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My answer is yes, I’m looking for opportunities during this pullback, but I’m not going to pretend I know where the bottom is. When the market starts falling, investors tend to split into three groups. Some see lower prices as a chance to buy quality stocks at a discount. Others prefer to wait for the market to stabilise before making a move. And then there are investors who want to buy the dip but have already used most of their available cash. Honestly, I can understand all three perspectives. A market pullback can create attractive opportunities, but it can also test our patience and confidence. A stock that has fallen 10% might look cheap today, only to fall another 10% next week. On the other hand, waiting for complete certainty could mean missing the early stages of a recovery. So, r

I Bought HOOD Around $95 During the Pullback. Here’s Why I Made the Move I finally started putting some money to work during this pullback. While some investors are waiting for another leg down, I decided to take a position in Robinhood $Robinhood(HOOD)$  around $95. Was it the exact bottom? Probably not something anyone can know in real time. But I did not buy simply because the share price had fallen. I bought because I believe the business still has room to grow, and the pullback gave me an entry point I was more comfortable with. For me, the goal is not to catch the lowest price on the chart. It is to find a business whose future potential justifies the price I am paying. Why HOOD caught my attention Robinhood is no longer just a pla

$CoreWeave, Inc.(CRWV)$   $NEBIUS(NBIS)$   $IREN Ltd(IREN)$   The pattern matters more than any single name. The deepest drops are in the most Al- leveraged, highest-beta stocks. That looks like de-risking of the Al capex trade, not a broad flight from quality. The pre-market bounces of 2-4% suggest dip-buyers are already stepping in, but a bounce on thin pre-market volume is the least reliable signal on the screen. The bear case is that these stocks priced in near-flawless Al spending growth, and the market may be shifting from rewarding spending to demanding returns on it. I'd avoid acting on a single red day. I'd d

$Beyond Meat, Inc.(BYND)$   Beyond Meat closed at $6.85, down 4.46%, after trading between $6.71 and $7.19. The five-day chart tells the story clearly. BYND fell from around $7.75, found buyers near $6.60, bounced sharply toward $7.20, then gave most of that rebound back. So I am changing my framework slightly. This is no longer a stock I want to predict purely from fundamentals. It is a high-volatility trading vehicle, and next week I want price to prove itself first. 🔴 WHAT WORRIES ME The failed rebound around $7.20 matters. BYND has now shown us that sellers are still willing to appear quickly whenever the stock rallies. More importantly, Beyond Meat still has the fundamental problems that make this trade dan

Asymmetry of risk: If any of the AI story breaks – capital spending slows down, model performance bottlenecks, regulatory tightening – the higher the concentration, the sharper the pullback. In a market where the yield of ten-year treasury bond is already higher than the stock earnings yield, why does it still refuse to call back despite soaring nearly 70% in oil prices this year, and the 10-year bond interest rate still remains near 5.24%?

$Rezolve AI(RZLV)$   RZLV is sitting at one of those uncomfortable points where the business story and the stock chart are telling two very different stories. RZLV closed at $2.06, down 3.29%, almost exactly at its session low of $2.05. The stock has fallen from its recent $2.39 high and is now testing the psychologically important $2 level. Meanwhile, short-term RSI has collapsed into oversold territory. That creates a potentially attractive rebound setup. But I would not buy simply because RZLV looks cheap. At $2.06, I want confirmation that sellers are actually running out of ammunition. The fundamental story is still powerful. Rezolve has reported extraordinary revenue acceleration, expanded its customer base and continued building partne

The Myth of "High" Rates: Why Structural Growth and Options Cash Flow Dominate a Normalized Macro Era 1. Introduction: The Anxiety of "Higher for Longer" Across financial media and retail trading forums, the phrase "higher for longer" is routinely treated as a harbinger of market stagnation. Investors who began their journey during the post-2008 bull run have spent years operating under a specific mental model: cheap debt, endless liquidity, and near-zero interest rates as the default background setting for asset appreciation. As central banks maintained elevated baseline interest rates to manage persistent structural inflation, a pervasive anxiety took hold. The dominant fear suggests that elevated cost of capital will permanently compress equity valuations, crush growth stocks, and force

If interest rates stay higher for longer, the obvious response is to hide in cash and collect the yield. I'm taking a different approach. I still want exposure to crypto, but I’m separating Bitcoin from Circle (CRCL) because higher rates affect them very differently. Bitcoin is the scarce asset. Circle is the business trying to build financial infrastructure around digital dollars. One is primarily a liquidity and adoption trade. The other must ultimately deliver revenue, margins and durable competitive advantage. That distinction determines my Pick Levels. Why I Still Want Bitcoin Bitcoin has recovered strongly from its Q3 lows and is back around the mid-$80,000s. Higher rates are not automatically bullish for BTC. A stronger dollar, attractive Treasury yields and tighter liquidity can al

Disclaimer: Nothing I say or post should be considered financial advice. Please do your own due diligence before making any investment decisions.‌ So PCE and job numbers are more optimistic than market estimates, sending bullish shockwaves to majority of hyperscalers and sectors. However, this does not discount the elevated yields and various macro factors that are still in play. I anticipate a rotation in funds into defensive sectors such as $Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund(XLC)$ $Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund(XLU)$ $Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund(XLV)$ from high valuations sectors $Technology Select Sec

🌟🌟🌟The global financial market is standing on the edge of a dizzying cliff, staring directly down at a 5.5% interest rate.  For months, every investor has been holding their breath, wondering if the relentless drop in asset prices will finally stop or explode into a chaotic market mess. Today, Friday 2 October 2026, the market faces its ultimate test: the US Jobs Report (Nonfarm Payrolls).  Paired with fresh economic drama from Wednesday's PCE Inflation Data, the playbook for investing is about to be completely rewritten in real time. The Bond Blueprint: Hot vs Cold Jobs Data Think of the market as a giant scale and today's jobs numbers is a massive boulder about to drop.  Wall Street is expecting a cozy 90,000 to 100,000 new jobs to have been added last month with the unemp

HIGHER INTEREST RATES FOR LONGER, IS THE STOCK MARKET ABOUT TO CRASH? Hey everyone, this article is for everyone that follows me. Over 1300 of you here in tiger. Sorry for the clickbait title, but there's a lot of clickbait at the moment. So I wanted to address the topic of a crash rationally, plus discuss what I'm doing about it. So I'm the emotional investor. This is actually an antonym. Meaning Im the absolute opposite of emotional when it comes to investing. My philosophy with investing is that I cannot help people that feel, I can only help people that want to think. With that said, let's think. We will begin with the US fed raising interest rates by 0.25 basis points and a potential for them to raise again by another 0.25 basis points prior to the end of the year. So that would bring

High Rates for Longer: How Would I Change My Investment Strategy? The biggest mistake in a “higher-for-longer” environment is assuming that the answer is simply to sell stocks and wait for rates to fall. I would do something different. I would make the portfolio more sensitive to cash flow, valuation and balance-sheet strength — while becoming much more selective about how much I pay for future growth. The reason is simple: high rates change the hurdle rate for almost every investment. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield recently reached 5.278%, its highest level since 2007, while the 30-year yield also reached levels not seen since 2002. The Federal Reserve has also raised its policy rate to 3.75%–4.00%, with markets still pricing meaningful odds of another hike.  That creates a very dif

Oil above US$100 changes the market equation for me. The biggest issue is not simply higher petrol prices, but the chain reaction: higher energy and transport costs → higher inflation → higher-for-longer interest rates → pressure on corporate margins and equity valuations. 🟢 Potential winners: Energy Oil producers such as $Exxon Mobil (XOM)$, $Chevron (CVX)$ and $ConocoPhillips (COP)$ should generally benefit if crude remains elevated because higher realised oil prices can translate into stronger cash flow. Refiners may also benefit when refining margins are favourable. We have already seen this rotation: when Brent moved above US$100 on 9 September, the S&P 500 Energy sector gained 1.1% while every other S&P sector declined. 🟡 Technology: Strong fundamentals meet a macro headwind

$United Parcel Service Inc(UPS)$ fell 4.35% on September 21 as investors focused on slower $Amazon.com(AMZN)$-related shipments and weaker domestic volume. The decline arrived as a separate pressure intensified: a global diesel shortage that analysts expect may persist into 2027. Reuters reported on September 21 that US diesel prices had exceeded $6 per gallon and inventories were at their lowest September level since 1982. Reuters' diesel-market analysis attributes the squeeze to disruptions involving Iran and Russia, low stocks and refinery constraints. The bullish UPS thesis is deliberate mix improvement. Management has been reducing low-margin Amazon volume and reconfiguring its network, accepting fewe

Oil is easing—but has the Hormuz supply shock really eased? If you saw my previous post, you’ll know I’m watching for mean reversion in oil. Today’s move is encouraging for that thesis: USO was recently around $148.23, down $5.59 (3.63%), while WTI also fell sharply. One possible reason: more Middle Eastern crude is still finding ways to reach buyers, despite the disruption. Saudi Arabia has reportedly increased exports through Hormuz after its East–West Pipeline was attacked. Reuters reported that 22 tankers carrying around 42 million barrels exited the strait during the week of September 13. But the wider picture is still far from normal: just 17 commodity vessels transited over the weekend, compared with roughly 125 vessels a day before the war. Tanker availability and shipping costs al

$Exxon Mobil(XOM)$   $Chevron(CVX)$   $Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf(XOP)$   $Micron Technology(MU)$   Oil above $100 naturally makes XOM, CVX and COP look like the obvious winners. But I think the more interesting trade is happening somewhere else. At these levels, oil stops being only an energy story. It becomes an inflation, interest-rate and valuation story. The chain I'm watching is simple: Oil ↑ → Inflation pressure ↑ → Rate-cut expectations ↓ → Treasury yields ↑ → Growth va

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🛢️ Oil Above $100: Who Wins — and Who Loses? Oil above $100 a barrel changes the market equation. Brent is now around the $107 level, while WTI is above $100, and investors are starting to price in a bigger inflation risk.  So I’m asking myself: who actually benefits from this — and who gets squeezed? 🟢 Potential winners: Energy Oil producers and some oil-service companies could benefit from higher commodity prices. If they can sell oil at $100+ while keeping production costs relatively controlled, higher prices can translate into stronger cash flow and earnings. But there’s a catch: if the oil spike is caused by a major geopolitical disruption, the market may already be pricing in a lot of the good news. 🔴 Potential losers: Tech & growth stocks This is where things get interesting. H

Oil matters to inflation more than almost any other single commodity because it touches everything. Transport costs more, manufacturing costs more, even your electricity bill costs more, because an oil price move flows through to nearly every other price in the economy. BNO is also the top performer on this entire list, which tells you how large this year’s Middle East supply shock has actually been. The risk cuts both ways. The same headline risk that took this up 104% can reverse just as fast if there is real de-escalation, and futures funds bleed a little to the roll from month to month even when the price goes nowhere. Commodities usedlike oil  to mean opening a separate futures account. Futures are leveraged, and they come with quirks like contango and backwardation, where near-t

🌟🌟🌟As global crude oil crashes through the USD 100 per barrel milestone, a raw energetic current is tearing through the Singapore stock market.  For months, the Straits Times Index or STI tried to maintain its cool, insulated by its stable, defensive banks.  But with the Middle East supply stretching thin, triple digit oil has ceased to be an abstract metric.  It is affecting Singapore companies' balance sheets in real time. Some local blue chips are surfing a wave of pure windfall profit while others are holding their breath as massive operational expenses begin to threaten their bottom lines. 2 Winners Riding the Crude Oil Wave: $Sembcorp Ind(U96.SI)$  - The Strategic Play  Sembcorp acts as th

My answer is yes, I’m looking for opportunities during this pullback, but I’m not going to pretend I know where the bottom is. When the market starts falling, investors tend to split into three groups. Some see lower prices as a chance to buy quality stocks at a discount. Others prefer to wait for the market to stabilise before making a move. And then there are investors who want to buy the dip but have already used most of their available cash. Honestly, I can understand all three perspectives. A market pullback can create attractive opportunities, but it can also test our patience and confidence. A stock that has fallen 10% might look cheap today, only to fall another 10% next week. On the other hand, waiting for complete certainty could mean missing the early stages of a recovery. So, r

I Bought HOOD Around $95 During the Pullback. Here’s Why I Made the Move I finally started putting some money to work during this pullback. While some investors are waiting for another leg down, I decided to take a position in Robinhood $Robinhood(HOOD)$  around $95. Was it the exact bottom? Probably not something anyone can know in real time. But I did not buy simply because the share price had fallen. I bought because I believe the business still has room to grow, and the pullback gave me an entry point I was more comfortable with. For me, the goal is not to catch the lowest price on the chart. It is to find a business whose future potential justifies the price I am paying. Why HOOD caught my attention Robinhood is no longer just a pla

$Beyond Meat, Inc.(BYND)$   Beyond Meat closed at $6.85, down 4.46%, after trading between $6.71 and $7.19. The five-day chart tells the story clearly. BYND fell from around $7.75, found buyers near $6.60, bounced sharply toward $7.20, then gave most of that rebound back. So I am changing my framework slightly. This is no longer a stock I want to predict purely from fundamentals. It is a high-volatility trading vehicle, and next week I want price to prove itself first. 🔴 WHAT WORRIES ME The failed rebound around $7.20 matters. BYND has now shown us that sellers are still willing to appear quickly whenever the stock rallies. More importantly, Beyond Meat still has the fundamental problems that make this trade dan

$CoreWeave, Inc.(CRWV)$   $NEBIUS(NBIS)$   $IREN Ltd(IREN)$   The pattern matters more than any single name. The deepest drops are in the most Al- leveraged, highest-beta stocks. That looks like de-risking of the Al capex trade, not a broad flight from quality. The pre-market bounces of 2-4% suggest dip-buyers are already stepping in, but a bounce on thin pre-market volume is the least reliable signal on the screen. The bear case is that these stocks priced in near-flawless Al spending growth, and the market may be shifting from rewarding spending to demanding returns on it. I'd avoid acting on a single red day. I'd d

$Rezolve AI(RZLV)$   RZLV is sitting at one of those uncomfortable points where the business story and the stock chart are telling two very different stories. RZLV closed at $2.06, down 3.29%, almost exactly at its session low of $2.05. The stock has fallen from its recent $2.39 high and is now testing the psychologically important $2 level. Meanwhile, short-term RSI has collapsed into oversold territory. That creates a potentially attractive rebound setup. But I would not buy simply because RZLV looks cheap. At $2.06, I want confirmation that sellers are actually running out of ammunition. The fundamental story is still powerful. Rezolve has reported extraordinary revenue acceleration, expanded its customer base and continued building partne

The Myth of "High" Rates: Why Structural Growth and Options Cash Flow Dominate a Normalized Macro Era 1. Introduction: The Anxiety of "Higher for Longer" Across financial media and retail trading forums, the phrase "higher for longer" is routinely treated as a harbinger of market stagnation. Investors who began their journey during the post-2008 bull run have spent years operating under a specific mental model: cheap debt, endless liquidity, and near-zero interest rates as the default background setting for asset appreciation. As central banks maintained elevated baseline interest rates to manage persistent structural inflation, a pervasive anxiety took hold. The dominant fear suggests that elevated cost of capital will permanently compress equity valuations, crush growth stocks, and force

If interest rates stay higher for longer, the obvious response is to hide in cash and collect the yield. I'm taking a different approach. I still want exposure to crypto, but I’m separating Bitcoin from Circle (CRCL) because higher rates affect them very differently. Bitcoin is the scarce asset. Circle is the business trying to build financial infrastructure around digital dollars. One is primarily a liquidity and adoption trade. The other must ultimately deliver revenue, margins and durable competitive advantage. That distinction determines my Pick Levels. Why I Still Want Bitcoin Bitcoin has recovered strongly from its Q3 lows and is back around the mid-$80,000s. Higher rates are not automatically bullish for BTC. A stronger dollar, attractive Treasury yields and tighter liquidity can al

🌟🌟🌟The global financial market is standing on the edge of a dizzying cliff, staring directly down at a 5.5% interest rate.  For months, every investor has been holding their breath, wondering if the relentless drop in asset prices will finally stop or explode into a chaotic market mess. Today, Friday 2 October 2026, the market faces its ultimate test: the US Jobs Report (Nonfarm Payrolls).  Paired with fresh economic drama from Wednesday's PCE Inflation Data, the playbook for investing is about to be completely rewritten in real time. The Bond Blueprint: Hot vs Cold Jobs Data Think of the market as a giant scale and today's jobs numbers is a massive boulder about to drop.  Wall Street is expecting a cozy 90,000 to 100,000 new jobs to have been added last month with the unemp

High Rates for Longer: How Would I Change My Investment Strategy? The biggest mistake in a “higher-for-longer” environment is assuming that the answer is simply to sell stocks and wait for rates to fall. I would do something different. I would make the portfolio more sensitive to cash flow, valuation and balance-sheet strength — while becoming much more selective about how much I pay for future growth. The reason is simple: high rates change the hurdle rate for almost every investment. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield recently reached 5.278%, its highest level since 2007, while the 30-year yield also reached levels not seen since 2002. The Federal Reserve has also raised its policy rate to 3.75%–4.00%, with markets still pricing meaningful odds of another hike.  That creates a very dif

HIGHER INTEREST RATES FOR LONGER, IS THE STOCK MARKET ABOUT TO CRASH? Hey everyone, this article is for everyone that follows me. Over 1300 of you here in tiger. Sorry for the clickbait title, but there's a lot of clickbait at the moment. So I wanted to address the topic of a crash rationally, plus discuss what I'm doing about it. So I'm the emotional investor. This is actually an antonym. Meaning Im the absolute opposite of emotional when it comes to investing. My philosophy with investing is that I cannot help people that feel, I can only help people that want to think. With that said, let's think. We will begin with the US fed raising interest rates by 0.25 basis points and a potential for them to raise again by another 0.25 basis points prior to the end of the year. So that would bring

Oil above US$100 changes the market equation for me. The biggest issue is not simply higher petrol prices, but the chain reaction: higher energy and transport costs → higher inflation → higher-for-longer interest rates → pressure on corporate margins and equity valuations. 🟢 Potential winners: Energy Oil producers such as $Exxon Mobil (XOM)$, $Chevron (CVX)$ and $ConocoPhillips (COP)$ should generally benefit if crude remains elevated because higher realised oil prices can translate into stronger cash flow. Refiners may also benefit when refining margins are favourable. We have already seen this rotation: when Brent moved above US$100 on 9 September, the S&P 500 Energy sector gained 1.1% while every other S&P sector declined. 🟡 Technology: Strong fundamentals meet a macro headwind

Disclaimer: Nothing I say or post should be considered financial advice. Please do your own due diligence before making any investment decisions.‌ So PCE and job numbers are more optimistic than market estimates, sending bullish shockwaves to majority of hyperscalers and sectors. However, this does not discount the elevated yields and various macro factors that are still in play. I anticipate a rotation in funds into defensive sectors such as $Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund(XLC)$ $Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund(XLU)$ $Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund(XLV)$ from high valuations sectors $Technology Select Sec

$Exxon Mobil(XOM)$   $Chevron(CVX)$   $Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf(XOP)$   $Micron Technology(MU)$   Oil above $100 naturally makes XOM, CVX and COP look like the obvious winners. But I think the more interesting trade is happening somewhere else. At these levels, oil stops being only an energy story. It becomes an inflation, interest-rate and valuation story. The chain I'm watching is simple: Oil ↑ → Inflation pressure ↑ → Rate-cut expectations ↓ → Treasury yields ↑ → Growth va

🌟🌟🌟As global crude oil crashes through the USD 100 per barrel milestone, a raw energetic current is tearing through the Singapore stock market.  For months, the Straits Times Index or STI tried to maintain its cool, insulated by its stable, defensive banks.  But with the Middle East supply stretching thin, triple digit oil has ceased to be an abstract metric.  It is affecting Singapore companies' balance sheets in real time. Some local blue chips are surfing a wave of pure windfall profit while others are holding their breath as massive operational expenses begin to threaten their bottom lines. 2 Winners Riding the Crude Oil Wave: $Sembcorp Ind(U96.SI)$  - The Strategic Play  Sembcorp acts as th

Asymmetry of risk: If any of the AI story breaks – capital spending slows down, model performance bottlenecks, regulatory tightening – the higher the concentration, the sharper the pullback. In a market where the yield of ten-year treasury bond is already higher than the stock earnings yield, why does it still refuse to call back despite soaring nearly 70% in oil prices this year, and the 10-year bond interest rate still remains near 5.24%?

For week ending Fri, 21 Aug 2026, US stock market rally bent but didn't break - a disaster week, if I could say so. All the key indexes fell below their 21-day moving averages on Thu, 20 Aug 2026 with the Nasdaq also closing below its 04 Aug 2026’s follow-through day low — a highly bearish signal that the market rally will ultimately fail. The indexes rose modestly on Friday, with all except Nasdaq regaining their 21-day lines. For the week: (see above) DJIA : -0.75% (-386.10 to 53,277.01). The Dow is posting back-to-back weekly losses. S&P 500 : -1.49% (-116.31 to 7,674.37). Nasdaq : -2.26% (-604.20 to 26,180.46). In the wake of the latest market drawdown, Verdence Capital Advisors, founder & CEO, Leo Kelly thinks US equities could see even more losses, a slide toward correction t

$United Parcel Service Inc(UPS)$ fell 4.35% on September 21 as investors focused on slower $Amazon.com(AMZN)$-related shipments and weaker domestic volume. The decline arrived as a separate pressure intensified: a global diesel shortage that analysts expect may persist into 2027. Reuters reported on September 21 that US diesel prices had exceeded $6 per gallon and inventories were at their lowest September level since 1982. Reuters' diesel-market analysis attributes the squeeze to disruptions involving Iran and Russia, low stocks and refinery constraints. The bullish UPS thesis is deliberate mix improvement. Management has been reducing low-margin Amazon volume and reconfiguring its network, accepting fewe

The rapid ascent of crude oil to $108 per barrel—occurring alongside a synchronized surge in benchmark sovereign bond yields—presents a complex structural crossroads for global asset allocation. Traditional financial playbooks suggest that elevated energy prices function as an arbitrary tax on global consumption, while rising interest rates compress stock valuations by inflating discount rates. However, contemporary cross-asset dynamics reveal a far more bifurcated and nuanced reality. In this article, we would like to look at other than the Energy (Undisputed Leader), could Technology which present bifurcated opportunity could produce winners, we would be looking at losers to weigh the opportunity in more balanced way, lastly, we would look at Consumer Staples on Pricing Power vs. Input C

Last night, in a futures livestream on the Tiger platform, I shared my latest views on the movements of gold, equity indices, and the U.S. dollar following the U.S. Treasury’s announcement on Treasury bond purchases. The core of this session was how to assess, through correlations across different asset classes, whether the market has shifted from a range-bound environment into a new trend phase. Those who were unable to attend may watch the replay of our video course here: >>> Could the U.S. Treasury’s Aggressive Market Support Backfire? Three Ways to Track the Current Market Next, I will summarize the key information and

For week ending Fri, 14 Aug 2026, US market performance could at best be described as “mixed”. Overall, the week reflected a classic “good news is good news” dynamic: cooling inflation & steady earnings supported valuations. Soft activity data capped upside and prompted a modest Friday pullback from record highs. By the time market called it a week: DJIA: -0.36% (-340.25 to 53,732.41). S&P 500: +0.44% (+34.02 to 7,785.76). Crossed the 7,800 mark for the 1st time on Thu, 13 Aug 2026. Nasdaq: +0.18% ( +48.72 to 26,729.16). Eked out its 3rd weekly gain in a row, ending the week higher marginally. Weekly Catalysts. Catalysts that have either lifted / dampened market sentiments include: Cooling inflation. July 2026 - Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) reports rele