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$Applied Materials(AMAT)$ is scheduled to report its fiscal Q3 2025 earnings on Thursday, August 14, 2025, after the market closes. As a key player in the semiconductor equipment industry, its results are closely watched for insights into the health of the broader chip sector, particularly amid the ongoing boom in AI and advanced technology. Revenue: The consensus revenue forecast is approximately $7.2 billion, which would represent a year-over-year increase of about 6.2%. This growth is expected to be driven by robust demand for advanced equipment, particularly for the development of generative AI and more complex chips. The Semiconductor Systems segment is projected to be the main growth engine, with an estimated year-over-year increase of 9.4%.

A deep dive into how global liquidity, currency dynamics, and cycle theory combine to create decade-long trendsFor those who understood cycle analysis and the confluence of factors discussed in this framework, the gold breakout in February 2024 would have been clearly anticipated. The alignment of liquidity expansion, dollar weakness, and cyclical positioning all pointed to a major move in precious metals. That breakout, which many missed or dismissed as temporary, exemplified how understanding these deeper market dynamics can position investors ahead of significant trends. This analysis explores the framework for identifying and understanding these supercycles, particularly in precious metals and the broader mining sector, and what current market conditions suggest about the potential for

This week marks the most volatile earnings week of the season. The market is punishing bad earnings and rewarding good ones—yesterday, some strong performers surged over 20%, while certain earnings misses dropped more than 20%.Is this the perfect time to use a strangle strategy—betting on volatility instead of direction? But of course, if you get it wrong and the stock doesn’t move enough, you could lose money...What is a Strangle?Long Strangle: Buy one out-of-the-money call and one out-of-the-money put before earnings, betting on a big move in the stock price — either up or down. As long as the move is large enough, you can make money.Short Strangle: Sell one call and one put, betting the stock won’t move much after earnings. The goal is to profit from time decay and the implied volatilit

Earnings Season Is Here — $Microsoft(MSFT)$ , $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ , $Apple(AAPL)$ , $Amazon.com(AMZN)$ , and $Qualcomm(QCOM)$ are all reporting!But this round of earnings clearly doesn't play fair. Goldman Sachs pointed out a typical pattern of "negative asymmetry": good news doesn't lead to much upside, but bad news causes massive sell-offs! Netflix dropped 5% after earnings, ASML plunged 8%, and Texas Instruments tanked a staggering 13%.At the same time, Goldman's speculative trading index is nearing all-time highs — retail investors are back, and the options market i