Retail investors may be back at it in US tech shares. You don’t so much
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S&P On Brink Of Bull Market Brings Out The Bears
The bears are out. With the S&P on the brink of a bull market, many
Zeitgeist 2023
A funny thing happened this week. Or you might call it a very unfunny thing
Quixotic Bears Tested In 2023 Stock Melt-Up
It’s easy to confuse forced capitulation with a loss of conviction. Think of Bill Ackman
Cheating Gravity With The ‘Magnificent 7’
Just how dominant is big US tech in 2023? Or, put differently, how magnificent are
‘FOMO’ Morphs Into ‘FOCUS’ Amid A.I. Frenzy
“This cross-asset price rally is about to become a ‘wealth effect’ problem for them again,”
Monopolies
Not surprisingly, money poured into tech-focused equity funds over the latest weekly reporting period, a
All Roads Lead To A.I.
If you’re biased against equity rallies built on hype, greed, mania and other manifestations of
A Wary ECB Doubles Down Even As Inflation Recedes
Policymaker rhetoric damped enthusiasm around a sharp drop in European inflation on Thursday. “There is
Rallies And Epochs
It’s artificial! That’s the lament from equity market bears these days. If we’re being honest,
3 Takeaways From Deutsche Bank’s ‘Imminent Default Wave’ Call
“A default wave is imminent.” So said Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid in the 2023 vintage
China’s Rebound ‘Over’ Amid Dour Data, ‘Miserable’ Stocks
“The reopening trade is over,” Credit Agricole’s co-head of trading for AsiaPac said Wednesday. He
Running Toward Extinction
If you didn’t know better, you’d mistake it for satire: Industry leaders caution on extinction risk
Deal Or No Deal, US Downgrade Still Likely
Would (another) US downgrade matter with the country poised to avert a worst-case debt ceiling
China Bull Case Is Always Folly
It almost feel gratuitous to pound the table on China’s disappointing economic rebound and attendant
Prospectors, Gamblers And Golden Tickets
Will Nvidia become the most valuable company on the planet? It’s a question worth asking
‘Less Cash To Propagate Financial Assets’: JPMorgan Warns On Liquidity
Before the A.I. frenzy shifted into overdrive, rally skeptics explained equity market resilience by way
The Path To An A.I. Dot-Com Moment
Late June. That’s when the next selloff is coming. Or at least according to BofA’s
Don’t Short A Bubble
You don’t want to short bubbles. That might sound counterintuitive. After all, if not bubbles,
Nvidia Scores Historic One-Day Value Gain On ‘iPhone Moment’
“I think you’re seeing the beginning of — call it a 10-year transition to basically
The Future Is Now, Nvidia Shouts
The biggest criticism of 2023’s US equity market is also the simplest: The rally is
Soooo, Stagflation It Is Then?
The word “recession” came up exactly two times in minutes from the May FOMC meeting
Albert Edwards Sees Glaring Disconnect Between ‘Hope And Evidence’
Albert Edwards is skeptical of the rally in equities. I think he’d agree that’s not
This Was Supposed To Be China’s Year. Alas…
This was supposed to be China’s year. You can probably recite the investment case from
Kolanovic Ups Gold, Cash Allocation As Risks Proliferate
Cash and gold. What’s not to like? Amid a grinding rally which took US equities
Corporate America’s New Strategy: Just Say ‘A.I.’
The A.I. discussion is unfolding everywhere, including and especially corporate boardrooms. Those discussions spilled over
Bear Market Rally On Borrowed Time, Wilson Insists
A.I. may be “for real,” but it’s not going to stop a “deep” earnings downturn