Off-topic

If you had say... £219,703 in cash.

And let's say your investment platform gives you 3.8% annual in cash which gives around £670 per month in interest.

You'll still add a full ISA allowance every year and at 20 years, on your 60th birthday you'll have over a million.

Would you keep it in cash?

Asking for a friend...

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*Yesterday's overview* 📉📈👀
- 🇺🇸 - US stocks gained on Tuesday as investors brushed aside worries about new trade measures against Canada, even as Canada announced new retaliatory tariffs on US goods. Markets also continued to weigh looming Nvidia ($NVDA) earnings and predictions for Kevin Warsh's first Jackson Hole speech as Fed chair.

- Nvidia stock rose 2% ahead of its highly anticipated quarterly results due out tomorrow, snapping a seven day losing streak.

- The US and Canada have ratcheted up their rhetoric, they have left oil off the table for now, even as they raise tariffs on steel, dairy, and other products.

- The price of bitcoin, meanwhile, briefly surged above $80,000 for the first time in three months after the Treasury's intervention in the bond market revived concerns about dollar debasement, sending investors to alternative assets. Gold too, continued its march higher.

- DICK's Sporting Goods ($DKS) stock sank 30% after the retailer missed second quarter expectations and cut its full-year outlook due to challenging conditions in the athletic marketplace.

- The latest economic data releases showed that both new home sales and a measure of consumer confidence fell to their lowest levels since January as cost of living pressures weighed on consumers.

- The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 rose by 0.3%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite advanced by 0.6%, recovering from Monday's tech declines.
The 10-year Treasury yield dropped 6 basis points to 4.63%, while the 30-year yield fell to 5.17%.

- 🇬🇧 - The FTSE 100 edged 0.3% higher on Tuesday, extending its winning streak to six sessions, its longest run since May.

- 🇪🇺 - European stocks closed slightly higher on Tuesday, trimming losses from recent sessions with rebounds from AI infrastructure companies and manufacturers. The Euro STOXX 50 added 0.2% and the STOXX Europe 600 added 0.4%.

- 🇯🇵🇨🇳 - The Nikkei 225 Index rose 0.5% while the broader Topix Index gained 0.5%, reversing earlier losses.
The Shanghai Composite rose 0.19%, while the Shenzhen Component slipped 0.35% to a near one month low.

- 🌏🌎🌍 - The MSCI World index went up by 0.36%.

*USA today* 🇺🇸
- In the economic calendar today, as well as PCE data the US has gross domestic product and durable goods releases.
Nvidia will release earnings after the closing bell.

*UK today* 🇬🇧
- Stocks in London are set to open higher on Wednesday, ahead of AI bellwether Nvidia's half-year results and the US Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure of personal consumption expenditure data.

*Europe today* 🇪🇺
- Most major stock indexes in Europe traded higher during premarket hours today as global markets await Nvidia earnings with heightened attention later in the day, amid increased concerns around artificial intelligence-linked stocks.

*Asia today* 🇨🇳🇯🇵🇮🇳
- Asian stocks rose today as a drop in oil prices dragged bond yields lower on hopes that the critical Strait of Hormuz may reopen soon, while investors braced for yet another make-or-break earnings report ‌from AI bellwether Nvidia.

*Some of this week's most anticipated earnings* 📊👀 
USA 🇺🇸
*Today* - Nvidia ($NVDA), CrowdStrike ($CRWD), Synopsys ($SNPS), Agilent Technologies ($A), Veeva Systems ($VEEV), Williams-Sonoma ($WSM), Okta ($OKTA), Nutanix ($NTNX), Five Below ($FIVE), Urban Outfitters ($URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch ($ANF), Bath & Body Works ($BBWI)
*Thursday* - Royal Bank of Canada ($RY), TD Bank ($TD), Marvell Technology ($MRVL), Autodesk ($ADSK), Workday ($WDAY), Prudential ($PRU), Dollar General ($DG), Dollar Tree ($DLTR), Burlington Stores ($BURL), Ulta Beauty ($ULTA), Rubrik ($RBRK)
*Friday* - Chagee ($CHA)

UK 🇬🇧
*Today* - S&U ($SUS), Faron ($FARN), Empresaria ($EMR)
*Thursday* - Prudential ($PRU), MacFarlane Packaging ($MACF), DSW Capital ($DSW)
*Friday* - Beowulf Mining ($BEM)

*Some of this week's most anticipated ex div dates* 💰📥👀
USA 🇺🇸
*Today* - S&P Global ($SPGI), Sun Life Financial ($SLF)
*Thursday* - Prospect Capital ($PSEC), Olin ($OLN), Xylem ($XYL)
*Friday* - NextEra Energy ($NEE), T Mobile US ($TMUS), eBay ($EBAY), Molson Coors ($TAP), Perrigo Company ($PRGO)

UK 🇬🇧
*Today* - no events
*Thursday* - Glencore ($GLEN), Games Workshop ($GAW), Currys ($CURY), Dr. Martens ($DOCS), Auto Trader ($AUTO), Paypoint ($PAY), Savills ($SVS)
*Friday* - no events

*Commodities today* 🪨⛏️🔋⛽️
- *Gold* traded around $4,650 an ounce today, holding close to three month highs as investors awaited the latest US PCE price index report.

- *Silver* held above $68 an ounce this morning, trading near two month highs.

- *Copper* futures climbed above $6.7 per pound today, reaching a new all time high as supply side risks persisted despite a recent easing of the market squeeze.

- *Crude oil* fell toward $80 per barrel today, extending losses into a third consecutive session following reports that Iran and Oman discussed the establishment of a “temporary joint maritime corridor” in the Strait of Hormuz.

- *US natural gas* prices rose to $2.80/MMBtu today, recovering from a one week low reached in the previous session as forecasts for hotter weather lifted expectations for stronger cooling demand.

- *Uranium* is trading flat at 89.55 USD/Lbs this morning.

- *Spodumene*, the mineral resource of lithium, based on Chinese spot prices, is down by 2.22% to a price of $2,200 today. That is $50 lower than this time yesterday.

*Forex today* 💱💵💴
- The *GBP/USD* pair trades with a negative bias below mid-1.3600s during the Asian session today, eroding a part of the previous day's strong gains.

- The *EUR/USD* pair trades in negative territory near 1.1665 during the early European trading hours today, pressured by a rebound in the US Dollar.

*Crypto today* 🪙🔗
- *Bitcoin* is now trading at $79,000 per coin at the time of writing, about $1,800 lower than this time yesterday.

*Good morning dear readers.*
*Busy day today. Besides Nvidia earnings which may or may not move the dial but could give an overview of the state of semiconductors, important economic data will be released from the US.*
*The crucial US inflation data, along with Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium on Friday, will be scrutinised for cues about the US central bank's interest rate path.*
*US futures are slightly in the red as of this morning.*
*Regardless of the markets, I hope you have a positive and constructive Wednesday!* 💪☕️

Top news of the morning ☕️☀️

YY Group

The two-tranche note covered up to $11.88M; repayment of the remaining balance is due by Dec. 31, with no further interest accruing from Aug. 20, subject to defaults.

YY Group cancels 11,284 warrants, with a $1.37M note balance left

*Yesterday's overview* 📉📈👀
- 🇺🇸 - US stocks closed mixed on Monday as semiconductor stocks fell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced "Operation Economic Outcast", a series of expanded sanctions aimed at squeezing Iran.

- Investors rotated out of tech names as semiconductor stocks came under pressure. Sandisk ($SNDK), Micron ($MU), and other memory chip stocks dropped following a report over the weekend that Nvidia ($NVDA) plans to raise prices for some of its AI servers.

- The best performing 10% of S&P 500 stocks this year are the index's weakest group to start the new week, falling about 1.6% on average by midday Monday.
The pain gets worse at the very top. Nineteen of the 20 biggest winners of 2026 were lower, with the group down 2.7% on average.

- On Monday, President Trump hit back at Canada, vowing to raise tariffs on Canadian autos, auto parts, and steel to 50% starting Jan. 1, 2027, sending shares of General Motors ($GM) and Ford ($F) lower.

- The S&P 500 declined by about 0.3%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped roughly 0.8%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 0.3% as the lone index in the green after the major indexes posted weekly declines.

- The 10-year Treasury yield closed lower at 4.7%, while the 30-year yield fell to 5.23%.

- 🇬🇧 - The FTSE 100 rose 0.4% on Monday, outperforming broader European markets. Mining stocks led the gains, with Endeavour ($EDV) rising more than 2%, Antofagasta ($ANTO) 1.8%, Anglo American ($AAL) 1% and Rio Tinto ($RIO) 0.5%. The sector benefited from strong metal prices.

- 🇪🇺 - European stocks closed with small changes on Monday, holding the losses from the previous week amid an adverse macroeconomic backdrop for major European sectors. The Euro STOXX 50 fell 0.1% and the STOXX Europe 600 closed flat.

- 🇯🇵🇨🇳 - The Nikkei 225 Index fell 0.7% on Monday, extending its decline from the previous session as technology stocks came under pressure ahead of Nvidia’s earnings report later this week.
The Shanghai Composite fell 0.59%, while the Shenzhen Component lost 2.13%, with both benchmarks ending at their lowest levels in nearly three weeks as a broad selloff in technology stocks weighed on sentiment.

- 🌏🌎🌍 - The MSCI World index went down by 0.24%.

*USA today* 🇺🇸
- The Treasury Department announced expanded secondary sanctions and issued new ones against 60 individuals, companies and vessels.

- US pre markets are mostly green as of this morning.

*UK today* 🇬🇧
- Stocks in London are set to open higher today, while overseas US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has laid out plans for the "economic asphyxiation" of Iran.

- Prime Minister Andy Burnham has refused to rule out tax rises in the next budget, saying he "won't be unrealistic" about the state of the public finances. Burnham said the UK was in a "challenging position" but insisted he would take a "careful approach" to the economy.

*Europe today* 🇪🇺
- European stocks are seen opening broadly higher today as U.S. Treasury yields moved lower following reports that the Treasury could use its near $1 trillion General Account to help fund its recently announced bond buyback programme.

*Asia today* 🇨🇳🇯🇵🇮🇳
- Asian shares were mostly lower today after U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish ahead of potentially market moving events later in the week.

*Some of this week's most anticipated earnings* 📊👀 
USA 🇺🇸
*Today* - Bank of Montreal ($BMO), Intuit ($INTU), Zoom Communications ($ZM), DICK's Sporting Goods ($DKS)
*Wednesday* - Nvidia ($NVDA), CrowdStrike ($CRWD), Synopsys ($SNPS), Agilent Technologies ($A), Veeva Systems ($VEEV), Williams-Sonoma ($WSM), Okta ($OKTA), Nutanix ($NTNX), Five Below ($FIVE), Urban Outfitters ($URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch ($ANF), Bath & Body Works ($BBWI)
*Thursday* - Royal Bank of Canada ($RY), TD Bank ($TD), Marvell Technology ($MRVL), Autodesk ($ADSK), Workday ($WDAY), Prudential ($PRU), Dollar General ($DG), Dollar Tree ($DLTR), Burlington Stores ($BURL), Ulta Beauty ($ULTA), Rubrik ($RBRK)
*Friday* - Chagee ($CHA)

UK 🇬🇧
*Today* - Gulf Keystone Petroleum ($GKP), Chesnara ($CSN)
*Wednesday* - S&U ($SUS), Faron ($FARN), Empresaria ($EMR)
*Thursday* - Prudential ($PRU), MacFarlane Packaging ($MACF), DSW Capital ($DSW)
*Friday* - Beowulf Mining ($BEM)

*Some of this week's most anticipated ex div dates* 💰📥👀
USA 🇺🇸
*Today* - Johnson&Johnson ($JNJ), Petroleo Brasileiro ($PBR), Prudential Financial ($PRU), Invesco Mortgage ($IVR)
*Wednesday* - S&P Global ($SPGI), Sun Life Financial ($SLF)
*Thursday* - Prospect Capital ($PSEC), Olin ($OLN), Xylem ($XYL)
*Friday* - NextEra Energy ($NEE), T Mobile US ($TMUS), eBay ($EBAY), Molson Coors ($TAP), Perrigo Company ($PRGO)

UK 🇬🇧
*Today* - no events
*Wednesday* - no events
*Thursday* - Glencore ($GLEN), Games Workshop ($GAW), Currys ($CURY), Dr. Martens ($DOCS), Auto Trader ($AUTO), Paypoint ($PAY), Savills ($SVS)
*Friday* - no events

*Commodities today* 🪨⛏️🔋⛽️
- *Gold* eased below $4,650 an ounce today, but stayed close to its highest level in more than three months as US government interventions in the bond market revived the so called debasement trade that fueled gold’s 65% rally in 2025.

- *Silver* fell below $68 an ounce today, but stayed close to its highest level in two months.

- *Copper* futures fell to around $6.55 per pound today, retreating from recent gains as a sharp build-up in exchange inventories eased concerns over near term supply tightness.

- *Crude oil* steadied above $85 per barrel today after declining in the previous session, as the US intensified economic pressure on Iran and its trading partners, with China reportedly not exempt from the measures.

- *US natural gas* prices fell to around $2.72/MMBtu today, retreating after a two day advance as strong production, ample inventories, and weaker LNG feedgas demand weighed on the market.

- *Uranium* rose to 89.55 USD/Lbs, up 0.79% from the previous day.

- *Spodumene*, the mineral resource of lithium, based on Chinese spot prices, is down by 1.96% to a price of $2,250 today. That is $45 lower than this time yesterday.

*Forex today* 💱💵💴
- The *GBP/USD* pair extends its sideways consolidative price move for the second straight day and trades around the 1.3630 area during the Asian session today.

- The *EUR/USD* pair trades marginally lower against the US Dollar this morning, extending its corrective move from the four day high of 1.1711 to near 1.1655 during the European trading session.

*Crypto today* 🪙🔗
- *Bitcoin* is now trading at $80,800 per coin at the time of writing, about $3,500 higher than this time last Monday.

*Good morning everyone.*
*Not a terrible start to the week so far, unless you're heavily invested in semi conductors of course. Interesting to see money rotating away from the biggest players within the S&P500. Let's see what today's initial US economic data has to say and how the market reacts to the day before the Nvidia earnings.*
*Have a great Tuesday everyone! *💪☕️

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Sandisk

Since every time at market open, people cheer when they see green or get desperate when they see red, some info and why the saying ""Let the market settle."  is important:

At market open, the first candle reflects an influx of market orders, overnight news, and automated algorithms resolving previous orders that have been collected. This creates high volatility which is reflected to filling gaps. In case of certain markets, e.g. Korean, this includes *all* orders made 30 mins before market opens (hence, why you see Korean stocks jumping up or down the moment they open).

Also, unfortunately, institutions will use this time to push and trigger Stop-Loss Orders and close options. They do this both for other institutions and for retails. This is what we call a liquidity sweep. When this happens, the liquidity is filled and the price frequently reverses sharply in the opposite direction like today.

The second  15-mins candle is much more representative of the direction of the day. Usually, a second red candle means a drop for sure. A green second candle, like now, could still be a bull trap so the third candle will confirm our direction.

NFA

Let the market settle

One day, you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through, and it will be someone else's survival guide.

Daily quote

Autonomix Medical

Watch for break back above 13.30, watch for bottoms off of 13➡️16➡️20+ NFA.

Alerts on for AMIX tomorrow 🚨

Strategy

I had to 🤣🤣🤦

Nvidia

….It’s very tempting to sell a few stocks and swing the cash into here before the results later.  It feels like NVIDIa has massively grown as a company, biggest supplier yet the share price has hardly moved!! Unless I’m missing something I feel these are like one of those old skool kids pullback cars and it’s about to rocket!!  If any company should be motoring in this current and future AI world it’s Nvidia no?! 
Good luck to all 🙌🏻💰

Not in these BUT….

Growth & Gains

My portfolio is just all over the place currently, red this week 😅 need some stability let’s see after November. How was your week team, let’s see those screenshots 🤗

We’re now sitting at 30 confirmed, very happy 😊 
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End of week update

And the games begin now

Dividends

Always good to receive unexpected tax refunds.
It's not much but better than £0😁

Unexpected, but i'll take it

Moderna

Datavault AI

It’s not pretty. Vivasor liquidated their shares and got a 50m shade refill from SCLX. 

This takes SCLXs share count down to around 67,766,229m shares, in the filings you have to remove the “stolen” shares from the count as they never filed to say those were sold… tho they wrote them off as an economic loss. Ji at it again…🤦🏻‍♂️🤡

Chances are we see a sell the news event while Vivasor liquidates what’s left of their shares. Or, this is SCLX positioning for another bankruptcy play where they spin off Vivasor. It’s impossible to tell currently.

It’s worth remembering in all of this that during the Q2 call Nate mentioned that they’d swapped their Vivasor shares for PHOE shares, on a basis of $1 Vivasor for $3 PHOE. 

However at the end of the day it is just business, it’s no diff from me or you selling. There was no lockup on the shares. 

I’d expect more downside in the near term. Once this continuous supply issue blow over I’m expecting we start to hold some gains though. 
The dilution seems to be slowing, and Brett specifically called out 1bn shares as Q2s cap that’s just 45m more shares from here.

Last nights filings

Alexa play

Expion360

And just like that… Halt
Incoming sharp green.

Upwards sharp halt incoming

Oooooh

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Tesla

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Vanguard S&P 500

Yay new winner’s list overnight gambling time. 5 Chinese stocks let me down today and I just know you won’t be the 6th. 😬

$ALGS got some news consolidating atm with volume it can skyrocket 🚀

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