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Leveraged ETFs like TQQQ, UPRO, and SSO look like the perfect retail product: simple to buy, no margin calls, and the promise of 2x or 3x the daily moves of an index. You click a button in your brokerage account and suddenly you have turbocharged exposure. For a lot of people, that convenience is irresistible. It is also a trap. These products are engineered for short-term trading, yet they are routinely used as longer-term leverage tools. The structural mechanics that make them work on a single day actively work against you the moment you hold them longer. In most market environments that matter choppy, volatile, or mean-reverting periods they systematically destroy capital relative to what a simple multiple of the underlying would have delivered. If your goal is intelligent leverage rath

Loser Stock That Lost the Cola War ? $Pepsi(PEP)$ has not collapsed. It has however, lost the central battle that once defined it - the cola war. Despite generating more than twice $Coca-Cola(KO)$’s revenue, PEP is worth only about ½ as much in the stock market. The reason is simple: KO owns the more profitable part of the beverage value chain. PEP in return, become a sprawling food & beverage conglomerate where soda is no longer the main priority. Numbers tell the story In FY 2025 : PEP generated roughly $93.9 billion in revenue, compared with about $47.9 billion for KO. Yet KO produced about $13.8 billion in operating profit, ahead of PEP’s $11.5 billion. KO’s operating margin was roughly 35%, more tha

$Strategy(MSTR)$   $Circle Internet Corp.(CRCL)$   $Micron Technology(MU)$    The Federal Reserve just held rates at 3.75%-4.00%. Stocks finished higher. And the easy conclusion is: Fed stopped hiking = buy risk assets. I think that is too simplistic. This was not a dovish pivot. It was closer to a hawkish pause. Economic growth remains strong. Inflation remains elevated. And two policymakers actually wanted another 25bp hike. So I am not positioning for: “Cheap money is back.” I am positioning for something more interesting: “The cost of money may have stopped getting worse.” Those a

$SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ is well-positioned to ride the AI memory wave tonight, but the bar to trigger a post-earnings stock rally is exceptionally high. We saw $Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.(SSNLF)$ fell roughly 5% due to a lack of immediate buyback details and a slightly more conservative long-term outlook compared to $SK hynix(SKHY)$. In this article, we would like to share our analysis covering the following topics. Lessons from Samsung & SK Hynix: A comparative analysis of peer performance, market expectations, and capital allocation signaling. The Earnings Setup: Key metrics, implied volatility, options market pricing, and execution benchmarks. Strategic

The Federal Reserve held rates as technology shares edged higher The $Invesco QQQ(QQQ)$ gained 0.60 per cent on Wednesday, while the $S&P 500(.SPX)$ rose 0.28 per cent. The Federal Reserve voted 10–2 to keep its target range at 3.75 per cent to 4.00 per cent. The two dissenters preferred a 25-basis-point increase. The statement described economic activity as strong and inflation as still elevated, offering no clear signal of imminent easing. The indices moved little during the regular session. The more important change came after the close. Microsoft and Alphabet both reported strong cloud growth, but Microsoft gained about 4 per cent in extended trading while Alphabet f

Event Recap | Tiger Brokers Singapore | 27 October 2026 Subtitle: Beyond Singapore's Big Three Banks — Exploring Asian Financials, Sustainable Equities and Short-Duration Bonds for a More Resilient Portfolio How can investors diversify their portfolios while balancing growth opportunities, dividend income and downside protection? At our latest Tiger Brokers Singapore investment seminar, the guest speaker shared practical insights into three investment themes: Asian financials, Singapore's low-carbon leaders and actively managed short-duration bond ETFs. Xun Xiang’s Playbook: How to Read the SGX ETF Top-10 Lists (and Meet the Lion Global Investors ETF L

Management View "Q3 was a strong quarter for Alphabet" and "Alphabet revenues grew 25% year-over-year" as the company said it is "now at $0.5 trillion annual run rate" (CEO Sundar Pichai). "Google Cloud revenues grew 103%" and management said it is "working hard to bring more capacity online to meet this long-term demand" while also seeing "strong demand" for TPU systems (CEO Pichai). Product and platform updates centered on Gemini 4: "Our first-party model APIs are now processing nearly 32 billion tokens per minute, 40% more than last quarter" and "The Gemini app is now at 1 billion users" (CEO Pichai). Pichai also said the company "announced Carbon" and that it will be "rolling Carbon out first to a subset of trusted cyber defenders" and that it is "being tested by the U.S. government."

Management View "these Q3 results represent a trifecta moment for ServiceNow" with "significantly accelerating AI performance" and "a hybrid business model shifting more to consumption" (Chairman & CEO William McDermott). "AI, net new ACV was 65% year-over-year growth in Q3" and "today, we are raising that target again this time to $1.7 billion plus by year-end" (Chairman & CEO McDermott). "Q3 subscription revenues were $3.988 billion" and "non-GAAP operating margin was 32.5%" while "free cash flow margin was 20%" (President & CFO Gina Mastantuono). "AIOps, HRSD and CRM specialists are expected to become generally available in Q4" and "our tuck-in of Sweep adds deep expertise in rapid agentic deployments" (Chairman & CEO McDermott). Outlook "For 2026, we're raising our subs

Tesla rose 5.21% on Monday while SPCX slipped 0.40%. The divergence highlights how investors are positioning themselves around different growth opportunities, with Tesla attracting attention for its potential in autonomous driving, AI and robotics. One of the boldest long-term forecasts comes from ARK Invest, which has modelled a Tesla share price of approximately $4,400 by 2031, with around 80% of enterprise value attributed to Robotaxi in that scenario. That valuation depends on a major transformation. Tesla would need to evolve beyond selling vehicles and establish a scalable autonomous ride-hailing business capable of generating substantial recurring revenue. The opportunity is significant, but so is the execution challenge. 1. The first test: Can Tesla scale paid Robotaxi rides? A suc

If I had to choose one ETF to invest in regularly over the long term, I would choose $Vanguard Total World Stock ETF(VT)$ . Before explaining why, let’s define DCA. Dollar-cost averaging (DCA) is an investment strategy where you invest a fixed amount of money at regular intervals, such as weekly or monthly, regardless of whether the market is rising or falling. For example, investing US$100 into an ETF every month means you buy more shares when the price falls and fewer shares when the price rises. Over time, your purchases are made at different prices rather than relying on a single entry point. DCA does not guarantee a profit or prevent losses, but it can help investors build a consistent investing habit without constantly trying to time the