• AMD = “Can you prove steady AI progress?” • SMCI = “You must be perfect.” If markets turn even slightly risk-off: • AMD → pullback, but survivable • SMCI → violent volatility

$iShares Silver Trust(SLV)$  $XAG/USD(XAGUSD.FOREX)$   Final takeaway • USD is good for: • Liquidity • Short-term safety • Dry powder • SLV is better for: • 2–5 year value preservation • Beating inflation • Capturing monetary + industrial cycles If the question is “Which will be more valuable in 2+ years?” I choose SLV over USD.

$iShares Silver Trust(SLV)$   The $106 support level for silver faces significant testing pressure but has reasonable probability of holding in the near term due to strong underlying fundamentals. The technical analysis in the news article provides several key insights about silver's current market dynamics: Technical Context and Support Level Analysis: Record High and Correction Phase: Silver reached an all-time high of $121.66 on January 29th, 2026, before experiencing profit-taking that pushed prices down to around $112.10. This represents a correction of approximately 7.8% from the peak, which is a natural technical adjustment after such an aggressive rally. Technical Indicators: The article notes that silver

$SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$  Sandisk’s future earnings power looks radically different from what investors previously assumed. 1️⃣ This Is About Forward Earnings, Not the Past Markets don’t reprice stocks 14× because of: • Last quarter’s results • Modest beats • Incremental guidance bumps They reprice stocks when: • Future profits are suddenly expected to be multiples higher • Losses flip to profits • Or margins expand dramatically due to industry cycle shifts In Sandisk’s case, the “eye-popping forecast” implies: • A memory cycle rebound • Sharp improvement in pricing • Strong demand visibility (often tied to AI, data centers, or enterprise storage) That changes valuation math overnight. ⸻ 2️⃣ Memory Stocks Are Highly Cyclical (Which Magnifies Mov

$Microsoft(MSFT)$   Here’s a clean, market-level explanation of that Microsoft move, tying price action to fundamentals and expectations (not just the headline numbers). ⸻ Why Microsoft Fell ~10% Despite “Good” Fundamentals At first glance, Microsoft’s results looked strong: • Q2 revenue +15% YoY (constant currency) • Azure +38%, beating expectations • Microsoft 365 Commercial +14%, driven by pricing and subscriber growth So why did the stock sell off hard? Because stocks don’t trade on whether results are good — they trade on whether results are better than what was already priced in. ⸻ 1. Expectations Were Extremely High (Especially for AI) Going into earnings, the buy-side narrative was: • Azure acceleration

📈 Meta Platforms: Market’s Risk-On Winner Amid Whipsawing Precious Metals $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$   Last week, markets were volatile: • Gold and silver both sold off sharply, with large intraday swings reflecting risk-off flows. • SLV (Silver ETF) and GLD (Gold ETF) experienced significant range expansion. • But one stock stood out: Meta Platforms (META) surged as much as ~10% in a single session. Here’s what was driving that behavior, with data from last week: ⸻ 🧠 1. Meta’s Strong Earnings Data Provided a Catalyst Meta reported FY 2025 revenue of $200.97 billion, up +22% YoY, the first time crossing the $200B mark. Q4 revenue was up +24% YoY, despite aggressive AI investments. Meta also generated $60.

$Amazon.com(AMZN)$   📊 What Happened Last Week 💥 1. Big AI Investment Rumor Hits Headlines Last week multiple outlets reported that Amazon (AMZN) is in discussions to invest up to $50 billion into OpenAI’s latest funding round, which could value the AI leader near $830 billion / +$100 B fundraising target.  This wasn’t a confirmed deal—just negotiation talk according to Wall Street Journal sources—but it was enough to spur market reactions. ⸻ ☁️ 2. AWS Still a Key Strength Even in a broader tech selloff, AWS (Amazon Web Services) has remained a strong narrative anchor for AMZN: • AWS is viewed as a critical infrastructure platform for AI, cloud, and enterprise computing. • Investors are watching AWS’s role amid

$iShares Silver Trust(SLV)$  $SPDR Gold ETF(GLD)$  $XAG/USD(XAGUSD.FOREX)$  $XAU/USD(XAUUSD.FOREX)$   The key question is not why gold and silver fluctuate violently—but how to position when they do. 1. Understand the Nature of the Volatility Gold and silver volatility usually comes from three sources: • Macro shocks: CPI, Fed policy shifts, rate expectations, dollar moves • Liquidity events: leverage unwinds, forced selling, margin pressure • Sentiment extremes: panic buying or panic selling Silver amplifies these forces more than gold. That’s why vehicles like SLV m

$iShares Silver Trust(SLV)$  $SPDR Gold ETF(GLD)$  $XAG/USD(XAGUSD.FOREX)$  $XAU/USD(XAUUSD.FOREX)$   Silver Goes Vertical Then Snaps: Are SLV Bulls Still in Control? Silver has a habit of moving quietly—until it doesn’t. Recent price action saw SLV surge sharply, go near-vertical, and then pull back just as fast, leaving traders asking the same question: Was that a blow-off top, or just a reset before the next leg higher? The Vertical Move: What Fueled It? The ini

$iShares Silver Trust(SLV)$  $Sprott Trust(PSLV)$  $XAG/USD(XAGUSD.FOREX)$   SLV: The Silver ETF at the Center of Volatility, Inflation, and Opportunity The iShares Silver Trust (SLV) is one of the most actively traded silver exchange-traded funds in the world. Designed to track the price of physical silver, SLV offers investors a liquid, accessible way to gain exposure to silver without handling bullion. Yet beneath its simple structure lies a complex intersection of macroeconomics, industrial demand, monetary policy, and market psychology. What Is