Despite falling 47.5% since highs, I picked $IREN Ltd(IREN)$ as one of my Top 10 AI stocks for 2026!- Efficient Data Centers- Cheap Renewable Energy Access- Huge $9.7B Anchor agreement with $Microsoft(MSFT)$ But most importantly, they have access to 3GW of electricity at a time when electricity access is poised to become the biggest bottleneck to AI development.In a recent interview, Jensen Huang of $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ said that the US is losing the AI energy race to China. Simply put, it doesn't matter how many chips you have and how efficient they are if there is no electricity to power them.IREN energy capacity is starting to look increasingly "tasty", positioning
Why I’m Bullish on $NBIS for 2026 Despite a 36% Drawdown
Despite falling 36% from highs, I picked $NEBIUS(NBIS)$ as one of my Top 10 AI stocks for 2026!- $7-9B 2026 ARR Target- 2.5GW Contracted Power Target- 0.8-1GW Connected Power Target- Nebius trades 2-3X its 2026 ARRI find this valuation attractive for a company poised to grow revenues with a 299% CAGR till 2027.But most importantly, the execution of NBIS CEO Arkady Volozh has been incredible.He worked tirelessly for 20 years to turn Yandex into Russia’s largest technology company, worth $30B. Then, Putin essentially forced him to sell all the lucrative Russian assets at a rock-bottom price because he spoke out openly against the War in Ukraine.Arkady could have ridden off in the sunset and lived out his days in a Miami mansion with 100 Instagram mo
How I learned markets (with no finance background), before ever looking at a chart.One. “Learn the game of business”. The incentives. Internal politics. How things operate. What drives leadership. Signs of struggle. You can piece the puzzle together.Two. “Psychology & game theory”. Why humans make decisions. What drives behavior. How emotional responses are triggered. Understanding pain & euphoria.Three. “Money motives”. Who's stands to gain. Who's pulling the strings. Where are commissions being made. When is a spread earned. What are the INCENTIVES for all parties involved.I need a fundamental understanding of where every cent is going, and *why* it's going there.Four. “The real world”. Social media narrative. Relationships. Themes. Trending topics. Pop culture. What's "cool”.Mor
$NFLX Watches Another Potential “Squid Game” Moment
Seems like a huge coordinated effort to push "One Piece" on $Netflix(NFLX)$ .Mr Beast, the biggest creator ever, is tweeting about the show...and even changed in profile picture to a character.Kai Cenat, Cinna, and Hasan all chimed in with some tweets about "One Piece".Four of the largest social creators on earth, all tweeting about the same NFLX show, within hours of each other?Probably not a coincidence.But what does this actually mean?Well, NFLX has a history of popular shows making a meaningful impact on stock price."Squid Game" premiered in Sept '21, and led to a +20% increase in NFLX over 3 months.Stranger Things (2019) & Tiger King (2020) both led to significant increases in subscribers, viewership, and earnings.Meaning just one show go
The next rocket will be $Rocket Companies(RKT)$ .Recent acquisitions, a strong openAI connection, CEO shuffle, and an interesting company "restructuring"...?Let's dive in. First, I know you're curious about the openAI connection...look at Bret taylor.Bret Taylor is the *chairman* of OpenAI. He's ALSO the co-founder of Sierra, an AI company who now has a strong partnership with RKT. On October 27th, he announced that "Sierra and RKT are going to transform home ownership together".OpenAI chairman partnered with RKT through his other company (Sierra AI)...interesting.Safe to say he's veryyy familiar with Rocket. OpenAI x Rocket soon?Anywaysss, moving on.Rocket recently added an .80c dividend + "simplified its structure"... This is where it gets intere
My family is having steak as our Christmas meal.Mom's cooking. But this is the first time we've ever had steak on Christmas.But then I remembered seeing a few recent headlines that I originally overlooked/disregarded. Per Instacart, requests for:> ribeye roasts increased +2,238% > prime rib increased +1,909%> tenderloin roasts increased +898%...all surged TWO days before Christmas compared to the yearly average.Red meat purchases always spike around the holidays, but this is an outlier.For a longer term play, $Tyson(TSN)$ , has been sitting in a $10 range for almost three years now.I'm tracking TSN's recent ability to shake off "bad press" closely too.Just a month ago...Tyson announced that it's planning to close one of its largest beef-pr
This is one of my highest conviction ideas for 2026.My thesis for a 200%+ move on $XPeng Inc.(XPEV)$ is simple.Much like $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ a year ago, the market has NOT remotely priced in the whole picture for XPEV.CEO @xiaopenghexpeng was on X two days ago publicly outlining XPEV's triple threat strategy. Robots. Autonomous cars. Low altitude aircraft.3 of the most explosive technology themes, maybe ever...inside one company.Now zoom out.Autonomy, robotics, and AI *will* dominate headlines in 2026. Elon's going to be all over the news in '26 (spaceX ipo, optimus, trillionaire), and $XPEV benefits directly from the same themes the market already understands.China risk? Eh, XPEV is expanding globally (
$Robinhood(HOOD)$ is "rather brilliantly evil".It's important for retail traders to understand the game that trading platforms are playing.Wall St. Journal just reported that "Vlad Tenev has come to realize that plugged-in, aggressive traders are actually key to his company’s success."The company needs you to be aggressively (even degenerately) active 24/7 on:- ODTE options- prediction markets- crypto- leverage- daytradingMore activity = more order flow, wider spreads, more interest income.HOOD makes money by selling order flow to hedge funds + market makers, spreads on options/crypto, and margin lending.I'm not hating on Robinhood, I think they're brilliant at what they do (and I'm bullish on $HOOD).But as a retail trader, you NEED to understand
Physical retail stores are adapting to become "third places".Sephora adding hair salons in store.Barnes & Noble adding coffee shops & couches. $Lululemon Athletica(LULU)$ hosting in-store yoga classes.Feel, smell, touch, spend time...the experience.Legacy brick & mortar retailers turning into experience businesses, that just happen to sell something.The most asymmetric bet I see? $Dick's Sporting Goods(DKS)$ , with the new(ish) "House of Sport" offering.The House of Sport is a large-format, experiential retail concept inside stores.Turf fields, batting cages, golf simulators, climbing walls, even some ice rinks.Started this concept in '21, but it's just now starting to scale...and early data sh