Sirius XM's iHeart Bid Hampered by Massive Debt
Sirius XM eyeing iHeartMedia? 🤔 Strategic audio play but iHeart’s $5.5B+ debt is a massive red flag. SIRI shareholders might want to hope this one fizzles. 📉 AudioMerger
Credit Spreads Rebound, Easing Crash Concerns
Nice report from @scottcharts this morning. This one stood out, as credit spreads have quickly recovered. Even four weeks ago, one of the reasons we didn't expect a major crash like so many was spreads were still relatively calm. Follow credit...
Memory Stocks Set to Double as AI Fuels Growth
NEW: We dug into this white hot Memory Stock trade that has helped $DRAM become the fastest growing theme ETF of all time w/ BI's semiconductor analyst Jake Silverman. He explains what memory is, the AI connection, where in cycle...
Japan's Topix Cash Payouts Double, Unlock $312bn Potential
Wow. Cash payouts from companies in Japan's broad Topix index have practically doubled since the Tokyo Stock Exchange started telling companies to focus more on capital efficiency. This growth is forecast to continue, as Shrikant Kale points out, . The combination...
Danish Index Underweights Tech: Deliberate Strategy?
Danish (European) index investing is being underweight technology - I guess that is a strategy 🙃
Dynamic Currency Conversion Lets Merchants Choose Euro or Dollar
Question for a payments expert. What I pay for something by card in Spain, the reader offers me the choice to pay in euros or dollars. Obviously dollars are removed from my account. And the cafe gets euros. So what’s really going...
Japan 10‑Year Yield Hits New Cycle High
Too much politics for Tourists to focus on the entire picture of the universe, but Japan's 10yr Yield just ramped to new Cycle Highs https://t.co/tchYLfwtl8
South Korean Stocks Surge 2.2% to Record Highs
SOUTH KOREA: stocks ramp another +2.2% overnight to new all-time highs in one of the more epic stock market moves ever https://t.co/YaRonRZeXv
Goldman, Citi Lift Oil Price Forecasts to $90‑$110
Goldman and Citi strategists are boosting their oil forecasts again. GS now sees brent averaging $90 a barrel in Q4. Citi's Layton just raised his base case average price forecasts to $110/95/80/bbl for 2Q/3Q/4Q 2026, respectively, from $95/80/75/bbl. https://t.co/hI2hYmRVx1
OHGR Beats Expectations Yet Remains Risky Play
#OHGR "ahead of market expectations". ShareScope showing fwd p/e 18.5 falling to 17.9 and fwd Divvy 2.6% rising to 2.7%, BEFORE today's news and allowing for cash. Illiquid but play on NHS failure. I don't hold.
China Blocks Foreign Takeover of Manus Project
Whoa Office of the Working Mechanism for Security Review of Foreign Investment (NDRC) Issues a Security Review Decision on the Foreign Acquisition of the Manus Project The Office of the Working Mechanism for Security Review of Foreign Investment (NDRC), in accordance with...
PWR Posts OK Results, Announces 1.6p Dividend
#PWR maiden results read OK. Cash $15.3m (but most from IPO). ShareScope has fwd p/e 9.5 RISING to 11 (could be way out), but no Dividend forecasts; however PWR announced Dividend 1.6p per Share & ongoing "progressive Dividend policy". Illiquid...
Firms Expect Higher Prices, Yet Inflation Remains Stable
🇪🇺 The ECB's Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises (SAFE) shows an increase in selling prices expectations over the next 12 months, but also stable long-term inflation expectations, lower wage growth expectations, and tighter funding conditions. https://t.co/gOrkAXRGGm
Nike's Failure Explained: Key Lessons From Ghost
Excellent explanation for what went wrong at Nike. From a new publication on Ghost: https://t.co/8qQGqSzW3q
BYD's Patent Surge Powers China to Lead Car Exports
BYD, the company Elon Musk laughed at in 2011, is filing 52 patents per day, on average. Thanks to BYD, China now exports more cars than U.S. and Japan combined. https://t.co/v5sRfTeDFH
Brand Equity Builds Slowly, Lasts Long, yet Gets Underfunded
"Brand equity is the slowest-building and most durable layer of any consumer moat - and the easiest to underinvest in, because the returns are diffuse and the erosion is invisible in any single quarter." h/t @fmcbill https://t.co/ZiYNvQ9kS1
Nvidia Shares Halved in 2022 After 2021 Surge
It is hard to believe that the @nvidia stock was down more than 50% in 2022! After starting 2022 near $300, the stock dropped to around $146 by the end of December, driven by reduced demand in the gaming market,...
China’s Industrial Profits Surge 15.5% on Chips, Commodities
Xinhua: "Profits of China's major industrial firms increased 15.5% year on year during the January-March period, accelerating by 0.3 percentage points from the growth posted in the first two months of the year." The rise was driven by sectors that specialize...
TM's 75% Dividend Boost Sparks Stock Surge, Sets GLC Trend
TM spiked 6% at lunch break. Partly sebab umum dividend payout polisi dipertingkat kpd min 75% (sebelum ini 40-60%) di bayar setiap qtr (sebelum ini 2x setahun). Adakah ini akan drive other GLCs to follow? Maybank report: “TM’s revised dividend policy...
Check the Economic Calendar Weekly for Trading Edge
Beginner traders focus only on charts… profitable traders also study the calendar. 📅📈 One of the biggest edges you can build every Sunday is scanning the economic calendar before the new week starts. Why? Because news moves markets. Interest rates, inflation data, jobs...
SYME’s Collapse Ends
#SYME this is where it ends…with a whimper not a bang LSE at it its finest .. https://t.co/Njdk2Ntyrc
Iran Offers Blockade Lift, Strait Reopen, Nuclear Talks Delayed
According to @Axios, Iran has given the US a new proposal for reaching a deal on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and lifting the naval blockade first, and postponing nuclear negotiations for a later stage. https://t.co/4oIkEaf0lH
EQ Resources Secures Traxys Tungsten Deal Amid Price Surge
EQ Resources signs Traxys tungsten offtake deal as APT prices surge on tight supply. https://www.metalnomist.com/2026/04/tungsten-offtake-deal-strengthens-eq.html
Speculators Anticipate Desperate News to Drop Brent
🙈Tomorrow morning, right before US markets open — what’s the desperate news they’re releasing to drive Brent back down to the mid-$90s? Any Guess?
Master Low‑Float Squeezes: Multiple Strategies Revealed
I learned from the best of the best how to catch low float squeezes in multiple different ways Earnings is going to be another way I show y'all
Inflation Spikes: War, Credit Booms, Pandemic Pressures
1943-1947 1974-1979 Both high inflationary periods 2002-2005 didn't have high inflation, but a credit demand boom and bust 2020-2022 Pandemic Inflation https://t.co/Jjov0fsNAY
Low‑Cost ETFs: The Ultimate Investing Cheat Code
Invest in low cost ETF, thats the cheat code. Follow for more raw tips on finnace
Breadth Flip Signals Rotation, New Buys & 1.5% Protection
New post 🔽 • First breadth flip since 3/31 • What it means for new buys • My 1.5% rule for protecting a great month • The names that are still working Why rotation is the best case scenario right now: https://t.co/ErPUOzUK85 https://t.co/85dUSF5yts
Geopolitics and Permitting Delays Push NA Solar Prices Up
Permitting headwinds, geopolitics drive North American solar PPA prices higher in Q1 #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/pdbrb8yhcS
Brazil, India Boost Critical Minerals Partnership for Supply Resilience
Brazil and India deepen critical minerals and rare earths cooperation to build resilient supply chains. https://www.metalnomist.com/2026/04/brazil-india-critical-minerals-deal.html
Toshiba's EBITDA Points to ¥2.7 Trillion Valuation
A thought on Rohm (6963) Toshiba has value. - ¥338bn of EBITDA to Mar25, - ¥292bn of EBITDA 9mos to Dec25. - Assume ¥1.3trln of net debt when taken over, FCF of ¥900bn+ through Dec25, ¥400bn+ of Kioxia sales in Q4. Toshiba...
Avoid Selling Cash‑Secured Puts During Market Crashes
The 2 ABSOLUTE WORST TIMES To Sell a Cash Secured Put #investingforbeginners #optionstrading #cashsecuredputs #options
Treasury Sales Surge, Inflation Beats T‑Bill Yields
US Government Sold $524 Billion of Treasury Securities this Week. Inflation to Surpass T-Bill Yields. Brutal Bond Math The effects of Tax Day. The 10-Year Treasury yield rose to 4.31%, 30-Year Treasury yield to 4.91% https://t.co/NSPwUq5RC8 https://t.co/v0dwKukdIK
War on Iran Squeezes Oil, Singapore Refineries Under Half Capacity
As the US-Israeli war on Iran drags on, crude oil supplies are squeezed, and refineries in Singapore are operating BELOW HALF of their capacity. US-ISRAELI WAR ON IRAN = MASSIVE COLLATERAL DAMAGE. https://t.co/g0FagiJrSv
Market Rally Fueled by Few Tech Giants, Growth Outpaces Value
The old adage the stock market is not the economy is spot on rn. This rally’s been extremely one-sided & down to very few, very large tech stocks. In Asia, growth’s set to outperform value by the most in 25 years....
Dollar's Global Dominance Pre‑dated and Survives Petrodollars
Enjoyed Brendan Greely's big story on petrodollars -- which debunks a lot of dated theorizing about the role oil plays in the dollars global role. He is right -- the offshore dollar system predates the arrival of "petro" dollars and has...
Intel Tops Dot‑com Peak as Big Tech Adopts Its Chips
After 26 years, $INTC surpasses its peak dot com price. Intel’s resurgence on Friday comes as big tech turns to it for custom chips with Microsoft, Google and Amazon as companies turning to Intels foundry capbilities.
Oil Prices Climb as Hormuz Blockade Persists
#Oil rises as Hormuz stays shut for 3rd month after talks stall. A ceasefire has mostly held in place since early April, but a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has made the key energy chokepoint virtually impassable. https://t.co/RM5epjYMNh https://t.co/rB4WeDZmel
Sacramento Sellers Return, April Growth Slows vs March
Sellers are still coming back to the market in Sacramento, but is momentum slowing? April will be the fifth month in a row of beating 2024 levels again after sellers really backed off last year. However, April won't be as...
Hormuz Blockade Fuels Global Refining Crisis Amid Policy Missteps
No quick or easy answers to the global refining crisis as Hormuz blockade continues - Physical damage to facilities in Gulf & Russia - Insufficient price rises for full demand response - Export bans, tax cuts & other counterproductive govt policies @TheNationalNews @QamarEnergy...
Stocks Near 52‑Week High Outperform by 8% Annually
Over the past twenty years, the top quintile of stocks closest to their 52-week high have returned 10.0% annualized. In contrast, the bottom quintile (or those trading furthest from their 52-week high) returned just 1.9% per annum. Don’t fear the 52-week...
Hardware Stocks Remain Undervalued per PEG Ratio
According to the PEG ratio hardware stocks like $MU $LITE $AMD are still cheap 😳
Sun Belt Inventory Surges, Northeast Housing Shortage Spikes
The housing market has broken into two. Sun Belt markets like Denver, Austin, Seattle, and Orlando are experiencing exploding inventory (+30% or more from 2019 levels). Prices are now dropping in these markets. However, in New York, Chicago, Providence, and Hartford,...
Mag 7 Earnings Test Real Funding for AI Capex
The Week Ahead In Technology for April 27, 2026: The wall of Mag 7 earnings tests whether AI capex is still funded by results, not faith. $MSFT, $GOOGL, $META, $AMZN, $AAPL all report. Plus FOMC and $QCOM. Watch Azure vs AWS/Google...
Fed Pivot Sparks S&P Rally; Staying Long
Fed pivot is real. The S&P 500 rally has legs, and I’m not sitting it out. Chasing this move feels risky, but missing it feels riskier. Staying long. SPX
Chinese State Banks Do More Than Just FX Intermediation
. @GagnonMacro asked a good question, one that others at Peterson have also raised (and I know from other sources that it can also be traced back to the PBOC), namely aren't the Chinee state banks just intermediating domestic fx...
Stock Futures Return, Signaling Market Reopening Soon
Stock futures are back … we’re getting closer to the market being open again 🔴🔴🔴🔴
Tiny Return Edge Doesn’t Justify Higher Volatility
You have two options: Option A: An FDIC-insured bank account that returns 10.99% percent a year, with a realized volatility of zero. Option B: An S&P 500 index fund, that returns 11.00% (on average) a year, with a realized volatility of about...
All S&P 500 Stocks Show Mixed 2026 Performance
This is how every stock in the S&P 500 has performed so far in 2026
Mid‑June 2025: Housing Market Rebalances Supply and Demand
The national housing market generally shifted in mid-June of 2025 🫡 S.D.E Supply Demand Equilibirum