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The Big Three: Fading Home Depot and Micron, Chasing a Gamma Squeeze in eBay
Three options trades built around rotation and the AI hardware efficiency debate: bearish Home Depot, bullish eBay, bearish Micron.
Samsung's Strong Numbers, Soft Reaction: How Much Good News Is Already Priced In
Samsung's profit surge met a 7% drop as memory-chip rallies raise the question of how much good news is already in the price.
Strategy Buys Time as Bitcoin's Fundamentals Wrestle With Its Narratives
An analysis of Strategy's Bitcoin selling, Bitcoin's shifting correlations, the yen carry trade risk, and whether the debasement narrative holds.
SpaceX Enters the NASDAQ 100 to a Wall of Bullish Targets and One Skeptic
SpaceX joins the NASDAQ 100 with 12 analysts turning bullish, price targets from $131 to $800, and one options strategist calling the top end too far.
Solar's Place in the AI Energy Buildout
How utility-scale solar and battery storage fit into the surge in electricity demand driven by the AI buildout, and where the real bottlenecks sit.
Microsoft's Demand Holds While Its Stock Sinks
Microsoft's stock has fallen sharply while consumer demand keeps climbing, driven by AI and cloud growth, pointing to a possible oversold setup.
Bull vs. Bear on Broadcom: Reading the AVGO Sell-Off Through Options
A two-sided look at Broadcom after its post-earnings sell-off, with the bull and bear cases and two matching options trades.
Reddit's Chart Rally and a Neutral Options Play
A technical read on Reddit's stock after a price target hike, with support and resistance levels and a neutral iron condor trade idea.
Rotation, Geopolitics, and a Memory-Chip Reset Rattle Tech
Tech reverses on Samsung's earnings, oil climbs on Hormuz tensions, SpaceX joins the NASDAQ 100, and cybersecurity sets record highs.
A Stock Picker's Market: Where the Value Sits in MSFT, GE Aerospace, and Palo Alto Networks
Why this is a stock picker's market, with the case for GE Aerospace at a $1,000 target, Microsoft on the dip, AI, and cybersecurity.
Monday's Market Close: Defense M&A, a Chip Giant's US Debut, and SpaceX Enters the Index
A session recap covering Lockheed's undersea warfare acquisition, SK Hynix's US listing, SpaceX's Nasdaq 100 entry, Klarna's bank charter, and ISM data.
A Concentrated Market and the Case for Broadening Out
Why a record-setting market driven by narrow tech and AI capex makes diversification and active management the sharper play for the back half of the year.
Big Bearish Bets Hit Tech: Reading the QQQ, Micron, and SanDisk Options Flow
A breakdown of three outsized bearish options trades on QQQ, Micron, and SanDisk, and what their structure and size reveal about tech sentiment.
Trump Courts Crypto Before the Midterms While Strategy's First Bitcoin Sale Signals a Bottom
Trump signals Bitcoin openness before the midterms as Strategy sells Bitcoin for the first time, and the muted market reaction points to a bottom.
Why Palantir Earned an Upgrade: Valuation, AI Delivery, and Main Character Energy
An analyst's case for upgrading Palantir to buy, built on a reset valuation, twice-the-pace growth, and its role deploying AI across any model.
Bull vs. Bear on Micron: AI Memory Demand Against Fresh Headwinds
A look at Micron's AI-driven memory demand, the risks from hyperscaler spending, and two opposing options trades built around a $1,000 stock.
Walmart the Goliath: Rich Valuation, Strong Fundamentals, and an Options Play on the Pullback
A look at why Walmart's stock fell from its high despite solid fundamentals, plus an options trade to enter the pullback.
The Big Three: Small Caps Break Out, the Mag 7 Lag, and Micron Holds the Line
A technical and thematic read on rotating small caps, a lagging Mag 7, and Micron as the semiconductor bellwether steering the AI trade.
Retail's June Playbook: Buying the Dip in Chips, Growth, and a Fresh IPO
A look at June retail trading data showing selective dip buying in chips and growth names, with SpaceX, Nvidia, and Micron leading the buys.
ASML's AI-Driven Ascent: Why Bernstein Sees 48% More Upside
A bullish analyst call lifts ASML's target to 2623, citing an AI-driven capex cycle, rising lithography intensity, and memory adoption of high NA EUV.