Trading ideas and forecasts on stocks. My posts aren't investment advice, do your own DD. 馃搱 Sharing: Stock picks 馃彟 Market trends 馃實 Portfolio updates 馃攧

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Joined April 2014
Same industry, opposite days. S&P 500 +0.6%, Nasdaq-100 +1.3%, chips +3.6%. But water stocks split: $PNR +12.8%, the S&P's best: sales beat, pool slump ending. Xylem -14.2%: cut its outlook as utilities delay orders. The outlook moves the stock. #StockMarket #Earnings #SP500
33
The AI trade woke up today. Nasdaq-100 +1.1%, chips +2.8%, S&P 500 +0.7%. Why: Anthropic, maker of the Claude AI models, filed to go public. $MU +3%, AMD +2.8%, Nvidia +2.4%. One filing won't end the AI debate. Big Tech earnings this week will. #StockMarket #AI #Nasdaq
42
Midterms are 9 days away. History says: S&P 500 one year after each midterm since 1950: up 19 of 19 times. Average +15%. The worst: +1%, a year that included the 1987 crash. Why: the uncertainty clears, whoever wins. Not a guarantee. A tailwind. #StockMarket #SP500 #Investing
41
9 of 11 S&P 500 sectors rose this week. Yet the index fell 0.5%. Why: a few giants. Communication -4.4%, chips -3.2% on AI spending fears. The average stock (equal-weight S&P) rose 1.1%. Profits: +29.5% y/y (FactSet). Weak index, healthy market. #StockMarket #SP500 #Investing
42
Oil up, Dow down. Brent +3% to ~$117, a 5-month high, on reports of new US-Israel strike plans on Iran. Dow -1.2%, S&P 500 -0.5%, Nasdaq-100 flat. Energy $XLE +2.6%, the day's top sector. Next up: Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon earnings + the Fed. #StockMarket #Oil #SP500
70
Wall Street split in two today. Nasdaq-100 -2.9%, chips -6.7%: AI spending fears are back. But the Dow closed flat. $PG +5.6% as shoppers bought more, Lockheed +7% on a record backlog, staples +3.3%. Money didn't leave stocks. It changed seats. #StockMarket #Nasdaq #Investing
1
1
44
AI fear took a day off. Nasdaq-100 +1.1%, chips +2.0%, S&P 500 +0.6%. Why: $SMCI raised its sales outlook on AI server orders and rose 9.5%. Dell +5.3%. Losers: AT&T -6.4% despite an earnings beat, Netflix -5.3%. One outlook can lift a whole sector. #StockMarket #Nasdaq #AI
46
Stocks rose today. Big Tech didn't. Small caps +1.8%, Dow +1.0%, S&P 500 +0.3%, Nasdaq-100 -0.1%. Health care hit a record (+2.4%) as oil and yields eased. GM -6.8%: beat on earnings, but its outlook missed. The rally is spreading beyond tech. #StockMarket #SP500 #Investing
24
Dip buyers showed up, then lost their nerve. Nasdaq-100: +2.1% at the high, closed +1.2%. S&P 500: +0.4%, closing near its low. Why: tech bounced, but the 10-year yield rose to 5.14% and oil held near $109. Real bottoms need strong closes. Not yet. #StockMarket #Nasdaq #SP500
26
Wall Street played defense last week. Winners: consumer staples +5.6%, health care +5.4%, utilities +3.0%. Loser: tech -8.0%. When toothpaste and drugmakers beat chipmakers, big money is hiding from risk. The tell for a turn: tech leading again. #StockMarket #SP500 #Investing
31