Core PCE Rose, So Why Did Hike Bets Fall?

What Caused Alphabet's USD 8.7 billion Accounting Paper Loss On Equity Investments?

🌟🌟🌟USD 8.7 billion accounting paper loss on equity investments seems massive. But on closer look, this is due to the standard GAAP accounting rules that mandate $Alphabet(GOOGL.US)must report all unrealised paper gains or losses on its income statement every quarter.

Alphabet is the single largest institutional shareholder of $SpaceX(SPCX.US)with 551.2 million shares, outside of Elon Musk himself. Long before Elon Musk became famous, Alphabet partnered with Fidelity to inject USD 1 billion into SpaceX. Alphabet alone provided an estimated USD 900 million.

When SpaceX shares slipped from their June high of USD 170.86 down toward the USD 143 range by the end of September, it triggered an astronomical USD 8.7 billion non cash paper loss for Alphabet.

The reality is Alphabet's underlying core operating income actually rose 30%. The business did not suffer. Its net bottom line was simply bruised by the volatile swings of Elon Musk's rocket ship.

In June 2026, Google signed a multi year agreement to pay SpaceX USD 920 million per month to access large scale AI computing facility and Nvidia GPUs from SpaceX's Colossus data center infrastructure.

Google and SpaceX are continuing to co-operate in space based machine learning & orbital data center concepts. This includes Google's Project Suncatcher initiative to test TPU machine learning infrastructure and laser link constellations in space.

By maintaining this huge anchor position in SpaceX , Alphabet has essentially hedged the future of global communications not only on Earth, but in Space too.

Exciting times are ahead for both Alphabet and SpaceX.

Dear Fellow Investors, Do you agree that the recent selloff of Alphabet is a great opportunity to buy the company? The current P/E ratio is only 14.7x.

@Captain Leo

What signal is the Fed pausing rate hikes sending?

Stocks just closed out a third straight winning day on Fed day 📈

Source: StockMarket.News

🏛️📊 Federal Reserve Update: FOMC Keeps Rates Unchanged at 3.75%‑4.00%

The Fed voted 10‑2 to hold interest rates steady while staying alert to inflation risks.

Below are main points from the meeting:

🔹 Policy call:

Target rate range stays at 3.75%‑4.00%.

🔹 Vote breakdown:

Ten members backed the pause; two wanted a 25‑basis‑point increase.

🔹 Economic picture:

GDP growth and consumer spending have stayed strong, with steady jobs numbers.

🔹 Next‑step outlook:

Policy will depend entirely on incoming data, with the Fed firmly focused on getting inflation down to its 2% target.

What do you think the Fed will do next? Let’s discuss👇

For information only, not financial and investment advice. Do your own due diligence .

The Fed just held rates at 3.75% to 4.00%, but 2 officials voted to HIKE

Source: StockMarket.News

Watch for fed decision although it’s likely to be “neutral”, but it’s the tone they portray that may be more important.

Will the Federal Reserve Raise Interest Rate This Week?

🌟🌟🌟 All eyes will be on Fed Chair Kevin Warsh on Thursday October 29. He has made it clear the inflation is a stubborn beast. This means there maybe a rate hike before the end of December.

According to Wall Street analysts and Reuters, the Federal Reserve is expected to skip raising interest rates at this meeting but the market is pricing a 88% probability of a year end rate hike.

The market finished in the red last week due to a double whammy of a severe tech selloff and a sharp spike in global oil prices.

Nonetheless I will continue to dollar cost average $State Street Portfolio S&P 500 ETF - SPDR(SPYM.US)because market volatility is exactly when dollar cost averaging or DCA does its best work.

By buying SPYM, I have instant access to the best 500 US companies that track the S&P500. The expense ratio is the lowest at 0.02%. I am betting on the long term resilience of the entire US economy, not just a single sector.

Investing can be so simple with a great index ETF like SPYM.

Thurs seems to be a crucial day with many key results esp Fed decisions etc. Will see...

Tech and AI stocks remain weak ahead of a potentially crunching week with more companies reporting earnings, particularly Microsoft & Alphabet on Wednesday, after FED's announcement.

The important Fed meeting is this week. The bears are out and roaming boisterous as can be. Narratives are all selling the market. AI bubble? Haha…Bring it on! It’s time to be bullish!

This week brings more tech earnings as well as the Fed meeting. It is also a time cycle which brings fundamentals, technicals and time together into a seasonally strong period of a mid-election year. The most ideal situation will be more selling and a low into the end of the week which I am buying hands over fist into. Wave 4 looks to be completing in Tech and the broad index should give a C wave down into the week. And not to forget, sentiments are in the basement and everyone is bearish including people here.

It’s time to plant seeds! 💪🏻😊

Looking forward to the fed decision since its effects will flow down to my stockholdings. Let’s see how the market moves.

$Gold.com(GOLD.US)

🏆 [ Weekly ] GOLD AT THE CROSSROADS: $4,000 Pivot and the FOMC Catalyst 🚨

XAU/USD is testing a key level around $3,995 to $4,000. Selling pressure is picking up ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting on 27 and 28 October.

🔷 The Technical Snapshots:

Price has broken below the $4,100 range. The 4-hour RSI is deeply oversold at 26.98. That suggests downward momentum may be stretched in the short term.

On the daily chart however the broader trend is still weak. The daily RSI reads 33.21 with no clear signs of a turn yet.

🔷 The Big Event Next Week 🏛️

The Fed decision will move real yields and the US Dollar. Two clear paths lie ahead:

📉 Hawkish Outcome:

If the Fed keeps rates higher for longer, gold could fall past $3,950. A daily close below that level may open a drop toward $3,850 followed by support near $3,750.

📈 Dovish Outcome:

If the message is more accommodative, oversold conditions could fuel a sharp bounce. Look for a relief rally back toward resistance between $4,120 and $4,200.

🔷 The Verdicts

Be patient. $4,000 may not be the floor yet. Wait for a confirmed reversal on the 4-hour or daily chart before adding new positions.

How are you positioning your gold exposure going into the Fed meeting?

Share your thoughts and discuss 👇.

Not financial and investment advice. Do your own due diligence.

Great chance to buy up some REITs with great fundamentals and yields at a discount.

S REITs is good at this moment. P/B is low and price is attractive dividend also good 😊

Iggy’s Journal: Singapore Consumer Prices Rose 2.2% in September. The 6-Month T-Bill Cleared at 1.95%

Saturday 24 Oct 2026 | Morning

The Numbers

STI: Friday’s close was 5,422.16, up 7.02 points or 0.13%, per Trading Economics citing SGX data.

Wall Street on Friday, in a session that ran after SGX had closed: the Dow finished at 52,215.16, down 652.82 points or 1.23%. The S&P 500 finished at 7,623.68, down 39.75 points or 0.52%. The Nasdaq finished at 25,955.34, down 53.52 points or 0.21%. The Associated Press tied the retreat to rising crude oil prices, which raised inflation and interest rate worries, and reported the 10-year Treasury yield at 4.99%. Singapore trades next on Monday at 9am.

Singapore data released on Friday: consumer prices rose 2.2% year on year in September, and 0.2% from August (SingStat). The HDB resale price index fell 0.1% from the second quarter to the third, while resale transactions rose 19.5% over the same period (HDB and SingStat). Private residential prices rose 1.4% on the quarter, and the office and retail space price indices rose 0.8% and 1.1% (URA and SingStat).

For comparison, the MAS 6-month T-bill cut-off yield was 1.95% at Thursday’s auction, and the November Savings Bond pays 1.67% if redeemed after one year (Little Big Red Dot).

My Personal Take

Of everything released on Friday, the 2.2% is the figure I would put next to every savings rate this week. Thursday’s T-bill auction cleared at 1.95%, which is 0.25 percentage points under that inflation rate, and the November Savings Bond’s first-year 1.67% is 0.53 under it. The comparison is rough, because a yield looks forward and a price rise looks back. Even so, the question I now ask of a safe rate is whether it clears 2.2%.

Cheers, Iggy 🦖

Not financial advice. Iggy’s Forensic Compliance Standards apply.

S-REITs are holding up well ahead of the Fed meeting. I feel the recent pullback was overdone.

Current valuation for blue chip REITs look too attractive now, especially names like CapitaLand Ascendas, CICT, Keppel DC REIT and Mapletree Logistics.

Meanwhile gold and Bitcoin are seeing a mild dip. I hope things stabilise from here and we see no more selling pressure. Today is Friday. Trade safely. Don’t “Cheong” . Next week is Fed meeting. Market respect Fed before further move.

Happy weekend to everyone.

Americans now hold a record 48.2% of their financial assets in stocks

Source: StockMarket.News

The 10-year Treasury yield just dipped below 5% for the first time since September 23

Source: StockMarket.News

$VG S&P 500(VOO.US)

Context: I took advantage of today’s market weakness to buy VOO and add to my exposure to the S&P 500 at a more attractive entry point.

My trade: Bought today and plan to continue accumulating through monthly dollar-cost averaging (DCA), regardless of short-term market swings.

Takeaway: I’ll aim to make this a monthly habit, building my position steadily rather than trying to time the market.