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Chipmaker Nvidia Corporation ($NVIDIA(NVDA)$) shows – once again – solid results for the third quarter (Q3) of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 in its release after markets closed on the 19th of November, leading to the customary uptick in the post-trading session and the pre-trading session the next day estimated to be mostly from Asian and European investors. American investors – on the other hand – likely wouldn't gloam on to the stock with the same enthusiasm, despite the trends in key line items.  Trend Analysis Relative to the trends seen during Q2, there have been a few subtle shifts in product category trends:  "Compute and Networking" has pulled back from 92% to that seen in FY 2025 while its operating income share remains largely unch

The release of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (ticker: $Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM)$ ) third quarter (Q3) results for its Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 on the 16th of October 2025 prompted different market reactions in the U.S. vis-à-vis its Taiwan-listed ticker (“2330.TW”): While the Taiwan-listed ticker soared before moderating in the present week, the U.S.-listed ticker (wherein each ADS comprises of 5 ordinary shares) showed a distinctly bearish flavour. The factors behind this are directly related to the outlook on AI chip buy-ins as well as the ongoing U.S.-China trade tensions. Trend Analysis Taiwanese investors weren’t entirely unjustified, as trends in the year till date indicate relative to the previous FY. As of the fir

China's e-commerce and tech giant Alibaba (ticker: $Alibaba(BABA)$) – officially known as "Alibaba Group Holding Limited" – witnessed a price surge after it released the earnings results for the first quarter (Q1) for its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. The price surge was mostly attributed to its advances in capturing AI spends.  This surge might be somewhat overstating the advances made by the company.  Trend Drilldown In 2023, the company's management moved to consolidate into six distinct entities that could possibly be spun out into six separate companies/tickers. While the logistics arm – Cainiao – worked on an IPO since, the plan was dropped early in 2024. In Q1 2026, the “6 entities” plan has been effectively dissolved.  As of FY 202

Given that some analysts estimate that half of all AI infrastructure capital expenditures end up in the purchase of its products and services, American/Taiwanese chipmaker Nvidia Inc ( $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ ) was expected to show pretty solid results for the second quarter (Q2) of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 that ended on July 31, 2025. While it did precisely that by delivering revenue: of $46.74 billion versus a LSEG-polled estimate of $46.06 billion and adjusted Earnings Per Share of $1.05 versus an estimate of $1.01, the stock's price went on to show weakness in after-markets trading.  There are a number of factors behind this. Trend Drilldown Across its product categories, the corporate-demanded "Compute and Networking" segment far eclipses the ga

With the Trump administration’s tariffs on European goods remaining higher than 2024 levels despite arriving at a trade deal with the European Union, European carmakers’ stocks have been under pressure, given that the United States had become a growth market for key names in the past few years. Among those affected is Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari Inc (ticker: $Ferrari NV(RACE)$ ). However, as the earnings release for the first half (H1) of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 made on the 31st of July this year, the “dancing horse” of Maranello is clearly not like the others. Trend Analysis If trends established as of H1 of FY 2025 continue, the company will close out the fiscal year with an 8% growth in revenue over the previous FY. While not quit

While Palantir Inc (ticker: $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$) describes itself as a company that makes “products for human-driven analysis of real-world data”, many others point out that it’s specifically a highly-specialized intelligence provider to governments and militaries aligned with the United States. Given that the founding of the company was backed by a grant from In-Q-Tel – the C.I.A.’s venture capital arm – the company is certainly not going to beat the allegation that it’s deep within the folds of the United States’ military machine. What’s currently unmissable is that its second quarter (Q2) earnings report of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 release made on the 4th of August 2025 signalled a breakthrough: Palantir surpassed $1 billion in

Tesla Inc ($Tesla Motors(TSLA)$) released delivery numbers for the second quarter of 2025 (Q2 2025) on the 2nd of July. Despite analysts' consensus deeming it a "miss", the stock price rose 5% on the 2nd of July and even showed mildly bullish trends early on the 3rd of July before closing down 0.01%.  The underlying trends in deliveries are complicated yet encouraging - at least from some prime market movers' perspective. Trend Drilldown In the U.S., it is an unassailable fact that, while Tesla holds a commanding lead over all other carmakers, its market share has been shrinking for almost five years now. Source: Created by author using Cox Automotive data The most significant competitors chipping away at Tesla's market share are fellow Ameri

Market-leading chipmaker Nvidia, Inc ( $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ ) walked up to its first quarter (Q1) earnings for its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 on the 28th of May with a warning that its total revenues will be taking a hit after the U.S. administration continued with a largely-bipartisan effort enacted over the course of the past five years to restrict sales of advanced technology to China by including its "China-specific" H20 chips with immediate effect. In the fortnight leading up to the Q1 2026 earnings release, the company's stock essentially held steady around the $124 level attained on the 14th of May. Traded volumes shrunk back from the highs seen in early April after President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs were announced and followed by tightening c

When Tesla, Inc ( $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ ) reported its first quarter (Q1) 2025 results on the 22nd of April, the company’s top and bottom lines both missed aggregate LSEG expectations, with reported revenue of $19.34 billion versus expectations of $21.11 billion and earnings per share of $0.27 cents (adjusted) versus expectations of $0.39. However, market reactions were decidedly different. If the S&P 500 ($S&P 500(.SPX)$) was to be considered as a proxy for broad market sentiment, then the conviction in Tesla’s stock can be summarized thus: in the week leading up to the earnings, broad market volumes mostly trumped that in Tesla. On the day before the earnings release and subsequently till the end

On the 17th of April, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: $Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM)$) – the principal foundry for both Nvidia and AMD chips – announced its Q1 results. By all accounts, the company did well with 839.25 billion New Taiwan dollars (NT$) in revenue versus expectations of NT$ 835.13 billion and a net income of NT$361.56 billion versus an expectation of NT$354.14 billion. However, the general investing public hasn't been very enthusiastic about the stock over and above general market sentiment despite these solid earnings.  In fact, it displayed a near-constant underperformance relative to the broad market S&P 500 ($S&P 500(.SPX)$ ) both in the lead