After reporting earnings on Wednesday evening, Micron (MU) surged nearly 16% on Thursday. Not 16% from some beaten-down base. This was a stock that had already hit an all-time high of $1,134 just days earlier. And it still popped 16%.Micron posted fiscal Q3 2026 revenue of $41.46 billion. That’s not a typo. Just last year in the same quarter, they did $9.3 billion. In other words, revenue more than quadrupled year-over-year. Analysts expected Q4 revenue of around $43 billion. Micron guided to $50 billion.That’s nearly a $7 billion beat on guidance. Free cash flow in Q4 is expected to exceed $30 billion. HBM3E and HBM4 are fully booked through calendar 2027, with demand already extending into 2028. They also locked in $22 billion in strategic customer agreements, including $18 billion in up
The USD depreciated and gold prices rose. Combined with growing investor awareness of US indebtedness, people caught the fever and started buying gold, which in turn drove up demand. Higher prices begot more buying, and the cycle fed on itself With the pace of cuts decelerating for 2026, and because markets are forward-looking, the previously aggressive easing path was priced out and the USD strengthened. Gold, which had risen on the expectation of rate cuts and a weaker dollar, suddenly became vulnerable. Add in unwinding speculative demand, and gold struggled to defend its levels and began to fall. And that was all before the Iran war. The outbreak of conflict worsened the outlook for gold. Higher energy prices mean more dollars are needed to transact, boosting demand for the USD and lif
Few stocks have ever risen as violently. Since its Hong Kong IPO in June 2024 at HK$40.50, Laopu’s shares climbed almost without pause, peaking near HK1000 in July 2025, a gain of roughly 25x, or more than 2300,% in barely a year. At the height it ranked among the best-performing stocks in the world, and the market treated heritage gold as an unstoppable structural story capable of absorbing any amount of expansion. The idea that the shares could fall meaningfully felt almost unthinkable. Despite this explosive growth, the stock experienced a substantial correction. The reason was not deteriorating demand but concerns surrounding capital intensity and balance sheet risk. To support rapid expansion and meet strong consumer demand, inventories surged dramatically, forcing the company to tie
The road to the Iran peace deal was an edgy affair that dragged on for months. The ceasefire that began back in April was only a temporary truce to give negotiations room to breathe, not peace itself. And even during that truce, there were enough sparks to derail the talks. Israel struck Lebanon, the US kept its naval blockade on Iran’s ports, missiles were still flying, and Trump pressured about attacking Iran. Messy. I’ll be honest, the timing made me raise an eyebrow. That recovery came right before Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, acting as lead mediator, announced that the US and Iran had agreed on the final text to end the war. Insider trading? I’m not saying that. But the sequence was convenient. Stocks pushed higher into 12 June, the day SpaceX made its blockbuster debut. P
On 2 March 2026, Nvidia announced a $4 billion combined investment in Coherent and Lumentum. The investment was split right down the middle, with $2 billion going to each. In early May 2026 (6 May), Nvidia made a $500 million strategic investment in Corning, structured as warrants. On top of that upfront $500 million, Nvidia also holds a warrant to buy up to 15 million shares at an exercise price of $180. If it eventually exercises everything, its total potential stake could reach around $3.2 billion. The partnership is a strategic supply-chain move. In exchange, Corning committed to expanding its U.S. optical fiber production capacity by more than 50% (and its broader optical-connectivity capacity tenfold), building three new U.S. plants to directly feed Nvidia’s AI ecosystem. Nvidia is b
Adidas came back swinging as a kit sponsor. It has the most teams in the tournament, dressing 14 countries. More countries means more jerseys to sell to supporters, and the more the merrier, especially for crowd favourites like reigning champion Argentina and World Cup hopeful Spain. The picture was completely different in World Cup 2022, when Nike sponsored the most teams and Adidas came in second. So Adidas has wrestled the throne away for 2026. And let’s not forget that Adidas has supplied the official match ball for every World Cup since 1970. So it’s likely Adidas’s revenue gets a bigger bump than the other two this year. Investors seem to have already taken note. Adidas stock has jumped about 19% over the past month. Nike and Puma haven’t come close, up about 4% over the same period.
Plenty of theories are floating around. Some point to the strong jobs report, since fewer rate cuts expected means less fuel for risk assets. Others say the mega IPOs of SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI are pulling capital away from existing stocks into shiny new plays. Truth is, no one really knows. And frankly, it doesn’t matter why.What matters is answering two questions. Should you sell? Or is this a dip worth buying? There’s no one-size-fits-all answer here. But let me paint a few scenarios and you can see which one fits you closest. That was the day the market handed out the bill. Looking at the top losers among S&P 500 constituents, the pattern was unmistakable. Last month’s biggest winners became the day’s biggest losers. Thirteen constituents dropped more than 10% in a single ses
That said, don’t rely on technical analysis alone unless you have a clear entry and exit plan with proper risk management. Buying on Stage 2 without knowing when to sell is still risky as stocks in Stage 2 can roll over into Stage 4 when the rebound fizzles LVMH stands as the largest luxury conglomerate globally, renowned primarily for its iconic label, Louis Vuitton. However, its expansive portfolio extends across various domains, encompassing fashion, leather goods, watches, jewelry, wines, spirits, fragrances, and cosmetics. With an impressive collection of 75 distinct brands, many of which are likely to be instantly recognizable to you: However, following reports of a slowdown in China and lackluster sales in the United States, LVMH's stock price has declined by approximately 21% from
I hope you can see that technical analysis is helpful, especially for timing entries on stocks that are bottoming. Here’s the dilemma every value investor faces: a software stock might be undervalued at $100. Do you buy at $50? At $20? Both are undervalued. But if the stock continues falling to $10, even buying at $20 yields a 50% loss and feels expensive in hindsight. Stage Analysis helps you avoid this trap by waiting for price confirmation before committing. Some will argue that by the time Stage 2 begins, the price is already much higher. True. But the trade-off is that you’re buying with more certainty and not catching a falling knife without knowing where the bottom is. The cost of not waiting can be far greater losses. That said, don’t rely on technical analysis alone unless you hav
Memory prices are sky-high. Conventional wisdom says computer makers like Dell get squeezed, with margins taking the hit. But the opposite happened. Dell just posted record revenue, and profit grew 282% year-on-year in the latest quarter. The stock leapt 32% in a single day after the release. That was its best day on record. Dell has two businesses. One makes computers and sells them at retail. The other sells to data-center clients, or enterprises in other words. And it’s the AI server side that’s on fire. You can’t just have GPUs. You need the computers to house them. So the demand grows together. Dell’s AI-Optimized Servers revenue was up a staggering 757% year-on-year. That’s the engine behind the growth. As for those high memory prices? Dell is simply passing the cost increase down to