Today is a market holiday — no charts, no earnings, no trades 📉 So let’s slow down a bit and do something light and fun together.Hard to believe, but January is already more than halfway through. A new year has started, the market has moved, and everyone is settling into their 2026 rhythm.Since it’s a rest day, we’ve prepared a small intuition-based game for you 👀🎯 The GameLook closely at the image above. It’s filled with random letters, but hidden inside are real words.👉 Your task: From the image, pick the FIRST 3 words you notice.Don’t think too hard. Your first instinct matters.Many people believe the words you see first often reflect your focus, mindset, or even luck for the year ahead ✨🍀 My 2026 Lucky WordsFor me, the first three words I saw were:Happiness · Power · SmileNow it’s your

$Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM)$ delivered a blowout Q4 earnings report, beating expectations across revenue, margins and profits, and pushing the stock to new highs.📊 TSMC Q4 Highlights (Beat Across the Board)Revenue: TWD 1.05T (vs. 1.02T est.)Gross Margin: 62.3% (vs. 60.6%)Net Income: TWD 505.7B (vs. 475.2B)TSM has now climbed to become the 6th largest company globally by market cap.Revenue reached TWD 1.05 trillion, gross margin came in at 62.3%, and net income exceeded forecasts, lifting TSM into the position of the world’s 6th-largest company by market cap.Semiconductor Stocks JumpThe impact quickly spread across the semiconductor sector.$ASML Holding NV(ASML)$ saw its market cap break above

The January 2026 earnings season has started on a rough note for U.S. banks.All major US banks have now reported their results. Although each bank has a different business focus, increasing short-term spending on future technologies, particularly AI, has become an industry-wide consensus.However, the market’s reaction has been notably pragmatic: tolerance for rising expenses is fading, and the test of ROI (return on investment) has officially begun.Management teams repeatedly emphasized AI, data centers, and automation as long-term necessities. But the market is no longer rewarding spending on trust alone.Big bank earnings brief$Bank of America(BAC)$ delivered both EPS and revenue beats, supported by strong equity trading and a ~10% YoY increase in

AI is no longer just a chip story — it’s showing up in retail, pharma, and healthcare services. The recent moves in $Wal-Mart(WMT)$ , $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ , $Eli Lilly(LLY)$ , and $Tempus AI(TEM)$ are not random.1. What happened to this traditional giants and AI stars?Walmart hit fresh highs as investors price in potential Nasdaq-100 inclusion and Google’s expansion of Gemini shopping. The upgrade turns Gemini from a recommendation assistant into a “virtual merchant” that can complete purchases, with Walmart among the retail partners.At the same time, Nvidia and Eli Lilly announced a Bay Area joint research lab, with $1 billion c

Global index provider MSCI announced it will maintain its current treatment of so-called “crypto treasury companies.” This means firms like $Strategy(MSTR)$ — which hold Bitcoin as a core asset — are not being removed from major indexes, for now.On the news, MSTR rebounded 6% this week. Some investors now argue: MSTR may already be near its downside floor.However, Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, warns that crypto is being repriced by U.S. political cycles.output0.pngIs Crypto Running Out of Time?2026 U.S. midterm elections are approaching. Prediction market Polymarket shows a 79% probability that Democrats regain the House in 2026If that happens, today’s pro-crypto policy momentum could fade quickly.The most important variable is th

Hi, tigers! Let’s start this week’s lessons! Candlesticks Part 2: Two-Candlestick Reversal Patterns"Dark Cloud Cover" & "Piercing Pattern": The Midpoint TestThese patterns rely on the "50% Rule." For a reversal to be valid, the second candle must pierce at least halfway into the body of the first candle.A. Dark Cloud Cover (Bearish Reversal)Appearance: Occurs at a high. A strong green candle is followed by a red candle that opens above the high of the previous day (a gap up) but closes below the midpoint (50%) of the green body.Market Logic: The market opened with optimism (gap up), but sellers stepped in aggressively, erasing more than half of the previous day's gains. This "cloud" casts doubt on the uptrend.B. Piercing Pattern (Bullish Reversal)Appearance: Occurs at a low. A strong r

At the end of 2025, the WSB community shared their top stock picks this year. Here are the 10 most mentioned stocks, and how they performed year-to-date. This results in an average return of 76%, assuming equal investment in each stock at the start of the year.For comparison, here are the top 10 most followed U.S. stocks among Tiger Brokers users (data as of mid-December 2025) and their year-to-date performance. Average return: 43.5%WSB Picks $Reddit(RDDT)$ : +36% $Rocket Lab USA, Inc.(RKLB)$ : +209% $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ : +27% $Robinhood(HOOD)$ : +205% $Wal-Mart(WMT)$ : +24%

Deutsche Bank macro strategist Jim Reid recently put forward a highly counterintuitive view: after years of shocks—from the pandemic and surging inflation to abrupt policy pivots—the most surprising outcome ahead might actually be no surprises at all.Yet right after that, Deutsche Bank laid out 10 “black swan pathways” that could fundamentally alter the direction of global markets—ranging from an AI-driven, 1990s-style boom to an AI bubble bursting alongside a debt crisis, covering nearly every extreme scenario imaginable.The 10 potential market-changing paths include:AI drives the U.S. back to high growth:A surge in AI capital spending boosts productivity, pushing U.S. annualized growth back above 4%, echoing the late-1990s boom.S&P 500 rallies toward 8,000:Fueled by AI optimism and l

Today is Christmas, a time when people usually exchange gifts. In this warm Tiger community, why don’t we go online and swap our treasured stock picks with fellow Tiger friends?No physical gifts, just “wealth codes.”Wrap up a stock you’ve genuinely made money on as a gift, and unwrap “stock surprises” shared by others.Let’s swap surprises this festive season and share investment inspiration!🎁 How to participate?1️⃣ Choose a “real” gift: Pick a stock you’ve truly made money on (no shame—even $1 counts!).2️⃣ Wrap your gift: Tell us in a short paragraph why you bought it and how you made a profit—stories are more touching than tickers.3️⃣ Add it to the “gift pool”: Post your gift in the comments section using the format below 👇4️⃣ Unwrap others’ gifts: Browse the comments, like or reply to th