The first half of 2024 has been a consistently profitable period for my investments, largely driven by my disciplined and strategic responses to earnings reports and news . And by carefully analyzing financial statements and market sentiment, I have been able to profit significantly from selling options and employing strangle strategies. Additionally, buying stocks ahead of anticipated positive news and earnings reports has proven to be highly effective! ...

Amidst the non-farm payroll data significantly surpassing expectations, the May CPI figures were released, showing an unadjusted year-over-year increase of 3.3%, with a forecast of 3.4%. Following the announcement, major stock indices began to surge, heralding the commencement of another episode in the interest rate cut saga. My speculation is that the influx of illegal immigrants in the United States may have contributed to the prosperity of the...

The AI giant Nvidia announced a 10-for-1 forward stock split in its Fiscal Q1 earnings conference call on May 22. According to a release, the shares will begin trading split-adjusted at the market open on June 10.🚀🚀🚀
Although a stock split does not change the market value of a company, it provides a wider range of investors with the opportunity to purchase shares. How do you think the market will react to NVIDIA's stock split? ...

In January 2023, I officially started my journey of investing in US stocks. At the beginning of 2023, I set a goal for myself to generate profits of 100,000 CNY (20,000 SGD, 14,000 USD) through investing in leading stocks and rsp fund.
Actual Profit:
From December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2023, the principal investment in stocks was 38,635 USD, with a total profit of 10,782 USD (14.2K SGD; 76.3K CNY), resulting in a return rate of 27.9%. Half of the profit came from Microsoft (6,773 USD).
Reflecting on what I haven't done well:
1) Lost 447.5 USD buying Xiaomi Hong Kong stocks. Fortunately, I promptly liquidated and switched to US stocks.
2) At the end of November, upon hearing the news of Xi Jinping's visit to the US and China's government purchasing Boeing aircraft, I immediately invested in Boeing stocks at a low price. Simultaneously, upon learning about Tesla's new car release, I promptly invested in Tesla at a low stock price. However, due to fear generated by a friend sharing the warning of the 'Stock God,' I immediately sold, resulting in me earning nearly 1,000 USD less.
3) Did not follow the personal plan to invest in QQQ and VOO. The reason being, I previously had invested in China's CSI 300 and CSI 500 through rsp, and it backfired. Feeling a sense of fear as if the wolf was at the door, I hesitated to invest, opting to observe for a while. As of now, the investment returns for QQQ and VOO are 14.71% and 18.71% respectively.

BABA's Current Narrative
One of the best companies in China has had a rough few years in the stock market. BABA experienced a very bullish Friday due to the markets assumption that the chinese government is easing its megacap tech crackdown.
This assumption stemed from the chinese government giving Ant group a measly fine of several hundred million dollars. This is chump change to a huge company like BABA. If this is the extent to the China tech crackdown, then it might b...