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[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

🇹🇼 $TSM pushing ATH right as Q3 earnings season kicks off

Taiwan Semiconductor ( $TSM ) is trading at $472.78 (+64.1% YoY) and sits just -1% off its 52-week All-Time High, pushing its market cap to $2.5T.

📊 Q3 Earnings Calendar Highlights:
• Oct 8: PepsiCo ( $PEP )
• Oct 13: JPMorgan ( $JPM ), UnitedHealth ( $UNH )
• Oct 14: ASML ( $ASML ), Fastenal ( $FAST )
• Oct 15: TSMC ( $TSM )
• Oct 20: Netflix ( $NFLX ), GE Aerospace ( $GE )

Semiconductor behemoths $ASML and$TSM report next week. Their guidance will set the tone for the entire tech market and AI infrastructure narrative into Q4.

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

👟 $NKE earnings: EPS beat, but guidance gets slashed

Nike ( $NKE ) just reported Q1 earnings. While gross margin and EPS came in above estimates, revenue missed expectations and forward guidance remains weak.

📊 Q1 Highlights:
• Revenue: $11.21B vs $11.32B est (-4% YoY) 🔴
• EPS: $0.48 vs $0.43 est (-2% YoY) 🟢
• Gross Margin: 42.8% vs 42.2% est 🟢
• Net Income: $0.7B (-2% YoY)

🚨 Forward Guidance:
• Adj. EPS: $1.15–$1.35 vs $1.65 est 🔴
• Revenue: Expected to decline in high single digits 🔴

Stock is down -52% YoY and -54% from 52-week ATH. Premium valuation without growth remains a tough sell for Wall Street.

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

💸 Why sell chips when you can finance your own biggest customer?

Broadcom ( $AVGO ) just pledged $42B to Anthropic to help them fund their $125.2B TPU compute bill.

The playbook:
Lend Anthropic $42B
Anthropic buys massive custom compute/ASIC infrastructure from Broadcom
Convert debt to Anthropic equity if they explode
Make Anthropic your #1 client by 2027

Infinite AI money loop or brilliant ecosystem lock-in? 🔁🍿

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

🇺🇸 US macro printing a textbook Goldilocks scenario

Inflation is cooling faster than expected while economic growth and labor market metrics continue to outperform expectations.

📊 The Print:
• Core PCE (MoM): 0.2% vs 0.3% est (YoY at 3.0%)
• GDP (QoQ Q2): 2.2% vs 1.5% est
• ADP Employment: 90K vs 73K est

Inflation dropping like a stone without triggering a recession is the exact green light risk assets have been waiting for.

The Soft Landing thesis is playing out in real-time. 📈

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

🥔 $PEP pricing strategy comes full circle

PepsiCo is raising prices on chips, sodas, and dips following a slump in revenue and falling sales volumes.

The catch? Just last quarter, they slashed prices by 15% hoping to revive consumer demand. Safe to say, it didn't pay off.

📉 By the numbers:
• Stock ( $PEP ): $129.10 (-10.77% monthly drop)
• Market Cap: $176.20B
• 52-Week Low: $127.98

Corporate logic at work: when discounts fail to drive volume, shift the burden back to remaining buyers.

Consumers have clearly hit an inflation ceiling, and quick repricing tricks won't easily fix structural demand issues.

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

$ORCL drops massive earnings beats driven by AI Cloud surge! 🚀📈

Oracle’s Q1 results & guidance blew past expectations, sending shares soaring after-hours.

Q1 Results:

💵 Revenue: $19.3B (+30% YoY) vs $19.14B exp.

📊 Adj. EPS: $1,92 (+30% YoY) vs $1.74 exp. (Beat by 10%)

📜 RPO (Remaining Performance Obligations): $664B (+$209B YoY)

Key Drivers & Outlook:

🤖 AI Cloud Deals: $30B+ in new AI Cloud contracts signed in Q1 alone.

☁️ Cloud Revenue Growth: Expected +65–71% in Q2.

🎯 FY2027 Target: Revenue expected at ≥$90B with EPS at $8.10.

AI infrastructure demand is showing zero signs of slowing down. $ORCL is cementing its position as a major cloud player. 🚨

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

Mistral AI raises €3B at a €21B+ ($24B) valuation! 🇫🇷🚀

The European open-source champion closes a massive funding round led by Samsung Electronics, doubling its valuation from last year.

Key Highlights:
💰 The Round: €3B raised ($3.5B equivalent) led by Samsung Co.
📈 Valuation Jump: €12B ($14B) last year (funded by$ASML) ➔ €21B+ ($24B) today.
🌐 Global Expansion: Capital allocated for industrial AI, compute infrastructure, and aggressive growth across the US, Asia, and Europe.
🛡️ European Sovereignty: Solidifying its position as Europe's premier open-weights alternative to OpenAI/Anthropic.

Big tech hardware giants (ASML, Samsung) are heavily backing open-source AI models. 🧠 Dynamic moves for the AI landscape!

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

@JensenHuang officially confirmed the massive deal to fully integrate the open-source AI hub into NVIDIA's ecosystem.

Key Takeaways:

🤝 Open-Source Power: Hugging Face serves 18M+ developers, startups, and researchers globally.

🛡️ AI Sovereignty & Infrastructure: Deep integration with NVIDIA hardware will accelerate custom AI model deployments worldwide.

💰 M&A Supercycle: Powered by record cash flows, $NVDA continues buying up core infrastructure layers to secure its AI monopoly.

This isn't just about hardware anymore — NVIDIA is solidifying its grip on the entire AI software & developer ecosystem. 📈 $NVDA

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$AVGO Broadcom Q3 Earnings: Insane AI Growth Engine! 🚀

Broadcom crushed Q3 estimates with YoY revenue & EPS up +86% and +96%! Despite a minor dip due to conservative Q4 guidance, the multi-year AI trajectory is unbelievable:

📈 Q3 AI Revenue: $16.7B (+221% YoY)

🔮 FY26 AI Revenue Target: ~$58B (+186% YoY)

🚀 FY27 Target: ~$115B (2x growth, supply fully secured)

⚡ FY28 Target: ~$230B (Another 2x, 4x in 2 years!)

💰 FY28 EPS Target: $30+

Demand for custom AI silicon and networking is far outstripping supply. Short-term dip or massive long-term loading zone? 👀 $AVGO

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

Tech Earnings Season is in full swing! 📉📈

Despite mixed market reactions, tech giants continue to deliver strong fundamental growth with beats across both revenue and EPS:
💻 $DELL — Solid revenue & profit growth, surged +10.12% in overnight trading!
🦊 $GTLB — Strong beats on earnings & revenue, jumping +17.3% post-market.
🛡️ $PANW — Beat estimates on both top and bottom lines.
🍃 $MDB — Outperformed Q2 revenue & EPS expectations despite post-earnings volatility.

Fundamentals remain strong across AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and cloud tech. 📊💻 $DELL$PANW $MDB$GTLB

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

According to EMARKETER forecasts, $META is projected to officially overtake $GOOG ( $GOOGL ) in worldwide net ad revenue in 2026 — $243.46B vs $239.54B.

Projected 2026–2028 Breakdown:

🟦 $META : $243.4B (2026) ➔ $286.0B (2027) ➔ $316.4B (2028)

🟩 $GOOG : $239.5B (2026) ➔ $267.7B (2027) ➔ $298.5B (2028)

🟧 $AMZN : $82.1B (2026) ➔ $97.1B (2027) ➔ $111.6B (2028)

Driven by AI-powered Advantage+ ad automation and Reels monetization, Meta is growing at 24% YoY vs Google’s 12%.

By 2028, these 3 giants will control over $726B in global digital ad spend. 📈💻

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

The AI Money Printer is real. 🤯💚

This comparison is absolutely insane. $NVDA generated $59.7 BILLION in net income in just one quarter.

That is more than 12 of the world's most iconic and dominant corporations COMBINED ($57.9B):

🍏 $AAPL — $29.8B

🛒 $WMT — $6.4B

🥤 $KO — $4.4B

🪒 $PG — $3.1B

🥤 $PEP — $3.0B

✨ $DIS — $2.6B

🍔 $MCD — $2.4B

🛒 $COST — $2.2B

🚗 $GM — $1.3B

👟 $NKE — $1.1B

☕️ $SBUX — $1.0B

📦 $UPS — $0.6B

$NVDA isn't just leading the AI race — it's rewriting corporate finance history. 📈📊💻

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

NVIDIA ( $NVDA ) Q2 Earnings: ANOTHER MASSIVE BEAT! 🚨🟢

The AI juggernaut does it again with 100%+ YoY growth across both revenue and earnings:

📊 EPS: $2.22 (Exp. $2.09) — +111% YoY / +19% QoQ

📊 Revenue: $96.22B (Exp. $92.16B) — +106% YoY / +18% QoQ

Beat metrics:

EPS Beat by +6%

Revenue Beat by +4%

AI demand isn’t just holding — it's accelerating. Expect big moves across tech equities and RWA markets tomorrow! 📈💻

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

Post-earnings volatility hits tech stocks hard (in a good way). ⚡️

Both $CRWD and $CRM released Q2 earnings today, driving instant after-hours price spikes:

🟢 $CRWD (CrowdStrike): +8.96% (surging to $206.13)

🟢 $CRM (Salesforce): +11.52% (jumping to $229.73)

Big earnings beats are bringing heavy volume and wider ranges to tech equities. Perfect setup for automated liquidity management as momentum builds into tomorrow’s open! 📈💻

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

Michael Saylor is literally hunting bears in full suit & tie mode now. 👔🐻

When @saylor drops the "Send more Bears" clip created by @LaDoger, you already know another massive $BTC buy announcement is loading for Monday morning.

Strategy's treasury engine doesn't stop. Orange pill execution at its finest. 🚀🟠

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

Meta to pay up to $18 BILLION fine over teen safety and overhaul its platforms. ⚖️📱

@Meta reaches a historic settlement regarding youth mental health and product safety:

Key Product Changes for Minors:

📌 Usage Limits: 2h/day cap + night lockout (00:00–06:00). Parental approval required to bypass.

📌 Feed Restrictions: Option for non-personalized feeds; hidden like counters and reactions.

📌 Compliance oversight: Independent auditor monitoring for 5 years + 10-year safety review commitment.

Financial Settlement Terms:

📍 $12.7B guaranteed payout to US states.

📍 $5.3B conditional payout (if TikTok/YouTube adopt identical terms).

📍 $10B legal charge reflecting in Q3 2026 financial reporting.

Massive regulatory shift for Big Tech social algorithms. 👀🚨📉

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

Anthropic is preparing for the largest public debut in market history. 🧠🚀

Dario Amodei’s @AnthropicAI is filing its S-1 form to target a $2 TRILLION valuation, raising $100B+ in fresh capital:

📌 Valuation Jump: Doubling its valuation from $950B ($95B raised) back in May 2026.

📌 Record Breaker: Set to surpass SpaceX’s record-breaking $1.77 Trillion debut ($86B raised) from last month.

📌 Timeline: Official S-1 filing coming in the next few weeks, with public trading scheduled within months.

The public market appetite for frontier AI models is completely breaking history books.

Are you bidding the $2T Anthropic IPO? 👀🤖📈

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

How Ken Griffin’s Citadel executed the cleanest tech arbitrage of 2026. 🧠📊

Here is the timeline of how Citadel acquired and flipped Leopold Aschenbrenner’s $20B+ AI thesis portfolio for massive gains:

📌 June 30: @leopoldasch’s fund Situational Awareness holds a heavily leveraged $20.2B equity/options portfolio stacked on AI infrastructure ( $SNDK, $MU, $BE, $NEBUS, $TSM).

📌 July 1: Citadel (@Citadel) completes a multi-billion dollar buyout of the portfolio in less than 24 hours of due diligence after Aschenbrenner reached leverage limits.

📌 August: Citadel Founder Ken Griffin quietly dumps 80% of the acquired positions straight into the market.

The Result: Most of the underlying tech and semiconductor holdings surged +30% to +60% since the July 1 buyout, allowing Citadel to lock in billions in fast profit while derisking.

Pure market execution by Wall Street’s sharpest liquidity provider. 👀💸📈

[SplasHonFire @splashonfire]

S&P 500 Earnings Momentum just hit its HIGHEST level since at least 2011. 🚨📈

Corporate guidance is smashing Wall Street expectations at a record pace:

📌 Q2 Beats: 69% of reported S&P 500 companies beat revenue estimates.

📌 Q3 Guidance: 64% of companies raised Q3 outlook above consensus (highest since COVID recovery).

📌 2026 Outlook: Adjusted earnings projected to grow ~27%—one of the strongest fundamental forecasts in 50 years.

Despite macro fears, corporate earnings fundamentals remain extremely strong.

S&P 500 target 8,400 loading? 👀🚀