Brent crude fell more than 6% toward $90 a barrel, while WTI dropped to around $84.5 after the United States and Iran paused attacks over the weekend. U.S. stock futures moved higher, with Nasdaq 100 futures leading the rebound as investors rotated back toward technology and other rate-sensitive assets. (Reuters)
July was a different story, though, and I'll be upfront about it — I gave back a chunk of those gains. Looking back, it wasn't that my read on the market was wrong, it's that I held onto positions longer than I should have. That's the piece I'm still working on.
From the recent pullback in Korean and US memory stocks, to the core question of "is this a top, or just halftime in a longer bull market," all the way to the HBM supply gap, KOSPI valuations, Korea's macro fundamentals, and how open-source AI models are reshaping memory demand — the flow was layered and packed with substance. Ross doesn't dodge the sharp question of "is the AI thesis broken"; instead he unpacks it piece by piece with data, fund flows and industry cycles.
Ross Dong @Ross_Macro_Trading,, is a founding partner at Morning Cloud Asset Management, specializing in macro trading and US equities. He spent over 15 years as an equity trader at firms like JP Morgan and KCG, and holds a degree in applied mathematics from Columbia University. Ross is known for spotting secular growth trends early; today he manages over $30M in AUM and leads a community of 15,000+ members. What makes his perspective unique: he blends top-down macro logic with bottom-up stock selection, thinking about both industrial/technological cycles and monetary/financial cycles.
Ross is known for spotting secular growth trends early; today he manages over $30M in AUM and leads a community of 15,000+ members. What makes his perspective unique: he blends top-down macro logic with bottom-up stock selection, thinking about both industrial/technological cycles and monetary/financial cycles.
He spent over 15 years as an equity trader at firms like JP Morgan and KCG, and holds a degree in applied mathematics from Columbia University. Ross is known for spotting secular growth trends early; today he manages over $30M in AUM and leads a community of 15,000+ members. What makes his perspective unique: he blends top-down macro logic with bottom-up stock selection, thinking about both industrial/technological cycles and monetary/financial cycles.
$Tesla(TSLA)$ fell 14.53% after investors focused on shrinking profitability and rising cash consumption. Tesla’s second-quarter operating margin dropped to 1.4%, while free cash flow turned negative. Capital spending on robotaxis, Optimus, AI infrastructure, batteries and new manufacturing projects continued to climb. The long-term opportunity remains large, but the market is becoming less patient with businesses that require heavy investment before generating measurable revenue.
The STI has risen 10 days straight, hitting new all-time highs repeatedly. And when you look at this year's top 5 gainers on the whole Singapore market — 3 out of 5 are banks: OCBC (+47.4%), DBS (+33.1%), UOB (+30.5%). DBS also just crossed S$200 billion in market cap for the first time. Macquarie Research (a research firm) just put out their Q2 preview on the sector, and they're bullish — upgrading DBS and UOB to Outperform, joining OCBC, and raising target prices 24% on average.