Housing stocks continue to tank, interest rates not slowing down, yields remain elevated.
Disclaimer: Nothing I say or post should be considered financial advice. Please do your own due diligence before making any investment decisions. $iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF(IYR)$ $iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF(TLT)$ With treasury yields showing no signs of slowing down or retracement, its worth monitoring MOVE as well to have a more holistic analysis instead of just relying on VIX index to determine the degree of greed/fear in the market. With home loan interest rates showing no sign of retracement, housing being already expensive and affordability being an issue, wise to trim your allocation in REITs related to housing, unless you have at lest 10 yea
The whole world is paying for America gains, but when the odds is going to flip?
Disclaimer: Nothing I say or post should be considered financial advice. Please do your own due diligence before making any investment decisions. $iShares MSCI Italy ETF(EWI)$$iShares MSCI Germany ETF(EWG)$$iShares MSCI France ETF(EWQ)$$S&P 500(.SPX)$ With key inflation data going to be announced this week, and Trump rejecting Iran latest proposal to end the conflict, indices and US equities started slightly in the red during pre-market trading today. Is the yield getting too lucrative for whales to ignore? Or is it just a short term knee jerk reaction on pessimism that US and Iran war is not progressing towards a r
Prediction markets indicating a rate hike again in October. Is this going to be the trend moving towards 2027?
Disclaimer: Nothing I say or post should be considered financial advice. Please do your own due diligence before making any investment decisions. $iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF(TLT)$$S&P 500(.SPX)$$VanEck Semiconductor ETF(SMH)$$Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund(XLK)$ So various prediction markets have concluded that the fed will likely raise interest rate again on October 28, 2026. Is Warsh really playing catch up d/t the resilence to not increase rate by previous fed chairman, Jerome Powell? Or is the macro picture finally pressuring the fed to match up with it? A lot of questions, but no clear answers to th
Yields continue to climb, Bond prices continue to drop, whats happening next?
Disclaimer: Nothing I say or post should be considered financial advice. Please do your own due diligence before making any investment decisions. With yields continue to climb, no ease in political tensions between US and the rest of world, the consistant high prices of oil and diesel, the market seem to be resilent and still holding strong. Let’s see how long this bottleneck can hold before it breaks. We are heading into the “traditional” bear market period of the year. And with two more Fed announcements coming up, who knows which direction this market is going to swing? @PawsAndProfits - Specialist in combining FA and TA for Options selling and Swing trading.[666]
AI overextended again? Or it has more runway to run?
Disclaimer: Nothing I say or post should be considered financial advice. Please do your own due diligence before making any investment decisions. No matter you like it or not, every single company in this world is jumping on the AI bandwagon, whether it makes sense or not. However, is the valuation overstretching again after a retracement in August and September? Heading to 4th quarter of the year, I am taking a defensive stance, not overexposing myself to any particular sector.[Tongue] @PawsAndProfits - Specialist in combining FA and TA for Options selling and Swing trading.[666]
Stocks are turning bullish heading towards end of September. Will it sustain?
Disclaimer: Nothing I say or post should be considered financial advice. Please do your own due diligence before making any investment decisions. $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$$Corning(GLW)$$OpenAI Lab Ecosystem ETF(OAIW)$$Anthropic AI Lab Ecosystem ETF(ANTW)$ Good news for bulls, stocks rebounded nicely after navigating the choppy waters last week d/t Fed rate announcement. Mag 7 turning green, carried by good news from META for releasing their new AI bot. Despite the optimism, a lot of uncertainty are still playing in the background. Unresolved Iran/US conflict, increased tension in the middle east, escalating war bet
Disclaimer: Nothing I say or post should be considered financial advice. Please do your own due diligence before making any investment decisions. So after riding through the event specific volatility last week for the Fed rate announcement, we will face the various summits that Trump is going to participate this week, with the meeting with President Xi as the highlight. What type of strategy he has up his sleeve this time round? Lets stay around to find out![Surprised] @PawsAndProfits - Specialist in combining FA and TA for Options selling and Swing trading.[666]
Rate hike, Staggering Oil price, AI development. Crazy world.
Disclaimer: Nothing I say or post should be considered financial advice. Please do your own due diligence before making any investment decisions. Trump wants the rate to reduce to 1%?! This circus just got more interesting as his term continues. Ultimately, Warsh and his team did the rationale decision and increased rate by 0.25%. Let’s see if this will instill further fear in the market, with the market being traditionally bearish heading into forth quarter of the year. @PawsAndProfits - Specialist in combining FA and TA for Options selling and Swing trading.[666]