Trade Ideas
Bullish on S&P 500 for 2026.
The US market will continue in a bull market with S&P 500 target 7,300-7,500 for 2026, due to good fundamental conditions, attractive valuations, strong earnings growth, and as part of a 25-year secular bull market.
Watch 10-year Treasury yield range.
Watch the 10-year Treasury, expecting it to settle in 350 to 450 range for the next 2-3 years.
Overweight communication services sector.
Overweight communication services sector because it is a secular bull sector, with specific likes for growth and yield, and sees future streaming of sports benefiting key players.
Overweight financials sector.
Overweight financials due to thematic view on big financials and small banks winning, consolidation in super regionals, deregulation, and strong earnings growth.
Overweight utilities sector.
Overweight utilities sector for defense and yield, though not detailed.
Bullish on Netflix for streaming growth.
Netflix is part of communication services secular bull and expected to be a winner in future sports streaming.
Bullish on Google as AI leader.
Google (Alphabet) is a leader in communication services and AI, with smart AI spend, monetization ability, YouTube's size, and as a future sports streaming winner; contrarian buy signal last year.
Bullish on Verizon and AT&T for yield.
Verizon and AT&T are liked for yield and defense, as they have returned to their core broadband belief system.
Bullish on small midcap stocks long-term.
Private equity and credit unwinding could create demand for small midcap public companies due to liquidity, reporting advantages, and as an alternative to private investments.
Bullish on Microsoft for AI monetization.
Microsoft is okay because it has been able to monetize assets over the years with a proven track record.
Bullish on Oracle for financial strength.
Oracle is okay due to strong balance sheet, cash rich, and not needing to raise money.
Bullish on Palantir for product quality.
Palantir has one of the best products, and despite being expensive, it is worth buying due to product quality and management team.
Bullish on Palo Alto for cybersecurity.
Palo Alto is part of the cybersecurity theme, which is a major investing theme for the next 10 years due to ongoing conflicts.
Avoid broad chip sector, prefer Nvidia.
Semiconductors and chips are volatile earners, and investors should avoid the broad sector, preferring Nvidia specifically.
Bullish on Nvidia as AI chip leader.
Nvidia is the best AI company for semiconductors/chips, and should be owned over other chip makers.
Avoid silver and gold, prefer copper.
Cautious on silver and gold because they were extended, neutral now, and gold underperformed during conflict.
Bullish on copper for AI and infrastructure.
Prefer copper over silver and gold because of AI play and infrastructure side, while cautious on precious metals.
This The David Lin Report video, published April 10, 2026,
features Brian Belski
discussing SPY, TLT, XLC, KBE, UTILITIES, NFLX, GOOG, VZ, T, MDY, IWM, MSFT, ORCL, PLTR, PANW, SMH, NVDA, SILVER, GOLD, COPPER.
17 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.
Speakers:
Brian Belski
· Tickers:
SPY,
TLT,
XLC,
KBE,
UTILITIES,
NFLX,
GOOG,
VZ,
T,
MDY,
IWM,
MSFT,
ORCL,
PLTR,
PANW,
SMH,
NVDA,
SILVER,
GOLD,
COPPER
