🧗🏽 Nobody Likes a Cliffhanger...

😎 Market Vibes

• Nvidia rocketed 5% and overtakes Microsoft as the world's most valuable company after dropping a volcanic earnings report. Traders are calling it "The AI Coronation."

• S&P 500 kicks off at 5,939, setting yet another record thanks to a full-court press by mega-cap tech. Yes, we're still ignoring interest rates and gravity.

• Bitcoin slides to $107K, taking a breather after its parabolic run. The crypto bros are now split between "buy the dip" and "wait for $80K."

• 10-year Treasury yield hits 4.47%, because someone remembered that the government still has to refinance trillions of dollars.

• Gold stumbles, slipping in early trading as risk-on sentiment dominates - but bullion bugs are licking their chops for a buy-the-dip moment.

💸 Trade Talk

Nvidia just handed the market a 5-course AI feast, and Wall Street is licking the plate clean. $44 billion in revenue, 69% year-over-year growth, and a fat margin that would make a monopolist blush. But not everything's perfect: $4.5B got yeeted thanks to U.S.-China export bans. So yeah, AI is king - but kings have enemies, and geopolitics is a sneaky assassin.

Feeling like investing and trading is just a big guessing game lately? If not, keep scrolling. But if you want some tips on timing the markets, check out these stock hot-sheets that our partners at Jack Carter Trading put together:

[CALENDAR] When to buy AND sell popular stocks

You've most likely heard that most traders fail because of Wall Street. 

While that may be true, the REAL reason most traders lose is because up until now, there has been no way to know what could be the EXACT date to buy and sell a stock... 

At least, none that I know of. 

But today, right here and now, we're going to change that. 

Think of any stock... could be Apple, Nvidia or any of your personal favorites. 

Done that? Good! 

Now head over here and see the specific date you should consider buying the stock 

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As you'll soon see, by simply spotting the date of your favorite stocks that are likely to go up and when they are likely to drop... 

With these powerful sheets in your hands, they’re designed to help you decide when to place a quick trade to enter on the prime date and sell it when the hot streak is over. 

Like with AAPL, our backtesting shows that the ticker has gone up every January 6th through January 12th… for the last 10 years. 

Same thing with LULU… which usually goes up from May 26th to June 11th.

And again with WMT… which tends to go up from July 1st to July 21st every year. 

Of course, there would have been smaller wins and we can’t win every single trade while avoiding unexpected losses and “Black Swan” events…

However…

I’ve been trading for 15 years…

And these hotsheets have been huge timesavers when it comes to finding entries and exits on my favorite stocks. 

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🧠 Big Brain Energy

"Nvidia's $44B revenue beat is impressive, but a $4.5B write-down due to China restrictions can't be ignored."

– Someone trying to be the adult in the AI rave

It’s the most baller earnings beat of the year, but buried in the footnotes is a red flag: nearly $5B down the drain from lost China biz. Nothing like explosive growth and rising global tension to remind you the future is both shiny and unstable.

🧨The Outrage Meter

High-stakes trade drama just hit the legal fan.

A federal court blocked a swath of Trump-era tariffs, calling the presidential powers used to impose them a legal overreach. The administration quickly appealed and is already eyeing the Supreme Court for a fast-track reversal. Meanwhile, top advisors are warning that the ruling could derail ongoing China negotiations - and they're dusting off some deep-cut trade laws just in case.

🤔What Do You Think?

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