📈 Market Pulse & Investor Behavior

  • Insider selling is flashing red. The ratio of sellers to buyers hit 4.8 in January, a level not seen since February 2021 and the second highest since 2020. This signals caution. 1
  • Differentiate market moves: a -7% dip is a pullback, -10% is a correction, -20% to -25% marks a bear market, and -50% is a full-blown crash. 2
  • Gold’s recent plunge is stark. It took 13 billion years to hit $1,000, yet just 2.5 days to wipe out $1,000. This showcases extreme volatility. 3

🔬 Tech & Commodity Deep Dive

  • A detailed breakdown of the recent Silver crash covers the rally drivers, the trigger for the 31% drop, the JP Morgan situation, and forward indicators. 4
  • A hypothetical $100,000 investment 10 years ago, split across $AAPL, $MSFT, $AMZN, and $GOOGL, would yield $102k, $82k, $80k, and $91k respectively. 5
  • Bank of America projects 2026 smartphone shipments to decline by a high single-digit percentage and PC shipments to drop by a low double-digit percentage (around 10-13%), driven by a sharp rise in DRAM prices. 6
  • $TSLA has cracked mass production of 4680 batteries via the dry electrode process. This move is a game-changer, expected to slash battery pack costs by ~50% and overall vehicle manufacturing costs by 15-22%, paving the way for cheaper, higher-range Cybertrucks. 7

💡 Trading Insights

  • Chasing a stock that already surged 100% in a month often leads to painful bagholding. 8
  • My $SOFI accumulation strategy is prepared for a drop to $15, though I don’t anticipate it falling that low. 9
  • Current price points are viable, but the upcoming earnings report next week could present even better entries. 10