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Weekly Market Insights: Four Days. Big Risk.

Feb 16, 2026

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4 min read

Weekly Market Insights: Four Days. Big Risk.

Holiday week, FOMC minutes, Core PCE. Markets are rotating fast, and this shift may define Q1 leadership.

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Stock Watchlist

Stock Power Watchlist for the Week of 16 February 2026

Feb 15, 2026

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6 min read

Stock Power Watchlist for the Week of 16 February 2026

The Stocks Driving Institutional Positioning Into 2026: 18 High-Conviction Stocks Across AI, Semis, Platforms & Recovery Plays

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Market Focus

Rotation Week: When Inflation Cools, Money Gets Picky

Feb 15, 2026

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7 min read

Rotation Week: When Inflation Cools, Money Gets Picky

A holiday-shortened week brings Feb 18 FOMC minutes and Feb 20 Core PCE. Flows point to income, liquidity, and “real-economy” exposure.

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Portfolio Parrot

Market Focus

Weekend Market Recap: Defensive Rotation Hits as AI Trade Pauses

Feb 14, 2026

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5 min read

Weekend Market Recap: Defensive Rotation Hits as AI Trade Pauses

The S&P 500 fell 1.4% as AI jitters drove a sharp shift into utilities and real estate. CPI cooled, yields slipped, but leadership changed fast.

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Weekly Market Insights: This Week Will Reveal Market Leadership

Feb 9, 2026

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5 min read

Weekly Market Insights: This Week Will Reveal Market Leadership

Jobs, CPI, and key earnings land together, testing whether rotation beyond mega-cap tech is real or just noise.

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Market Focus

Top US Stocks to Watch This Week: February 9–13, 2026

Feb 8, 2026

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6 min read

Top US Stocks to Watch This Week: February 9–13, 2026

A heavy week of macro data and earnings is reshaping market leadership, as investors look beyond Big Tech toward breadth, cash flows, and pricing power.

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Stock Watchlist

Reinforcing the AI Infrastructure Trade After the Tech Dip
LockSimple

Feb 8, 2026

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7 min read

Reinforcing the AI Infrastructure Trade After the Tech Dip

A look at how one AI capex thesis shows up across semis, equipment, and infrastructure and why diversification can still mean one concentrated bet.

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Portfolio Parrot

Stock Watchlist

Stock Power Watchlist for the Week of 9 February 2026

Feb 8, 2026

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7 min read

Stock Power Watchlist for the Week of 9 February 2026

A data-backed look at quality compounders, AI infrastructure leaders, and defensive names, highlighting where growth expectations are strong and where valuations already price in the story.

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Portfolio Parrot

Market Focus

Weekend Market Recap: Dow Hits 50,000 as AI Panic Turns to Relief Rally

Feb 7, 2026

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6 min read

Weekend Market Recap: Dow Hits 50,000 as AI Panic Turns to Relief Rally

A volatile week saw AI capex fears hit tech, cyclicals quietly lead, and the Dow break 50,000 as investors rotated rather than retreated.

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Market Focus

Tech Rotation Hits Wall Street as Mega-Cap Leadership Cracks

Feb 3, 2026

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5 min read

Tech Rotation Hits Wall Street as Mega-Cap Leadership Cracks

U.S. stocks slipped on February 3, 2026, as investors rotated out of mega-cap tech and AI leaders, lifting defensives and exposing growing market dispersion.

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Weekly Market Insights: February Starts With a Test of Conviction

Feb 2, 2026

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5 min read

Weekly Market Insights: February Starts With a Test of Conviction

US stocks sit near record highs, but leadership is thinning. This week’s earnings, AI capex scrutiny, and quiet rotations may set February’s tone.

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Market Focus

Top US Stocks to Watch as February Tests Market Conviction

Feb 1, 2026

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7 min read

Top US Stocks to Watch as February Tests Market Conviction

US equities sit near record highs as earnings, AI capex scrutiny, and quiet sector rotation shape a volatile start to February for investors.

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Stock Focus

Buying the Dip: Microsoft and XLK After the Tech Reset

Feb 1, 2026

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7 min read

Buying the Dip: Microsoft and XLK After the Tech Reset

Microsoft and US mega-cap tech have pulled back on AI capex and margin concerns. This breakdown explains why the move looks like a reset, not a breakdown.

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Stock Watchlist

Stock Power Watchlist for the Week of 2 February 2026

Feb 1, 2026

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7 min read

Stock Power Watchlist for the Week of 2 February 2026

A clear-eyed ranking of major stocks across AI, tech, and income, showing which stories are supported by data and which aren’t.

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Portfolio Parrot

Market Focus

Weekend Market Recap: US Stocks End January Mixed as Earnings Trump Headlines

Jan 31, 2026

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5 min read

Weekend Market Recap: US Stocks End January Mixed as Earnings Trump Headlines

Mega-cap earnings drove sharp stock moves, while Fed policy signals and a dollar surge triggered a historic metals selloff and quiet sector rotation.

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Market Focus

Top US Stocks to Watch This Week: Fed Week Meets Peak Earnings

Jan 25, 2026

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9 min read

Top US Stocks to Watch This Week: Fed Week Meets Peak Earnings

Jan 26–30 brings a Fed decision and a crowded earnings slate. Here are the week’s key dates, the sectors that matter, and the stocks most likely to move.

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Strategy Focus

Institutional Power Plays: Where Big Money Moved in January 2026

Jan 24, 2026

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5 min read

Institutional Power Plays: Where Big Money Moved in January 2026

A data-led breakdown of January 2026 institutional stock buying, showing where large investors reinforced exposure and quietly positioned early.

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Portfolio Parrot

Market Focus

Top US Stocks to Watch: A Short Week with Long Implications

Jan 17, 2026

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6 min read

Top US Stocks to Watch: A Short Week with Long Implications

A holiday-shortened trading week meets earnings season and PMI data. Sector rotation, not headlines, will decide where capital moves next.

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Portfolio Parrot

Stock Focus

The 5 Stocks That Benefit Most From TSMC Earnings

Jan 17, 2026

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6 min read

The 5 Stocks That Benefit Most From TSMC Earnings

TSMC earnings reveal where long-term semiconductor capital is flowing. Here are the stocks most exposed to AI-driven capex and advanced chip demand.

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Market Focus

Top US Stocks to Watch: Earnings, CPI, and Rotation (Jan 12–16)

Jan 11, 2026

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6 min read

Top US Stocks to Watch: Earnings, CPI, and Rotation (Jan 12–16)

Earnings season begins alongside CPI week, with banks, semiconductors, and sector rotation setting the pace for US equities in mid-January 2026.

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Trend Focus

2026 Investing Themes by Sector: Where the Money Lands

Jan 10, 2026

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9 min read

2026 Investing Themes by Sector: Where the Money Lands

A practical map of 2026’s biggest sector themes: AI buildout, data-centre power, GLP-1 healthcare, clean-tech metals, and deal-led financials.

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Portfolio Parrot

Stock Focus

Applied Materials (AMAT): The AI Tool Cycle Meets China Risk in 2026

Jan 5, 2026

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9 min read

Applied Materials (AMAT): The AI Tool Cycle Meets China Risk in 2026

AMAT sells the tools used to make AI chips. The 2026 question is whether HBM and packaging demand outrun China export limits and a normal capex pause.

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Portfolio Parrot

Strategy Focus

AI Bottlenecks in 2026: Where the Real Constraints Sit

Jan 4, 2026

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7 min read

AI Bottlenecks in 2026: Where the Real Constraints Sit

In 2026, AI progress is limited by compute, memory, networking, and deployment. This piece maps the bottlenecks and the stocks easing real constraints.

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Stock Focus

Tower Semiconductor (TSEM): The Quiet Bandwidth Bottleneck in AI

Jan 3, 2026

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7 min read

Tower Semiconductor (TSEM): The Quiet Bandwidth Bottleneck in AI

Tower Semiconductor sits behind AI’s real constraint: bandwidth. Silicon photonics and RF drive upside, but execution and utilisation decide the outcome.

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Portfolio Parrot

Trend Focus

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The 5 Forces Shaping the U.S. Stock Market in 2026

Jan 1, 2026

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8 min read

The 5 Forces Shaping the U.S. Stock Market in 2026

From AI spending and Fed constraints to policy risk and global diversification, here are the five structural forces set to drive U.S. stocks in 2026.

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