Gold keeps hitting new highs! How to sell options long?
While economic uncertainty and geopolitical chaos have reignited investment demand, the debate over gold's role in global financial markets is still far from over. While gold is recognized as a Tier 1 asset under Basel III, it is still not recognized as a High Quality Liquid Asset (HQLA). HQLA is the key classification that the World Gold Council (WGC) seeks to change.In its latest report, analysts at WGC recommended that the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) revisit the classification of gold and identify it as HQLA.Analysts said in a research note: "In recent months, due to trade policy uncertainty, financial markets have experienced a period of significant volatility, stock prices have fallen sharply, U.S. bonds have suffered a rare sell-off, and bid-ask spreads have general
$S&P 500(.SPX)$ The stock market is a wild ride right now—gains one day, losses the next, and enough twists to keep even seasoned investors guessing. The S&P 500 is clinging to a 0.51% gain for 2025, but that calm headline masks a stormy reality: a 6.16% surge in May crashed into a 1.2% drop so far in June. Beneath the surface, sectors are splitting, global tensions are simmering, and the Fed’s next move is anyone’s guess. So, is this a meltdown in the making or a golden opportunity? Let’s dive into the chaos and find out. The Market’s Wild Swings The S&P 500’s 2025 story is a rollercoaster with no brakes. After a punishing 3.1% drop in April, May roared back with a 6.16% gain—the year’s high-water mark. June, though, is dragging it ba
From Point-of-Sale to Point of Power: Toast’s Quiet Domination of Restaurant Tech
I’ll admit, when I first looked at Toast, I saw a hardware-centric business that made sleek card readers and kitchen displays. But I was wrong. Underneath the surface, $Toast, Inc.(TOST)$ has quietly become a heavyweight in restaurant software and financial services, weaving itself into the operating fabric of the food industry. With a $24.9 billion market cap and a share price that’s nearly doubled in the past year, it's fair to ask: is Toast now priced to perfection—or just getting warmed up? Not just toast—an ecosystem wired for growth and scale Beyond the Till: Toast’s Push into Enterprise What once served as a point-of-sale solution for independent cafés is now breaking into boardrooms. Toast has begun carving out a presence in the enterprise
Home Depot Stock: Time to Trim After a Decade of Growth?
$Home Depot(HD)$ When I look back at the last two articles I wrote on Home Depot, I had a neutral rating. I use “neutral” instead of “hold,” since I didn’t own the stock myself. The most recent of those articles was written almost exactly three years ago, so I thought it’d be interesting to revisit my conclusion from back then. At the time, I wrote that a lot would depend on whether or not we entered a bear market or recession. I believed the odds of a recession were high, and my base-case expectation was that the stock could fall another 30–35% over the next few years. As it turned out, we didn’t really have a recession. Some argue that 2022 counted—since we had two quarters of negative GDP growth—but I didn’t consider that a real recession. I thin
Crypto Stocks To Watch if ETH Cup and Handle Breakout Push Towards $4,000?
We are seeing significant discussion and technical analysis suggesting that a "cup and handle" pattern has formed on Ethereum's (ETH) charts, and if confirmed, this could indeed push its price towards the $4,000 mark and potentially higher. Here is a breakdown of the analysis and why I am trying to assess it as a point of interest Understanding the Cup and Handle Pattern The cup and handle is a bullish continuation pattern in technical analysis, first identified by William J. O'Neil. It suggests that an upward trend will resume after a period of consolidation. The "Cup": This is a rounded bottom formation, resembling a "U" shape, indicating a period of consolidation after a price decline, followed by a recovery back to the original high. A longer, more "U"-shaped cup is generally considere
Circle’s IPO May Look Boring, But That’s Exactly the Point
$Circle Internet Corp.(CRCL)$ is going public on June 4th. It’s not flashy like a new AI startup or a meme-fueled EV stock. No dramatic founder stories, no viral marketing. Just a company doing the work, powering a $60 billion stablecoin that moves silently beneath much of the crypto economy.Let’s be clear: this is not a bet on crypto hype—it’s a bet on infrastructure.Circle operates USDC, the second-largest stablecoin behind Tether. Think of it like digital cash, backed 1:1 by dollars. As of March 2025, USDC has $60 billion in circulation and is natively issued on 19 blockchains. It’s integrated into hundreds of DeFi protocols, wallets, and trading platforms, including Coinbase.Now Circle is raising $100 million via IPO to fund product developmen
WHY ASTS & RKLB AREN’T COMPETITORS -- THEY’RE BUILDING DIFFERENT LAYERS
$AST SpaceMobile, Inc.(ASTS)$$Rocket Lab USA, Inc.(RKLB)$ So no -- these companies aren’t in competition. Rocket Lab is building the secure, modular, defense-aligned architecture to operate above the Earth. ASTS is embedding persistent connectivity into the same zone, for consumers, enterprises, and agencies alike. One is defining how we project power. The other is defining how we stay connected. They don’t overlap. They interlock.xWe’re finally in the post-launch phase of the space economy -- where the real value isn’t in who gets to orbit, but in who controls what happens once you’re there. We still talk about launches the way we talked about dial-up modems in the early internet: who can get there fast
AI Stocks Face 'Show Me' Moment. Apple To Host Flagship WWDC Conference.
The big run of artificial intelligence stocks has taken a breather in 2025 but a couple of plays are hanging in there, such as Palantir Technologies (PLTR). While semiconductor stocks ruled as the best AI stocks early on, there could be new options emerging.To be sure, top AI stocks such as $Microsoft(MSFT)$ and $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ face high expectations. For many companies — such as Google parent $Alphabet(GOOG)$ , $Amazon.com(AMZN)$ and Facebook parent $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ — the rise of generative AI poses both risk and opportunity.Amid the rise of generative AI — which gen
1. $NEBIUS(NBIS)$ raises $1 billion through convertible bond offering and the market hammers it down 5%…People don’t really get it, they are pricing the effect of dilution on its face…2.5% average interest rate with an initial conversion price of $51.This is insanely bullish!Are you aware that this is a company growing revenue three digits YoY?The ROI on this will be much, much higher than the combined effect of interest paid and potential dilution.Bullish.2. $Oscar Health, Inc.(OSCR)$ valuation is completely ridiculous...- Grew revenues 67% annually since 2021.- Highest NPS score in the industry.- Trading at 7 times 2027 earnings.And this is considering that enhanced ACA subsidies will expire this year.W
Let’s check out the top movers after earnings!1. $e.l.f. Beauty Inc.(ELF)$ Soared 24% on Blowout EarningsEPS: $0.78 vs. $0.53 (Beat by 47.2%)Revenue: $332.6 million vs. $292.6 million (Beat by 13.7%)Full-year earnings guidance: E.l.f. Beauty did not provide full-year fiscal 2026 guidance due to uncertainty over new U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports, as 75% of its products are made in China. To offset potential cost increases, the company plans a $1 global price hike starting August 1, 2025.CEO Tarang Amin highlighted e.l.f.'s 21st consecutive quarter of net sales growth and emphasized their expansion into the prestige segment with the $1 billion acquisition of Hailey Bieber’s Rhode brand. Amin stated: “We delivered our strongest year yet, driven by c
$NVIDIA(NVDA)$$Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ Both Nvidia and AMD now trade at similar forward earnings multiples -- 28x for Nvidia and 26x for AMD -- a convergence that would have seemed absurd during the AI melt-up in early 2024, when Nvidia’s multiple topped 60 and AMD’s hovered in the low 30s. At face value, the market is signaling parity. But the multiple is a mirage -- because these companies aren’t converging. They’re diverging into opposite ends of the AI stack.We were told there could only be one. That the AI revolution would consolidate around a singular force. And for a time, it did. Nvidia wasn’t just dominant in training -- it was the training cycle. CUDA became the operating system of intellig
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Weekly Buybacks: Q&M Dental, Venture, Cosmosteel, Wing Tai & UMS Professional directors raise stake
The five trading sessions spanning May 23 through to May 29 saw close to 90 director interests and substantial shareholdings filed for more than 30 primary-listed stocks. Directors or CEOs again filed 24 acquisitions, and two disposals, while substantial shareholders filed 22 acquisitions and six disposals. 1. $Q&M Dental(QC7.SI)$ On May 26, Q & M Dental Group (Singapore) non-independent executive director and group chief executive officer Ng Chin Siau increased his total interest from 53.72% to 53.92%. The 1,882,200 shares were acquired by Quan Min Holdings Pte Ltd at an average price of S$0.345 apiece. Since the end of April, Dr Ng has increased his total interest from 53.02%. 2. $Venture(V03.SI
S-REITs post resilient 1Q 2025 amid positive rent reversions and high occupancy
Singapore-listed office real estate investment trusts (S-REITs) reported a broadly resilient performance in the first quarter of 2025, underpinned by positive rental reversions, stable occupancy, and continued demand for prime office space despite macroeconomic uncertainties.The six S-REITs with Singapore office exposure — CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT), Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (MPACT), Suntec REIT, Keppel REIT, OUE REIT, and Lendlease Global Commercial REIT (LREIT) — recorded positive rental reversions for their local office assets, with some achieving double-digit growth.1. $KEPPEL REIT(K71U.SI)$ Keppel REIT, a pure-play office S-REIT with mostly Singapore assets, reported positive rental reversion of 10.6
$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$$T-REX 2X INVERSE TESLA DAILY TARGET ETF(TSLZ)$$Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares(TSLL)$ 🚀⚡🤖 Tesla’s Tightrope: Can Robotaxi Catalyse a Breakout or Will Bears Drag It Down? 🤖⚡🚀 Tesla opens the new U.S. trading week at a pivotal juncture. After enduring a 35% decline earlier in the year, the stock has shown signs of renewed energy, spurred by Elon Musk’s refocus on Tesla and anticipation surrounding its 12 June Robotaxi debut in Austin. Friday’s late-May surge offered bulls a glimmer of conviction, but early action this week is already putting technical levels to the test. With macro uncertainty rising and technical signals diverging, this m
$SPDR Gold Shares(GLD)$$Gold - main 2508(GCmain)$$E-Micro Gold - main 2508(MGCmain)$ ⚠️🪙🌍 Gold’s Meteoric Rise: A Hedge Against Uncertainty or Overhyped Safe Haven? 🌍🪙⚠️ As markets wrestle with another surge of geopolitical and economic turbulence, gold has reclaimed its spotlight, shimmering under the strain of global unrest. This week’s jump to $3,398 per ounce, up 2% on Monday alone, stems from a sharp escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and President Trump’s fresh threat to double tariffs on imported steel and aluminium. In times like these, gold isn’t merely a line item on a balance sheet, it transforms into a barometer of global stabili
Global Turmoil and the Surge in Gold Prices. Physical Gold Or Gold ETFs?
🌟🌟🌟Recent market events have catapulted Gold into the spotlight as a traditional safe haven asset. With geopolitical tensions, widening US Trade deficits and signs of pressure in the Global bond markets, investors are flocking into Gold as a hedge against uncertainty. In April Gold surged past the USD 3500 per ounce level, a level that once seemed out of reach, as catalysts such as political controversies such as Trump's Trade Tariffs amplify investors fears. Which is the Best Way to Get Into Gold? Investing in Gold is not just about capital gains. It is a journey into history, symbolism and strategy. Both physical gold and gold ETFs represent viable routes to diversifying your portfolio, yet each carries its own unique flavour and function. Physical Gold
Hello everyone! Today i want to share some option strategies with you!1.Looking at $Dollar General(DG)$ for an optionselling earnings trade today. ER is pre-market tomorrow and expected move is ~8%.👀 the June 6 expiration, put strike in the 78-80 range. Would be writing a put strike just below point-of-control and at strong volume support.Also, might strangle the trade with a naked call, but am debating actually going long on calls. We shall see ... still have time to decide.Image2.Dipped the toes into $Oscar Health, Inc.(OSCR)$ ... adding this to the list of bets. Looks like its at a decent place to start buying in based on the daily timeframe and technical chart. Will DCA if it drops over the coming weeks
1. $Gold - main 2508(GCmain)$ The price of gold surged nearly 3 per cent as President Donald Trump's tariff threats heightened trade tensions, fuelling investor demand for safe-haven assets, coupled with a heavy fall in the US dollar.Gold closed Monday's session surging $93.01, or 2.83 per cent, at $3,381.68 / ounce.The U.S. dollar index plunged nearly 0.8 per cent on Monday. The dollar's heavy losses have made dollar-denominated gold cheaper for holders of other currencies.U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would raise tariffs on U.S. imports of steel and aluminium to 50 percent from the current 25 percent, effective June 4th. This has once again disrupted international trade, according to British news agency Reuters.2.Technicals:T