[Live With Selina &James] Debt, Doom & Dispersion: US Debt, the Fading Mag 7 & the Fall 2026 Outlook
The US tape has been sending a confusing signal. The S&P 500 printed another all-time high on 13 August 2026, profit margins are the fattest since 2008, and unemployment sits at a historically low 4.1% — yet beneath the surface the market is quietly fracturing. The Magnificent 7, the engine that carried indices for three years, has turned into a drag: Meta and Tesla are negative year-to-date, and the very concentration that powered the rally is now the risk. At the same time, the options market's dispersion gauge (DSPX) surged to a multi-year high in July 2026 even as headline volatility stayed calm — a sign that the story is no longer "the market," but the widening gap between winners and losers inside it. Sitting above all of it is a harder question few want to ask out loud: with the
【Livestream Clip 4|Dr. Franklin Wu: 4 Checks Before You Trade: Macro, Industry, Technicals, Risk】
【LIVESTREAM RECAP|Quantitative Anaysis Framework & Trading Logic for AI + Semiconductor Investing】 Hi Tigers! In this session a quant researcher walked us through AI and semiconductor investing using just four words — market, business, price, and risk. The flow was clean: first, is the macro environment helping us or fighting us; then, is the AI demand story still real; next, is this a good place to enter on the chart; and finally, what do we do if we're wrong. Along the way he brought in long-term yields, VIX, QQQ, and SOXX — the indicators you can actually use — and kept it substantive, never hand-wavy. Full replay 👉 Quantitative Anaysis Framework & Trading
【Livestream Clip 3|Dr. Franklin Wu: Why TQQQ Looks Right But Your Account Never Recovers】
【LIVESTREAM RECAP|Quantitative Anaysis Framework & Trading Logic for AI + Semiconductor Investing】 Hi Tigers! In this session a quant researcher walked us through AI and semiconductor investing using just four words — market, business, price, and risk. The flow was clean: first, is the macro environment helping us or fighting us; then, is the AI demand story still real; next, is this a good place to enter on the chart; and finally, what do we do if we're wrong. Along the way he brought in long-term yields, VIX, QQQ, and SOXX — the indicators you can actually use — and kept it substantive, never hand-wavy. Full replay 👉 Quantitative Anaysis Framework & Trading
【Livestream Clip 2|Dr. Franklin Wu: It's Long-Term Yields, Not Earnings, That Hit High-Valuation Tec
【LIVESTREAM RECAP|Quantitative Anaysis Framework & Trading Logic for AI + Semiconductor Investing】 Hi Tigers! In this session a quant researcher walked us through AI and semiconductor investing using just four words — market, business, price, and risk. The flow was clean: first, is the macro environment helping us or fighting us; then, is the AI demand story still real; next, is this a good place to enter on the chart; and finally, what do we do if we're wrong. Along the way he brought in long-term yields, VIX, QQQ, and SOXX — the indicators you can actually use — and kept it substantive, never hand-wavy.Full replay 👉 Quantitative Anaysis Framework & Trading
【Livestream Clip 1|Dr. Franklin Wu: Franklin's 3 Takeaways: AI Is Strong, But 3x ETFs Mislead You】
【LIVESTREAM RECAP|Quantitative Anaysis Framework & Trading Logic for AI + Semiconductor Investing】 Hi Tigers! In this session a quant researcher walked us through AI and semiconductor investing using just four words — market, business, price, and risk. The flow was clean: first, is the macro environment helping us or fighting us; then, is the AI demand story still real; next, is this a good place to enter on the chart; and finally, what do we do if we're wrong. Along the way he brought in long-term yields, VIX, QQQ, and SOXX — the indicators you can actually use — and kept it substantive, never hand-wavy. Full replay 👉 Quantitative Anaysis Frame
[Live With Dr. Franklin Wu] Quantitative Analysis Framework & Trading Logic for AI + Semiconductor I
[Miser]Hi~ Tigers The past two weeks gave AI/semiconductor investors a case study in whipsaw. $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ delivered a blowout quarter that beat expectations across the board — and the stock still popped on the print — yet the move came against a backdrop where Fed Chair-designate Kevin Warsh used his Jackson Hole remarks to put inflation, not growth, back at the center of policy, and rate-hike odds for September jumped sharply overnight. At the same time, long-end Treasury yields pushed toward multi-year highs before a Treasury buyback operation — nicknamed the "Bessent Put" — triggered a technical bond rally. None of this cancels the AI buildout story. But it does mean the trade is no longer just "AI is strong, buy the chip sto
【Livestream Clip 4|Ross Dong: Ross Pairs AI Winners With Gold to Cut Volatility】
【LIVESTREAM RECAP|Where U.S. Stocks, Semis, and Gold Go in Late 2026?Navigating Fed Policy,Treasury Buybacks and the Next Cycle】 Hi Tigers! In this session we zoomed in on three big threads for the back half of 2026 — U.S. equities, semiconductors, and gold — and tied them to the macro engines beneath: a Fed under new leadership, stubbornly elevated long-end yields, AI capex, and the semiconductor cycle. The flow was clear: from the Treasury's quietly expanded buyback program, to why long-end yields are rising globally, to cooling inflation and the Fed's policy turn, and finally to U.S. valuations, Nvidia, and gold as a portfolio combination. Six perspectives, connected into one actionable map. 【ABOUT THE GUEST】 Our speaker, Ross Dong, is an old friend of the Tiger community, back again fo
【Livestream Clip 3|Ross Dong: Nvidia's PE Fell, But the AI Story Isn't Broken】
【LIVESTREAM RECAP|Where U.S. Stocks, Semis, and Gold Go in Late 2026?Navigating Fed Policy,Treasury Buybacks and the Next Cycle】 Hi Tigers! In this session we zoomed in on three big threads for the back half of 2026 — U.S. equities, semiconductors, and gold — and tied them to the macro engines beneath: a Fed under new leadership, stubbornly elevated long-end yields, AI capex, and the semiconductor cycle. The flow was clear: from the Treasury's quietly expanded buyback program, to why long-end yields are rising globally, to cooling inflation and the Fed's policy turn, and finally to U.S. valuations, Nvidia, and gold as a portfolio combination. Six perspectives, connected into one actionable map. Full replay 👉
【Livestream Clip 2|Ross Dong: What Markets Really Fear About the New Fed Chair】
【LIVESTREAM RECAP|Where U.S. Stocks, Semis, and Gold Go in Late 2026?Navigating Fed Policy,Treasury Buybacks and the Next Cycle】 Hi Tigers! In this session we zoomed in on three big threads for the back half of 2026 — U.S. equities, semiconductors, and gold — and tied them to the macro engines beneath: a Fed under new leadership, stubbornly elevated long-end yields, AI capex, and the semiconductor cycle. The flow was clear: from the Treasury's quietly expanded buyback program, to why long-end yields are rising globally, to cooling inflation and the Fed's policy turn, and finally to U.S. valuations, Nvidia, and gold as a portfolio combination. Six perspectives, connected into one actionable map.Full replay 👉
【LIVESTREAM RECAP|Where U.S. Stocks, Semis, and Gold Go in Late 2026?Navigating Fed Policy,Treasury Buybacks and the Next Cycle】 Hi Tigers! In this session we zoomed in on three big threads for the back half of 2026 — U.S. equities, semiconductors, and gold — and tied them to the macro engines beneath: a Fed under new leadership, stubbornly elevated long-end yields, AI capex, and the semiconductor cycle. The flow was clear: from the Treasury's quietly expanded buyback program, to why long-end yields are rising globally, to cooling inflation and the Fed's policy turn, and finally to U.S. valuations, Nvidia, and gold as a portfolio combination. Six perspectives, connected into one actionable map. 【ABOUT THE GUEST】 Our speaker, Ross Dong, is an old friend of the Tiger community, back again fo