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Volatile periods over the past weeks as macroeconomic factors affect the stock market, more negatively than positively. Momentum stocks like Micron & SanDisk continue to bounce up and down by 5 to 10 percent every few days, signalling that trading volume remains relatively high. With SpaceX officially trading tonight, I won't be surprised if more inflows get added to the market to end the week.

$Alphabet(GOOGL.US) AI firm Anthropic plans to lease and manage its own data centers, seeking financial backing from Google's Alphabet for lease payments. The company has signed over a dozen preliminary agreements for U.S. data centers with more than 1 GW capacity and discussed lease payment guarantees with Google. This expansion, driven by strong demand for its AI models, comes as Anthropic prepares for a U.S. IPO, having previously filed confidentially and raised significant funds. Alphabet is trying to find its spot as it has been fluctuating between 340 to 360 over the past 2 weeks. Let's see whether they can finally stabilise and push back up. @Bridge Buzz SG

Precious metals continue falling significantly, with rate hike pressure and continuing inflation thanks to the ongoing conflict. With SpaceX IPO coming up tomorrow, both institutions and retail investors/traders have been selling and taking profit on other stocks to raise capital for SpaceX. IMO, SpaceX is too overvalued and fomo'ing into it tomorrow could be a huge risk of getting liquidated.

$Oracle(ORCL.US)Oracle's stock fell after announcing aggressive spending plans for fiscal year 2027, projecting net capital expenditures around $70 billion to support AI demand. The company reported fourth-quarter revenue of approximately $19.18 billion, a 21% year-over-year increase, exceeding estimates, with adjusted earnings of $2.11 per share.

Oracle anticipates strong cloud revenue growth and plans to raise around $40 billion through debt and equity financing, while also recently partnering with OpenAI to enhance AI deployment for enterprises. While this remains as short term pain for investors, a partial entry here could present a strategic opportunity in the long term when their backlog finally comes through and they stop taking on so much debt. @Bridge Buzz SG

$Celsius(CELH.US) The Texas Attorney General's investigation into Celsius Holdings and its subsidiary for marketing energy drinks to minors has led to a decline in share price, currently at $28.13, down 12.88% over 30 days and 33.47% over a year. Despite a perceived fair value of $55.43, concerns about regulatory risks and high P/E ratios indicate potential execution challenges in achieving this valuation. Generally speaking, the energy drink market typically undergoes a cyclical period, so rotation out of the sector isn't a major issue, especially with the fundamentals still intact. @Bridge Buzz SG

The STI remains rather resilient, recovering most of what it lost on Friday. Although the Singapore Market is often labelled as "boring" and "slow investment", volatile periods show the true strength of our own local stock market. Still in for the long term.

$Sea(SE.US) AI is transforming value creation in Southeast Asia’s internet sector, particularly benefiting Sea, as highlighted by Maybank Investment Bank. The shift emphasizes platform capabilities over cost savings, with marketplaces and trusted transaction layers becoming crucial for both human and AI interactions in e-commerce and gaming. While some investors worry that AI may disrupt marketplace advertising, Maybank argues this risk is overstated, suggesting that Shopee's ad business could remain resilient and gain from shifting budgets toward marketplace visibility. Moreover, Maribank is also projected to finally become profitable in about 2 to 3 years time, which could diversify their revenue and improve business resilience. @Bridge Buzz SG

The stock market pulled back following Middle East escalations and hotter than expected jobs report. Tech and AI stocks took the impact the most, with many falling over double digits. Even the South Korean Market experienced a circuit Breaker today with many selling off. However, I think this is a good pullback as the market has been rallying too much in a short period of time. Next up is Wed's CPI report, and that will set the tone for the rest of the week's trading.

$Apple(AAPL.US) Apple faces pressure to innovate its AI offerings to sustain market momentum, as shares approach a peak valuation not seen in 20 years. The upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference is critical for Apple, with analysts predicting that new software could boost iPhone upgrade rates and share prices, potentially reaching $440. However, skepticism remains regarding the long-term impact of these developments, with concerns that disappointing announcements could lead to a significant drop in stock prices. For now, I'm sitting on the sidelines watching the moving averages. Dips below 300 would still be reasonable, and if drops anything more than 10% could be an opportunity to add more for long term. @Bridge Buzz SG

$iShares Silver Tr(SLV.US) Precious metals slipped significantly as Friday's jobs report looked too strong for Wall Street's liking. Rate hike concerns are back on the table as the economy looks strong enough to not warrant a rate cut, which would have been beneficial for the stock market. Moreover, Middle East tensions continue to escalate, and inflation continues to rise as well. This puts pressure on precious metals as well as the potential rate hikes will make the precious metals less favourable as investors pull out and put those funds into cash and bonds. I don't know when the market will start to stabilise, but it is normal to have many ups and downs in the market. @Bridge Buzz SG

AI and growth tech stocks have been dropping this week amidst higher expectations and Broadcom's earnings disappointing Wall Street. The broader marker has also dipped, with rate hikes now more likely than a rate cut and US-Iran tensions escalating once more. This mini pullback is definitely expected, and I can see more people pulling out of equities and holding cash in the latter half of the year.

$SPDR Gold Shares(GLD.US) Renewed conflict in the Middle East has stressed the commodity markets, particularly gold, with prices falling due to a stronger dollar and rising oil prices. An Iranian missile attack on Kuwait and U.S. military strikes have dimmed hopes for a swift US-Iran peace deal, causing markets to adjust their expectations for US interest rates. There is now a 42% chance of a rate hike in December, with expectations that a strong jobs report may further shift monetary policy outlook. These have led to a stronger dollar, major sell offs in the equities market, especially with growth tech stocks, and a drop in precious metals as well. @Bridge Buzz SG

SpaceX targeting the largest tech IPO in history is both exciting and risky. IPOs have generally lost 50% of their value within a year since launching, with hopes dying down after the initial period. I'm concerned with how some retail investors are rushing in to catch these momentum stocks as they are super volatile and may crash anytime as well. Stay safe and don't be greedy.

$Oracle(ORCL.US) Oracle shares fell as investors reacted to rising artificial intelligence infrastructure costs, despite analysts holding a positive long-term outlook ahead of the earnings report. Concerns grew after Alphabet announced an $80 billion stock sale to fund AI investments, prompting speculation that Oracle might need higher capital expenditures, potentially reaching $100 billion by 2027. This drop was expected with the insane fast rally of software stocks last week, and now most of them are testing the support levels. Sharp losses usually come along after sharp rises, but the key thing to watch out for is during the consolidation period, whether a stock is strong enough to survive selling pressure and regain momentum or just collapse again without the initial optimism. @Bridge Buzz SG

Anthropic is probably one of the most exciting upcoming IPOs aside from SpaceX. Over the past couple of months, sentiment has been shifting from OpenAI to Gemini and eventually to Anthropic. The rise of Anthropic would certainly create attention and interest for both investors and traders, and the direction of the company looks awesome for now. I believe it could be a great long term opportunity but it must be at a decent entry price.

$NVIDIA(NVDA.US)Nvidia is entering the PC market with the new RTX Spark Superchip, targeting a shift away from Intel's dominance and aiming to modernize computers for AI applications.

Nvidia's collaboration with brands like Dell and Lenovo brings the chip that combines a microprocessor and graphics chip, enhancing power efficiency and performance while supporting Windows for Arm. Nvidia's venture aims to secure its role in AI development, allowing PCs to run complex models and improve software capabilities, with expectations that it won't be affected by current component supply issues. With how CPU comes with AI capabilities nowadays, it would be interesting to see an AI leader of Nvidia's caliber enter the PC market and rival the established brands of Intel and even AMD. @Bridge Buzz SG

$NVIDIA(NVDA.US) Nvidia announced the full production of its 88-core Vera CPU, specifically designed for AI agent workloads, with early adopters including major companies like Anthropic and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.. This new chip, featuring a custom Olympus architecture, promises significant performance improvements over existing x86 processors and is aimed at redefining CPU demand in data centers driven by AI developments. Nvidia is going into CPU business to rival Intel & AMD, but little has been seen yet on its products efficiency and how price competitive they would be. Regardless, with the current cpu shortage as well, Nvidia venturing into that area could diversify revenue and strengthen its operations. @Bridge Buzz SG

This week's earnings main focus is on Broadcom, where the company is helping others to develop their own custom AI chips for their businesses. The revenue generated from this part of the business will soon be reflected in earnings and that is what most investors are looking forward to. AI spending is still increasing, so AI chipmakers still have a long runway to go before anything major shifts the whole structure.