The United States has taken control of Venezuela.Like many of you, I'm trying to figure out how to profit from this potentially world-altering event.And while everyone is focused on Venezuela's oil and gold.I zoomed out.When the US expands influence over highly strategic energy assets (like $17T worth of oil...), how are these assets monitored, secured, and controlled?Military Drones. $AeroVironment(AVAV)$ builds military drones for surveillance, border security, and battlefield intelligence...and if the US is expanding influence over Venezuela, this can be used to monitor and secure massive oil infrastructure. $Red Cat Holdings Inc.(RCAT)$ supplies tactical/ISR drones directly to the US military, focusin
Social Arbitrage: Finding Alpha Through Real-World Observation
I’ve sat outside of a Victoria’s Secret for weeks and counted the numbers of bags each person had in their hand as they walked out.I went to three different Starbucks everyday for 3 months straight to count how many cars went through the drive thru from 7am-10am, just to support a thesis.I sat on a college campus and asked hundreds of students which social media platform was their newest obsession.(yes im f*cking nuts)I spent so many years trying to find an edge. How can I actually beat the markets?For most of history, there’s been 2 main ways to analyze an asset.Fundamental & technical analysis.Both are real + well researched.The age old debate though is…are these two universally trusted types of stock picking analysis statistically reliable if everybody uses them?I’m not here to sh*t
Social arbitrage play setting up on $Rumble Inc.(RUM)$ .Nick Shirley's video has 134M views on X right now...he's gained 750K followers seemingly overnight.Features on every major news network and making the podcast rounds on @theallinpod, @PBDsPodcast, etc.$RUM CEO (@chrispavlovski) makes a very intriguing offer to Nick yesterday.> livestream everything, unfiltered> will pay nick for streams> will pay "far better" than youtube willBill Ackman retweeted it, telling Nick it "sounds like a great opportunity.If (*if*!!), nick accepts this deal, $RUM could rip.But there's more to the bull case.Tether, yes the largest stablecoin issuer in the world, is RUM largest shareholder and JUST bought more shares in late November. Also. President Trump h
Despite falling 47.5% since highs, I picked $IREN Ltd(IREN)$ as one of my Top 10 AI stocks for 2026!- Efficient Data Centers- Cheap Renewable Energy Access- Huge $9.7B Anchor agreement with $Microsoft(MSFT)$ But most importantly, they have access to 3GW of electricity at a time when electricity access is poised to become the biggest bottleneck to AI development.In a recent interview, Jensen Huang of $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ said that the US is losing the AI energy race to China. Simply put, it doesn't matter how many chips you have and how efficient they are if there is no electricity to power them.IREN energy capacity is starting to look increasingly "tasty", positioning
Why I’m Bullish on $NBIS for 2026 Despite a 36% Drawdown
Despite falling 36% from highs, I picked $NEBIUS(NBIS)$ as one of my Top 10 AI stocks for 2026!- $7-9B 2026 ARR Target- 2.5GW Contracted Power Target- 0.8-1GW Connected Power Target- Nebius trades 2-3X its 2026 ARRI find this valuation attractive for a company poised to grow revenues with a 299% CAGR till 2027.But most importantly, the execution of NBIS CEO Arkady Volozh has been incredible.He worked tirelessly for 20 years to turn Yandex into Russia’s largest technology company, worth $30B. Then, Putin essentially forced him to sell all the lucrative Russian assets at a rock-bottom price because he spoke out openly against the War in Ukraine.Arkady could have ridden off in the sunset and lived out his days in a Miami mansion with 100 Instagram mo
How I learned markets (with no finance background), before ever looking at a chart.One. “Learn the game of business”. The incentives. Internal politics. How things operate. What drives leadership. Signs of struggle. You can piece the puzzle together.Two. “Psychology & game theory”. Why humans make decisions. What drives behavior. How emotional responses are triggered. Understanding pain & euphoria.Three. “Money motives”. Who's stands to gain. Who's pulling the strings. Where are commissions being made. When is a spread earned. What are the INCENTIVES for all parties involved.I need a fundamental understanding of where every cent is going, and *why* it's going there.Four. “The real world”. Social media narrative. Relationships. Themes. Trending topics. Pop culture. What's "cool”.Mor
$NFLX Watches Another Potential “Squid Game” Moment
Seems like a huge coordinated effort to push "One Piece" on $Netflix(NFLX)$ .Mr Beast, the biggest creator ever, is tweeting about the show...and even changed in profile picture to a character.Kai Cenat, Cinna, and Hasan all chimed in with some tweets about "One Piece".Four of the largest social creators on earth, all tweeting about the same NFLX show, within hours of each other?Probably not a coincidence.But what does this actually mean?Well, NFLX has a history of popular shows making a meaningful impact on stock price."Squid Game" premiered in Sept '21, and led to a +20% increase in NFLX over 3 months.Stranger Things (2019) & Tiger King (2020) both led to significant increases in subscribers, viewership, and earnings.Meaning just one show go
The next rocket will be $Rocket Companies(RKT)$ .Recent acquisitions, a strong openAI connection, CEO shuffle, and an interesting company "restructuring"...?Let's dive in. First, I know you're curious about the openAI connection...look at Bret taylor.Bret Taylor is the *chairman* of OpenAI. He's ALSO the co-founder of Sierra, an AI company who now has a strong partnership with RKT. On October 27th, he announced that "Sierra and RKT are going to transform home ownership together".OpenAI chairman partnered with RKT through his other company (Sierra AI)...interesting.Safe to say he's veryyy familiar with Rocket. OpenAI x Rocket soon?Anywaysss, moving on.Rocket recently added an .80c dividend + "simplified its structure"... This is where it gets intere
My family is having steak as our Christmas meal.Mom's cooking. But this is the first time we've ever had steak on Christmas.But then I remembered seeing a few recent headlines that I originally overlooked/disregarded. Per Instacart, requests for:> ribeye roasts increased +2,238% > prime rib increased +1,909%> tenderloin roasts increased +898%...all surged TWO days before Christmas compared to the yearly average.Red meat purchases always spike around the holidays, but this is an outlier.For a longer term play, $Tyson(TSN)$ , has been sitting in a $10 range for almost three years now.I'm tracking TSN's recent ability to shake off "bad press" closely too.Just a month ago...Tyson announced that it's planning to close one of its largest beef-pr