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Rewriting the AI Playbook from Silicon Valley to the Cosmos
This week’s market action delivered a striking contrast: a brilliant reinvention of classic hardware playbooks on one end, and a wild, gravity-defying ride in the space economy on the other. Beneath these shifting narratives, the major indices showed remarkable strength, the S&P 500 rose 1.4%, the Nasdaq added 2.9%, and the SOX index surged 6%… Continue reading
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The Gifts Left Sitting on the Table
The US market has weathered intense volatility this week, swinging violently on the US-Iran war resolution and intense sector rotation. Yet beneath this noisy market, the tape reveals the most lucrative treasures. For acute investors, the mid-week recovery uncovers some high-conviction alpha opportunity right in plain sight. The USD20bn CPU Pivot: NVIDIA’s Ripple Effect While… Continue reading
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Tech Exhaustion Meets Record Speculation
While major US indices closed higher week-to-date, momentum indicators like RSI suggest the market is becoming overextended. Indeed we do not need any fancy momentum indicators. We have been monitoring the leading stocks and sectors in this recovery, specifically CPUs, AI infrastructure, and Memory, and are seeing early signs of these names retreating from recent… Continue reading
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Navigating the Bull Market Breather
The major indices, SOX, Nasdaq and S&P , are currently paring back from their recent record highs. While headlines attribute the recent US market sell-off to the latest inflation readings, the tape suggests a more technical driver: the market simply became extended after the SOX surged 70% with only brief pullbacks in between. The Macro Noise vs. Technical Footprints… Continue reading
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One Up on the AI Wall Street
The Peter Lynch Reality Check Legendary investor Peter Lynch famously preached “investing in what you know”. This week, the most reliable data didn’t come from a Bloomberg terminal – it came from a home server upgrade. If you’ve tried to source high-capacity storage lately like I have, you will notice a widespread shortage in consumer-grade… Continue reading
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