Goldman Sachs' Christmas Present: The 2026 Playbook As the year winds down and investors look ahead, Goldman Sachs’ 2026 outlook arrives like a thoughtful Christmas gift — not flashy, but genuinely useful. The cycle is still alive, growth is holding up, and opportunities are opening up in new places, even as markets sit near record highs. The $S&P 500(.SPX)$   is trading close to all-time highs, the $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ continues to reflect confidence in long-term innovation, and $iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM.US)$ are showing early signs of renewed participation after years of lagging. Rather than signaling an ending, Goldman’s message is one of renewal and rotation. Returns are still there, bu

Goldman Sachs' Christmas Present: The 2026 Playbook As the year winds down and investors look ahead, Goldman Sachs’ 2026 outlook arrives like a thoughtful Christmas gift — not flashy, but genuinely useful. The cycle is still alive, growth is holding up, and opportunities are opening up in new places, even as markets sit near record highs. The $S&P 500(.SPX)$   is trading close to all-time highs, the $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ continues to reflect confidence in long-term innovation, and $iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM.US)$ are showing early signs of renewed participation after years of lagging. Rather than signaling an ending, Goldman’s message is one of renewal and rotation. Returns are still there, bu

2025 Full Year Recap: Here Are the Top 10 IPO Gainers and How They Performed The U.S. IPO market demonstrated resilience in 2025, navigating volatility from tariffs and political gridlock to post a four-year high in issuance. Data from Renaissance Capital confirms a "strategic thaw": 202 offerings raised a combined $44.0 billion, marking a decisive, albeit selective, recovery. However, the "Class of '25" bears little resemblance to the speculative bubbles of the past, the market has shifted fundamentally away from "growth-at-all-costs" software plays. Instead, institutional capital has concentrated heavily on 'Industrial Logic': companies with physical infrastructure, proven cash flows, or strategic necessity. The top performers of the year—all boasting market caps above $4 billion—tell th

The Year's Biggest Winner Was Not AI, It Was Materials If you thought 2025 was solely about the AI narrative, the final numbers might surprise you. The Reality Check: Leadership Shifted Away from the Obvious Through December 22, 2025, the market leadership underwent a significant rotation. The leaderboard shows that capital flowed into physical assets rather than just digital ones: ~1st Place: Materials: Up 37.99% – The clear outlier. ~2nd Place: Communication Services: Up 30.30% – Strong recovery. ~3rd Place: Financial: Up 22.73% – Solid, but trailing the leaders. ~Last Place: Real Estate: Down 1.02% – The only sector to finish in the red. That is the tell. 2025 was not a one narrative year. Investors still paid up for growth, but the strongest bid went to areas with raw operating leverag

Nvidia Hits Historic Lows vs. the SOX, Entering a Sweet Spot Ahead of Upcoming Catalysts After a strong run into July, $NVIDIA(NVDA)$  's shares have traded in a relatively tight range. Even with a roughly 30% year-to-date gain, NVDA has meaningfully lagged the broader semiconductor sector on a relative basis, while its valuation multiple has continued to compress (around 24x foward P/E) over the past period. Moreover, a recent Bernstein report noted that NVDA sits around the 11th percentile of its own 10-year forward P/E range and in the first percentile versus the SOX, implying an unusually large relative valuation reset. The note also cites a striking historical statistic: over the last decade, buying NVDA be

Options Market Statistics: Nvidia Surges 1.5% as Major H200 AI Chip Shipment to China Takes Shape $NVIDIA(NVDA)$   ranked second in options activity with a neutral put/call ratio of 0.49 and a low IV rank of 2.86%, indicating subdued volatility bets as volume hit 1.64 million contracts against 16.92 million in open interest. Shares gained 1.5% following Reuters reports that the company intends to deliver between 40,000 and 80,000 H200 AI processors to China, with insiders noting initial batches could arrive before the Lunar New Year.   $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$   led overall volume with a neutral put/call ratio of 0.61

Santa Rally Trades Favor Google as Rivian and Circle Cool Off Against a backdrop of steadily cooling inflation and improving expectations for liquidity conditions, overall risk appetite in U.S. equities has rebounded, with technology, crypto-related, and new energy stocks showing notable gains.  As the Christmas holiday approaches, market attention has increasingly shifted toward the potential for a Santa Rally. However, options data suggest that institutional capital is far from indiscriminate in chasing the rally. Instead, investors continue to position for upside in $Alphabet(GOOG)$   $Alphabet(GOOGL)$   toward year

2025 Full Year Recap | Decoding the Top Performers That Propelled the STI to New Peaks As we draw the curtains on 2025, the Singapore equity market has emerged as one of the most consistent performers in the Asia-Pacific region. While global markets grappled with high-interest rate fatigue and geopolitical shifts, the $Straits Times Index(STI.SI)$   successfully crossed major psychological resistance levels, recently stabilizing above 4,500 points. What defined 2025 wasn't just a simple recovery, but a fundamental shift in investor perception. Backed by the government’s S$5 billion initiative to revitalize the local equity market, liquidity began returning to home-grown blue chips. Compared to the high-va

Rocket Lab, Intuitive Machines, ASTS, FLY Rally as U.S. Space Policy Shift Ignites Sector U.S. space stocks rallied broadly, with sector sentiment heating up as policy support and industry catalysts converged, pushing several names to double-digit gains. $Intuitive Machines(LUNR)$   surged more than 34%, $Firefly Aerospace Inc.(FLY)$   soared 24%, $Rocket Lab USA, Inc.(RKLB)$   climbed over 17%, $Redwire Corp.(RDW)$   rose more than 15%, $AST SpaceMobile (ASTS.US)$ gained over 14%, and $Planet Labs PBC (PL.US)$ advanced mo

Oracle, Nvidia, Tesla See Short Sellers Pull Back, DJT's Shorts Jump 36X Oracle, $NVIDIA(NVDA)$   and $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$   saw short sellers pull back, tracking the decline in total trading volume as investors and traders wind down their activities ahead of the holidays.  Trading in borrowed $Oracle(ORCL)$   stock fell to 3.99 million shares Thursday, from 4.38 million shares a day earlier. Still, short volume accounted for 11% of the total number of shares that changed hands when the stock bounced 0.9%, tracking gains of the wider

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Over $7 Trillion in Options Expire in 'Quadruple Witching' Day About $7.1 trillion in notional exposure in options were due to expire Friday, the biggest ever, helping driving wilder price swings across the stock market, Bloomberg reported, citing data from Citigroup.  "Quadruple witching" is quarterly event, when equity derivatives including index options, single stock options, index futures and stock futures expire on the same day. This time, the volume due for expiration dwarfs the scale of previous such events, CNBC reported Friday, citing Goldman Sachs.  Goldman estimates that about $5 trillion of the expiring contracts are tied to the benchmark $S&P 500(.SPX)$  , while $880 billion are on ind

Options Market Statistics: Palantir Jumps 4%, as It Joins the Genesis Mission $Nike(NKE)$   entered the actives as a new addition with a put/call ratio of 1.3 and a IV rank of 16.38%, reflecting downside caution as volume hit 0.73 million contracts against 1.76 million in open interest. Shares dropped 10% after the sports giant delivered Q2 results with net profit slide and weakness of sale in China.   $NVIDIA(NVDA)$   ranked top with a put/call ratio of 0.61 and a low IV rank of 5.18%, indicating tempered volatility bets as volume reached 3.49 million contracts versus 21.03 million in open interest. Shares rose 4%

CoreWeave Jumps 23%, Options Turn Bearish On December 19, 2025, AI compute infrastructure stock $CoreWeave, Inc.(CRWV)$   extended the strong momentum from the prior session. As November CPI data continued to show cooling inflation, expectations for future rate cuts strengthened, lifting overall risk appetite and driving a broad rebound across technology and compute-related assets. At the same time, on December 18, the Trump administration announced the “Genesis Plan” aimed at accelerating U.S. domestic development of AI, computing power, and critical digital infrastructure—emerging as a key catalyst for the compute theme. Against this combination of macro and policy tailwinds, CRWV surged as much as 23% intraday, with shares briefly jum

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Options Market Statistics: Micron Rallies 10% on Earnings Beat and Robust Outlook $Micron Technology(MU)$   entered the actives as a new addition with a bearish put/call ratio of 0.76 and a high IV rank of 39.32%, reflecting downside caution as volume hit 0.74 million contracts against 2.02 million in open interest. Shares rocketed 10% after the memory-chip specialist delivered Q1 results that far exceeded Wall Street forecasts and provided upbeat forward outlook, offering some relief to jittery investors amid worries over inflated AI valuations, though questions linger about the sustainability of massive spending by major tech players.   $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ </

NKE Q2 Earnings Preview: The Market Has Only Three Fixations — Margins, Channels, and China Global sportswear giant $Nike(NKE)$   is set to release its Q2 FY2026 earnings report after the bell on December 18. While the baseline expectation is for continued year-over-year declines in both revenue and gross margins, the sentiment reversal following $Lululemon Athletica(LULU)$   's earnings last week has raised the market's hopes for Nike. Key Financial Metrics ~Revenue: Market consensus is $12.208 billion, down 1.18% YoY but up 4.16% QoQ. Company guidance projects a "low single-digit" decline year-over-year. ~Gross Margin: Comp

Options Market Statistics: Oracle Falls 5.4% on Scrapped $10B Data Center Financing $Oracle(ORCL)$   ranked fifth with a bearish put/call ratio of 1.19 and a high IV rank of 50.44%, signaling downside anticipation as volume hit 0.67 million contracts against 2.39 million in open interest. Shares declined 5.4% amid reports that Blue Owl Capital backed out of a planned financing deal for Oracle's $10 billion Michigan data center project, citing concerns over the company's debt load and aggressive spending pace.   $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$   led options volume with a neutral put/call ratio of 0.55 and a low IV rank of 9.61

Forget the Sell-Off: Micron Proves the AI Feast Is Just Beginning $Micron Technology(MU)$  , the US memory hegemon, the world's third largest DRAM maker, and fourth largest NAND manufacturer, released its FY2026 Q1 earnings after the bell. Although the market reaction to $Oracle(ORCL)$   and $Broadcom(AVGO)$   was poor last week, Micron handed in a report and guidance that far exceeded market expectations. Three Things to Watch Management Raises 2028 HBM Market Forecast, Hitting the $100 Billion Mark Two Years Early Since HBM is often bundled with A

Top-Performing U.S. Stocks of the Year: Will the Rally Continue in 2026? In 2025, the U.S. stock market continued its strong momentum amidst volatility and fervor, with the three major indices frequently reaching new historical highs. As of December 16th, the $DJIA(.DJI)$   has accumulated a nearly 14% increase for the year, the $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$   has surged over 19%, and the $S&P 500(.SPX)$   has also risen nearly 16%. At the macro level, "tariffs" and "rate cuts" became the main themes of trading throughout the year. After Trump's retur