🎃 AlphaBriefing: Morning Intel — The Calm Before the Catalyst ⚡
🎃 Markets are calm—but don’t be fooled. The ghosts of over-valuation still haunt tech. Our Halloween Intel Brief reveals where the smart money’s hiding and which 5 stocks could light your lantern through November.
Friday, October 31, 2025
Halloween on Wall Street: where monsters wear tickers and the ghosts of bubbles past still haunt the charts.
1️⃣ MARKET SITUATION REPORT
This Halloween morning, global markets are creeping higher — but not without goosebumps.
- S&P 500 Futures: +0.6% Nasdaq 100: +1.1% Dow Futures: +0.3%
- 10-Year Treasury: 4.38% — easing slightly, but yields remain the monster under the bed.
- WTI Crude: $82 /bbl as geopolitical tensions simmer like a witch’s brew.
The Trump–Xi Busan handshake conjured a fragile calm: China reopens soybean and rare-earth imports, the U.S. promises energy and chip exports. A truce, yes — but even truce deals can turn into trick-or-treats for traders.
AlphaBriefing View:
Markets are costumed as calm, but volatility is hiding behind the mask. Expect intraday reversals as volume thins into the weekend.
2️⃣ SECTOR INTEL — ROTATION WATCH 👻
- AI / Tech: Meta’s 11% plunge was the jump-scare of the week. Nvidia wobbles near record highs, Palantir (PLTR) drifts before its Nov 3 earnings reveal.
- Energy / Nuclear: CCJ, CEG, and SMR consolidating — quiet before another possible breakout.
- Ag / Trade: Deere (DE) and ADM rise from the crypt on soybean revival hopes.
- Defense / Infra: Steady as ever — investors keeping these sectors close like garlic and silver bullets.
AlphaBriefing Take:
This rotation feels like a séance — capital leaving speculative hype and materializing in hard assets and real cash flow.
3️⃣ ALPHABRIEFING ANALYSIS 🧠🕯️
Meta’s collapse marked the end of the “AI mania” chapter. The next act is the reckoning: investors demanding proof of profit.
Amazon and Apple thrived because they sell realities, not dreams. Palantir sits at the crossroads — half oracle, half question mark. Monday’s earnings will tell if it’s a trick or a treat.
Meanwhile, the U.S.–China détente is temporary moonlight. Underneath, the geopolitical cauldron still boils: compute sovereignty, energy independence, and rare-earth control.
Operational Playbook:
- Trade with precision — and silver stakes ready.
- Keep leverage light through the spooky season.
- Focus on real assets and cash-flow stability.
4️⃣ PREMIUM INTEL — ALPHA PLAYS FOR NOVEMBER 💼🎃
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