Mixed Tuesday. To me, it was a “mixed” trading day in US market on Tue, 13 May 2025 after a weaker-than-forecast inflation data was released. This was just as what I have “expected” & expressed in my post dated 13 May 2025. Click here ! for reasons why, Repost to share ok. Thanks. When trading ended on Tuesday, Dow fell, while S&P 500 & Nasdaq rose: (see above) DJIA: -0.64% (-269.67 TO 42,140.43). S&P 500: +0.72% (+42.36 to 5,886.35). Closed with a YTD gain for the 1st time since late February 2025 with 19 posted new 52-week highs and 6 posted new low. Nasdaq: +1.61% (+301.74 to 19,010.08). 2,590 stocks rose and 1,904 fell as advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 1.36-to-1 ratio. On Tuesday, 17.8

What a way to start a new trading week, with a “Bang”. US market rallied after it was announced that US and China agreed to temporarily slash tariffs following negotiations over the weekend in Geneva, Switzerland. The 90-days halt has raised hope that a trade war won’t push US economy into a recession. Personally, I think this is the false hope that traders “want to believe” so that it is trading-as-usual again. US market as of 12 May 2025 By the time US market closed for the day: DJIA: +2.81% (+1,160.72 to 42,410.10). Near intraday high, with strong buying enthusiasm intact. S&P 500: +3.26% (+184.28 to 5,844.19). Index has gained more than 20% since its April 2025’s low. Posted 15 new 52-week highs and 3 new lows. Nasdaq: +4.35% (+779.43 to 18,708.34). Exit bear market with advancing

President’s 100 Days in office. US (Scott Bessent & Jamieson Greer) and China (Vice Premier He Lifeng) convene this weekend in Geneva for their initial trade talk since Trump unleashed a trade war against the world, as promised during his presidential campaign. The trump administration has just passed its 100-days in office with nothing to show for except: Supply chain disruptions worldwide. Deep divide domestically. Not forgetting the mass layoff of agencies staff and all sorts of internal chaos. Of the blanket tariffs imposed on a worldwide scale, Trump was ‘proud’ of the “breakthrough deal” (whatever that means) when he announced it on Thu, 08 May 2025. (see below) Note, it’s only a PR publicity stun (for now). The trade agreement is NOT signed yet because some final details are s

Recap. After 2 days of rallying, US market consolidated ahead of the 2-day US-China trade talk, held in Geneva, Switzerland. Investors were wary of anything potentially negative coming from the meetings. As a result, the little bit of anxiety and a fair amount of profit taking, drove US market to end the week, marginally lower. (see below) DJIA: -0.29% (-119.07 to 41,249.38). S&P 500: -0.07% (-4.03 to 5,659.91). Nasdaq: 0.00% (+0.78 to 17,928.92). For the week, the Dow lost -0.2%, while S&P 500 fell -0.5% and Nasdaq slipped -0.3%. With the latest “good” news coming out of the US-China trade talk, it looks like the right excuse / alibi for US market to rally again, at least for the next 3 months. (see above) Mid-month Expectations. As we head into mid-May 2025, below are the expecte

Stock Take. Shares of Chinese EV maker $NIO Inc.(NIO)$ have soared by almost +40% since first week of April 2025. One Wall Street analyst thinks that's just the beginning. Not only that, $Citigroup(C)$, Analyst Jeff Chung believes more moves higher are imminent. As reported by Barron, Chung has in a Sunday (28 Apr 2025) report: Placed NIO on a 30-day positive "catalyst watch". Chung even thinks the stock is worth $8.10 per share. That would represent a more than 100% gain from where it traded at the time of his report. NIO stock to double? Nio delivered about 42,000 EVs in Q1 2025. This is more than +40% YoY increase. (see above) Chung still sees sales growth meaningfully accelerating from here. The new optim

On Thu, 08 May 2025, US stocks closed well off Thursday's session highs after two pieces of news helped to lift market higher: #1 - US and UK. outlined a new trade deal (noticed it is not ‘signed’ or ‘inked’). #2 - A milder-than-expected US weekly jobless claims & Continuous claims reports. Thu, 08 May 2025 Performance. DJIA: +0.62% (+254.48 to 41,368.45). The Dow narrowly missing an exit correction territory. S&P 500: +0.58% (+32.66 to 5,663.94). Posted 18 new 52-week highs and 5 new lows. Nasdaq: +1.07% (+17,928.14). Recorded 58 new highs and 98 new lows. Volume on US exchanges was 16.85 billion shares, compared with the 16.86 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days. Fri, 09 May 2025 Performance. As we head into weekend trading, will it be another ‘high

Mid-week Stocktake. US stocks closed marginally higher on Wed, 07 May 2025, as investors (a) assessed prospects for planned US-China trade talks and (b) digested the Fed’s decision to hold interest rates steady at its May 2025 FOMC meeting. By the time market closed for the day: (see above) DJIA: +0.70% (+284.97 to 41,113.97). S&P 500: +0.43% (+24.37 to 5,631.28). Nasdaq: +0.27% (+48.50 to 17,738.16). Fed Chair Spoke. Overall market sentiments seemed to focus more on what Mr Powell had to say during post FOMC meeting’s press conference. Excerpts of what Mr Powell had said: Interest rates were in a good place given current condition. Public concern over inflation & tariffs is real, but there’s little evidence of major economic impact (so far). The tariffs’ shock has not hit yet. add

While US market waits for the much anticipated FOMC May 2025 meeting wrap up on Wed, 07 May 2025, US market took a beating for the 2nd day in a row. On Tue, 06 May 2025 - US stocks fell across the board as traders stayed on the sidelines, waiting for Fed’s policy decision (that is almost baked-in as per CME Fedwatch tool) and also more news insight into trade deals (between US & China). US / China To Finally Meet ! This comes about after both sides officially announced (almost) in unison that they will finally be meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, over coming weekend of May 10 - 11. US Representatives: Treasury Secretary - Scott Bessent. US Trade Representative - Jamieson Greer. Chinese Representative: Chief economic advisor - Vice Premier He Lifeng, This marks the first high-level, face-