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Berkshire just doesn't feel the same after the legendary Warren Buffet retired. Without the old captain at the helm, there is nothing noteworthy of this entity, except it's sitting on a humongous pile of cash waiting to be deployed. The magic of the annual letter and AGM with the guru is gone, would anyone still go attend?

This week marks a turning point as Jerome Powell will hold his final Fed press conference. I am waiting to listen to his speech and understand his view before taking my trading position . We may see new Fed Kevin Warsh appear at Wednesday's meeting. His appearance and his comment will add value to investors.

I hope Powell stays on the Fed board after his term ends on May 15. His experience would be a great asset to help the new Fed navigate today's tough economic environment.

Powell stepping down at May, the future remain fairly unpredictable yet the indexes are testing new high, stay alert and have some cash bullet ready.

The helium shortage is causing a rally in memory and semicon space. This is one of the winner if the straits or hormuz remains closed. Get ready for more rally coming right up. Tailwind 100%

Inflation is going to start creeping in and rate hike is back in the book. The market is clearly overconfident and things will break soon. How can oil and equities rally at the same time?

The storage war is back! Get ready for more crazy rally coming up. SanDisk is doing to the moon. Nothing is going to stop it!

Berkshire premium is slowly fading as it faces the key man risk. What is Berkshire without it's founding fathers? I am very bearish on the stock.

Salesforce F3Q26 Quick Interpretation: Overall, Salesforce's financial performance for the quarter was average, with most indicators slightly below market expectations. However, more critical operational metrics such as cRPO and new orders were satisfactory. The more notable aspect was the acceleration in revenue and cRPO growth in the next quarter guidance, boosted by the acquisition of Informatica. Specifically:

1) Total revenue for this quarter increased by 8.6% year-on-year, slowing down by about 1 percentage point compared to the previous quarter, slightly below expectations. Meanwhile, due to the impact of AI investments, the year-on-year increase in gross margin was only 0.3 percentage points, resulting in a gross profit growth rate of only 9%, also slightly below expectations.

As total operating expenses grew by 6.8% year-on-year, without significant acceleration, actual spending was slightly below market expectations, partially offsetting the slowdown in growth for the third quarter. Ultimately, operating profit and free cash flow fell short of expectations. The quarterly financial report performance was evidently not good.

2) Partly due to the low base in the same period last year, this quarter's cRPO (+11% yoy) and new order growth rates accelerated quarter-on-quarter, showing a better trend compared to past performance.

3) The bigger highlight is that the company has guided next quarter's revenue growth to increase to 11%~12%, and cRPO growth to 15%. However, it should be noted that the acceleration is almost entirely due to the benefits of consolidating Informatica and favorable exchange rates.

4) The most watched Agentforce-related business also made steady progress this quarter. Agentforce and Data 360 annualized revenue reached 1.4 billion, up from 1.2 billion last quarter, continuing to rise. Among them, Agentforce contributed annualized revenue of over 500 million, a year-on-year increase of 330%, with user numbers also increasing by 70%. $Salesforce(CRM.US)

$XTALPI(02228.HK)Longbridge actually sent me a reward. This, I think is the face given by everyone. Any way to share it?