Fantasy Investing Realm | My actual trades, macro views, chart patterns & 40,000-foot economy takes | Skin in the game — no hype | Not financial advice |
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Welcome to **@FantasyInvRealm** — Fantasy Investment Realm (FIR)!
This isn’t fantasy football with fake points.
It’s **real-money investing** with real consequences, real wins, and real lessons.
I’m Russ — regular guy sharing my actual trades, chart patterns, macro takes, and 40,000-foot views. No hype. No financial advice. Just skin in the game.
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Central banks are "quietly" stacking gold, per Fortune. Goldman Sachs estimates they bought 79 tonnes in August, more than four times the pre-2022 average of 17 a month.
$GS calls that buying a "structural support" for gold. The Dutch central bank moved 86 tonnes from New York and Ottawa to London.
The support holds only while buying stays well above 17 tonnes.
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$META is doing almost the same thing $GOOGL did in 2014. Google gave shareholders a non voting Class C share for each share they owned so Page and Brin could keep control while Google kept issuing stock.
The Class C shares traded lower than the voting ones and Google ended up paying $522 million to make up for it.
The big difference is Meta wants to use these shares to help raise the hundreds of billions they say they need for AI. Google mostly used theirs to pay employees and buy companies.
And it is also for Zuckerberg. If California passes its billionaire tax next month he can sell some of his new shares to pay it without giving up votes.
$META is creating a new kind of share with no voting rights. Every shareholder will get one for each share they own. It’s a stock dividend but it works like a 2 for 1 stock split.
Zuckerberg holds most of the voting power. Since the new shares don’t come with votes Meta can sell them to pay for AI and he keeps control.
Zuckerberg will get the new shares as well. He can sell 20% of them without losing voting power. With the other 80% he gives up some voting power for every one he sells.
That rule goes away over 8 years if he stays full time on Meta’s executive team or as executive chair.
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China’s CSI 300 has fallen about 20% from its June high and entered bear market territory.
The drop comes as AI trades unwind and hopes for major stimulus fade.
A 10-week losing streak and weak earnings have added pressure.
Whether the slide continues depends on clearer policy support or better results.
💵 I’m a bit over 20% cash at the moment. Happy about that, of course. I’d rather be in a bull market though!
10/22/26 Gap Check
• S&P 500 and Nasdaq opened lower after Wednesday’s gains (Nasdaq futures ~-1.6%); tech under early pressure as Meta/Tesla earnings and AI spending doubts resurface amid an oil spike. • 10-year yield near 5.05-5.07% (easing); dollar little changed. • Tech/semis/AI and memory/storage leading the decline; energy holding up with oil elevated on Middle East risks.
Portfolio gaps ≥1%:
$TSLA −3.2% — Q3 beat but capex cut to ~$20B and softer growth outlook.
$SNDK −4.3% — memory/storage giveback after Wednesday bounce + AI spending and oil/rates pressure.
$MU −3.6% — same memory/AI concerns.
$AMD −4.3% — chip sector retreat.
$INTC −5.0% — same.
$CRDO −5.0% — high-speed AI interconnect sympathy with tech.
$VICR −6.3% — AI/power-component pressure.
$BE −5.7% — industrial/energy-related softness.
$NVDA −2.4% — AI chip circular-financing worries.
$SPCX −2.4% — partial giveback after Wednesday’s big move.
NFA.
Look at the themes! Beyond stocks and ETFs, themes are broadly traded and are worthy of consideration. NFA
One winner! More stocks are passing. I’m rethinking the last gate criteria to ensure the “best” possible outcome. Too long?
10/21/26 Gap Check
• S&P 500 opened higher after Tuesday’s mixed close (Dow +1.0%, Nasdaq flat); Nasdaq leading early on SpaceX results and AI optimism ahead of Meta/Tesla earnings. • 10-year yield near 5.1%; dollar little changed. • AI/tech and semis/storage leading the rebound; some industrials and crypto-related softer.
Portfolio gaps ≥1%: $SPCX +8.6% — Q3 beat on AI infra/cloud; Musk notes Tesla-SpaceX special committees. $CRDO +7.3% — high-speed AI interconnect sympathy. $LITE +5.1% — optical/AI hardware. $STX +4.9% / $WDC +4.4% / $SNDK +3.8% / $MU +3.1% — storage/memory rebound. $APLD +4.4% — AI infrastructure. $TTMI +4.3% — PCB/AI related. $CRCL −6.4% — crypto-related pressure. $NAIL −5.5% — levered homebuilders. $CMI −3.8% — industrial softness. $DELL −3.7% — mixed AI hardware reaction. NFA.