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My Investing Muse Layoffs, closures and Delinquencies U.S. layoffs are now at numbers worse than the 2008 Great Financial Crisis. - X user The Patriotic Blonde South Korean battery maker SK On lays off 958 US employees - Reuters 92,000 people just lost their jobs in one month in The US. Just a regular Tuesday in 2026. And Anthropic released a report this morning saying the jobs AI can't kill are plumbers, farmers, and electricians. Your office job is not safe. The economy is confirming what AI companies already told you. The guy who learned to fix pipes in 6 months has more job security than you. - X user Tuki Morgan Stanley laying off 2,500 employees across all divisions amid economic challenges - MacroEdge Amazon cuts jobs in robotics division - MacroEdge Kuehne+Nagel to layoff 2,000 wor

News and my thoughts from the past week (09Mar2026) Two of the world's largest funds are limiting the amount you can withdraw. BlackRock froze requests for withdrawals of $1.2 billion from its private credit fund. Investors in the BlackRock fund with assets of $26 billion requested the withdrawal of 9.3% of their funds. BlackRock refused, limiting the withdrawal to 5%. The Blackstone fund with assets of $82 billion recorded a record number of requests for withdrawals in the same week. Blackstone had to invest $400 million of its own funds to cover the costs of withdrawals. Similar problems exist with the Blue Owl OBDC II fund, where withdrawals have been suspended. - X user Cha Bowes Kuwait Petroleum declares force majeure on oil sales - MacroEdge Insider sales continue Deutsche warns the

Investor sentiment continued to slide this week, as hopes for clarity in the Middle East once again gave way to thicker and more oily fog. Investors are now decisively bearish in eight of the ten markets we track, with the remaining two - the US and China - clinging stubbornly to negative territory. And this snapshot was taken before oil reminded everyone of its geopolitical résumé by vaulting back above $100 over the weekend for the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A bearish signal simply means that caution has won the popularity contest. Risk‑averse investors now vastly outnumber those still willing to take risk, leaving plenty of sellers and very few buyers at current prices. The adjustment mechanism is neither subtle nor new: sellers accept discounts to entice the shrinki

The escalation of US-Iran conflict and subsequent spike in oil prices have been, the primary causes for US market's volatility last week. (see below) For week ending 06 Mar 2026: Dow: -2.87% (-1,403.28 to 47,501.55). Its biggest decline since early April 2025. S&P 500: -2.06% (-141.60 to 6,740.02). Its biggest weekly percentage loss since mid-October 2025. Nasdaq: -1.59% (-361.18 to 22,387.68). Objectively speaking, there were other underlying economic and technical factors that ‘aided’ to exacerbate the decline. (see below) Other Reports. Below were US economic reports for last week: (1) Jobless Claims. (a) Weekly claims. For week ending 28 Feb 2026, US weekly jobless claims came in ‘flat’ at 213,000 vs market consensus of 215,000 vs previous week claims of 213,000. (see below) Despit

🐶📉 Options Puppy Weekly: Is a Sell-Off Coming After the S&P 500 Failed 6800? Markets love drama. And this week the stage is full: missiles in the Middle East, oil prices jumping, inflation whispers returning, and traders wondering whether the rally just ran out of fuel. The Options Puppy doesn’t panic though. 🐶 Let’s sniff through the macro bones and see what might happen next week. ⸻ 🛢️🔥 Middle East Tension: The Oil Shock Bone The biggest headline shaking markets right now is the escalating conflict involving the US, Israel, and Iran. The scale of attacks and retaliation surprised many investors, and the market’s first reaction was simple: oil spiked. Why? Because roughly 25–30% of global oil trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz. If that route is disrupted, the world suddenly wor

🐶💰 Love, Money & The Options Puppy: Do They Follow the Same Logic? ❤️🐶 Emotional Stability Is the Entry Ticket When people think about investing, they often imagine intelligence, complex analysis, or secret strategies. But in reality, the true entry ticket to markets is emotional stability. The same rule applies to love. In relationships, emotions can swing wildly—joy, fear, jealousy, excitement. In markets, it’s the same story: greed during rallies and panic during crashes. So when a crazy week arrives with geopolitical drama, market drops, and headlines screaming doom, the real question becomes: Do you panic and break up with the market, or do you ride it out together? The investors who succeed long-term are usually the calm ones. The same is true in relationships. Stability beats dr

$SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ distribution on break $680 and $676 rejection is confirmed. Distribution happens after a strong move up when smart money begin selling to late buyers. Price stops trending up past $697 moves sideways near the highs, forming a range between resistance $697 and support $677. Many traders believe the market is simply consolidating before another breakout, but institutions are actually selling into the buying pressure. 3 key signs of distribution: #1. Failed breakouts. Price may briefly push above resistance but quickly falls back into the range. This means buyers tried to push higher, but sellers absorbed the demand. #2. Momentum weakens. Even within the range, price struggles to make strong new highs and starts formi

Economic Preview: Key Data Releases (week of 09Mar2026) Housing Market Data Existing home sales data for February will be released this week. The forecast stands at 3.9 million units. This figure serves as a good reference for evaluating the health and trends within the home real estate market. Inflation Reports, PCE Data and the Federal Reserve’s Perspective The Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, along with the Core CPI, will be published in the coming week. The forecast for month-on-month CPI growth is 0.2% for February. If the actual CPI growth deviates from this forecast, increased volatility can be expected in the financial markets. The release of the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) data for January is scheduled for this week. As the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge,

$Oracle(ORCL)$ is scheduled to report its fiscal Q3 2026 earnings on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, after the market close. The company is currently in a high-stakes transition period, aggressively raising capital to fund a massive AI infrastructure buildout. Here is an analysis of the expectations and the tactical outlook for the release. The Numbers to Beat (Consensus Estimates) Revenue: ~$16.9 billion (Expected growth of ~19.5% YoY). Adjusted EPS: ~$1.70 per share (Expected growth of ~15.7% YoY). Cloud Revenue Guidance: Management previously guided for 40%–44% growth in USD. The Oracle (ORCL) Fiscal Q2 2026 earnings report, released on December 10, 2025, remains a pivotal case study in the "AI Infrastructure Era." While the headline numbers showed a

$Applied Optoelectronics(AAOI)$ (11.5% ADR) – Less than 1 x ADR from its 52-week high Currently trading under 2.5 x ATR% from the 50-MA, within one of the most relentless 3-month performing group in $iShares Semiconductor ETF(SOXX)$ . The last time it reached this price in early December 2024, it was extended beyond 12 x ATR% from the 50-MA, followed by a -75% pullback over the next four months, before stabilizing on its first quarterly YoY growth in both earnings and sales, and continuing with two consecutive quarters of growth. Price has risen over threefold +356%, but from a technical perspective, the chart may still present a favorable risk-reward opportunity for a cleaner and more linear price trajec