report has completely disconnected Corning from its fundamental value. $Corning(GLW)$ plunged 13.6% in a single session. This violent drop pushed the stock straight into a hyper-oversold zone. It is now resting right above critical structural support near the $196 level. Retail traders are panicking. They think the AI infrastructure boom has peaked. But smart market practitioners see a textbook liquidity flush. This drop occurred just days after Corning announced blockbuster news. They locked in a landmark 10x capacity expansion partnership with NVDA. They even issued warrants (options to buy shares at a set price) to Nvidia. This comes on top of their multi-billion dollar optical fiber backlogs w
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SPX Rally 2% to Reclaim 7,400; IXIC. Q2 Closes +21% — 3 Big Things This Week
Last Week's Recap 1.Market Digest: Stocks Rally, Q2 Crushes, Jobs Miss, Oil Tumbles (Week Ended July 3, 2026) Regaining momentum — Major U.S. indexes rose ~2%; $Dow Jones(.DJI)$ hit a record high, $S&P 500(.SPX)$ and $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ below June 2 peaks. Q2's rally — NASDAQ +21%+, S&P 500 +15% (best since 2020); Dow +13% (best since 2022), reversing Q1's steep declines. Jobs setback — June added just 57,000 jobs (half expected); April/May revised down by 74,000 combined. Oil stabilizes — Crude $WTI Crude Oil - main 2608(CLmain)$ at ~$68, extending
Weekly: Aspial Lifestyle, NeraTel, Nam Cheong & LMS Compliance directors see Huge Acquisitions
While the index benchmarks consolidated, Director and CEO activity notched higher over the five sessions through to the 2 July close. Over the five sessions, more than 120 director interests and substantial shareholdings were filed for around 50 primary-listed stocks. 1. $Aspial Lifestyle(5UF.SI)$ Between 26 June and 30 June, Non-Executive Chairman Koh Wee Seng acquired a total of 1,331,200 shares via market transactions at an average price of S$0.354 per share for a combined consideration of S$471,245, increasing his direct interest to 9.95% from 9.88%. His total interest increased to 75.67% from 75.60%, while his deemed interest remained unchanged at 65.72%. 2. $NeraTel(N01.SI)$ Between 25 Jun
$BIDU-SW(09888)$ $BIDU-SW(09888)$ Baidu overly undervalued. P/B of 0.97 and forward PE of below 15. Considering it is a profitable busniness and going to IPO it AI chip business of Kunlun Ai, I think the negative sentiments of Baidu is over and the rebound have started. While I did not add more during this down turn, I did hold on and did not give up on Baidu as I think there are great opportunities and highly undervalued. Have you sold your Baidu or you are holding like me?
There is a cultural superstition that goes something like "Trouble comes in threes.". Does this apply to $SpaceX(SPCX)$ ? Let’s investigate ! It wasn’t too long ago that I have shared 2 posts on SPCX: 05 Jun 2026 - SPCX, still bidding the IPO ? Warnings - Read first!. 01 Jul 2026 - SPCX - Visionary Empire or Vampire Trap ? It looks like a brewing storm cloud (at the horizon) is gathering pace and moving in fast for the week beginning 06 Jul 2026. Investors who are SPCX shareholders, please read. Better yet, have a backup plan ready to use at a moment's notice. You never know when it might be needed. Past
$NVDA Tests Key Support as $QQQ Nears a Major Breakout
Big Tech and semiconductor leaders are approaching key technical levels that could determine the market's next directional move. Here's what to watch for $NVDA, $MSFT, $SMH, and $QQQ as bulls and bears battle for control. $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ is at a make or break position finding support at the volume shelf for now. A breach of the recent lows could trigger a move inside the shelf toward 178. Recovering $200 (the high from Thursday) would suggest the gap at 207 is in process to be filled. $VanEck Semiconductor ETF(SMH)$$Microsoft(MSFT)$ and the entire Magnificent 7 are part of my permanent watchlist. Last week, I anticipated a move to $386 for a projected +3.4% gain;
Market pullbacks have created opportunities across AI, semiconductors, cloud, and next-generation infrastructure. Here are 24 growth stocks still trading well below their highs, offering significant rebound potential if market leadership remains intact. 24 stocks ON SALE right now and will break all time highs by Jan 1. 🔴 Micron $Micron Technology(MU)$ -22.3% 🔴 SanDisk $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ -25.9% 🔴 Western Digital $Western Digital(WDC)$ -32.6% 🔴 Arm Holdings $ARM Holdings(ARM)$ -30.4% 🔴 Intel $Intel(INTC)$ -15.5% 🔴 Broadcom $Broadcom(AVGO)$