$GOOGL VERTICAL 261030 PUT 315.0/PUT 310.0$ Closing at 84% profit, and 27 days left before expiration.Taking advantage of the price surge for 2 straight days. MSFT may retreat a bit as it reaches its all time high this year, and as it gets closer to the resistance at $550-$560.
10/13 Strategy Preview | AI Cools Off, Money Starts Spreading Out
① What Happened Today Semiconductors got sold off, and the AI trade is starting to split. Memory chips under pressure: China's CXMT made progress on a new architecture, raising fears about future competition. Samsung and SK Hynix kept falling. Micron dropped 3.9% overnight. Memory chips and hard drive stocks keep getting sold. AI investing logic is shifting: Broadcom's CEO warned that AI investing has too much speculation. Meta launched a new model called Muse Wonder, which made the market rethink: if big tech companies can build stronger models themselves, will demand for outside AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic drop? Meta bucked the trend: META rose about 4% after Muse Wonder launched. Money is splitting: some still chases big platforms with AI research power, while some leaves sem
🌟🌟🌟 This is an important week as the US Big Banks report their earnings. When the CEOs step up to the podium, investors will be keen to find out about their Net Interest Income or NII. If the NII looks weak, the bank stocks may slide. Another important metric to watch out is the provisions of credit losses. If the Big Banks are quietly hoarding big piles of cash to cover bad loans, it means they smell trouble brewing in consumer credit cards and commercial real estate. Which is the best bank stock to buy? My top pick is $JPMorgan Chase(JPM)$ as Jamie Dimon's fortress remains the gold standard. It is the King of retail banking, asset management and trading. JPMorgan is the largest US bank with assets under management
As the Q3 earnings season kicks off, bank performance hinges on the tug-of-war between strong Net Interest Income (NII) and accelerating deposit costs. While high benchmark rates bolster yields, balance sheet strength dictates who truly outperforms Among major Wall Street institutions, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) stands out as the ultimate winner. JPM’s unrivaled capital fortress, disciplined risk management, and dominant deposit franchise allow it to navigate credit normalization far better than peers. Unlike competitors constrained by rising funding expenses, JPM continues capturing market share across retail and wealth management. Furthermore, its resilient corporate and investment banking pipeline provides a strong earnings engine during macro shifts While Bank of America faces softer fee ou
I’d choose B — MRVL’s upgrade, but the real story isn’t the higher price target. It’s where AI investment is heading next. The market has spent years rewarding GPU leaders, but increasingly powerful AI clusters also need high-speed connectivity, custom silicon and efficient data transmission. Marvell sits at this intersection, giving it potential exposure beyond the GPU race. However, multiple analyst upgrades don’t guarantee future returns. Investors must still examine customer concentration, execution risks, valuation and whether AI infrastructure spending can justify current expectations. My biggest takeaway? AI investing is shifting from buying the loudest narrative to identifying the infrastructure bottlenecks. The opportunity may be substantial, but the best business is not automati
📈📉 MSFT, MRVL & PLTR Upgraded — What Is Wall Street Repricing?
Wall Street reshuffled its calls last week, with analysts changing their views across AI, software, semiconductors, healthcare and consumer stocks. From $Microsoft(MSFT)$getting a bullish AI-security call to $Nike(NKE)$ facing deeper turnaround concerns, here are the key institutional moves from October 5–9 — and more importantly, why analysts changed their minds. 📅 MONDAY, OCT 5 | AI Security Becomes a New Bull Case 🟢 $Microsoft(MSFT)$Melius Research: Hold → Buy | PT: $465 → $665 Melius upgraded $Microsoft(MSFT)$, arguing that growing concerns around AI secu
The $Marvell Technology(MRVL)$ upgrade surprised me the most because it highlights how AI growth is expanding beyond GPUs into networking, connectivity, and custom silicon. I believe these areas will remain important as AI data centers become larger and more complex. I am also encouraged by the bullish calls on $Microsoft(MSFT)$ and $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ , as both could benefit from growing enterprise AI adoption. However, I will focus on actual revenue growth and earnings rather than analyst price targets alone, since AI potential does not always translate into immediate profits. For me, the biggest lesson is that not all companies in the same indu
📈📉 MSFT, MRVL & PLTR Upgraded — What Is Wall Street Repricing?
Wall Street reshuffled its calls last week, with analysts changing their views across AI, software, semiconductors, healthcare and consumer stocks. From $Microsoft(MSFT)$getting a bullish AI-security call to $Nike(NKE)$ facing deeper turnaround concerns, here are the key institutional moves from October 5–9 — and more importantly, why analysts changed their minds. 📅 MONDAY, OCT 5 | AI Security Becomes a New Bull Case 🟢 $Microsoft(MSFT)$Melius Research: Hold → Buy | PT: $465 → $665 Melius upgraded $Microsoft(MSFT)$, arguing that growing concerns around AI secu
MU Technical Analysis: Stock Dips Below Short-Term Moving Averages on Shrinking Volume, Retracing to the Middle Band The mid-term uptrend structure remains intact, but short-term price has fallen back below EMA20, interrupting the upward rhythm. Price at 1029.00 is about 1.0% below EMA20 at 1039.47, yet still 3.5% above EMA50 at 994.34. The two lines are in a bullish alignment but price is stuck below the short-term moving average, which qualifies as a pullback within an uptrend rather than a breakdown. The key question is whether EMA50 can hold, as that line is the last line of defense for this upward trend. Bollinger Band width is 21.1%, an extremely wide volatility range. Price currently sits between the middle band at 1038.26 and the lower band at 928.70, having slipped from above the
ASML Earnings Preview: Can 55% Sales Growth Still Surprise Wall Street? $ASML Holding NV(ASML)$ will report Q3 2026 earnings on Wednesday, October 14, helping kick off another closely watched semiconductor earnings season. After sharply raising its full-year outlook in July, the world's leading lithography equipment supplier faces a much higher bar. The central question is whether ASML can expand production fast enough to meet surging AI-driven demand and sustain its growth momentum into 2027 and 2028. Core Financial Indicators – Consensus expects Q3 revenue of €11.62 billion, up 55% YoY and 25% QoQ, compared with the previous guidance ceiling of €12.0 billion. – Consensus expects a Q3 gross margin of 55.
$Seatrium Ltd(5E2.SI)$ Seatrium - Chart wise, bearish mode. She may go down to test 2.90, if unable to hold we may see further weakness. NAV 2.17. EPS 9.6 cents. PE 20.3 time. Dividend yield is 1.5%. If the company didn't buy back share, price may go further downward towards 1.83 than 1.70 and 1.65. Pls dyodd.
🌟🌟🌟With the Nasdaq down, it is the ultimate investor dilemma: to catch the knife or watch from the sidelines? Strategy A: DCA $Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF(QQQM)$ My primary instinct is to treat this pullback as a golden opportunity to invest $Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF(QQQM)$ in batches. Waiting for the perfect moment is an exercise in futility. Deploying my capital in tranches takes the emotion out of the game. Strategy B: Waiting for Macro Clearance The alternative is to wait for the incoming macro tsunami which is the latest inflation data & the upcoming tech reports. It is the safer, more calculated play. If inflation prints hot & tech guidance turns cautious, that 0.70% could ea
🌟🌟🌟Why did $Lumentum(LITE)$ drop 10%? It could be a large institutional fund decided to liquidate its position to raise cash or a broader tech rotation dragged it down. Whatever the reason, a 9.78% drop puts Lumentum into the oversold territory. 2 ways to play this: A: Bet on the oversold rebound. It could be an over reaction. The market is behaving like a panicked herd of cattle. For a disciplined investor, this could be a gift. If you have the stomach for volatility, buying a small tranche now allows you to capture the classic rubber band bounce. B: Wait for the bottom& information The safe play is to sit in your hands & wait for the decline to stop. Waiting for a solid day of green consolidati
Part one 🏦 Beginner’s Guide to Bank Earnings: JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs & Citigroup
🏦 Beginner’s Guide to Bank Earnings: JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs & Citigroup Part 1 · Understanding bank earnings, trading opportunities and hidden risks When major banks report earnings, I do not just look at whether their profits beat analysts’ expectations. I want to understand where the profits come from, whether those profits can continue, and how the market might react after the results are released. The three banks in our discussion are JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Goldman Sachs (GS) and Citigroup (C). All three operate in the financial sector, but their businesses are different. This means a good earnings report for one bank does not automatically mean the other two will perform equally well. JPMorgan Chase A diversified banking giant Goldman Sachs Markets and investment banking Citigroup
The Memory Sector Meltdown: Geopolitical Nightmare or a Discount Buying Opportunity? On Monday $Micron Technology(MU)$ & $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ fell on news that $Cxmt Corporation(688825)$ announced key progress on a dense, next gen 4F2 server DRAM architecture. China is no longer just trying to catch up. CXMT is growing at a terrifying pace. It manages to grow its market share from 1% in 2023 to 10% of global DRAM revenue in Q2 2026. CXMT's 4F2 technology will be ready for shipment by the end of 2026, making it a formidable opponent mid term c
Building a global portfolio just got easier — and cheaper — for Singapore investors
🌏 A global portfolio can start with a trade on $SGX(S68.SI)$ , $Straits Times Index(STI.SI)$ For Singapore investors, the upcoming listing of four Xtrackers by DWS ETFs brings more choice to an important decision: how to build long-term equity exposure efficiently. Scheduled to list on 13 October 2026, these ETFs offer four distinct approaches and the fee on one of them is hard to ignore: 0.03% a year: 🔹 $XT S&P 500 SGD(XUS.SI)$ | S&P 500 | Annual TER: 0.03% Exposure to large U.S. companies, weighted by market capitalisation. A potential building block for investors seeking broad U.S. equity exposure. 🔹 $XT
South Korea's Stock Market Crashes — Is the Global Semiconductor Bull Market Over?
Today, South Korean stocks plunged, with the $CSOP KOSPI(03121)$ index at one point falling more than 7%, breaking below the psychologically important 6,000-point level and approaching its July low: On the news front, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said at an event in Singapore yesterday that most companies see no return on their AI computing investments, questioning the long-term viability of money-losing AI labs. He said: "Many investors don't really know what they're investing in. They set absurdly high expectations, only to realize in the end that they're practically in a casino." $Broadcom (AVGO) Tan also noted that several AI companies, including OpenAI, lose tens of billions of dollars each year. Such services require massive spending on high-end c
Memory Stocks Had One Reason to Sell Last Week. Monday Added a Second.
The indices: the Dow outran the Nasdaq for the third session in a row All three indices split again on Monday: the $Dow Jones(.DJI)$ rose 0.38 per cent to 51,850.55; the $S&P 500(.SPX)$ fell 0.06 per cent to 7,807.24, essentially flat; and the $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ fell 0.44 per cent to 27,245.90. The 10-year Treasury yield stayed at 5.24 per cent, unchanged from Friday. Monday was the third consecutive session in which the Dow outperformed the Nasdaq. Nvidia fell 1.29 per cent to US$226.32 and AMD fell 2.28 per cent to US$594.24, extending the declines that began last Thursday on the OpenAI revenue report. Memory st
SK hynix Plunges 10%, Samsung Drops 7%: Is AI Memory’s Scarcity Premium Under Threat?
Asian semiconductor stocks suffered a sharp selloff today. SK hynix dropped roughly 10%, Samsung Electronics fell 7.4%, South Korea’s KOSPI declined more than 5%, and Japan’s Kioxia also saw double-digit losses. What makes this interesting is that AI memory demand has not suddenly disappeared. Instead, investors are reacting to a potential shift in the global memory supply landscape, driven partly by a technological breakthrough from China. On October 12, Chinese memory manufacturer CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) disclosed progress in its next-generation 4F² DRAM cell architecture, with plans to introduce server memory products using the technology by the end of this year. Compared with the industry’s mainstream 6F² structure, the new architecture could potentially increase memory den
🐂 The Bull Market Turns Four: Can Q3 Earnings Power the Next Leg Higher?
From AI-driven gains to earnings reality, here's what investors should watch as Wall Street heads into Q4. Four years. A remarkable rally. And a new test for Wall Street. The S&P 500's current bull market reached its fourth anniversary on October 12, 2026, having climbed approximately 118% from its October 2022 low. AI investment, resilient corporate earnings and enthusiasm for technology have helped fuel the advance. But the next phase may be more challenging. Rising bond yields, questions about AI profitability and uneven stock performance are forcing investors to look beyond headline index gains. Now, Q3 earnings season is stepping into the spotlight. 🏦 The key question: Can corporate earnings justify the rally and carry the market into Q4? 📊 1. Four Years Into the Rally: Where Is t