Market SentimentWhat a year 2021 has been. The tiny SARS-CoV2 virus is still messing up with our daily lives. Just when things were starting to normalise, a newly discovered variant Omicron threw a curve ball causing some countries to halt or even reverse decisions to re-open borders.As end of 2021 approaches, the market mood has dampened down quite a bit. The market breadth is not looking rosy, more stocks are below MA200 than above. The impeding QE tapping and interest rate hikes in respond to rising inflation by US Fed are weighing down market sentiment too.In the trading landscape, a strong bull was dominating the market in the first three quarters of 2021. Major indices were breaking all time high, even cryptocurrency was making waves (pun intended, super volatile moves for Bitcoin).C

The BeginningIn 1995, Pierre Omidyar decided to launch a website that would serve as a transparent auctioning platform between passionate buyers and sellers of collectables. He named the site, AuctionWeb.Thanks to the Internet, the site took off. In fact, it was first of its kind to allow customer-to-customer auction in the virtual world. The site was officially renamed as $eBay(EBAY)$ (which stood for "electronic Bay Area") in 1996.The company went public with IPO in September 1998 on NASDAQ. eBAY the stock was born.How successful was eBay? Well, eBay revenues top $1 billion mark in 2002.Business modeleBay earns its revenue mainly through listing and transaction fees. So buyers would pay eBay to list their goods on the site. The sell

It's earning month! So what are some stocks to pay attention to?What if we can earn some investment from the equity market while playing our part in contributing to conserving our environment? Let's take a look at some potential trading opportunities of renewable stocks that may benefit from earning results as catalyst.Renewable energyWhat about the renewable energy sector? Are there some opportunities in amongst the renewable energy stocks, especially since the earning are announcing soon.Referring to PBW Clean Energy ETF, early Oct saw a short wave of up trend. I decided to review 3 stocks within this ETF.PBW clean energy ETFTesla Probably most famous stock in the ETF, $特斯拉(TSLA)$  will be announcing its earning very soon.

Recently the Baltic Dry Index increased 15% since 8 June. It is a marker of major commodity movements by sea. Therefore, some dry bulk stocks are also trending upwards. Baltic Dry bulk Index surge in June 2021Let's take a look at few dry bulk stocks. SBLK$Star Bulk Carriers Corp(SBLK)$ This is a marine shipping company based in Greece that specialises in commodity bulk shipping.It has been in steady uptrend since Feb 2021. Interestingly on 3 May, there was a spike in volume to push the price into the range between $20.50 to $23.30.Although there was a pull back to $18.40, but prices has since moved up from 7 June onward.If price can sustain above $23.30, which is also the 52 weeks high, next target is around range of $40.The

Recent shake out from the stock market is quite nerve wrecking for some of us. I took the opportunity to reevaluate sectors to lean on and stay away.Based on NASDAQ and S&P chart, would be very cautious to re-enter tech sector. Last Friday's (14 May) rebound has yet to convince me to return in tech stocks.When screening the upbeat sectors in S&P, the one caught my eye, Industry. Not a very sexy sector but it has slowly move in uptrend since Feb 2021 or some, even earlier.Sharing few stocks that will be monitoring closely for trading opportunity. JCI $江森自控(JCI)$ It is attempting to break the recent high $66.70 on 10 May. Its price is in tandem with S&P. It is now almost all time high. Expect uptrend to continue, else lo

IntroUnity $Unity Software Inc.(U)$ is a technology driven company that provide a platform and software solutions for clients to create and operate real-time 3D (RT3D) content. Although the company started in the gaming industry for game developers, it has quickly extended its use to various sectors including education, making films, architecture works, automotive industry and many more. The company also offers an integrated environment for clients to monetise their works on mobile phones, tablets, PCs, game consoles, and augmented and virtual reality devices.BackgroundUnity Technology started in 2004 by David Helgason (CEO), Nicholas Francis (CCO), and Joachim Ante (CTO) who saw the demand for a good developing tool for gaming