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Tech stocks are crashing heavily with Kospi market experiencing circuit breaker for the 2nd day in a row. The Korean government is also stepping in to save the situation as retail investors get caught up with margin trading and leveraged etfs. Even with companies reporting solid earnings, a soft guidance or merely meeting expectations would still send the stock right down as the bearish sentiment starts to get real. Both beaten down stocks Meta & Msft report after Bell tonight. while Apple and Amazon follow suit a day later. This could be the real crash investors are waiting for to buy the dip while fomo traders lose out.

$Microsoft(MSFT.US) Microsoft is under investigation by the UK's CMA over suspected bundling and automatic renewal price hikes. The UK's Competition and Markets Authority launched an investigation into Msft, focusing primarily on whether the company leveraged its position in the office software market to force-bundle AI tools (Copilot) and implement automatic renewal price hikes, as well as allegedly misleading consumers. If the CMA ultimately finds that Msft has seriously breached consumer protection laws or antitrust regulations, the law authorizes the CMA to fine Msft up to 10% of its global total revenue. Based on Microsoft's global annual revenue of over $280 billion, the theoretical 10% maximum fine would exceed $28 billion. Just earlier this year, the CMA also launched another review into Microsoft's commercial software ecosystem, including Windows, Office, Teams, Copilot, etc., to assess whether the company locked in corporate clients and hindered competition from third-party AI products through deep product bundling, a lack of cross-platform interoperability, and default settings. Though the ruling may only come out next year, this is adding fuel to fire where a beaten down stock get trashed even more. @Captain's Treasure

The sell off is real this time? It has been consecutive trading days where the highly anticipated stocks like Micron, AMD and even optoelectronic sector is dipping like crazy. People are shouting "buy the dip", but when is the actual "dip" of the dips? In the bigger picture when stocks run up by double digits in percentage in a short period of time, the reality is that they will always come crashing back down, even if there are false rebounds along the way.

$Corning(GLW.US) Corning third-quarter sales fell slightly short of Wall Street expectations after reporting slower growth in its key fiber optics unit, sending its shares down more than 18% along with the broader optoelectronic sector. Sales in Corning’s Optical Communications segment rose 32% to $2.07 billion, compared with 36% growth in the prior quarter. The growth rate was also below the 81% increase recorded in the year-earlier period. Sales in the Solar segment nearly doubled to $438 million, although the business reported a quarterly loss following a maintenance shutdown and equipment upgrade. The company expects profitability to improve in the third quarter. Corning, a key supplier to Apple, has been hurt by softer global smartphone demand, which has weighed on volumes for its specialty glass products, particularly in display technologies. Overall, a weaker Q3 guidance coupled with the broader sector sell off has led to the dramatic dip. I do think long term wise they will rebound and reach new highs, but this is a short term risk that we as investors need to bear through. @Captain's Treasure

$NVIDIA(NVDA.US) Nvidia is potentially shifting its role from being merely a chipmaker to a key financing partner in the AI industry, discussing up to $250 billion in funding for OpenAI's Ohio data center. This move indicates that Nvidia's strategy may involve unlocking demand for its products by investing in large-scale AI infrastructure projects. As AI project costs surge, Nvidia could establish a competitive edge by deepening customer relationships through financial support, making it more challenging for competitors to secure business with these clients. On the flipside however, the key risk of this collaboration could be debt risk. OpenAI has been burning through millions of cash every year, and on top of that, its reputation has been sliding by the days. Gone are the days where mentioning OpenAI triggers a boost in stock price. Traders and investors have already left this boat, and with Nvidia tightening partnership with OpenAI, investors may not be very pleased. @Captain's Treasure

Yesterday was a huge red day for majority of the stocks. Even Servicenow with a great beat for earnings pulled back together with the broader market, as insider selling continues to pile up. Report suggests that insider selling in 2026 has significantly outweigh retail buyers, and with Trump's social media antics, the stock market is volatile as ever. Brace for the next wave of storm as we enter into a busy period of earnings season for the next few weeks.

$Alphabet(GOOGL.US) Alphabet stock rose slightly after a significant drop following its strong Q2 results, highlighted by an 82% increase in Google Cloud revenue. Despite raised capital spending projections for 2026 and concerns about cost pressures from AI investments, analyst Saken Ismailov upgraded the stock from Hold to Buy, citing its current price as an attractive entry point. The stock holds a Strong Buy consensus rating on TipRanks, with an average price target suggesting a potential upside of nearly 35%. The main concern remains increased Capex which resulted in negative free cash flow as well as dilution of shareholders' position. Despite that, Google's business is still diversified and growing, but the former scares are good enough to cause a huge drop yesterday. @Captain's Treasure

SMCI continues to impress during earnings season, but the stock hasn't had it easy for years. Every time a great news came about, it was quickly followed by a negative sentiment, be it from the smuggling of Nvidia chips or accounting problem. Yet I believe in its potential to exploit more opportunities collaborating with top companies, as long as the business remain transparent and ethical.

$Super Micro Computer(SMCI.US) Smci jumped higher, fueled by a robust update that it expects to nearly double its gross margins in upcoming quarters. The company highlighted a staggering new order intake of more than $60 billion in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, pushing its backlog to an all-time high. Such volume underscores strong demand for Supermicro's customized server solutions amid the ongoing AI hardware surge. Smci's servers integrate chips from industry heavyweights like Nvidia, Intel, and AMD. The company recently teased big projects, including a new gigawatt-scale AI data center for SpaceX and XAI, highlighting its role in powering next-generation AI infrastructure. I believe this is currently one of the better stocks for swing trading if you are patient enough. @Captain's Treasure

$Nebius(NBIS.US) Nebius stock surged after Nvidia disclosed a 9.3% stake in the neocloud. The Amsterdam-based company has emerged as one of Europe's leading neoclouds providing AI compute, and has inked multiple deals with tech giants in 2026 amid massive infrastructure spending. The company has been one of the big beneficiaries of the AI boom, with the stock gaining nearly 250% in the past year. Nvidia previously announced it would invest $2 billion in the Dutch company, which is listed on the Nasdaq. As part of the deal, the companies will collaborate on AI infrastructure deployment, fleet management, inference and AI factory design and support. In March, Meta signed a long-term agreement to spend up to $27 billion on Nebius' AI infrastructure. With 2 of the top companies investing heavily into Nebius, this injects a strong vote of confidence especially for investors, amd if Nebius is able to deliver consistently, I don't see why the stock can't run up even more in the future. @Captain's Treasure

$IREN(IREN.US) IREN announced that it has raised its year-end AI Cloud annualized run-rate revenue (“ARR”) 1 target from $3.7bn to more than $4bn, of which approximately 85% is now under contract following new multi-year cloud services contracts with leading AI developers representing $2.8bn in total contract value. IREN's customer base now includes Microsoft, NVIDIA, Perplexity, Figure AI, Together AI, Fluidstack, Fireworks AI, Fal AI, Hume AI, and a new leading AI developer, across both bare metal and managed cloud services. Demand from hyperscalers, enterprises, AI developers and frontier labs continues to exceed IREN's available and planned capacity, and IREN is engaged with customers across its entire 2026 and 2027 expansion program. @Captain's Treasure

$NVIDIA(NVDA.US) The market has had some concerns regarding Nvidia heading before CEO Jensen addressed them. The first concern is product delays. The market had previously rumored that the next-generation Rubin Ultra architecture might be delayed to 2028 for delivery, raising investor worries about a gap in Nvidia's product iterations. However, Jensen Huang denied this rumor and emphasized that Rubin Ultra is still scheduled to ship on plan. For Nvidia, the stability of its product roadmap is critical, as AI customers' procurement plans, data center construction pacing, and capital expenditure budgets all revolve around Nvidia's GPU architecture iterations. Second concern is whether cloud service providers' self-developed ASICs will eat into Nvidia's market share. Amazon, Google & other major cloud providers are all pushing forward with self-developed AI chips, sparking market worries that these custom chips will erode demand for Nvidia GPUs. However, by leveraging its CUDA ecosystem, Nvidia can still maintain a comprehensive cost advantage in most commercial scenarios. @Captain's Treasure

Alphabet sold off roughly 200 Billion in market cap after a report stated that Gemini 3.5 Pro could be delayed following disappointing coding results. Meanwhile, Apple also overtook Nvidia as the world's most valuable company as the latter continues to struggle this year as compared to its competitors. Still, Nvidia remains fundamentally solid and still ranks pretty highly even among the Mag 7 stocks

$Meta Platforms(META.US) Earlier this week, Meta announced that its Hyperion data center will expand to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity, up from the earlier plan for 2 GW. The total investment in the project has now crossed $50 billion. Hyperion is where Meta trains its largest AI models, and construction has been running since December 2024. Less than two weeks ago, Meta was reportedly setting up a cloud unit to sell its spare computing power. Zuckerberg told shareholders that getting into cloud computing was “definitely on the table.” He said that companies were asking to buy the company’s API service or pay a premium for its spare compute. If the cloud plan goes ahead, the extra capacity at Hyperion will become something Meta can sell. That would turn an investment of up to $145 billion this year into a revenue line, which is what investors have been waiting to hear. @Captain's Treasure

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The slide continues as capital flows out of high beta stocks into safer and more stable companies. Momentum names like Sandisk & Nebius have started to come down a little after a huge rally over the past months. This is the consolidation period to see whether the bulls can continue to hold or whether the profit taking puts too much downwards pressure.

$Nebius(NBIS.US) Nebius has launched an asset-light partnership model, allowing partners to finance and operate AI data centers while Nebius provides necessary technology and sales support. This model enhances capital efficiency and service consistency, enabling Nebius to expand its AI infrastructure without heavy investment, alongside a billion-dollar agreement with Reflection AI ensuring demand for its capabilities. While projecting significant revenue growth, investors should remain cautious of competitive and regulatory risks that could impact Nebius's scalability and profitability. After a period of upward trajectory, the stock seems to be finding its consolidation range, while I'm still personally holding to go long. @Captain's Treasure