When $1 Trillion Meets Reality: Why US Regional Bank Troubles Should Matter to Singapore Investors | 🦖 #TheInvestingIguana EP1208
🟩 🦖 *Join Iggy as we dive into the US Bank Crisis and what it means for Singapore investors!* Packed with insights, this video sheds light on the ripple effects of American regional bank troubles, commercial real estate chaos, and credit stress—and why it’s more than just a Wall Street problem. Whether you're in Singapore or Malaysia, discover how these global shocks impact your investment decisions and what strategies can keep your portfolio steady. 📊 *Here’s what you’ll learn:* - How US banks’ risky commercial property loans are shaking the system - Why fraud and delinquency rates are spiking—and what it means for global investors - The role of CPF, SRS, and dividend stocks in navigating uncertainty - Why diversification, cash buffers, and quality investments are your best defense 💡 Prac
Sector Star | Is $AXP a Stock Worth Holding Long Term?
U.S. stocks closed higher Friday, with all three major benchmarks booking weekly gains as investors shook off concerns about credit losses at regional banks and trade tensions.The best-performing concepts is Consumer Finance. Considering the different perceptions of the stock, this time TigerPicks chose $American Express(AXP)$ to have a fundamental highlight to help users understand it better.In the past five days, AXP's share price has risen by 9.60%, and surged by 7.27% compared with the same period last year. $American Express(AXP)$ American Express Company is a globally integrated payments company with card-issuing, merchant-acquiring and card network businesses. It offers products and services to a ran
$iQiyi Inc.(IQ)$ - 3Q25 Preview and Model Updates; Maintain HOLD and $2.5 PTAhead of iQIYI’s 3Q25 results, we maintain our HOLD rating and $2.5 price target as we fine-tune our estimates. Specifically, we are lowering our 3Q membership revenue forecast by 1%, now projecting a 4% y/y decline and 2% q/q growth reflecting seasonality. We are also cutting our 3Q advertising revenue estimate by 4%, now implying a 7% y/y and 2% q/q decline. In total, we now expect 3Q total revenue to be roughly flat q/q and down 9% y/y.On the cost side, we are raising our content cost estimate by 6% to reflect higher spending during the summer season, but trimming operating expense assumptions given continued marketing discipline. As a result, our 3Q non-GAAP EBIT foreca
$NVIDIA(NVDA)$$S&P 500(.SPX)$$NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ Earnings season exploded with big banks smashing estimates: Goldman Sachs beat profit on dealmaking rebound, Citigroup climbed on unit strength, JPMorgan lifted interest income forecast, Wells Fargo topped profit and raised return target post-asset cap lift, Morgan Stanley’s profit beat on trading boost, and Bank of America raised NII forecast on dealmaking. Shares surged over 4% across the board, fueling a banking boom. With the S&P 500 at 6,650 and Nasdaq at 22,200, can tech keep pace or will banks lead the charge? Which bank looks strongest for Q4? Is this the start of an investment banking rebound? Dive
Netflix Q3 Earnings: Monetization Monarch or Market Misstep?
Netflix is set to drop its Q3 2025 earnings on October 21, with the stock currently at $1,199.36 as per the finance card above, reflecting a stunning 61% YTD rise. Analysts project $11.51 billion in revenue, a 17% year-over-year jump, as the streaming giant pivots from subscriber counts to monetization focus following its reporting shift. Jefferies holds a Buy rating with a $1,500 price target, citing Q3 strength and FY26 guidance as potential re-rating triggers. With the S&P 500 at 6,700 and Nasdaq at 22,200, can Netflix’s ad-tier growth and live events like the Six Kings Slam surprise the market? Or will profit margins expose vulnerabilities? Dive into the outlook, weigh the catalysts, and plot your strategy for this streaming showdown. Q3 Preview: Revenue Growth, Monetization Spotli
$Netflix(NFLX)$ 🍿 Netflix Q3 Earnings: Profit Popcorn or Plot Twist Ahead? The streaming king is back on center stage — but this time, it’s not about how many people are watching, it’s about how much they’re worth. Netflix (NFLX) reports its Q3 2025 earnings on October 21, and expectations are sky-high: Revenue: $11.51 billion (+17% YoY) Focus: Monetisation, not membership Analyst Target: Jefferies reiterates Buy, with a PT of $1,500 But as Netflix stops reporting subscriber counts, the market’s watching a different show — the Monetisation Era. --- 🎬 From “How Many?” to “How Much?” For years, Netflix was all about the numbers — subscriber growth, market share, global expansion. Now, it’s pivoting toward what e
💰🔥🪙 The Golden Breakout: $GDX and $GLD Signal a Multi-Year Mania 💪📈🪙
$SPDR Gold Shares(GLD)$$VanEck Gold Miners ETF(GDX)$$Dow Jones(.DJI)$ 🕒 20 Oct 2025 🇳🇿 | VanEck Gold Miners ETF ($GDX) & SPDR Gold Shares ($GLD) I’m tracking $GDX and $GLD as they carve out what could become one of the most powerful multi-year surges in modern markets. $GDX trades near $78.73 and $GLD around $389; every chart, flow, and macro signal still points higher. 📊 Technical Analysis: Decoding the Charts I’m watching $GDX’s monthly inverse-hammer candle form above $78. If it closes here, it confirms a topping-path breakout, the same pattern that triggered 100 % plus runs from past cycle lows. Fibonacci projections mark the path to $85 → $93.6 → $104 →
🚨💰📉 Only ONE MAG7 Stock Is Driving S&P 500 Earnings Growth and It’s $NVDA 🤯
$NVIDIA(NVDA)$$Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF(MAGS)$$S&P 500(.SPX)$ 📅 20 October 2025, NZT 🇳🇿 I’ve spent years dissecting equity flows through every cycle, and what I’m seeing now feels eerily familiar. The Magnificent 7 have carried the S&P 500 for years, but that grip is loosening fast. Nvidia’s still standing tall, yet when one stock props up the weight of seven, that’s not leadership; that’s imbalance. I’m calling this phase a structural fracture where capital is fleeing the proven for the speculative, and the maths behind market breadth is starting to crack. That Goldman Sachs ratio peaked at 311.67 in April 2025 and has now cratered to 204.
$Webull Corp(BULL)$$MINISO Group Holding Limited(MNSO)$$NVIDIA(NVDA)$ 🔥💎🚀 $BULL Thermo Still Red but Pressure’s Building! 🚀💎🔥 Still flashing red on the thermo scan, signalling the market’s not ready to roar just yet. I’m watching tight consolidation between $9.90 and $11.40, a clear battle zone for direction. To see real lift-off, price needs to defend the gold band between $11.40 and $11.86. Hold that range and the next leg could ignite fast. 📸👉 Chart shows the structure tightening near the daily bottom, suggesting a breakout setup forming. I’m watching closely for volume confirmation before the next thrust higher. 📢 Don’t miss out! Like, Repost and Follow me
Why A Blended Approach To Gold Usually Sensible, Not Going Either Physical Or Digital Only
With Gold Prices hitting new highs almost every week, I believe investors have been wondering whether it would be more appropriate to hold physical gold or digital gold, but among my peer groups, there are two school of thoughts. So in this article I would like to share why I think a blended approach is usually sensible — hold some Gold ETFs for liquidity, low cost and easy trading, and keep a smaller allocation to physical bullion (bars/coins) as “insurance” and for non-financial diversification. In the next few section we will try to explain why, the key trade-offs, major risks to watch, and a simple checklist you can use when deciding how much of each to hold. Why A Blended Approach Makes Sense Price action & demand drivers — Gold has been making fresh highs (above ~$4,300/oz in rec
$Bitfarms Ltd.(BITF)$$Riot Platforms(RIOT)$$CME Bitcoin - main 2510(BTCmain)$ 🚀💰🔥 Bitcoin Miners >>> Bitcoin – The Leverage Engine of the Crypto Cycle 🔥💰🚀 The data doesn’t lie; Bitcoin miners are crushing it. Bloomberg’s chart shows the CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF up nearly 200% since January 2025, while Bitcoin itself has barely moved. That’s not luck; it’s leverage. When BTC edges higher, miner margins explode because every $1,000 uptick in Bitcoin lifts profit potential exponentially. Bitcoin currently trades at $108,521, pressing against key resistance at $109,542 and $113,760. A decisive close above $113,760 could ignite a surge to
It was a week not for the faint-hearted. For the week of Oct 13 - 17, 2025, the US market was all over the place. From a euphoric comeback on Mon, 13 Oct 2025 hot on the heels of (a) “final” ceasefire aftermath in the Middle East between Israel & Hamas and (b) ‘expected’ TACO moment by Trump, where he softened his tone on China days after threatening steep tariffs. Optimism was further lifted by AI momentum— $Broadcom(AVGO)$’s OpenAI chip deal helped tech lead gains. Unfortunately, it proved to be short-lived for the company because by Fri, 17 Oct 2025 - AVGO ended marginally lower than when it started the week. (see below) To me OpenAI seemed to be all-the-rage at the moment. For the past 2 weeks, it has been under the spotlight. Apart from O
$Tiger Brokers(TIGR)$ When I started trading stocks, I never looked at options as I was frightened by the phrase "you can loose big" and "options is not for the weak hearted". Yes I was afraid to lose much as a beginner trader 2 decades ago. As years passed, I gained confidence in stock trading but still avoid options as I had no time to really learn how to trade options, even though my son walked me through Calls and Puts but still unable to grasp how to trade options. I was still frightened of the fact that you can be wiped out of your investment capital and so left out options trading again. Then Tiger AI came along last year i think and suddenly realised I could use it to ask all the questions I needed to fully understand options trading. Yet
Netflix Q3 Earnings: Margin Expansion, Ad Growth, and the Path to $1,500
$Netflix(NFLX)$ Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) will release its third-quarter earnings on October 21, and the stakes could not be higher. Wall Street expects the streaming leader to deliver $11.51 billion in revenue, representing a 17% year-over-year increase, as investors shift focus from the once-sacred subscriber count toward what will define Netflix’s next era—monetisation quality. For the first time in over a decade, Netflix is choosing to stop reporting subscriber numbers, a move that marks the symbolic end of the company’s “growth-at-all-costs” phase. The message to investors is clear: the era of counting customers is over; the future lies in extracting more value per viewer. The End of the Subscriber Growth Era From its early DVD-mailing days to i
Intel Q3 2025 Preview: Can Optimistic Guidance Keep the Turnaround Rally Alive?
$Intel(INTC)$ Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is set to release its fiscal third-quarter 2025 earnings on October 23, 2025, and anticipation is building among investors following the chipmaker’s resilient performance last quarter. Despite failing to surpass Wall Street’s profit expectations in Q2, Intel managed to outperform on revenue, bringing in $12.86 billion, which topped the upper end of its guidance range. That modest victory, paired with management’s upbeat commentary, helped reignite market confidence and push Intel’s stock back toward a multi-week resistance zone. Now, as Intel prepares to unveil its next set of results, investors are asking a crucial question: can Q3 guidance justify the recent rally, or will the company’s recovery nar
Will GE Aerospace (GE) Q3 Earnings Repeat "Buy the Rumor, Sell the News." Case Like Its Q2 Report?
$GE Aerospace(GE)$ upcoming fiscal third-quarter 2025 earnings is scheduled to be released before market open on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. Based on current market data and analyst previews, expectations are high, driven by strong fundamentals in the commercial aviation and defense sectors. However, the stock's significant 77% year-to-date rally means that GE will likely need to deliver more than just a simple earnings beat to satisfy investors. Wall Street is looking for a quarter of strong, double-digit growth compared to the same period last year. Consensus EPS: $1.46 per share (representing ~27% year-over-year growth) Consensus Revenue: $10.34 billion (representing ~15.6% year-over-year growth) Earnings Whisper: Some models, like Zacks', show a
Why the Market Is "Wrongly Killing" HIMS After the Trump News
The market panicked after President Trump vowed to slash weight-loss drug prices to $150. In the chaos, $Hims & Hers Health Inc.(HIMS)$ stock plummeted, with investors assuming its business was impacted. Hims is a telehealth platform, not just a compounder. They are a reseller. A massive price drop will lead to a massive increase in sales volume. The single biggest barrier to these drugs is the $1,000+ price tag. If that barrier is removed, millions of new customers will flood the market. Where will they go? They will seek the easiest, most frictionless platform. Hims, with its powerful brand and simple telehealth service, is perfectly positioned to capture this enormous new wave of demand. Even if the profit per prescription shrink