Andrei Niculescu

📌 Getting Started with CopyTrading — A Quick Guide for New Copiers

If you’re new to copy trading or thinking about copying my portfolio on eToro, here’s a quick overview of who I am, how I invest, and what you can expect. 👇

💎 About Me — Why Copy?…

Next Week's Game Plan 🎯

🗓️US Macro Calendar Next Week (September 7, 2026) – Key Events for Market🗓️

➡️Monday: Labor Day.…

📊 Weekly Portfolio Update | Week Ending Sept. 4 Another week in the books. Here's an honest look at how my portfolio performed versus the market. Portfolio: -0.8% 🔴 S&P 500: +0.1% I underperformed the index by 0.8% this week, mainly due to weakness across several growth and enterprise software names. While it's never fun seeing red, a single week doesn't change my…

📊 August Jobs Report: Stronger Than Expected, But Not Overheating

The U.S. labor market delivered a solid surprise today, with job growth significantly exceeding expectations while unemployment remained stable.

🔹 Nonfarm Payrolls: +162K vs +55K expected…

📊 Jobs Friday: Why Markets Are Watching Closely

Today’s U.S. jobs report could be one of the most important macro events of the month.

Current expectations point to:…

🔐 Zscaler $ZS caps off FY2026 with another strong quarter, reinforcing why Zero Trust remains one of the most important cybersecurity trends of the AI era.

Key highlights from the quarter:

✅ Revenue grew 25% year-over-year for FY26.…

🚨 Zscaler Earnings Preview: All Eyes on FY27 Guidance Tonight $ZS

Zscaler reports fiscal Q4 2026 earnings after the close today, and while the headline numbers matter, the real story is likely to be management's outlook for FY2027.

📊 Wall Street Expectations • Revenue: ~$877M (+22% YoY)…

🚰 AECOM Continues to Win Where Long-Term Infrastructure Spending Matters

One of my core holdings, AECOM $ACM has been selected by the Santa Clara Valley Water District to design the Pure Water Silicon Valley Demonstration Facility Project in California. The project includes a direct potable reuse pilot facility capable of producing up to 200 gallons per minute and a…

🚨 Cybersecurity Leaders Are Teaming Up Again

Zscaler $ZS and CrowdStrike $CRWD have expanded their strategic partnership, introducing new integrations designed to unify security across identities, endpoints, networks, and cloud environments. The goal is simple: detect threats faster and automate responses across traditionally separate security domains.

Key highlights:…

🚀 HPE & Oracle just leveled up their AI game!

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is expanding its networking partnership with Oracle to roll out HPE Juniper equipment across Oracle’s AI data centers worldwide. 🌐

Think multi-year deployments of PTX & MX routers + QFX & EX switches, plus support services and financing. Oracle Cloud already runs some of this gear — now they’re going bigger…

How the portfolio performed in August 📈

August closed at +20.03%, bringing 2026 YTD performance to +9.25%.

After a challenging first half of the year, the portfolio benefited from strong execution across several high-conviction positions. The focus remains unchanged: identifying businesses with durable competitive advantages that can compound value over many years.…

🚨 Bessent just reframed the entire Treasury narrative.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the goal is not to push Treasury prices higher or force yields lower—it's to reduce disorderly, one-way momentum in the bond market.

> “I can’t change the equilibrium price… My job is to slow things down and make sure the market knows it’s not a one-way trip.”…

🚧 AECOM $ACM continues to quietly build its backlog of mega infrastructure opportunities.

The company has been appointed as the design partner for the Warkworth to Te Hana project in New Zealand, the first section of the ambitious Northland Corridor Program, a 100-kilometer motorway designed to improve connectivity between Auckland and Whangārei.

Why this matters for investors:…

Oil markets are on edge.

Crude opened the week more than 2% higher in Asia-Pacific trading after reports of U.S. military strikes in Iran, adding fresh geopolitical risk to global energy markets.

At the same time, U.S. drivers are still feeling the pressure:…

Next Week's Game Plan 🎯

🗓️US Macro Calendar Next Week (August 31, 2026) – Key Events for Market🗓️

➡️Monday: Chicago PMI (Aug).…

August Performance Update: Discipline Over Noise 📊🚀

As August comes to a close, staying committed to high-conviction positioning and managing risk through intra-month chop delivered strong results. 🎯

The Numbers (1M): 📈…

🔥 Kevin Warsh’s first Jackson Hole speech as Fed Chair just landed — and it’s more hawkish than many expected.

Chairman Warsh signaled the Federal Reserve may not be done fighting inflation. He said financing conditions do not look restrictive to him, and that the better-than-expected summer PCE and CPI readings have not convinced him that the underlying inflation trend is…

🌏 A tragic disaster could become a meaningful long-term catalyst for AECOM $ACM

Following the devastating glacier-collapse flood in Nepal, early estimates suggest reconstruction costs could exceed $5 billion, with roads, bridges, hydropower facilities, and entire communities needing to be rebuilt.

While the human toll remains the primary story, investors should also pay…

🚨 Position Update: I just opened a position in $VST ⚡📈

After watching the setup develop, I've decided to initiate a position in $VST (Vistra).

Why I'm interested:…

🚀 Salesforce ($CRM): Why This Quarter Reinforces My Conviction

As many of you know, Salesforce remains one of my core portfolio positions, and Q2 FY2027 was another strong reminder of why.

✅ Revenue grew 11% YoY to $11.35B.…

🚀 Salesforce ($CRM) Earnings Preview: Can AI Finally Reignite Growth?

Salesforce reports fiscal Q2 2027 earnings today after the bell, with Wall Street expecting approximately $11.3B in revenue and $3.27 EPS, representing roughly 11% and 12% year-over-year growth, respectively.

But this quarter is about much more than revenue and EPS.…