AI Chip Demand Keeps $AMD Climbing Toward a $527 Breakout
$Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ $Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) +1.65% Close at $512.50: AI Chip Momentum Firms, $527 Pivot Holds the Key Latest Close Data AMD closed at $512.50 (+1.65%) on 2026-09-17, with intraday range $506.05–$527.25. Price sits just 12.4% below its 52-week high of $584.73 and well above the 52-week low of $149.85. Core Market Drivers AI infrastructure demand remains the dominant tailwind for AMD's data center and GPU segments. Raymond James recently upgraded the stock, while Daiwa lifted its price target from $500 to $575 — both signaling sustained institutional conviction in AMD's MI-series roadmap and server share gains. Technical Analysis Volume reached 22.32M shares with a volume ratio of 1.13, confirming participation. MACD i
GE’s $11.75B Acquisition Overhang Eases as $GE +1.91% Rebounds
$GE Aerospace(GE)$ $GE Aerospace (GE) Closes +1.91% at $312.90: Aviation Giant Reclaims $310 Support, MACD Compression Signals Rebound Setup Latest Close Data: GE Aerospace finished at $312.90 (+1.91%) on September 17, 2026, bouncing from an intraday low of $308.68. Still trading -19.5% below its 52-week high of $388.84, but holding well above the 52-week low of $268.91. Core Market Drivers: Oil-price pressure has weighed on aviation suppliers recently, with GE hit hardest after announcing its $11.75B acquisition of Consolidated Precision Products. However, buyers stepped in today as oversold conditions and strong institutional backing supported a relief rally. Technical Analysis: Volume was light at 4.53M shares (Volume Ratio 0.97), suggesting caut
$Oracle(ORCL)$ $Oracle(ORCL) +2.00% Reclaims $143 as AI Cloud Momentum Builds, Bulls Eye $147–$150 Breakout Zone 📈 Latest Close Data: ORCL closed at $143.16 (+2.00%) on 2026-09-17, rebounding off a session low of $139.00. The stock sits roughly 56.6% below its 52-week high of $329.50, but has reclaimed its near-term pivot after Monday’s washout low near $128.44. Core Market Drivers: Oracle’s Q1 earnings and revenue beat on 9/11 reignited AI-cloud optimism, with backlog surging $26B. Executive Chairman Larry Ellison also cancelled a planned sale of 50M shares, removing a major overhang and signaling insider confidence. Technical Analysis: Latest MACD remains bearish — DIF at 0.70, DEA at 2.06, MACD histogram at -2.70 — though downside momentum is f
A Sharp RSI Recovery Puts $HON +2.07% Back Above $207
$Honeywell(HON)$ $Honeywell International Inc.(HON) +2.07%: Oversold Rebound Ignites as MACD Turns Bullish, $210 Breakout Eyed 📊 Latest Close Data HON closed at $207.66 on September 17, 2026, up +2.07% (+$4.22). The stock remains roughly 17.6% below its 52-week high of $252.00, but has bounced decisively off the $186.76 52-week low zone. Pre-market strength had hinted at the move, with after-hours print at $208.75. 📰 Core Market Drivers Honeywell Aerospace continues to attract analyst attention — Morgan Stanley's upgrade to Overweight with a $205 PT earlier ignited a 7%+ single-day surge. BofA followed with a Neutral upgrade and $265 PT. Rotation into industrial cyclicals and easing rate-cut expectations are providing macro tailwinds for defense an
$SNOW +2.49% Reclaims $331 as Buyers Push Toward $340
$Snowflake(SNOW)$ $Snowflake(SNOW) +2.49% Reclaims $331 With Volume Surge, Bulls Eye $340 Breakout Zone 🚀 Latest Close Data 📊 SNOW closed at $331.02 (+2.49%) on Sep 17, rebounding from a session low of $317.45 to tag $338.00 intraday. The stock now sits 13.9% below its 52-week high of $384.56, but momentum is turning after digesting insider selling pressure. Core Market Drivers 📰 Q2 product revenue grew 37% YoY, with full-year product revenue guidance raised to $6.07B — a fundamental tailwind. However, multiple directors and executives recently offloaded over 168K shares (~$60M), and “Big Short” investor Michael Burry publicly called SNOW “severely overvalued,” capping upside conviction near-term. Technical Analysis 🔍 Volume reached 3.76M shares (
UBS Upgrades ILMN as $ILMN +2.99% Closes In on $236
$Illumina(ILMN)$ $Illumina (ILMN) +2.99% to $228.93: S&P 500 Inclusion Sparks Breakout, $236 High In Sight 🚀 Latest Close: $228.93 (+2.99%), just 3% below the 52-week high of $236.00. After-hours strength at $230.65 confirms sustained demand. Core Drivers: UBS upgraded ILMN from Neutral to Buy with a $260 target, well above the $201 average. S&P 500 inclusion effective September 21 is triggering forced passive index buying, adding structural support. Technical Analysis: Volume surged to 3.38M shares with Volume Ratio of 1.59, confirming breakout participation. RSI(6) hit 72.3 — entering overbought territory but still allowing momentum continuation. MACD flipped positive with DIF crossing above DEA (0.05), signaling bullish momentum shift.
Circle Fell Again on the Day Arc Went Live: Is the Senate Setback Still the Whole Story?
The three indices closed Wednesday along two different paths. The $Dow Jones(.DJI)$ fell 1.21 per cent to 51,461.90, losing 631.21 points on the day; the $S&P 500(.SPX)$ closed 0.45 per cent lower at 7,551.81, a third consecutive fall; and the $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ Composite barely moved, closing 0.01 per cent lower at 25,978.42. The Federal Reserve raised rates by 25 basis points that afternoon. All three had been higher before it did, and the turn began with the decision and the press conference. The target range for the federal funds rate went up to 3.75-4 per cent, from 3.5 per cent to 3.75 per cent before, with
Stormproof Your Portfolio with 3 Battle Tested ETFs To Defy 5% Treasury Yields
🌟🌟🌟The global financial ecosystem is feeling some serious heavy gravity right now. When the benchmark US 10 Year Treasury yield punched through the 5% intraday ceiling, it sent a massive shockwave across the markets globally. 5% isn't just a number. It is a financial super magnet. When "risk free" government debt pays that much, it rips capital right out of speculative assets. It is the ultimate showdown between the unstoppable force of the AI hype train and soaring bond yields. Can Equities Hold the Line? Think of the stock market like a house on stilts where interest rates are the termites. At 5% risk free yields, equity valuations begin to look incredibly fragile. Why should an investor risk his hard earned cash on high flying tech companies when Uncl
🌟 The Great Semiconductor Dilemma: Bottom Fishing vs The Earnings Trap? The Buy the Dip team believes that $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ & $Micron Technology(MU)$ are trading at massive discounts compared to their all time highs. If the AI thesis hasn't changed, waiting for the perfect bottom means you may miss the train when the institutional funds inevitably flood back. The Technical Breather Analyst believes that buying NVIDIA or Micron now is like rushing out of the storm shelter because the monsoon rain stopped for 5 minutes. The Logic: Overnight action seems like it is a technical rebound. The shorts are covering their positions and algorithms are taking a quick breather. The real truth does
$XME Elliott Wave: ETF Made the Expected Drop in Wave C
Hello traders. In this technical article, we will review the Elliott Wave forecast for the SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME) that we recently presented to our members. XME has been forming a three-wave correction, with the price making a significant decline during the Wave C leg, as we forecasted. In this article, we will review the Elliott Wave structure and the forecast we presented to our members. XME Elliott Wave 1-Hour Chart – 09.09.2026 XME is correcting the cycle from the 96.42 low. At the time of the original forecast, the correction appeared incomplete. We could count five waves down from the peak, suggesting that another leg lower could develop. Based on this structure, we expected the correction to continue as a potential Zig Zag pattern, labeled (A)-(B)-(C). The offici
Cognizant Technology (CTSH) Forecast: Favors Rally Above $130.5+ From Blue Box Area
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (CTSH) provides consulting, technology & outsourcing services in North America, Europe & Internationally. It operates through four segments: Financial services, Health services, Product & resources & Communications, Media & technology. It comes under Technology Sector & trades as “CTSH” ticker at Nasdaq. In monthly, CTSH ended ((II)) in double correction at $37.08 low in blue box area & favors rally in ((III)). Further upside in ((III)) will confirm above March-2022 & extend towards $130.5 – $188.2 area. Buyers got risk free longs from monthly blue box area, favoring upside. CTSH – Elliott Wave Latest Weekly View: In monthly, it started Grand Super Cycle from 1998 low. It ended ((I)) at $93.47 high in March-2022. Wi
🛡️ Cybersecurity Stocks Surge — Can AI Security Become the Next Major Theme TigerTrade
Yes, AI security has the ingredients of a major investment theme, but I would separate the theme from the short-term stock price. The key question is whether AI creates enough new security spending to turn today’s headlines into sustained revenue and earnings growth. The recent rotation is logical: as companies deploy more AI agents, cloud workloads and automated software, they also create more identities, endpoints, data flows and attack surfaces that need protection. Recent warnings from AI companies have highlighted the security risks surrounding increasingly capable AI systems. At the same time, cybersecurity companies are reporting strong demand. For my three-stock watchlist, I would look at CrowdStrike (CRWD), Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and Fortinet (FTNT) because they give me three d
This is exactly what many already knew. The funny part is knowing something and admitting what it means are two different things on Wall Street. Inflation too high? Everybody knows. Oil and war making it worse? Everybody knows. Labour market resilient? Everybody knows. So the Fed has room to fight inflation instead of rushing to rescue asset prices. And yet: “Yeah, but when cuts?” 😂 My friend, the Fed just HIKE. Not cut. HIKE. The assumption of cheaper money has met an inconvenient reality: inflation remains a problem, the economy can tolerate tighter policy, and the Fed is showing inflation comes first. This doesn't mean “Fed hikes, stocks crash tomorrow.” The point is simpler: the price of money matters. Yields matter. Valuation matters. When safer assets offer meaningful returns, paying
Fed Raises Rates for First Time in Three Years, Signals One More to Come This Year
Fed raised key interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.75% - 4.00% range
$Mapletree Log Tr(M44U.SI)$ Dividend of 1.816 cents will be credited today, nice. Hopefully, no rate hike. Rate hike of 0.25%. US indexes all down. Futures is turning positive. • Available DPU edged 0.2% higher year-on-year supported by resilient portfolio performance • Healthy operating metrics: 96.4% occupancy and 2.3% rental reversion outside China • Active portfolio rejuvenation with proposed divestments of two properties in China and a property in Singapore for approximately S$155 million. Financial Highlights Gross revenue and net property income (“NPI”) for 1Q FY26/27 increased by 0.8% and 2.0% year- on-year (“y-o-y”) to S$178.9 million and S$156.4 million respectively. The increase was largely driven by contrib
For me, the biggest takeaway from James Early is the “capybara” mindset. I do not want to react to every headline about debt, rates or AI. I would rather stay calm, focus on the bigger picture and let the market create opportunities through short-term overreactions. I am also interested in his view that AI leadership could broaden beyond the Mag 7. I still believe AI infrastructure and semiconductors have strong long-term potential, but I think stock selection will become increasingly important as the market becomes more selective. Earnings growth outside the biggest names is something I will keep watching. Overall, I agree with the idea of focusing on durable business economics rather than trying to predict every macro move. Markets will always have noise, but my approach is to stay pati
After the Cloture Defeat: Navigating Crypto Equities, Stablecoin Yield Restraints, and Market Structure
On September 15, 2026, the U.S. Senate failed to advance the landmark Digital Asset Market Structure and Clarity Act (H.R. 3633) in a narrow 49–50 procedural vote, falling eleven votes short of the 60-vote threshold needed to invoke cloture. Driven by partisan impasses over executive ethics provisions, consumer safeguards, and bank protectionism, the vote effectively shuts the door on comprehensive federal market-structure legislation until at least 2027. In this article we would like to look at how this Cloture defeat would have on market impact and repricing, and also what will happen to stablecoin policy and yield ban moving forward, and lastly, the corporate resilience and strategy. Market Impact & Repricing: The immediate fallout was swift and severe across digital asset markets.
$HONGKONG LAND HOLDINGS (H78.SI) +0.60%: Nears 52-Week Breakout
$HongkongLand USD(H78.SI)$ Edges +0.60% to $8.42: Deep Value Play Nears 52-Week Breakout at $8.83 Latest Close Data: H78 closed at $8.42, up +0.60% (+$0.05) on September 17, 2026. Price sits just 4.6% below its 52-week high of $8.83 and 47% above its 52-week low of $5.73. Intraday range: $8.26–$8.44. Core Market Drivers: Hongkong Land continues to benefit from stabilizing Hong Kong office occupancy and resilient luxury retail in Central. Jardine Matheson maintains its controlling 55% stake, providing strong sponsorship. Dividend yield of 3.21% attracts income investors amid regional rate-cut expectations. Technical Analysis: Volume spiked to 239.13万 shares with a Volume Ratio of 1.64, signaling accumulation. RSI(6) remains constr
$CapLand Ascott T(HMN.SI)$ Edges +0.61% to S$0.83: Defensive Hospitality REIT Holds 52-Week Floor, 7.35% Yield Anchors Pivot Latest Close Data: Closed at S$0.83 (+0.61%) on Sep 17, 2026, hovering just one cent above its 52-week low of S$0.82 and 13.5% below its 52-week high of S$0.96. Intraday range was exceptionally tight: S$0.825–S$0.84. Core Market Drivers: Volume ratio at 0.38 signals subdued participation, while the 5-day capital flow remained net negative (-S$640.6k cumulative) despite a small inflow on Sep 16. Institutional positioning is mixed: Vanguard added 509.5k shares, but BlackRock trimmed 664.5k. The 7.35% trailing dividend yield continues to attract income-focused buyers amid Singapore REIT sector softness. Techni
$GENTING SINGAPORE (G13.SI) +0.81%: Holds Key Support
$Genting Sing(G13.SI)$ +0.81%: Casino Operator Holds Key Support Near S$0.60, Dividend Yield Cushions Downside Latest Close Data: S$0.620, up +0.81% from S$0.615. Trading range S$0.610–S$0.620, still ~18% below the 52-week high of S$0.76 and ~11% above the 52-week low of S$0.56. Core Market Drivers: Genting Singapore logged a modest gain on active volume (26.44M shares, Volume Ratio 1.75). Net capital inflows of S$5.99M with large orders buying S$3.15M signal institutional accumulation. The 6.45% dividend yield remains a key defensive anchor amid muted tourism recovery headlines. Technical Analysis: Volume expansion (1.75x normal) accompanied the advance, confirming bid support above S$0.610. RSI and MACD arrays are currently una
$CITY DEVELOPMENTS (C09.SI) +1.37%: Nears High, Resistance in Focus
$CityDev(C09.SI)$ +1.37%: Property Giant Nears 52-Week High, $8.20 Resistance in Focus Latest Close Data: SGD 8.14 (+1.37%), day range 8.01–8.20. Now just 16.3% below 52-week high of 9.72 and 26.6% above 52-week low of 6.43. Core Market Drivers: Singapore property heavyweight City Developments extended gains as broad real estate sentiment firmed. Dividend yield of 3.81% continues to attract income-focused flows, while stable institutional backing (Hong Leong holds 54.78%) underpins downside support. Volume ratio of 1.03 signals normal participation despite five-day net capital outflow trends. Technical Analysis: MACD and RSI values unavailable from indicator feed; price action shows a tightening range with amplitude of 2.37%. Rec