20+ Years in Finance: The Brutal Truths Almost Nobody Will Tell You (July 14, 2026)
Having spent more than two decades in the financial industry, here are my honest observations:
1. No one has a crystal ball.
The most common question I hear is โWhen is the best time to buy or
$ZIM : ๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ: ~$3.0B
๐๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ: ~$2.6B
๐๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: ~$600M
๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ: -$200M (๐ก๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ)
With the $ZIM buyout now practically dead due to government opposition, a great opportunity has emerged from the ashes.
The market is effectively valuing one of the worldโs youngest and most efficient container fleets, a leading Trans-Pacific carrier, and billions of dollars of earnings potential at a negative $200 million enterprise value. Insane.
$HLAG and $MAERSK recently updated their outlooks, the positive news sent both stocks up around 7%. We believe $ZIM should benefit even more, as it has one of the highest sensitivities to spot freight rates. We expect the company to report strong results soon.
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐
Based on current freight rates, we estimate $ZIM is currently earning approximately $0.7 to $0.8 per share every week.
Peak season is only beginning. Traditionally it starts in July and August ahead of the Christmas shopping season. This year, however, demand strengthened unusually early, with peak conditions beginning as early as May due to a shortage of available vessels.
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐
For years analysts have predicted oversupply. They continue to ignore that effective capacity, not theoretical capacity, determines freight rates.
๐ญ. ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
The Red Sea situation continues forcing many vessels around the Cape of Good Hope, extending voyage times and effectively removing an estimated 8-10% of global container shipping capacity. Longer voyages mean fewer vessels are available for new cargo until normal Suez traffic resumes.
๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Ports around the world remain congested while very few major new ports are being built. Every additional day ships spend waiting effectively removes capacity from the global fleet, further tightening vessel availability.
๐ฏ. ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ
Global trade continues growing faster than expected.
2024: ~7%
2025: ~4.8%
2026: We expect ~5%
Demand continues surprising to the upside.
The result is simple.
Analysts correctly predicted that the number of ships would increase. What they missed is that effective capacity continues shrinking because of longer voyages, port congestion and stronger-than-expected global trade. As a result, charter rates remain near multi-year highs despite fleet growth.
AI stocks are trying to find a low for at least a relief rally.
$DRAM and other AI are starting to form bullish divergence.
Sellers are starting to become exhausted right now.
Let's see if AI stocks can recover over the next few weeks.
However, we are NOT out of the woods yet. Bears can step in and also short the relief rally in the future.
I'll keep you updated.
$IBM CEO Arvind Krishna: โIn the last few weeks of June, we saw clients shift their quarterly capex spend toward servers, storage, and memory purchases to secure supply-constrained infrastructure ahead of expected price increases.โ
monet to chips servers and memory
20+ Years in Finance: The Brutal Truths Almost Nobody Will Tell You (July 14, 2026)
Having spent more than two decades in the financial industry, here are my honest observations:
1. No one has a crystal ball.
The most common question I hear is โWhen is the best time to buy or
The tech sector is experiencing its wildest swings in years:
The semiconductor ETF, $SMH, and the software ETF, $IGV, have experienced 34 daily moves of at least 4% year-to-date.
This is now +278% above the previous full-year record of 9 such moves, set in 2024.
This also exceeds the combined total from the previous 7 full years.
In July alone, $SMH has posted 3 trading days with at least a -4% decline.
Meanwhile, the 3x leveraged semiconductor ETF, $SOXL, has recorded 18 trading days with moves of at least 10% in either direction since the start of June.
Software and semiconductor stocks are seeing unprecedented volatility.
Distribution ranges are proportional to the size of the markup phase at a ratio of roughly 10:1
The bigger the rally, the bigger the range.
One of the biggest mistakes traders make is confusing these large price swings with the start of a new trend.
Using the $AAOI chart as an example.
If you still have appetite for Micron $MU, here is a price target from KeyBanc- $1,750
KeyBancโs Vinh thinks the answer is at least for another 18 months. He raised his target price on Micron to $1,750 from $1,600 in a research note Monday, following a trip to Asia to check on supply chains. That would indicate an 87% increase from Mondayโs closing price of $937.
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