US Stocks prediction

These things—the Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3X Shares and the ProShares Ultra QQQ—are, essentially, a way to amplify both gains and losses. It’s like taking a perfectly good recipe and adding three times the amount of chili powder. Sometimes it’s brilliant. More often, it’s a desperate scramble for milk. The SPXL promises three times the daily return of the S&P 500, while the QQQ—a slightly more tech-obsessed cousin—aims for double the daily performance of the Nasdaq-100. Which, let’s be honest, feels less like investing and more like a high-stakes game of chance.

The filing with the SEC reveals a new position, a rather substantial one, comprising 5.18% of BML’s reported assets. To devote such a portion to a retailer of pre-owned automobiles is… unexpected. One typically expects such funds to chase the ephemeral dreams of biotech startups, not the solid, if somewhat dusty, reality of used car lots. It suggests a conviction, a belief that the market has miscalculated, that CarMax, despite its recent misfortunes, is not destined for the scrap heap.

Nvidia. Okay, everyone’s talking about Nvidia. It’s the obvious one, isn’t it? Which immediately makes me suspicious. But the numbers…they’re actually quite compelling. A forward P/E of around 25 times, and a PEG under 0.7? That’s…reasonable. Dare I say, attractive? It’s like finding a reasonably priced avocado. A miracle. They’ve basically cornered the market on the chips that power all this AI stuff, and their CUDA platform is apparently a big deal. It’s all very technical. I mostly nodded politely when the analyst explained it. Data center spending is expected to go up, which is good. It’s all about infrastructure, apparently. I’m starting to feel slightly less panicked. Slightly.

They’ve introduced a feature that might, just might, suggest that Bitcoin isn’t solely the preserve of digital hoarders and those convinced the world is about to end. It’s a bold move, akin to offering tea to a dragon, but let’s examine the details.

According to the SEC – those lovely folks who keep track of everything except common sense – BML Capital cleared house on their Alumis stake on February 2nd. Gone. Kaput. They now own precisely zero shares. Zero! It’s like they were auditioning for a minimalist art installation. The fund’s coffers are $4.83 million lighter, but hey, at least they can sleep at night. Probably. Unless they’re haunted by visions of 255.1% gains. Which, let’s be honest, is entirely possible.

But here’s the thing. The market is always evolving, right? Like, you think you’ve got a handle on it, and then suddenly the labor market slows down, inflation refuses to cooperate, and everyone starts acting like valuations don’t matter. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO +0.16%) is trading at a P/E of 28. Twenty-eight! It’s practically begging for a correction. And nobody seems to care. It’s like they’re deliberately trying to recreate 2000. It’s… irresponsible.

The year was 2016. A hack, a theft of tokens – a paltry sum, really, considering the sums now tossed about with such casual abandon – and a debate. Should the record be altered? Should the immutable ledger be… amended? The very notion! It was like suggesting a painter retouch a masterpiece, or a tax collector show mercy. Ethereum chose the retouch, the convenient forgetting. Ethereum Classic, however, insisted on preserving the smudge, the imperfection, the evidence of human fallibility. A noble sentiment, perhaps, but a disastrous strategy for accumulating wealth. It is a bit like insisting on using a quill pen in the age of the printing press.

SoFi, you see, aspires to be a bank for a new age. Its CEO, Anthony Noto, proclaims it destined to join the ranks of the top ten financial institutions in the United States. A bold claim, and one that echoes with the hubris of so many who have dared to challenge the established order. They boast of capturing market share, adding a million new accounts in the last quarter of 2025 – a figure that sounds impressive until one considers the sheer number of accounts lost to apathy, to disillusionment, to the inevitable march of time. Revenue, too, is increasing at a “fast pace,” though one wonders if this pace is sustainable, or merely a frantic sprint towards an uncertain horizon.

Intel’s been a bit like a family member struggling with a mid-life crisis. A lot of grand pronouncements, some questionable purchases, and a general air of being slightly behind the curve. Pat Gelsinger, the former CEO, laid out this ambitious “five nodes in four years” plan. Sounded good on paper. My father had a similar plan for his vegetable garden, involving heirloom tomatoes and a complex irrigation system. It lasted approximately three weeks. But Intel, surprisingly, started to deliver. The Panther Lake CPU, built on this 18A node, was the first real test. A lot was riding on it, more than just stock prices. It was a matter of pride, really. A sort of “we used to be good at this” statement.

Privium, it seems, reduced its stake in Arrowhead during the final quarter. However, and this is the amusing bit, the overall value of their remaining holding actually increased by a rather startling $10.09 million. A delightful paradox, wouldn’t you agree? The market, it appears, has been rather enthusiastic about Arrowhead’s prospects. One suspects a good deal of champagne flowed in certain boardrooms.