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Author: Takarudana Mapendembe
A forensic, Graham-and-Buffett-style fundamental analysis of Space Exploration Technologies Corp following its June 2026 Nasdaq listing. Current Price: ~$150 | IPO Price: $135 (June 12, 2026) | Approx. Market Cap: ~$2.0 trillion | Rating: SELL SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) combines a genuinely moated, profitable rocket and satellite business with a cash-burning AI segment, and currently trades…
Author: Takarudana Mapendembe
A forensic, Buffett/Graham-style fundamental analysis of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) — moat strength, five-year financial trends, and a conservative intrinsic value / DCF estimate versus the current share price of ~$252 (September 2026). Executive Summary Amazon is, by any measure, one of the most dominant businesses on the planet — a $716.9 billion revenue empire…
Author: Takarudana Mapendembe
Weekly, Daily, 4H & 1H Bollinger Band + RSI Breakdown for the HYPE/USD Coinbase Pair Hyperliquid (HYPE/USD) is in a pullback-within-an-uptrend: the Weekly and Daily charts remain structurally bullish but overbought, while the 4H shows a confirmed bearish divergence off a double top and the 1H is retesting a key $77–78 support cluster with early…
Author: Takarudana Mapendembe
As of: September 8, 2026, 17:53 UTC+1 Spot Price: ~$225.85–$226.01 Timeframes Analyzed: Weekly | Daily | 4-Hour | 1-Hour Indicators: Bollinger Bands (20, SMA, 2 std dev) | RSI (14, close) NVIDIA is testing a critical $233–$234 resistance confluence across the Weekly, Daily, and 4H charts, with short-term momentum fading even as the broader multi-month…
Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) | Spot: ~$354 | September 7, 2026 TSLA is consolidating between $351 and $363 after a sharp rejection from the $384 high, with higher timeframes still neutral-to-bearish and lower timeframes basing after an RSI reset. The highest-probability trades are breakout setups off this range: long on a reclaim of $363 targeting…
Author: Takarudana Mapendembe
Date: September 5, 2026, 10:53 UTC+1 Spot reference: ~$79,650–79,700 Timeframes reviewed: Weekly · Daily · 4-Hour · 1-Hour Indicators: Bollinger Bands (20, SMA, 2σ) · RSI (14, close) Bitcoin is consolidating near $79,650 after its sharp August rally stalled at a $82,000 double-top resistance, with daily RSI overbought (72) even as the weekly and daily…
Author: Takarudana Mapendembe
Current Price: ~$335–338 Analysis Date: September 4, 2026 Timeframes Reviewed: Weekly, Daily, 4-Hour, 1-Hour (Bollinger Bands 20,2 + RSI 14) Alphabet (GOOG) is consolidating in a $330–$335 multi-timeframe support zone after a sharp correction from its 2026 highs, with early signs of momentum stabilization but no confirmed reversal yet. This report walks through the Weekly-to-1H…
Author: Takarudana Mapendembe
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) | Weekly · Daily · 4H · 1H Data as of September 3, 2026, 17:36 UTC+1 Apple (AAPL) is in a bullish technical structure across all four timeframes, having reversed off a post-earnings double bottom near $299–$305 and rallied back toward the $330–$340 resistance shelf. Momentum remains strong on the Daily…
As of September 2, 2026 — Price: $707.51–707.83 QQQ is pulling back from its 2026 highs into a critical multi-timeframe support confluence at $704–$708, where daily, 4-hour, and hourly Bollinger Band lower bands align with early bullish RSI divergence on the 1-hour chart. As long as this zone holds, the broader weekly uptrend remains intact…
As of September 01, 2026, 09:55 UTC+1 · Spot: $766.77 (Daily close) SPY is pulling back from all-time highs near $780 into a key $762–766 support zone, where lower Bollinger Bands, RSI oversold bounces, and prior consolidation levels all converge across timeframes. The broader uptrend remains structurally intact on the Weekly and Daily charts, favoring…