Here’s a preview of what we’ll cover this week:  Macro: Fed Backs The US Economy; Inflation Is Still the Problem Markets: Markets Finish Higher as Leadership Flips; How Is The Earnings Season?; Microsoft: Please Don’t Associate Me With OpenAI; OpenAI:...

Powered By: Today’s Summary Monday, August 5, 2024 Indices:  Dow -2.60% | Nasdaq -2.96% | S&P 500 -3.00% | Russell 2000 -3.33%Sectors: All 11 sectors closed lower by more than -1.5%. Industrials led, but still fell -1.74%. Technology lagged,...

Good morning. Happy Friday Jr! This afternoon I’m heading to Aspen to meet with our local Sister Cities chapter. I’ve been eyeing this organization for a while. It connects Aspen to towns around the world, offering several exchange programs –...

Howdy folks – Feels good to get back in the swing of things. This week, I’m closely watching DARPA’s Vertical Lift Challenge in Dayton, Ohio. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Vertical Lift Challenge is a heavy-lift competition. Its...

Software is supposed to be one of the leaders of the Nasdaq. But this time around, it’s one of the groups trying to drag it down. Look at the new highs this year in the Nasdaq, but Software continuing to put in a series of lower highs, and possibly its...

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” is a daily theme in financial markets. Media pundits sensationalize daily market move implications over and over again to a point where the public becomes numb. One of this year’s victims has been the concept of rotation;...

It was never just large-cap Tech. That was a lie. And as it turns out, yesterday’s gains were pretty much everything BUT large-cap Tech. In fact, small-caps outperformed large-caps on Thursday by 450 basis points. According to our friends Ryan Detrick...

Here’s a preview of what we’ll cover this week:  Macro: Bread and Synchrony Confirmed Consumer Strength Markets: High Expectations; When Will Semiconductors Bottom?; We Are In A Rotation; The Bull Market Remains Intact; Plenty of Worry. Plenty of Cash;...

Here’s a preview of what we’ll cover this week:  Macro: What’s Driving The Labor Market?; The Labor Market Is Disinflationary; The Consumer Is Spending Markets: Positioning Is Getting Fuller; AI Capex Will Drive Better Returns?; AI Companies Might...

Hey there,  Welcome back.  It’s been a minute. Slow summer markets. But school’s around the corner. And the whales are finding their desks.  Let’s get to it.  The Registry Since mid-March, I’ve collected the FAA flight registry data. They publish the full...