My stock in focus today is $Marvell Technology(MRVL)$ , after reports that $Alphabet(GOOGL)$ is in talks with the company to co-develop two new AI chips. The market reacted positively, but more importantly, this shows Marvell moving deeper into the custom silicon layer of the AI stack, beyond its traditional networking business. Strategically, Google is expanding its Tensor Processing Unit ecosystem to compete with $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ . If Marvell is involved in both a memory processing unit and a next-gen TPU, it strengthens its role as a key enabler in hyperscaler-led chip des
Navigating the Hormuz Crisis: Why Your DCA Strategy is Your Best Defense
When a critical chokepoint like the Strait of Hormuz is blocked, the market doesn't just react—it recalibrates. For a Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) investor, this is the time to ensure your monthly outlays are flowing into assets that either hedge against the disruption or possess the structural resilience to ignore the noise. The "Energy Hedge" ETFs If the Strait stays closed, energy prices may remain elevated for longer than the market currently predicts. Integrating energy-focused ETFs into your DCA plan can act as a natural hedge against the rising costs you'll see at the pump or on your utility bill. Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE): Instead of betting on the commodity itself, this ETF holds the "blue chips" of energy (like ExxonMobil and Chevron). These companies often
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Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has completely stopped, with traffic at zero according to Bloomberg vessel tracking data — a dramatic escalation that has effectively shut down one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints. 😤 This full blockade, following Iran’s refusal of talks and the US-led “Operation Economic Fury,” is now choking off roughly 20% of global oil and LNG flows, with tanker traffic frozen and insurance markets in chaos. The chart shows the sharp collapse in visible commercial ship transits, dropping from dozens per day to absolute zero in recent sessions, confirming the severity of the disruption. Markets are already reacting with oil futures spiking and safe-haven flows pouring into gold, but the big question is whether this zero-traffic reality pushes crude toward
Netflix Crashes 10% on Ad Growth Miss: $97 Dip a Streaming Steal or Overvalued Trap at $100? 😱📉
$Netflix(NFLX)$ Netflix tumbled 9.72% to $97.31 after earnings revealed ad-supported subscriber net additions fell well below market expectations, reigniting fierce concerns over intensifying streaming competition and a dual margin squeeze from declining ARPU and elevated content costs. 😤 This sharp selloff has pushed the stock back toward the $100 psychological level, raising the question whether it’s a buyable dip for long-term believers or a warning sign that valuations remain stretched despite the company’s dominant position. Morgan Stanley maintained its Overweight rating, calling the reaction a short-term distraction from the long-term compounding story driven by AI-enhanced ad targeting and global subscriber growth. With the broader streami
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$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ Tesla has just powered through the $400 barrier with strong momentum, setting the stage for its upcoming earnings report where three key catalysts will decide if this breakout is sustainable or another false start. 😤 Morgan Stanley is highlighting the milestone of cumulative Full Self-Driving miles surpassing 10 billion, marking a critical data flywheel inflection that could accelerate autonomy progress and unlock new revenue streams. The Robotaxi commercialization timeline remains the central valuation debate, with investors watching for concrete updates on regulatory approvals and deployment scale. Adding fresh fuel is the newly unveiled AI5 chip, which could significantly boost in-house compute efficiency for both vehicles
Markets are facing heightened volatility amid rising geopolitical tensions following the Iran war, driving sharp movements across equities, currencies, and commodities. For investors, understanding how different markets may react is key to navigating this environment. In this session, Jamie Chung, our Head of Macquarie Warrants Singapore, joins James Ooi from Tiger Brokers (Singapore) as a guest speaker to unpack the current landscape and how it may shape market performance in the months ahead. James will share his views on how key markets — the US, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore — are likely to perform against this backdrop, highlighting market trends, sentiment, and short‑term target levels that investors should be watching. Building on these insights, Jamie will explo
The S&P500 has bounced back & onto new all-time highs
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The Edge on AJJ Medtech: the market may need to look beyond just the “humanoid robotics” headline
$AJJ Medtech(584.SI)$ On 17 April 2026, The Edge Singapore published a Corporate Moves feature titled: “AJJ Medtech eyes humanoid robots for next growth spurt, even as supply contracts multiply” on AJJ Medtech (SGX: 584). The more useful takeaway from the article may not be the robotics headline alone, but the way it clarifies AJJ’s broader capital logic. A simplified reading of AJJ as merely a “medical consumables trading name + robotics concept” now looks incomplete. A more structured interpretation may be: a visible healthcare supply revenue base, plus longer-term expansion into renal care, digital / cloud-linked healthcare systems, and intelligent care robotics. In that sense, AJJ’s current capital logic appears to be less about
Top mover alert: City Dev jumps as much as 5.3%, call warrants up 10 times more
🔥City Dev $CityDev(C09.SI)$ is this morning's top performing stock on the Straits Times Index after rallying as much as 5.3% to $8.80 ✳Trending City Dev call $CityDev MBeCW260730(WKUW.SI)$ (https://warrants.com.sg/tools/livematrix/WKUW) was up as much as 50% to $0.021 🏆Macquarie's two City Dev call warrants WKUW and FTAW are the top two best performing warrants this morning as of 1010AM City Dev is boosted by news of an analyst upgrade in stock ratings and price target to $10.45 According to Bloomberg, reasons for the analyst's re-rating include a low SORA that will provide earnings momentum for City Dev given the record FY25 residential sales and hotel demand recovery
CICT Gearing Breaches 39% As Paragon Deal Closes | SGX Daily Pulse 20 April 2026 | 🦖EP1559
CICT Gearing Breaches 39% As Paragon Deal Closes | SGX Daily Pulse 20 April 2026 | 🦖EP1559 The market is pricing CICT's Paragon acquisition as a trophy win, but the balance sheet is carrying a 39.2% pro-forma gearing and an ICR of approximately 3.1x — both in forensic breach before the ink is dry. At that coverage ratio, a single rate cycle turn or a DPU cut from slowing Orchard retail reversion erases the 4.85% yield margin entirely. CDLHT compounds the picture: a 5.75% yield sounds like sanctuary until you realise interest expense is already consuming roughly half of operating income at a 2.0x ICR. At a 5,000-point STI, the rally feels validating — but the forensic question is what you are being paid to own. The 6-month T-Bill sits at 1.47%, my forensic floor holds at 3.2%, and the minim
Hormuz Strait Closed Means Your Power Bill Jumps 20% Soon | 🦖EP1558
Hormuz Strait Closed Means Your Power Bill Jumps 20% Soon | 🦖EP1558 The Hormuz re-closure is not a distant geopolitical headline — it is a direct assault on the fuel hedge mathematics that your SIA dividend depends on. SIA's hedge cover drops from 41% to 24% by late 2026, precisely when Brent risk premiums are projected to peak, and that 37% downward revision in FY2027 core net profit means the distribution arithmetic is already broken before the July utility shock lands. For a mature SRS portfolio in a 5,000-point STI era, the question is never yield in isolation — it is yield minus the risk you are silently underwriting. With the 6-month T-Bill at 1.47% and my Forensic Floor anchored at 3.2%, any fuel-exposed transport equity needs to clear a credible 4.7% hurdle with gearing below 35% t
Netflix sinks 9.5% on earnings; Position for Tesla earnings on 22 April with 3x DLCs
$Netflix(NFLX)$ kicked off US earnings season by plunging 9.45% on Friday (17 April), as investors looked past better-than-expected results and reacted to news that co-founder Reed Hastings would step down as chairman. Amplifying the return, the Netflix 3x Short DLC surged around 29%, while the Netflix 3x Long DLC declined a similar magnitude. Among the US companies scheduled to report over the next two weeks are $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ on 22 April, followed by Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, $Microsoft(MSFT)$ , and $Apple(AAPL)$ in the following week. Tesla has been on a recent short term uptrade, gaining around 15% over the past
💰Next Week's Earnings Fireworks: Mega-Cap Tech, Industrials & Defense Set to Shake Markets – Who's Ready for the Volatility Ride? 😱📈
The week of April 20–24, 2026, is stacked with high-impact earnings and events that could swing the S&P 500 toward fresh highs or trigger sharp rotations as investors digest the latest corporate signals amid lingering geopolitical and tariff uncertainty. 😤 Cleveland-Cliffs, Steel Dynamics, and Alaska Air kick things off on Monday, setting the tone for industrials and materials. Tuesday brings 3M, RTX, and UnitedHealth, plus a Senate Banking Committee appearance by Kevin Warsh that could move rate expectations. Wednesday is the heavyweight day with Tesla, IBM, Boeing, ServiceNow, and Texas Instruments — a mix of EV/AI, cloud, and hardware names that will test AI spending resilience. Thursday features Intel, American Express, Lockheed Martin, Freeport-McMoRan, and American Express again
$Elixir Energy Ltd(EXR.AU)$ I have been waiting for the end of the week to share this. Oil price has come down substantially over the week, have been wondering if the share price will correct or stand strong enough in the face of correction. It's still here so I share. I have not shared this counter before. It's something that I had held for a while. A wild card, if you must give the winner a name. I first become interested in EXR not for its Queensland oil and gas project. It was in fact exploring gas in 🇲🇳 Mongolia! Yes, next to 🇨🇳 China. I thought what a market that must be. I bought an interest, nothing happened in Mongolia and I simply left it. The next thing I know, the company got itself into Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺. In Taroom Trough...