Author: Ivanhoff

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NVDA did it again. Another epic earnings report. Another gap to a new all-time high. This time, they also announced a 10 for 1 stock split. The CEO, Jensen mentioned that they are on a one-year cycle for their AI chips. Good luck to the competition trying to catch up. 

What other stocks are likely to benefit from the rise of AI – Anything needed to build and run bigger and more efficient data centers. This includes energy stocks, cooling equipment, storage devices, networking equipment, firewalls, transistors, routers, controllers, backup generators, etc. Some of the stocks that are benefiting or likely to benefit from the AI trend – MU, COHR, AMZN, MSFT, GOOGL, AMD, SMCI, NVT, CLS, etc.

Another big theme from the last week was the resurrection of clean energy stocks. Solar names have been perennial dogs for years. Something changed last week and we saw a massive rally in the sector. It was led by FSLR which is the only solar near its 52-week highs. The rest are dogs but even dead cats could bounce 50% if there’s a strong sector move – ENPH, JKS, CSIQ, SHLS, TAN.

Don’t forget that the market tends to surprise the majority and provide a rug pull when people become too complacent and enthusiastic – see the price action last Thursday. Everything gapped up after record Nvidia profits and then sold off hard only to recover the next day. Volatility is starting to pick up again. The good news is that money is not leaving the market. It’s merely rotating between sectors. The bull market is still on. We have to pay attention to the hot themes of the day and play where there’s action.

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The tape made a mockery of the so-called efficient market theory again. A stock left for dead, belonging to a bankrupt company went from 4 cents to 4 dollars within a week after a random Twitter account posted a drawing made by a five-year-old on X. Granted, that stock had a small 37 million shares float and 97% of it was short. The perfect recipe for a short squeeze. This is what attracts people to financial markets – the potential and opportunities are endless and no other work in the world compares.

The short squeezes and volatility we saw last week might be an indication of what’s to come in the following few months or they might be a warning sign for a rug pull just around the corner. The market tends to surprise the majority and go against mainstream expectations. 

While price action has become a bit frothy as of late, we remain in a strong bull market with various sectors participating. Energy has been on fire lately. Uranium has been the clear leader in the past few months, URA broke out from a long base last week. Coal has been in a pullback mode since March. Crude oil has made lower highs since April – let’s see if this will change next week. Solar has been among the worst-hit sectors since 2022. FSLR was a ray of shine last week as it continues to make higher lows and higher highs.

Nvidia reports earnings next week, on May 22nd. All eyes are on them. Expectations are high and it is not an accident that the stock tried to rally ahead of earnings. I have no idea how the market will react. My thinking is that any sizable gap (more than 4%) will be faded – upside or downside.

We are entering towards the end of this earnings season. The last to report are retailers, so it’ll be curious to see what the state of the consumer is and how the market reacts there.

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Most stocks are still in an uptrend. You still need to play the market smart. When stocks are up a few days in a row and then we have an upside gap, the odds are that this will be used for profit-taking and you might get the proverbial rug-pull if you chase. This is what we saw on Friday morning with the indexes. We saw a similar behavior in many popular stocks that gapped up after strong earnings this quarter – GOOGL, MSFT, to mention just a few.

In the meantime, the dips are getting bought. We are back to the “what’s bad for the economy might be good for the stock market: environment. It seems we have been in that same environment for a long time. It’s almost as if the market likes to play a contrarian role. Unemployment claims came above estimates last week. We saw an initial selloff in the pre-market which was quickly gobbled up to new highs. 

We are in a market of stocks environment. There’s something for both the bulls and the bears. 

Restaurant stocks are having their best period in a long time. One would think that rising minimum wage will impact their profitability but their earnings continue to grow. Look at SG, CMG, CAVA, TXRH, DPZ, WING. They are all extended right now if you are looking for a fresh swing.

After a brief consolidation, gold and gold miners broke out again. Other metal stocks are also looking appealing – FCX and TECK, for example, have built humongous bases.

The semiconductor space remains among the leaders. The biggest chip maker in the world, TSMC reported a 60% year-over-year and 20% month-over-month increase in sales for April. NVDA, QCOM, AVGO, and MU are among the constructively-looking setups in the space. 

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