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ServiceNow Analysis — Prepared by FazDane Analytics ServiceNow (NOW) — Detailed Analysis Prepared by FazDane Analytics Coverage: Business Overview • Sector • Financial Snapshot • Technical View • Conclusion 1) Company Overview — What ServiceNow Is ServiceNow, Inc. is a U.S. software company that delivers a cloud-based enterprise platform for automating and managing digital workflows at scale. The core platform (often referred to as the Now Platform) helps organizations unify data, processes, and work across the enterprise to replace manual, fragmented systems with connected automation. 2) What ServiceNow Does — Products & Use Cases ServiceNow operates as a cloud-native SaaS provider focused on workflow automation and enterprise digital transformation. The platform is commonly used for: Core platform capa...

Two AI Shocks, Two Market Reactions — DeepSeek vs Claude Two AI Shocks, Two Market Reactions What DeepSeek and Claude really did to financial markets — what sold off, why, and why the recovery looked different. DeepSeek: supply-side (compute economics) Claude: demand-side (workflow monetization) Core lens: valuation shock → differentiation phase Why these two moments mattered The last year delivered two very different AI shockwaves. Both were sharp, both triggered “sell first, ask questions later.” But the breadth , depth , and recovery profile told two different stories. DeepSeek questioned the price of intelligence (compute/capex). Claude questioned the price of software outcomes (SaaS + data services pricing power). Translation: DeepSeek shook the “compute complex.” Claude shook the “white-co...

Monthly Market Rhythm Playbook January–April Transition Analysis for Midterm Years (SPX) Every market cycle begins the same way — the bull and the bear step into the ring. January throws the first punch, often exposing stress and hidden weakness. February responds, testing whether fear was overdone. March escalates the fight, separating real strength from temporary relief. And by April, the market decides who deserves control. This 2026 Monthly Market Rhythm Playbook examines that four-month battle using midterm-year SPX history, not as a seasonal myth, but as a behavioral pattern shaped by liquidity, positioning, and psychology. The goal isn’t prediction — it’s understanding the handoff between regimes. Yes — there are clear, repeatable transition patterns across January → February → March → April in midterm years, and historical SPX data shows a progressive regime evolution , not random seasonality. This playbook focuses on how the market transitions ...

1. Beyond Bitcoin ETFs- BlackRock’s Roadmap to Tokenized Finance: The Warning Signal On January 15, 2026, at a private institutional banking conference, a clear warning emerged. Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan projected that $6 trillion could exit the U.S. banking system within the next 36 months . This is not a stress-test scenario. It is a base-case projection. Roughly 30% of all U.S. commercial bank deposits are now at risk—not moving to other banks, but moving out of the traditional system entirely and into stablecoins . This shift traces back to a single inflection point: the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs and the explosive growth of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust. 2. The Proof of Concept: $70 Billion in Two Years BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) crossed $70 billion in assets by January 2026 , becoming one of the fastest-growing ETFs in modern financial history. But the number itself...

From Software Roots to a Radical Pivot MicroStrategy’s transformation into Strategy stands as one of the most unconventional corporate evolutions in modern markets. Founded in 1989 as a business-intelligence software company, the firm spent decades building enterprise analytics tools and navigating traditional tech-sector cycles. The pivotal moment arrived in 2020, when aggressive monetary expansion and collapsing real yields forced a rethink of balance-sheet strategy. Rather than pursue buybacks, acquisitions, or dividends, management chose Bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset—a decision shaped by long institutional memory and a deep awareness of capital-markets credibility forged during the dot-com era. The Bitcoin Treasury Flywheel Following that decision, Strategy engineered a repeatable capital-markets framework centered on Bitcoin accumulation. By issuing equity at market premiums and raising zero-coupon conve...