October 27, 2025

Markets:

Stock futures jumped on Monday after U.S. and China officials cooled tensions over the weekend, laying the groundwork for President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping to clinch a trade deal this week.

The framework potentially includes a delay of China’s rare earths restrictions that caused the latest trade flare-up, a spiking of Trump’s threatened 100% tariffs on China that were to start Nov. 1 and a resumption of Chinese purchases of soybeans. The agreement may include a resolution of the TikTok dispute with the U.S. getting a deal for the U.S. version of the social video app.

Chipmakers, the sector with the most to lose from tensions with China, led the rally in early trading Monday. Nvidia as well as Broadcom and AMD all gained about 2%. Tesla and Apple added around 1% each.

Investors expect the Federal Reserve to slash rates on Wednesday, particularly after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released slightly cooler-than-expected inflation data last week. Big Tech companies’ upcoming earnings reports are also on tap. Several “Magnificent 7” stocks, including Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms and Microsoft, will release their third-quarter results this week.

Portfolio:

Can you imagine being bearish in this market…

We enter one the biggest weeks in Q4 – Fed, Data, and of course monster earning reports highlighted by Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms and Microsoft.

We enter the week holding OPEN, ONDS, NVTS, and TSLL. Loaded and we want more.

Reminder – silence the noise. Follow the overall trend. Just wait until the chase begins as we are still in the disbelief stage and the pain trade is higher!