$Apple (AAPL.US)$ 's run as a $3 trillion stock proved fleeting. Now its grip on a $2 trillion market value is looking wobbly, too.
After briefly surpassing $3 trillion in January, the iPhone maker has lost more than $800 billion in capitalization as tech stocks plunged. With concern growing that the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate increases could tip the US into recession, the $2 trillion milestone is looking precarious. Apple closed Tuesday at...

A short squeeze can occur when a heavily shorted stock rises in value instead of falling. Short sellers could be looking to close out their position and can face a loss if they have to buy back the shares they initially borrowed at a higher price.
Here is a look at Fintel's top five short squeeze candidates for the week of Dec. 20.
$Petros Pharmaceuticals (PTPI.US)$ $iSpecimen (ISPC.US)$ $Reliance Global Group (RELI.US)$ $Vallon Pharmaceuticals (VLON.US)$ $Longeveron (LGVN.US)$
Mooers, let's look for the next $GameStop (GME.US)$or $AMC Entertainment (AMC.US)$.

$ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK.US)$  $PayPal (PYPL.US)$  $Fiverr International (FVRR.US)$  $Zoom Video Communications (ZM.US)$ 
With the latest move by the Fed, where they are looking to have 3 interest rate hikes in 2022 and reducing their balance sheet, growth stocks have not been faring well. The move by Fed is a move towards a monetary tightening policy that will drain the exodus of liquidity that they have pumped into the economy since early 2020. 
Source: Tradingeconomics.com- Fed Balance Sheet
The Fed Balance sheet has more than doubled since 2020 which is a worrying sign that things are getting out of control. Therefore, the indication by Fed to reduce their balance sheet is a sound and prudent move provided they are really serious about doing it. We touch on our previous article about the 6 indicators to gauge if the S&P 500 is peaking with the Fed Balance sheet as one of our concerns.
With a potential stoppage of easy money, the prospects for growth stocks could be bleak. Most of the growth or innovation stocks run on the theory that they would be wildly profitable once they are able to scale. Moreover, it is the vision for the future and it will disrupt the whole way things are done. 
However, most are unable to generate positive operating cash flows and their cash burn are enormous for their near-mid term outlook. The basics of investment valuation would be to discount future cash flows but if the future depends on a vision rather than an actual business-like operating model which is to a path of profitability, it would be more of speculating.
When funds are aplenty (Fed excessive money printing) and with the " Fear of Missing Out" embedded, the funds to invest in vision and dreams (It explain the prices of NFTs reaching astronomical value) would be widely accessible. 
It will be a greater fool game with the hope of selling to the next better player for a better price. We just hope we alight earlier and not be the last one in a high-speed train going down a ravine. 
With tightening of the monetary policy, the investment community would be more discerning and go for stocks with a business that has sound business models that are generating cash flow. This could explain the rotation from technology to value sector in recent times.
Source: moomoo- Chart of ARKK
Looking at the innovation stocks, the best proxy will be ARKK helmed by the goddess of innovation investing, Cathie Woods. From the charts, we could see that the uptrend has been derailed. it seems the start of a bearish trend.
Upside will be capped around the 113-115 levels. A potential target will be at the 80 levels. Any upside from now could be a dead cat bounce given the backdrop which we have highlighted earlier.
However, growth and innovation stocks have also fallen by a huge margin since the start of the year. There will be few that could survive the carnage and emerge stronger.
We would prefer stocks with positive operating cash flows and a viable business model that have a good growth runway. In our mind, stocks like Paypal, Fiverr and Zoom Communications would be a good starting point to hunt for depressed growth stocks.
Tread carefully as 2022 would seem a tougher ride for growth and innovation stocks.

$Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM.US)$ $Apple (AAPL.US)$
According to sources from the Financial Associated Press, according to sources in the supply chain industry, the development of Apple's M2 series of processors is nearly complete and will be mass produced using TSMC's 4nm process. In the future, Apple Silicon will be upgraded every 18 months.
Article excerpted from the US Stock Research Agency

$Apple (AAPL.US)$ why aren't we uptrend?

U.S. stock futures were slightly lower Thursday evening as investors digested a trading day in which tech names struggled and dragged the rest of the market down with them.
In regular trading, the tech-focused $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ fell 2.47% for its worst day since September. The other averages saw more modest losses. The $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ fell 0.08%, while the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ lost 0.8%.
$Accenture (ACN.US)$ $Adobe (ADBE.US)$ $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ $Newmont (NEM.US)$ $AT&T (T.US)$

2021 is a year of volatility. It has witnessed the rise of meme stocks, starting with $GameStop (GME.US)$ and WallStreeBets early in January and up to the moon $AMC Entertainment (AMC.US)$ in June. After the 2020 pandemic, S&P 500 rallied 100% within 354 trading days*. In times of chip shortage, investors are also watching the tech stocks closely. Not to mention dramas like what caused by Elon Musk and Donald Trump on $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ and $Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC.US)$ . What a year!
*Source: CNBC Maekets News
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