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@Optionspuppy has long been a Star Contributor in the Tiger Community, consistently providing valuable content. In trading, he primarily focuses on $Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF(QQQM)$ , $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ , $Manulife(MFC)$ , $Alphabet(GOOG)$ , and $Apple(AAPL)$ , and often utilizes the strangle option strategy for dividend stocks to generate income.He exercises caution in position management by keeping half of his available cash in Tiger vault to safeguard against market crashes. Currently, he has achieved a year-t

Market attention has shifted towards earnings season, with the U.S. stock market extending its rally. Spotify's stock surged 11.4% after exceeding Wall Street's first-quarter expectations and issuing an optimistic second-quarter guidance. Delivery giant UPS rose 2.4% after beating profit forecasts.Option market data shows that S&P 500 options continue to bet on far out-of-the-money put options, with call open interest shrinking, expecting a 5% decline over the next 2 months. QQQ options continue to bet on far out-of-the-money puts, expecting volatility over 3.7% before May 17th. Small-cap Russell 2000 options continue to add far out-of-the-money put positions, anticipating a potential 4.5% decline by June.Details: $SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$<

Who could have predicted back in March that things will take a dip in April 2024. Back then, everyday was a new test for the 3 Composite Indexes as they kept breaking new grounds, testing new limits. In less than a month, the market has become worse off than it was. (see below) How Did It Begin? If you asked me, it started around 10 Apr 2024 when US’s March CPI inflation data was released. (see above) This time round it came in much higher to the surprised of analysts. Headline inflation (3.5%) was higher than analysts’ forecast (3.4%) and was definitely higher than February’s data (3.2%). Initially Mr Powell tried his best to calm the market with his dovish remarks; while his team mates were more hawkish. Eventually on 16 Apr 2024, Mr Powell had to concede that falling inflation has grind

Recently, we hear from several news that TSMC is riding on the craze of AI, electric vehicles, etc., and is making every effort to expand. It announced that it will recruit about 1,700 people in Taiwan and nearly 8,000 people around the world. In particular, Thailand and India have the largest growth in talent demand. TSMC It is understood that TSMC has expansion plans in China, Thailand, Europe, and North America in the next few years. TSMC participated in a talent recruitment event held on the National Taiwan University campus, releasing about 1,700 job vacancies in Taiwan at once, and recruiting nearly 8,000 people around the world. The vacancy projects cover power electronic hardware, structural design and system cooling, software and firmware development, Engineers in the fields

Meta Platforms Inc. shares exploded 20% higher in Friday's trading - an eye-popping surge for a company of its size, and one that established numerous milestones in the process. Facebook parent company scores largest one-day market-cap gain in Wall Street history! Meta shares (META) easily set a new record. The stock ended the session at $474.99, whereas its current record finish was a $401.02 level set earlier this week. Meta's market-capitalization gains are even more notable, as the company added $204.5 billion to its valuation on the day. That made for the largest one-day market-cap haul in Wall Street history, according to Dow Jones Market Data- surpassing the $191.3 billion one-day gain that Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) raked in back in February 2022. Meta's strong stock surge came after t

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Although $Apple(AAPL)$ ‘s hardware innovations in recent years have not actually been too much, and its toothpaste-like updates have disappointed many Apple fans, the life cycle of its products has to be said to be still very strong.Since 2016, after Buffett's company $Berkshire Hathaway(BRK.A)$ bought $Apple(AAPL)$, the company has been rising sharply, and its market value once exceeded $3 trillion. Buying $Apple(AAPL)$ at low prices has become Buffett's strategy, and Berkshire has become the company most closely tied to Apple.Of course, two people are crucial to Apple's ability to create busi

There is nothing wrong with chasing some of the stocks that are hot right now, but a good portfolio must include a fair amount of good blue-chip stocks to get a stable foundation. Blue-chip stocks are companies that are clear leaders in various industries and sectors, with a solid position, if not an absolute competitive advantage.Because blue-chip stocks are almost all large-cap companies, they are generally valued at more than $10 billion. Blue-chip stocks are also in good financial, whether it's stock performance, revenue or profitability.In addition to these, they also have a good reputation, built on the quality of products and investors' confidence in the company's mission and management. Using Portfolio Grader, here are some great blue-chip stocks that investors can focus on in the