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Trade War ... over Greenland?
President Trump threatened new tariffs on European countries who opposed his plan to acquire Greenland. EU officials threatened a counter-response.
Jan 202 min read
Why are software stocks falling?
Despite strong near-term results, software stocks recently have been under pressure. The most commonly cited reason is AI and the threat it poses to the companies' revenue model.
Jan 162 min read
Power Industry Proposal
The White House in conjunction with several state governments is forming a plan to "force" large tech companies to bid on long-term contracts for electricity.
Jan 162 min read
Taiwan Semi and AI Stocks
(1) Taiwan Semi gave strong guidance for the year. (2) GS and MS reported strong 4Q earnings. (3) LLY had a negative update on the oral form of its fat loss drug.
Jan 153 min read
Why is gold rising?
(1) Gold prices continue rising. (2) Bank earnings and the economy. (3) Retail sales and PPI data.
Jan 145 min read
Inflation and JPM Earnings
(1) December inflation data. (2) JPM earnings and Jamie Dimon's comments. (3) White House wants to cut credit card swipe fees.
Jan 135 min read
DOJ vs. Federal Reserve
(1) DOJ is investigating the Fed Chair. (2) Trump proposed a 10% cap on credit card rates. (3) Oil is rising from further tensions in Iran.
Jan 127 min read
Defense Stocks and Global Risks
US defense stocks swing on two updates from the President. We also got insight into what will happen to Vez's oil. Last, we've introduced a global risk board.
Jan 85 min read
US Oil Stocks and Venezuela
Will the big US oil stocks benefit from increased access to oil fields in Venezuela?
Jan 63 min read
Nvidia's Big Announcement
NVDA's CEO made 3 big announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show. The announcements had market-moving impacts on a range of stocks in our universe.
Jan 62 min read
Thoughts on Venezuela Attack
The market's initial reaction to the attack of Venezuela and the arrest of its President was positive. We'll discuss the geopolitical impact and what we think comes next.
Jan 54 min read
Earnings Review: Micron and Cintas
Two interesting earnings reports from two very different companies -- Micron and Cintas. Both have read-thru's into the broader sector.
Dec 18, 20253 min read
November Inflation: Low but messy
The govn released inflation figures for November. Good news, they were lower than expected. Bad news, the data might be skewed by the govn shutdown.
Dec 18, 20252 min read
Warner Brothers Fight Continues
Warner Brothers' board officially responds to the Paramount Skydance tender offer to buy the company.
Dec 17, 20253 min read
AI Stocks Move Lower
AI-related stocks are falling today on news on Oracle and Amazon. And we have an update on the Fed Chair race. Apparently, the decision is still up in the air.
Dec 17, 20254 min read
Jobs Growth Still Weak
After finally getting the jobs data for October and November, we see job market is still growing slower than usual -- but not collapsing.
Dec 16, 20252 min read
Why the market has outperformed for 10 years
As the year comes to a close, the market is set for another year of higher-than-expected returns. Let's take a look at the last 10 years and figure out what drove that.
Dec 15, 20254 min read
Earnings Review: Broadcom and Costco
AI stocks are under pressure, after less-than-perfect earnings from Broadcom. We'll also review Costco and a couple others.
Dec 12, 20255 min read
Fed December Rate Cut
As expected, the Fed announced a cut to interest rates yesterday. We'll go through that and look at the forecast for 2026.
Dec 11, 20253 min read
Oracle's Weak Outlook
Three months ago, Oracle announced a massive cloud computing contract. That contract seemed to catapult the company into the mega-tier of top AI cloud providers. But the story is turning out to be rocky.
Dec 11, 20253 min read
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