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Do you feel empty or having withdrawal symptoms today?
That feeling is often referred to as "market withdrawal" or "trader's withdrawal." It's the sensation of missing the usual market activity, excitement, and routine, especially when you're used to actively trading or monitoring the markets every day. This can happen on trading holidays or weekends when the markets are closed.
I cannot help checking in on market opening and the stocks I monitor daily such as $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ , ...

$Palantir (PLTR.US)$ Palantir short float down 0.07%, 4.18% of total float short
$Robinhood (HOOD.US)$ Robinhood short float up 19.52%, 2.88% of total float short
$Tesla (TSLA.US)$ Tesla short float down 1.92%, 2.73% of total float short
$MARA Holdings (MARA.US)$ Marathon short float down 7.88%, 20.67% of total float short
$SoFi Technologies (SOFI.US)$ SoFi short float down 8.37%, 14.42% of total float short
$Hims & Hers Health (HIMS.US)$ Hims short float up 16.76%, 22.3% of total float shor...

Here's a full recap:
1. Microsoft $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ is now under investigation by the FTC. which is examining various aspects of its business, including cloud computing and AI products. While $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ Google is also under investigation, they did begin the process of appealing a ruling requiring changes to its Play Store operations after an antitrust case by Epic Games, arguing the decision misjudges its competition with $ $Apple (AAPL.US)$ Apple, wh...

$Alphabet-C (GOOG.US)$ $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$
- DoJ said, Google should divest off Chrome and may not reenter the browser market for five years
- prohibited from "acquiring any interests in search rivals, potential entrants, and rival search or search ads-related AI products"
- halt all "anticompetitive payments to distributors, including Apple, Samsung" so that Google isn't the default search engine on their devices
- content creato...

$Alphabet-C (GOOG.US)$ google has gone positive

Why do I still believe % $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ will hit $200 before it hits $100?
• $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ ordered 400K GB200 chips valued at $10B.
• $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ purchased 60K GB200 chips worth $2B.
• $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ acquired 360K GB200 chips for $8B.
Demand for Nvidia's Blackwell chip is absolutely INSANE

$S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ buybacks jumped 35% in Q2 2024 to $236 billion, near the all-time record.
Furthermore, a massive 52% of stock repurchases were conducted by the index's top 20 firms.
This compares to a long-term average of 48% and pre-pandemic average of 45%.
Apple, $Apple (AAPL.US)$ , Alphabet, $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ , Meta, $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ , and Nvidia, $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ ALONE back $63 billion of stock.
The Information Technology sector saw $68 billion of repurchases while...