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The main stock indexes started the year near all-time highs and are about to finish the year near all-time highs. A lot happened in between. The first quarter was marked by a big selloff in AI-related stocks, followed by a tariff war correction that hit the entire market. The Nasdaq 100 declined 26% in seven weeks. This ended up being the best buying opportunity since late 2022. The triple-leveraged Nasdaq 100 ETF, TQQQ, tripled from there. Stocks that showed relative strength during the pullback, like HOOD, PLTR, and NVDA, recovered quickly above their 50-day moving average and remained leaders for the rest of the year. The 2x leveraged Robinhood ETF, ROBN, went up almost 20x in seven months. This is why I like to say that the best entry opportunities often come after sizable market drops. 

The bull market was back in full force by May. AI datacenter stocks like CRWV and quantum computing stocks like QBTS more than tripled in a few weeks. Crypto woke up for a brief moment. Ethereum doubled between July and mid-August. Then, gave up all of those gains in the rest of the year. Then came September, which became the hottest month for speculative momentum stocks. Everything doubled or tripled in a short period of time – quantum computing, rare earth metals, space-related stocks. Most of those short-term rocket moves round-tripped in October and November, but momentum didn’t leave the market. It simply found a new home – precious metals. Gold, silver, and platinum went parabolic. 

As 2025 is coming to an end, the most frequent question I receive is about my predictions for the new year. What groups will be hot? I have no idea. I assume the same trends will persist in Q1. Memory chip stocks like SNDK went up 6x between September and November and barely pulled back, effectively building another base. This tells me they are being accumulated, so stocks like SNDK and MU might have more fuel left in the tank. Plenty of other stocks are acting constructively and setting up as well – SHOP, AMZN, BIDU, TSLA, NVDA, ALAB, RKT, etc.

I wish you a happy and very successful 2026!

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Last week, we saw another significant selloff in tech, led by AI-related stocks. AMD tested 200. NVDA tested 170. QQQ tested 600. Just when the tone was turning overly bearish, Micron (MU) came out with record earnings, margins, and guidance way above estimates, and everything AI went back higher. The lower-than-expected November inflation readings also helped, despite being massaged to fit the government narrative. Manipulated or not, what matters in the short term is the market reaction, as it reflects the current sentiment. 

You can alter the inflation readings, but you cannot manipulate the price action in metals. Gold and silver are having one of their best years in history. Not only that, but industrial metals are also breaking out and setting up – platinum, copper, aluminium, steel, etc.

Space-related stocks are having a strong finish to the year. The rumours of SpaceX’s IPO have stirred speculation in the space – RKLB, ASTS, PL, BKSY, ATRO, ISSC, KTOS, ATI, etc.

The so-called Santa Claus rally is back on the map. By definition, it involved the last five and the first two trading days of the year. Small caps tend to benefit the most from this occurrence as people buy in anticipation of the so-called January effect.

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As expected, the Fed cut the overnight rate again by 25bps. The biggest winners were gold and silver miners. It is the market’s way of saying that maybe the higher-than-average inflation problem is not likely to be resolved any time soon, as government deficits continue to balloon. We saw a big rotation – out of big tech and into small caps. Russell 2k broke out from a multi-month base to new multi-year highs. Big tech lagged, dragged by worse-than-expected earnings results from Oracle and Broadcom. 

Volatility and choppiness have increased substantially lately. Most AI-related stocks are under severe pressure and are easily giving back gains – CEG, APH, VRT, NVDA, CRDO, GEV, etc. JPM had a big drop during the week after warning of higher expected expenses in 2026 due to a fragile consumer environment. It quickly recovered the decline by the end of the week as the financial sector made new all-time highs.

SpaceX IPO chatter sparked interest in space stocks. They were among the best performers last week and continue to look constructive – ECHO, ASTS, RKLB, PL.

Cannabis stocks also had a strong week on rumors that Trump might reclassify marijuana. VFF has the most constructive chart in the space.

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