$Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ The best performing Mag Seven stock of 2025 is currently testing its 50-day SMA, which has acted as support for +3 months now... Very intriguing setup here. Image
$NVIDIA(NVDA)$ What’s the significance of three consecutive down days? Last week, volatility was too low, so does that mean this week you could make easy money by casually buying calls? There's no such thing as free money. Three consecutive down days directly pushed the at-the-money implied volatility (IV) to 121.9%—expensive enough to kill you.This also made those who sold options last week regret it. They regret selling too early—myself included.Isn’t everyone bullish? Yet both buyers and sellers are feeling the pain. Very tricky.For open interest and new positions, what’s particularly noteworthy is that after Tuesday’s major drop, someone opened 30,000 contracts of next week’s 120 put
Corporate finance principles influence financial decision-making and determine a company's value, profitabilitand risk profile. Understanding corporate finance helps assess whether a company is a good investment. $S&P 500(.SPX)$ $SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ $NASDAQ 100(NDX)$ $Invesco QQQ(QQQ)$ $DJIA(.DJI)$ 1.Capital StructureA company finances itself through a mix of equity (shares) and debt (loans and bonds).Debt-to-equity ratio: High debt can mean high risk, but also potentially high returns.Cost of capital: Companies with lower borrowing costs are often more financially
Recap. For week ending Sat, 15 Feb 2025, US market rally had a positive, volatile week, with the S&P 500 just below all-time highs, with the Nasdaq and Dow Jones not too far behind. When market closed on Fri, 14 Feb 2025: (see above) DJIA: -0.37% (-165.35 TO 44,546.08). S&P 500: -0.01% (-0.44 TO 6,114.63). Nasdaq: +0.41% (+81.13 to 20,026.77). Friday also witnessed chip leader $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ reclaimed a key level, recovering from the DeepSeek sell-off from 27 Jan 2025, that forged an ugly consolidation. Near Buy Point? For the week ending 15 Feb 2025, Nvidia rallied +6.75% to $138.85, closing off the week. (see above) Shares are back above the 50-day moving average for the first time since diving -17% on 27 Jan 2025, aka “AI sell-off” day.
It's been a tough day for the stock market to reconcile, after back-to-back record closes for the S&P 500 index. $Wal-Mart(WMT)$ , the scapegoat is getting much of the rap, after its disappointing guidance for current quarter, struck a chord with investors that are already nervous over the health of US consumer. Q4 Earnings results. Walmart actually topped earnings & revenue estimates for its fiscal Q4 2025: Earnings per share (EPS) : $0.66 (adjusted) vs $0.64 expected. Revenue: $180.55 billion vs. $180.01 billion expected. Except for : Net income : $5.25 billion, a -4.37% YoY dip from $5.49 billion. Like all US stocks’ quarterly earnings reporting, its the outlook / guidance for current quarter and fiscal year 2025 that Wall Street has iss
Deepseek caused $NVDA to drop from $142 to $114. NVDA bounced back to 143 two weeks later. $PLTR dropped from $125 to $95 on Pentagon budget cut news. This sell off was an overreaction. This budget cut will create more efficiency with spending and more gov't funds will be allocated to $PLTR. $PLTR to 130 coming after this consolidation ends.
The Fall. It was a correction that no one saw coming. It started on late Wed, 19 Feb 2025 when news headline flashed that US Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth ordered senior military officials to develop a high-level budget plan by 24 Feb 2025, that would slash defense spending by -8% for the next 5 years. The 8% annual cut would mean almost -$300 billion less in military spending through fiscal 2030. This hit $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ head-on and the AI-company pulled back -10% from its all-time highs and caused related algorithmic selling. (see below) On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, investors continued to dump PLTR, escalating concerns that the latest hot pick among retail traders could be fizzling out. PLTR retreated more than -5% intraday. (see ab