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09/25/2026WickedDesk Weekly

WickedDesk Weekly #015: Nasdaq at a record. Yields rise with it.

The Nasdaq Composite and the Nasdaq 100 closed at records on Tuesday. Over the next two days the ten-year Treasury yield rose from 4.96 to 5.18 percent, its highest close of the year, and the 30-year mortgage rate moved above 7 percent. Breadth under the index stays weak, but genomics and cybersecurity lead the theme ranking. This issue follows last week's list, shows how MRNA completed its breakout and explains which stocks now belong on the study list.

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09/18/2026WickedDesk Weekly

WickedDesk Weekly #014: The Fed hikes. The market gets selective.

The ECB, the Fed and the Bank of Japan raised rates within eight days. The broad market weakened into Wednesday, then SPY and QQQ turned higher on Thursday with broad participation. Only 36 percent of screened stocks trade above their 50 day line, while genomics and cybersecurity lead the theme ranking. This issue follows where buyers remain, what became of last week's watchlist and why MRVL and MRNA now belong on the list.

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08/21/2026WickedDesk Weekly

WickedDesk Weekly #010: Liquidity Against Headwind

This was not a simple risk-on week. Long-end Treasury buybacks, a midweek drop in yields and a strong bitcoin impulse met hawkish Fed minutes, weak breadth and harsh reactions to consumer numbers. Friday brought strong PMIs and a modest index rebound, but no all-clear from the long end. The market signal remains yellow 55 based on the HIVE snapshot. Bitcoin, MRNA, DE and ROST moved hard, while WMT warned through price. This issue separates liquidity impulse, real group leadership and stretched reactions.

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08/14/2026WickedDesk Weekly

WickedDesk Weekly #009: Neoclouds Under Stress

The week was broader than neoclouds. U.S. indexes entered Friday near records, but the WickedDesk market signal is only yellow at 69. Inflation, oil, yields, retail sales, AI hardware and selective earnings reactions shaped the tape. Neoclouds remain the focus because CoreWeave, Nebius, IREN, Riot, TeraWulf, Applied Digital, Cipher and Hut 8 show how large the AI infrastructure cycle has become. The basket is not confirming as one group: NBIS leads, IREN improves, CRWV recovers, while HUT, RIOT, CIFR and WULF still lack clean price confirmation.

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08/08/2026WickedDesk Weekly

WickedDesk Weekly #008: Acceleration or Nothing

The week the bar moved higher again. Palantir accelerates to 93% revenue growth and gains 29% in a single day. AMD doubles its data center business, beats on both lines and loses 7.0% the next day. Sezzle beats and raises, then halves in two days. The market signal holds yellow between 51 and 66 all week. Then the jobs report lands at minus 23,000, on the wrong side of zero, yields fall, and Friday turns the weakness into a record close for the S&P 500. The weekly tally: S&P 500 +3.5%, Nasdaq +5%, Dow +3%, the best week since April for all three. The signal stands at 77 green after the bell and held that value overnight; the detailed Friday breadth recompute was still pending on Saturday morning and follows in issue 009.

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08/02/2026WickedDesk Weekly

WickedDesk Weekly #007: Capex With Applause

The week the market sorted the capex trade. Microsoft posts 41 billion dollars of quarterly investment and gains 15% because Azure accelerates to 43% growth. Amazon lifts its capex guide toward 220 billion and jumps 12% because AWS grows 37%, its fastest pace in 18 quarters. Meta raises spending too and loses 7% because only 784 million dollars of free cash flow are left. In between sits a Fed Wednesday with the first triple dissent toward a hike since 2016 and a 1,153-point Dow loss. The week still ends green across all three indexes, the market signal holds 54, and breadth remains the open bill.

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07/25/2026WickedDesk Weekly

WickedDesk Weekly #006: Capex Without Applause

Alphabet and Tesla deliver record revenue, raise their spending plans and get punished with 7% and 14% daily losses. The week ends lower for all three indexes, the Nasdaq down 2.0% and the S&P 500 down 1.2%. The regime score still holds yellow at 54 because leadership has not broken down. It simply sits with different groups than before: semiconductors are back at rank 2, energy climbs from rank 21 to 12 while Brent tests $100, and refiners gain against a falling tape.

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07/02/2026WickedDesk Weekly

WickedDesk Weekly #003: Robotics After The Selloff

Short US trading week with indices higher on the week and the strongest quarter since 2020. The break came Wednesday and Thursday, when Meta renting out excess AI compute questioned the scarcity assumption behind AI infrastructure and semis, memory and robotics were sold. The softer jobs report was relief, not the trigger. Robotics stays on the list, and the plan starts with rotation, Matrix strength and the strongest supply chains.

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06/26/2026WickedDesk Weekly

WickedDesk Weekly #002: Rotation Beneath The Surface

A crash week on the surface, a rotation underneath. The Nasdaq lost 4.7% and technology was the weakest sector at minus 5.2%, yet healthcare led at plus 6.7%, the Dow and Russell closed higher, and 60.7% of stocks rose. A memory selloff from Asia sank the chips, Micron's record report pushed back, Apple fell on price hikes, and a hot inflation print kept the regime on yellow. This issue reads breadth, not the index.

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