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Rockets Away 🚀 Big Tech Stock might go higher sooner than later

2026-08-26

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Washington has added nearly $32T to the public debt since 2006 while the economy is only $19T, pushing debt from under 40% of GDP to around 100% and potentially 175%; that setup is framed as eventually forcing higher rates, a hit to stocks, and the bond market to discipline deficits if Congress does not. The trading lens is cautionary on the broad tape — NVDA is said to be making a lower high, SPY still has not reclaimed its top, and volatility is expected to rise, with VIX the key watch. Against that macro backdrop, the video leans tactical-bullish on NFLX, INTC, and NOW, while TSLA is treated as a candle-by-candle battleground where a possible SpaceX-led rerating could offset a larger downtrend. The closing argument is that SpaceX’s two mega projects and a potential merger-style setup could lift TSLA toward $400-$500, but only if price clears the stated triggers.

  • Since 2006, Washington has added nearly $32T to the public debt; the economy is only $19T, debt has risen from under 40% of GDP to around 100%, and could eventually reach 175%.
  • Recession-sized deficits while calling the economy strong are framed as unsustainable; when the bond market pushes back, financing gets less cheap, rates and mortgages rise, and stocks — especially technology and debt-heavy names — take a hit.
  • NVDA is described as having run like a rocket but still not being near its all-time highs and making a lower high, with the market still in trouble.
  • SPY is described as not being at the top and only trying to recover or regain the top.
  • Valuations are expected to fall, profits to get squeezed, and volatility to explode; VIX is the volatility indicator to watch.
  • NFLX: a pullback between 80 and 81 is framed as a buy, with upside to 83-85; the stock is described as stair-stepping higher, and 83 was hit today before a slight pullback.
  • INTC: above 88 was expected to push to 90, below 86 was expected to fall back to 82-80; INTC got above $88, the position is being held, and the plan is to exit if it pulls back under 88 tomorrow.
  • NOW was flagged at 103, ran above 117 and to 120, and holding 117 was expected to open 136; it is described as holding structural support at the 30 EMA, tagging it only twice before pushing higher, and now pressing toward 130 and 136.
  • SpaceX and partners announced two mega projects totaling at least $116.8B in less than 3 weeks: Texas Terafab at $16.8B to make AI chips for TSLA vehicles and Optimus robots with 3,000 jobs, and a Louisiana starbase at $100B for thousands of Starship launches annually with about 11,100 direct and indirect jobs.
  • The SpaceX announcement came after President Trump called for 1,000 launches and reentries annually by 2030.
  • TSLA is framed as having upside from a possible SpaceX takeover premium, with a path to $400 and even $500; the reason given for a less certain $500 path is dilution costs at SpaceX.
  • In the merger case, TSLA would stop trading after closing and shareholders would receive SpaceX stock.
  • The extreme bull case is one company, one ticker — SPCX — combining rockets, Starlink, AI, autonomous vehicles, Optimus, energy, and chip production; Wall Street is said to have valued that at $5T-$7T.
  • TSLA is still described as in a downtrend on the big picture, making lower highs and lower lows, but SpaceX news is said to reduce how far it may fall.
  • TSLA has repeatedly moved above 350 and that level has opened short opportunities; 340 is the tighter downside trigger, 365 the new upside trigger, and no major decision is planned until price breaks above 365 or below 340.
  • If TSLA gets back above 350, a move to 400 is taken seriously and the possible Tesla-SpaceX merger is framed as potentially closer than expected.