Energy still has my attention. Tight oil supply supports near-term cash flow, but the next leg higher needs more than geopolitical headlines. $COP — Scale and shareholder returns. $3B returned in Q2. $EOG — Cost discipline, with $2.8B in Q2 free cash flow. $OXY — Stronger oil could accelerate debt reduction. The balance sheet remains key. $DVN — Coterra integration gives it a cost-savings catalyst beyond oil prices. $FANG — Permian scale and $2.3B in Q2 free cash flow. $BKR — A different angle: LNG equipment and services, not just higher crude. I’m constructive over the next 6–12 months, especially where cash flow funds buybacks or reduces debt.

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$ALAB Textbook bull flag into major support, now breaking higher. The pullback gave you the entry. The breakout is paying for the patience. $CRDO looks a few days behind on a similar setup. Buy the controlled pullbacks. Scale out into strength. Stop chasing the move you were afraid to buy. I hope some tailed 🤝

A little green across the board in this snapshot, with tech and small caps showing a modest edge. Friday’s softer jobs report eased October rate-hike fears, giving bulls something to build on. Treasury yields are still worth watching after reversing their initial drop. Encouraging early tone. I’d like to see those gains hold into the cash session, with more stocks participating as volume picks up. $SPY $QQQ $IWM

BIG EARNINGS WEEK INCOMING ‼️ These 6 reports could move the market 👇🏻 1/6 Carnival $CCL Monday, October 5 🔴 -15.65% YTD, but up 16% this week going into it.

$XE finished Friday up 3.1%. The fuel business is what has my attention. X-energy completed vertical construction of its TX-1 fuel facility. Interior work and equipment installation still come next, so this isn’t an operating plant yet. But a reactor rollout needs a dependable fuel supply. Building that capability alongside the reactors could become a meaningful advantage. There’s plenty left to prove. I’m encouraged that there’s actual construction progress to follow, with more concrete milestones ahead.

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$IOT is setting up for a possible breakout. The stock closed around $40, right near the $39.97 level on this chart. Above that, the main hurdle is the descending trendline around $44.36. If buyers reclaim that area, the recent pullback could turn into a higher low and open the door back toward the prior highs. The setup is getting tighter. I’m watching $39.97 for support and $44.36 for the breakout.

Number of stocks above their 20-day MA has been improving lately.

$MU could add ~$1,000/share to hit the Street-high target $2,200 by end of 2026 18 analysts updated targets after earnings. Here's every one: Melius – $2,200 (Street high) D.A. Davidson – $2,100 ↑ from $2,000 Cantor Fitz – $2,000 Rosenblatt – $1,900 ↑ from $1,500 KeyBanc – $1,750 Needham – $1,650 UBS – $1,625 TD Cowen – $1,600 BofA – $1,550 J.P. Morgan – $1,540 Baird – $1,520 Stifel – $1,500 Wedbush – $1,400 Mizuho – $1,400 ↑ from $1,300 Bernstein – $1,300 Citi – $1,300 Goldman – $1,250 ↑ from $1,100 (Hold) Morgan Stanley – $1,200 17 Buys. 1 Hold. Low target: $1,200.

Look at this. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics revised August job numbers down by 29,000, shifting the initial gain of 162,000 jobs down to 133,000. July was revised down by 31,000 (from +21,000 to a loss of -10,000), making a combined 60,000-job downward revision for the prior two months. Unusual.

$AVGO has a lot more going on than one Google TPU cycle. This pipeline maps out multiple customers and chip generations extending into 2028–2029. That’s what I like here: several potential ramps, spread over years. And there’s already real revenue behind the story. Broadcom reported $16.7B in quarterly AI semiconductor sales, up 221% year over year. If more of these programs reach volume production, custom AI chips could give Broadcom a long growth runway. This is a business I’d keep digging into.

$NBIS fell 1.53% on the day it announced the Inferize acquisition. The news still looks useful to me. Inferize’s technology is designed to help customers launch and scale inference workloads faster. Improving that experience could help Nebius attract repeat usage, rather than compete on GPU availability alone. I like the direction. Customer adoption and the economics of serving those workloads will tell us what the acquisition is actually worth.

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That AI filter makes building a watchlist easier. Thanks to you and @Daniel_Lawson__, I’m getting better at narrowing down what’s worth a closer look.

98 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE EXPANDED TO 30 STOCKS On October 1, 1928, the index grew from 20 companies to 30, the same number it uses today. The new lineup included General Electric, General Motors, Chrysler, Sears Roebuck, Texaco, U.S. Steel, Westinghouse and Woolworth. Less than a year later, the market peaked on September 3, 1929. The crash followed weeks after that. Today, none of those 30 companies are still in the Dow.

$CRWD just made itself easier to buy. Eligible OpenAI enterprise customers can now purchase Falcon through the OpenAI Marketplace using part of their existing commitments. That matters. A security team can love a product and still spend months getting a separate budget approved. This potentially removes some of that friction. Shares closed up 1.35% at $262.74. We still need to see how much business comes through the channel, but I like this move. CrowdStrike is putting its products closer to the budgets already funding enterprise AI.

Had to read $FPS's order numbers twice. $1.5B in fiscal Q4 bookings against $462M in revenue. Backlog reached $3B, and management expects $2.4B–$2.6B in fiscal 2027 sales. Forgent makes the electrical distribution equipment these data centers need. There's a pretty straightforward reason customers are placing orders. Shares were around $37 Tuesday afternoon, recovering only part of Monday's selloff. The market still wants proof that the production ramp can keep up. Fair enough. Those orders are worth following, especially if shipments and cash collections start catching up.

AUD slipping even after the expected hike caught my eye. Appreciate you and @Daniel_Lawson__ for helping me pay attention to the reaction, not just the headline.