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Stock Market Today: Nasdaq 100 Slips As Broadcom Plunges, Bitcoin Hits 4-Month Lows

Stock Market Today: Nasdaq 100 Slips As Broadcom Plunges, Bitcoin Hits 4-Month Lows

Stock Market Today: Nasdaq 100 Rises Despite Hot PPI, Nvidia Hits Record High

Stock Market Today: Apple Earnings Power S&P 500, Nasdaq To Records; Trump Hits EU

Stock Market Today: Apple Earnings Power S&P 500, Nasdaq To Records; Trump Hits EU

Stock Market Today: Nasdaq 100 Rises Despite Hot PPI, Nvidia Hits Record High

Stock Market Today: Apple Earnings Power S&P 500, Nasdaq To Records; Trump Hits EU

Stock Market Today: Apple Earnings Power S&P 500, Nasdaq To Records; Trump Hits EU

Stock Market Today: Dow Jones Roars As Industrials Rescue Wall Street From Meta-Led Tech Slide

Stock Market Today: Dow Jones Roars As Industrials Rescue Wall Street From Meta-Led Tech Slide

Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Drops Amid Tech Sell-Off, Oil Climbs To $100 On Hormuz Drama

Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Drops Amid Tech Sell-Off, Oil Climbs To $100 On Hormuz Drama

Stock Market Today: Dow Jones Roars As Industrials Rescue Wall Street From Meta-Led Tech Slide

Stock Market Today: Dow Jones Roars As Industrials Rescue Wall Street From Meta-Led Tech Slide

Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Drops Amid Tech Sell-Off, Oil Climbs To $100 On Hormuz Drama

Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Drops Amid Tech Sell-Off, Oil Climbs To $100 On Hormuz Drama

Iran War Sends Oil To $90, Jobs Shock Compounds Fears: This Week On Wall Street

Iran War Sends Oil To $90, Jobs Shock Compounds Fears: This Week On Wall Street

AI Stocks Tumble, Nvidia Hits 3-Month Lows: What's Moving Markets Wednesday?

AI Stocks Tumble, Nvidia Hits 3-Month Lows: What's Moving Markets Wednesday?

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Wall Street Slumps As Trump Reignites China Trade Tensions, Nvidia Wipes Out Earnings Rally: What's Driving Markets Friday?

Wall Street Slumps As Trump Reignites China Trade Tensions, Nvidia Wipes Out Earnings Rally: What's Driving Markets Friday?

A strong May for U.S. equities is closing on a sour note, after President Donald Trump accused China of "totally" breaching a tariff agreement, raising new fears over trade disputes.

Treasury Yields Top 5%: These 20 Stocks Tanked In Just One Hour

Treasury Yields Top 5%: These 20 Stocks Tanked In Just One Hour

The selloff came as investors repriced risk across equities amid fears of persistently higher rates, sparked by soft demand at the 20-year Treasury auction.

Stock Market Reclaims Record Highs, Nvidia Tops $1,000 As AI-Driven Rally Resumes: Thursday's Top Movers

Stock Market Reclaims Record Highs, Nvidia Tops $1,000 As AI-Driven Rally Resumes: Thursday's Top Movers

Wall Street opens with record highs on Nvidia's strong earnings and guidance, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 surge, while technology stocks lead the gains.

S&P 500, Nasdaq Slip As Tech Underperforms, Oil Reacts to OPEC+: What's Driving Markets Thursday?

S&P 500, Nasdaq Slip As Tech Underperforms, Oil Reacts to OPEC+: What's Driving Markets Thursday?

Thursday’s trading session on Wall Street presents a mixed picture, characterized by notable fluctuations in major indices. While tech-heavy benchmarks like the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 are experiencing declines, blue-chip stocks and small caps are treading the path of marginal gains.

Stocks Like Rising Yields, Wait What?

Stocks Like Rising Yields, Wait What?

Stakes couldn’t be higher for NVIDIA. Earnings expected to hit $2.07 (up +305% from $0.51 last year). It’s been the best performing stock in the S&P 500 this year, up +212%. If they miss the entire stock market could go down.

Reverse Clickbait

Reverse Clickbait

Over 86% of the S&P 500 year-to-date return has come from valuation expansion. The S&P 500 is now trading at 19x P/E (forward), the long-term average is 15.6 and at the end of 2022 it was below 17x. Can this continue?

Q2 GDP: Choo Choo

Q2 GDP: Choo Choo

The FED might be winning the war on inflation. Their preferred metric for inflation the PCE Inflation Index surprised below expectations at 4.1%. PCE inflation is now at the lowest reading since 2021. The trend is finally our friend!

We'll Do It Live

We'll Do It Live

Hold onto your coffee cups, 'cause we're kicking off the day with GREAT news! GDP soars to 2.4% in Q2 2023. This is up from 2% in Q1. The “for sure recession" is nowhere in sight - it vanished like a magician's trick!

Earnings Reactions Are Upside-down

Earnings Reactions Are Upside-down

Inflation was out of control, interest rates soared, bonds screamed caution and a recession seemed imminent. Yet, here we are, 20 months later with the S&P 500's bear market nearing a full recovery, just 260 points short. Talk about market resilience!

Bad Breadth Is Masking Opportunities

Bad Breadth Is Masking Opportunities

Back from vacation and diving into a big week. The S&P 500 is just over 5% away from hitting its all-time high, FED's poised for a rate hike, second quarter GDP and big tech earnings are rolling in. Coffee in hand? Let's conquer this week together!

The Retail Army Is VERY Bullish

The Retail Army Is VERY Bullish

Do with this information as you see fit: Jim Cramer said this week he doesn’t see a recession in the cards for the US…

Institutional Vs. Retail Investors: Who Ya Got?

Institutional Vs. Retail Investors: Who Ya Got?

Are we inching closer to the elusive “soft landing”? An increasing share of global fund managers sees it as the most likely outcome over the next 12 months:

What The Nasdaq-100 Will Look Like After July 24

What The Nasdaq-100 Will Look Like After July 24

Economists expect this morning’s retail sales data to show the strongest growth since January. If a recession is coming, somebody forgot to tell the consumer!

Economists Push Out Recession Forecasts... Again

Economists Push Out Recession Forecasts... Again

Last quarter's earnings day moves were 3.6x the average daily move. Will we see more of the same this season?

Wall Street's Biggest Bull Gets More Bullish

Wall Street's Biggest Bull Gets More Bullish

Market veteran Ed Yardeni says the U.S. economy has shifted from a “rolling recession” to a “rolling recovery”. He says large parts of the residential real-estate sector had been in a recession for eight quarters. But a sharp rise of 12% in new home sales (among other sectors) in May marked the start of the recovery.

Short Week, Big Data

Short Week, Big Data

I hope you all enjoyed a relaxing Independence Day and Canada Day long weekend. Despite everything the stock market has been unbelievably resilient. The NASDAQ posted its strongest first 6 months of the year since the early 1980s. What do we think the next 6 months hold?

Strong Economy Gives Fed Ammo To Hike

Strong Economy Gives Fed Ammo To Hike

Especially Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) which is on the cusp of making history by becoming a $3 trillion market cap company. Apple hit $3 trillion in early 2022, but didn't manage to close there. The stock is up 51% year-to-date. Will Apple keep soaring to new heights?

Is A VIX Floor Approaching?

Is A VIX Floor Approaching?

The housing market is resilient. Sales of newly constructed homes were up 12.2% in May from April, and up 20% from a year ago. Homeowners with ultra-low mortgage rates don’t want to sell and buy another home at a much higher rate according to Bloomberg. Will this continue?

Positioning Is Becoming Less Bullish

Positioning Is Becoming Less Bullish

SEC approves first ever leveraged Bitcoin Futures ETF. Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is up 83% in the past 6 months. Is it going higher?

EM To Overtake US Market By 2030

EM To Overtake US Market By 2030

It’s been an amazing first half of the year for the NASDAQ. The NASDAQ 100 index is on track for best first half to a year ever. Can the run continue?

JPMorgan Says Household Excess Savings Gone By October

JPMorgan Says Household Excess Savings Gone By October

Warren Buffett has donated another $4.64 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to five charities. This boosts his total giving since 2006 to more than $51 billion.

There Have Never Been Fewer US Homes For Sale

There Have Never Been Fewer US Homes For Sale

The Bank of England delivers surprise half-point rate hike to 5%, the highest in 15 years. They say the risks to inflation are “skewed significantly to the upside”.

Mr. Powell Goes To Washington

Mr. Powell Goes To Washington

The S&P earnings yield, corporate bonds and treasury bills are all offering the same yield of 5.3%. So a medium risk, low risk and no risk asset is offering the exact same yield… What a time to be alive!