Crypto is chilling despite oil’s 26% jump and SP Futes2% dip, showing decoupling 引用[2].
Recession odds have spiked bigly, reminiscent of Mar-April last year’s 75% peak which later faded. The question is whether it’s another good fade引用[3].
$IWM continually uno reverse cards breakout attempts, now trading back to March 2021 levels 引用[4].
When VIX/COR1M is elevated, cut any high-beta/high-vol names like $COHR, $LITE, $GLW, $SNDK, even if fundamentals are sound 引用[5].
Stock ownership in the US, and likely globally, has never been higher, with near-universal participation in the market 引用[6].
Retail investor risk appetite is through the roof; February was the 5th-strongest month for equity purchases, marking 26 consecutive months of buying 引用[7].
$SPX has closed green in 10 of the last 13 Aprils, suggesting March is a period to survive引用[8].
The Inverse Cramer Strategy decisively outperformed Cramer’s portfolio in 2025引用[9].
Releasing strategic oil reserves to counter $120 oil is necessary, but if core problems persist, it’s the last card. Markets will then scrutinize remaining reserves 引用[10].
Mizuho’s Jordan Rochester warns of the “biggest energy supply/logistics crisis,” projecting oil to hold the $100pb handle with increased probability of $130-150pb scenarios引用[11].
AI infrastructure investment is shifting bottlenecks from GPUs and servers to optical networks, driving a “New Optical Module Supercycle” 引用[12].
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang sees memory supply shortages as a boon, forcing customers into premium solutions and committing to consuming all available memory for $NVDA引用[13].
Skepticism arises around Micron’s HBM prospects due to Korean media bias, production near TSMC in Taiwan, and lack of NVIDIA incentive to exclude competitors for pricing leverage 引用[14].
NVIDIA’s latest Rubin AI chip requires ~300GB of memory, a massive jump from 80GB on H100, signaling escalating memory needs across AI hardware generations 引用[15].