Dexcom DXCM US has added +21.97% over the last 5 trading days. In fact most of those gains have been delivered since we highlighted the stock on Monday 18th May. Over the same 5-day period the S&P 500 Healthcare sector has lost -0.07% so we have certainly seen some alpha generated in the name.

The question some of…[Read more]

“The KOSPI just had its worst day in its entire 46-year history.

A 12% plunge on Wednesday, following a 7.2% drop on Tuesday, triggered circuit breakers and wiped out h…[Read more]

I think we have reached that point regarding Korea, there are just two many variables in the mix right now to justify holding on to an index position here.

The KOSPI/EWY ETF have both made double digit percentage gains in 2026.
It now seems prudent to bank…[Read more]

“Upgrade to Buy We upgrade IG from Neutral to Buy, and raise our price target from 1250p to 1600p. IG should benefit from market volatility and trading activity, but is also self-helping with
revenue retention initiatives and new products. It is seeing positive momentum in…[Read more]

Well there are many reasons but without trying to get overly complicated, this tryptic of images below sets out the case:

Image One highlights the potential profitability of Samsung .

Image Two shows the weightings of Samsung and rival memory chip maker, SK…[Read more]

As lithium prices continue to rally see the charts below .

Albemarle was very much a momentum stock prior to Xmas and into the New Year, and its posted 3 new ,5-day highs in the last week, when its gained…[Read more]

In fact, analysts at Citi have “refreshed ” their Global Data Centre Industry Model to include recent earnings data, and reports from…[Read more]

Oil prices are up around +16.0% year to date and there are plenty of bullish signals coming from the…[Read more]

Because they are +3.59% today and by more than 25.0% over the last month .
You may recall that I tipped Korea to out perform the US S&P 500 in 2026 (see the link below).

And though its early days we are of to a good…[Read more]

At one end of the spectrum we have St James Place which has been disrupted by the emergence of tax and financial planning AI with the stock falling by as much as -13.39%, in a single session 9 days a ago.

At the the other end of the spectrum we have Schroder’s which is the…[Read more]

Why is that ? Well put simply they have the wrong positions / exposure tracking the market through an ETFR like SPY, VOO or their European equivalents is a great plan until the stocks that…[Read more]

Though the stock remains well below its June 2025 highs circa $79.96. a close above the 50 D MA found at $33.48 would be something for the bulls to hold on to.

Rivals Robinhood…[Read more]

“AI isn’t magic. We’re just being taken for mugs”

I find myself som…[Read more]

Which will set the scene and help to explain why AI agents may eat software’s lunch .

” The S&P is flat over the past month, but the average stock moved 10.8% — a dispersion spread at the 99th percentile over 30 years. ”

And this recent quote from market commentator Michael Batnick “Wild market. W…[Read more]

I am happy to stick with Walmart WMT US myself.

I picked them out 18 months or so ago and I am happy with how they have performed and their prospects going forward

I spent a lot of yesterday looking at the sectors and industries that have outperformed the S&P 500 over the year to date what was very clear is that many of these outperforming groups have their roots in the old economy ( see table 1) rather than the new economies of software and technology.…[Read more]

In other words Ai is helping to automate and speed up, and personalize the advisors job, and that wasn’t seen a…[Read more]

They also posted a very useful valuations framework for European Equity sectors, out to 2027. So there is plenty to get your teeth into here

US markets are unable to form a consensus right now when it comes to direction, and the most important narratives. Will AI eat software? Or will its gargantuan Capex requirements bankrupt the Mag 7 and Co before it reaches singularity?

South Korea and Japan, or at least their equity indices seen…[Read more]

In times like this I find it useful to look at things from a top down perspective, tables like those shown below are helpful in this…[Read more]

see https://invesdaq.com/members/fatdaz/activity/515/.

The chart below shows the percentage change in both listings of Unilever, over two days.

And by my math they are up +4.0% that may not sound much but its more than…[Read more]

Back in July 2021 they were trading around $311.00 per share. Yesterday they closed at $41.70, down by -20.31% the biggest one day fall in the name for 4-years, as the company missed Wall Street’s forecast for Q4 2025 earnings, and…[Read more]

Walmart is still in transition, but has hit a $1.0 trillion market cap today, trading as high as…[Read more]

However the S&P 500 Consumer Staples sector has been rallying in the background ,the whole time.

In fact, it’s up +9.39% over 1 month and by + 11.30% over 3 months

Not a bad return from stocks which are…[Read more]

We can that relationship in operation today.

Last week temperatures in Chicago were -14C / -15C, today the forecasts are for a balmy -5.0C.
Nat Gas has traded lower…[Read more]

“It will be interesting to see if the sell off continues this afternoon, and or into next week, or whether the structural issues in the market , and end user demand, support the silver price. For now as we can see in the chart below the path of least resistance remains to the downside.”

And though we had a…[Read more]

As Trading Economics puts it:

“Silver tumbled 17% toward $95 per ounce on Friday, retreating from all-time highs as investors…[Read more]

And to be honest looking at the gap and the bold green candle on todays chart I feel they could go higher yet.

“The U.S. always has a strong-dollar policy and isn’t intervening in currency markets”

This follows on from comments by President Trump yesterday, that he wasn’t concerned about the weakness in the US currency .

Bessent’s…[Read more]

The Dollar index has fallen by -3.0% in just a few sessions part of a near -12.0% fall seen over the last year.

Dutch bank ING believe the US currency can weaken further and that in their words “it makes no sense to stand in the way ”

Of course…[Read more]

Using EWW, the South Korea iShares MSCI ETF, as a yard stick we are off to a good start, in fact I believe the ETF is up by more than +30.0% since I wrote this piece

See…[Read more]

See here https://invesdaq.com/members/fatdaz/activity/430/

At the same time I mentioned Fresnillo FRES LN, as ideal way for UK retail clients to play the silver rally.…[Read more]

You can see the High Low Open Close ( last ) data, over the last month in the stock in the table below.

What’s interesting, is that Copper CFDs, are…[Read more]

Telecoms networking group Nokia is at an interesting juncture following better than expected results from its Swedish rival Ericsson, which are up +11.28%.

Whilst Oil company Neste Oyj NESTE are posting new 3 and 6-month highs this morning.

Neste was one of my star performer s in 2025…[Read more]