I have put out a few posts on the tussle for $Warner Bros. Discovery(WBD)$ by $Netflix(NFLX)$ and $Paramount Skydance Corp(PSKY)$ from even before onset of the saga. Below are what I have shared so far: (click on title to savour) 09 Jan 2026 - NFLX vs PSKY Clash : Best Entry Is Now ! 10 Dec 2025 - WBD bid war begins : NFLX vs PSKY vs Trump (?) 08 Dec 2025 - The Winner Is NFLX... Errh, Not So Fast ! 26 Nov 2025 -

Post SCOTUS’s annulment of Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs on Fri, 20 Feb 2026 and Trump's subsequent move to impose a temporary 15% global tariff across the board, have thrown world trade into a new bout of confusion. US stock market was not spared either. On Mon 23 Feb 2026, 2nd trading day post SCOTUS’s verdict, US equities tumbled as investors grappled with fears and uncertainty over Trump’s new tariffs. By the time market called it a day: DJIA: -1.66% (-821.91 to 48,804.06). S&P 500: -1.04% (-71.76 to 6,837.75). Nasdaq: -1.13% (-258.79 to 22,627.27). There were 67 52-weeks new highs and 264 new lows. Monday’s trading volume on US exchanges was 18.39 billion shares, slightly below the 20-day average of 20.62 billion. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) saw a heavy skew toward negative

Summary sale / purchase by Ms Cathie Wood : Sold - 139,642 Tesla shares at $192.22 per share. Total sales proceeds - $26.84 Million. Bought - 268,928 Coinbase shares at $66.30 per share. Total purchase costs - $17.83 Million. Bought - 320,557 Block shares at $61.88 per share. Total purchase costs - $19.84 Million. Ark funds forked out additional $10.83 Million to complete above 2 purchases. A few things came to mind when I came across above news article.. The obvious question is “Why did Ms Cathie Wood sell $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ and used the proceeds to fund additional purchase of $Coinbase Global, Inc.(COIN)$ and $Block(SQ)$ ? Before examining each reason under the

US market on Wed (22 Mar) traded directionlessly until 2:00pm when the FOMC meeting was over with the press conference by Mr Powell, hot on the heels. When the 0.25% interest hike was confirmed, market “reacted positively” initially. It was afterall the much anticipated 0.25% and not the much feared 0.5%. The “euphoria” proved to be short-lived as the press conference pressed on with Mr Powell further confirming that there would be no let down from the central bank in their fight to bring inflation down. Personally I think, it is commendable that the Fed Reserves provides a clear direction of where they are heading without being ambiguous. Doing so minimizes “speculations” of any sorts to be postulated by Wall Street to smoke-screen and “fool” the general public. Agree ? By The Time Market

US market continued to close lower on Wed, 20 Aug 2025. According to Dow Jones Market Data, although S&P 500 index fell for a 4th straight day, it ended Wednesday just -1.1% below its last week’s record closing high on Thu, 14 Aug 2025. By the time mid-week trading was over: (see above) DJIA: +0.04% (+16.04 to 44,938.31). S&P 500: -0.24% (-15.59 to 6,395.78). Nasdaq: -0.67% (-142.095 to 21,172.857). US market continual dip on Wednesday, was largely attributed to: Pressured by a broad decline in tech sector. The Fed’s July 2025 meeting minutes. (1) Tech sell off. Investors continued to take profits on several heavyweight technology and semiconductor stocks over: Concerns about their high valuations. “Real” strength of AI trade over longer term. As a result, the followings happened:

The FAANG stocks, which comprise some of the most influential and profitable tech companies in the world, have disappointed their investors in the latest quarter of 2023. Despite their remarkable growth in previous quarters, the FAANG have: Failed to meet the high expectations of the market. Reported less than perfect earnings results. This has wrong footed many investors who were: Betting on the continued dominance of these tech giants in the post-pandemic era. Hoping that the FAANG’s fantastic results could lift up the US market, given a depressing Sep and Oct 2023. $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$, formerly known as Facebook, has “better” its earnings estimates. The company reported: Earnings per share (EPS) of $4.39, well above consensus estimate

Of late, the internet has been flooded with posts by “veterans” dishing out negative news about the US —economy and stock market are on the verge of collapse (see below). When you come across such posts, how do you make sense of them? Personally, it depends who is dishing out such news? For instance, Mr Marko Kolanovic from JP Morgan is high profile when it comes to the US market. How could he not be, coming from $JPMorgan Chase(JPM)$, US #1 international bank. Sometimes he makes sense but many a times, he,…. (fill in the blanks yourself ok).. LOL! Then you have Mr Robert Kiyosaki, accidental writer of best seller “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”. Listen to him is akin to listening to Ms Cathie Woods. Why would anyone listen to him when: He professed that his

As of Mon, 16 Feb 2026, the $S&P 500(.SPX)$ is in the final stretch of the Q4 2025 earnings season. So far, results have been characterized by a "resilient but expensive" narrative, where corporate profits remain strong, but high valuations are keeping the market in a state of cautious volatility. 1. The Scorecard. Earnings wave is nearly complete, with the majority of the "heavy hitters" having already shared their results, except for $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ (slated to report on 25 Feb 2026). Reported: Approximately 370 companies (74%) of the S&P 500 have reported actual results for the final quarter of 2025. Remaining: Roughly 130 companies yet to report. The most active remaining day for the season is p

On 24 Dec 2025, I posted about Michael Burry’s short trading on PLTR and NVDA. Click here ! to read ! It’s coming to 2 months soon. With the dust settled, it is timely to revisit and determine how “accurate” Burry has been with his “Big Shot 2.0” attack. On 10 Feb 2026, famed short seller and investor Michael Burry was taking aim at $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ yet again. Known as Cassandra Unchained on X (former Twitter), Burry posted an image of PLTR stock with a rudimentary drawing of a bearish head-and-shoulders pattern. (see below) Burry's Cassandra Unchained take on PLTR A red arrow labeled "

Eve of Inflation Report. On the eve of US Consumer price index (CPI) report release for July 2025, general consensus is pointing to an uptick in US inflation. US consumers probably experienced a slight pickup in underlying inflation in July as retailers gradually raised prices on a variety of items subject to higher import duties. US - YoY CPI & Core CPI with July 2025 estimates Economists’ Estimates. According to Bloomberg’s survey of economists, US core CPI, widely regarded as a measure of underlying inflation because it strips out volatile food and energy costs, will rise by +0.3% in July. This will be a creep up from June 2025’s core CPI that has also edged up +0.2% from the prior month. While that would be the biggest gain since the start of 2025, Americans who drive, will find so