Sunday, April 12, 2026

US stock market facing new challenges...

 US stock market is facing new challenge of " broken peace talks "

US & Iran talking was a " hopeful sign that cooler heads are prevailing "

Agreement may take several more attempts....

I remain optimistic that WAR is NOT the answer....

Many many countries have suffered unnecessarily in this FIASCO...

Software stocks are the-biggest casualty in this AI led era by Anthropic which keeps coming out with new software killers on a regular basis....

Most AI stocks are out of ICU.....which IS an hopeful sign for market in general & AI in particular....

Storage & Optical stocks are on fire...new 52 week to all time highs on a daily basis.....

Here is how my last week ended :

Last week UP 10.21%

YTD       Down 6.50%

Here is my weighting on 128% exposure :

GGLL            31.37%

AAPL            14.98%

SLVR            13.50%

GLDU           11.15%

MU                7.54%

TSLL             6.33%

BTCC            5.27%

ARMG          5.23%

HOOD          4.63%

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem


4 comments:

Stock Rookie said...

Gi Salem,
Thank you for the Sunday's blog and Congrats on another week of $$$.

Simon

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Saleem,

Stellar week! You positioned perfectly for this market rebound :)

Stocktrader

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Saleem,

Last week: +1.06% (YTD: +7.86%)
Portfolio Leaders: AIP ANRO ASPI
Portfolio Laggards: NN(sold) NNOX

In a spectacular rebound week for the markets, the portfolio was surprisingly sluggish. My guess is that market participants reached for those stocks that had dropped the furthest, and my portfolio stocks had been mostly resilient during this tumultuous time. I am unconcerned broadly though (as the portfolio is up nearly 5% just today) and look forward to earnings results coming from a broad swath of companies. Every day that goes by we get closer to an Iranian resolution, and even though it may take some time to get world oil supplies back on track, it should result in a big sigh of relief for everyone. It will be interesting to see how a more dovish Fed chair will affect the markets, will it drive inflation and long term rates higher? That's a question that does linger in my head, but it's an issue for the future. As long as the economy keeps chugging along, we should continue to see the market move higher as well, especially as AI efficiencies drive higher margins over time. I strive to have companies that are responding well to good news and good markets, but sometimes (like HUBS) I'll try to pick up something that seems mispriced in the short or long term.

Holdings: AIP GLUE ASPI ANRO RKLB BFLY NNOX CODA HUBS AEVA, cash 0%

Stocktrader

Stock Rookie said...

Hi Stocktrader,

Great portfolio! Good luck with HUBS.

Simon