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Illustrative QQQ pullback into moving-average support, followed by a relief rally and renewed weaknessQQQ × Inflation Events × Market Structure
October 7, 2026 · After-close analysis Index StrategyLead Author: Yukedi Zou · Contributing Author: Yuexin Ding

October 7 after-close outlook

QQQ Faces a Sharp Pullback Before a Relief Rally

September fuel costs drive our call for a decline from the October 7 close into CPI, a rebound around PPI near daily MA60–MA120 support, and a continued bearish view after the bounce.

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AI and dot-com semiconductor cycles: historical comparisonAI × Capital Cycles × Valuation
October 6, 2026 AI Industry OutlookLead Author: Yukedi Zou · Contributing Author: Yuexin Ding

Complete research edition · 30 exhibits

AI Outlook: Adoption, Capital Cycles and the Price of Expectations

A complete, illustrated study of AI revenue, capital spending, supply chains, model economics, chips, memory, valuation, employment, and investment scenarios.

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Daily NQ minus YM spread, October 2025 to October 2026NQ × YM × Spread Reversal
October 2, 2026 Index Spread StrategyLead Author: Yukedi Zou · Contributing Author: Yuexin Ding

Tactical bearish outlook

NQ–YM Spread Returns to June Highs. We Turn Tactically Bearish.

Three historical pullbacks, spread-reversion and confirmed NQ-short scenarios, and a conditional 5%–7% correction range after the post-hike rally.

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U.S. Equities × Breadth × Credit Risk
September 30, 2026 Market BreadthLead Author: Yukedi Zou · Contributing Author: Yuexin Ding

Risk monitor

Five Warning Signals Beneath the U.S. Equity Highs

The indexes remain elevated, but Nasdaq new-high breadth, semiconductor and bank leadership, credit spreads, and long-term participation are sending a less confident message.

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Nasdaq futures recovery illustrationNQ × Record-High Context × Trend Check
September 23, 2026 Index StrategyLead Author: Yukedi Zou

Research follow-up

NQ Pulls Back After New Highs. We Still Favor the Upside.

Why we see the selloff after the Nasdaq's record closes as a potential normal pullback, how the July 30 NQ forecast relates, and what would invalidate our view.

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A technology market selloff reversing into a luminous rally above an AI data-center cityNQ × Reversal Structure × AI Earnings
July 30, 2026 Index StrategyLead Author: Yukedi Zou · Contributing Author: Yuexin Ding

Market outlook

NQ's July 30 Reversal Opens the Road to 30,000

Why a June 11-style EMA reclaim, broad semiconductor leadership, cooler core inflation, and earnings-backed AI demand point to a staged recovery toward 30,000.

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A record-setting market rally reversing into a bearish candlestick decline over Wall StreetYM1 × Reversal Pattern × Rates
August 6, 2026 Index StrategyLead Author: Yukedi Zou · Contributing Author: Yuexin Ding

Market outlook

YM's August 6 Reversal Points to 52,100

Why the August 5 upper-wick rejection and August 6 bearish expansion candle—reinforced by rising oil, bond yields, and broad constituent weakness—point to a one-month pullback.

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Bitcoin emerging from a dark accumulation range as market candles break upwardBitcoin × Technical Strategy × Liquidity
August 13, 2026 Digital AssetsLead Author: Yukedi Zou · Contributing Author: Yuexin Ding

Market outlook

Bitcoin Is Coiling for a Two-Week Breakout

Why two months of base-building, repeated defense of the August low, and inferred large-buyer absorption point to $77,500 first— and $81,000 if the initial breakout holds.

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Federal Reserve-style institutional building at dusk with rising market linesFed Policy × Inflation × Rates
August 16, 2026 Monetary PolicyLead Author: Yukedi Zou · Contributing Author: Yuexin Ding

Policy outlook

The Fed Will Hike in September

Why persistent inflation, an energy-driven price shock, resilient private demand, and a hawkish split inside the FOMC point to a 25-basis-point increase at the September meeting.

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Two bearish market paths descend over Wall Street and an industrial skylineYM × Trend Continuation × Macro Pressure
August 22, 2026 Index StrategyLead Author: Yukedi Zou · Contributing Author: Yuexin Ding

Research follow-up

YM's Bounce Is a Pause, Not a Bottom

Why the low-volume rebound does not end the decline—and how YM can roll over immediately or after a time correction into the week of August 31, with 52,100 still in view.

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Oil pumpjack, refinery, pipelines, and power grid at sunsetCrude Oil × Inflation × Fed Policy
August 28, 2026 Energy StrategyLead Author: Yukedi Zou · Contributing Author: Yuexin Ding

Market outlook

CL's Next Move: $104, Then a Pullback

Why choppy Hormuz flows, depleted product inventories, and a global supply deficit point to a staged crude rally from next week—and why $104 should become resistance before a pullback.

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Semiconductor wafer and fabrication line beneath a luminous double-bottom breakoutINTC × Double Bottom × Semiconductor Cycle
September 2, 2026 Equity StrategyLead Author: Yukedi Zou · Contributing Author: Yuexin Ding

Market outlook

INTC's Double Bottom Opens a Path to $105–$106

Why two defenses of the mid-$85 area, 25% revenue growth, AI-compute demand, improving execution, and 18A manufacturing momentum support a bullish breakout.

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AI accelerator chip beneath a rejected candlestick and descending price pathNVDA × Technical Reversal × Macro
September 4, 2026 Equity StrategyLead Author: Yukedi Zou · Contributing Author: Yuexin Ding

Market outlook

NVDA's September 4 Rejection Points to $210–$209

Why an inverted-hammer-style rejection at prior resistance, sticky inflation, resilient employment, and stretched AI expectations favor a tactical pullback.

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Warm Pacific Ocean pattern above hydropower and electricity infrastructureClimate × Energy × Markets
September 15, 2026 Macro & EnergyLead Author: Yuexin Ding · Contributing Author: Yukedi Zou

New research

Strong El Niño Is Rewriting Energy Pricing

How winter heating demand, natural-gas inventories, hydropower shortfalls, and energy inflation could reshape rates, equities, and commodity markets through early 2027.

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Oil pumpjack, refinery, pipelines, and power grid at sunsetEnergy × Inflation × Markets
September 18, 2026 Macro StrategyLead Author: Yukedi Zou · Contributing Author: Yuexin Ding

New research

Energy Inflation Is Back in the Driver's Seat

How oil, diesel, natural gas, and electricity are moving through consumer prices, Federal Reserve policy, bond yields, equity valuations, and sector leadership.

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A technology market rally rising above a central bank and data-center skyline after a stormQQQ × Fed Hike × Trend Re-Acceleration
September 18, 2026 Index StrategyLead Author: Yukedi Zou · Contributing Author: Yuexin Ding

Post-hike outlook

The Hike Is Done. QQQ's Next Uptrend Starts Here

Why the completed Fed hike, Nasdaq relative strength, and technology leadership favor a new advance—with 720–723 as the first pivot and a precise post-September 21 risk rule.

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Healthy and drought-stressed crop fields beneath changing weatherEl Niño × Crops × Futures
September 19, 2026 Agricultural CommoditiesLead Author: Yuexin Ding · Contributing Author: Yukedi Zou

New research

El Niño Is Repricing the Global Crop Complex

Why a very strong 2026–2027 El Niño creates the largest upside asymmetry in sugar, vegetable oils, and corn—and how to trade the regional crop calendar without treating every commodity alike.

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Global capital flows toward a rising United States market while an overseas market declinesFed Cycles × S&P 500 × Global Capital
September 19, 2026 Long-Horizon MacroLead Author: Yukedi Zou · Contributing Author: Yuexin Ding

Cycle study

Rate Hikes Are Not Automatically Bearish for U.S. Stocks

What six tightening cycles, three crisis-era cutting cycles, and the U.S.–China performance gap reveal about rates, capital flows, and long-term equity direction.

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