VIX seasonality is about to kick in right here...
Source: Equity clock, The Market Ear
The defense squeeze
European aero and defense index, SXPARO, has surged by some 13% YTD. The squeeze has been absolutely huge since the start of the week, with RSI now trading at 80! Source: The Market Ear, LSEG Workspace
President Trump says he is banning dividends and buybacks for Defense companies.
📉 $LMT | $RTX | $NOC | $GD Source: Trend Spider
President Trump announces steps to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes.
"People live in homes, not corporations." Blackstone shares are tumbling. Source: Brew markets
From Mag7 to Lag7...
Mag7 stocks have significantly lagged the rest of the market in 2026 so far... The S&P 493 is up 2.5% YTD, Mag7 -0.6%... Source: www.zerohedge.com, Bloomberg
Nvidia CEO said yesterday that the “Memory Bottleneck is Severe”
SK Hynix ($330B) $MU ($355B) Samsung ($595B). Wait and see the look on everyone’s face when they find out the entire AI buildout will be bottlenecked by the tiny $AXTI ($1B) after the China’s new export controls. Source: Serenity @aleabitoreddit
Is the mania with us in the room right now?
Last time around... Nasdaq jumped 100% last six months ahead of peak, this is the tricky part. Source: Macrobond, TME
How to go long geopolitical risk...
Goldman's US Geopolitical Risk basket (composed of US-listed equities that are sensitive to geopolitical risk, diversified across 40% defense, 40% oil producers, and 20% oil tankers) has surged to start 2026... Source: zerohedge, Bloomberg
