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The Fed Can’t Fix Inflation … Because It Didn’t Cause It December 17, 2021 Big Picture. Big Profits., Investing Chair Jay Powell did a masterful job convincing the markets this week that the Federal Reserve would address inflation. But can the Fed actually do anything about it? In this week’s video, I review the history of the Fed’s easy-money policies to show why it can probably do no such thing. The Fed is following […]
Roku’s Patented Round Robin & Reddit’s Rubbish Sale December 16, 2021 Great Stuff Ban Hammer Of The Gods? Aaaah-aaah! Ah! Won’t ship Rokus to new lands. Fighting the horde … of patent trolls. Oh Valhalla, a Roku (Nasdaq: ) update’s coming… We stream with threshing oar — our only goal will be binge-watching shows! But if certain corporate instigators had their way, Great Ones, some Roku devices would […]
Millennials Are Behind This Stock’s Rise December 16, 2021 Investing, Investment Opportunities, Real Talk, Stocks, U.S. Economy (3-minute read) Analysts called millennials a “generation of renters.” Here’s how they got the story all wrong — and how we got it right…
Nike’s Meta-Morphosis, High Flying Hydrogen & Match Me If You Can December 14, 2021 Great Stuff Nike’s RTFKT NFT WTF LOL? Great Ones, you can thank Nike (NYSE: ) for that alphabet soup in the headline up there. This morning, Nike announced that it bought virtual sneaker company RTFKT for an undisclosed amount of real-world cash. I can already hear you now: “WTF is an RTFKT?” At least you’ve got one […]
Stock Market Jenga: Buy This ETF Before the Tower Crumbles December 14, 2021 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Trading Strategies Good breadth is a sign of a high-quality market. And we just haven’t been seeing that lately. The bulk of the S&P’s gains have come from just five stocks: Tesla, Nvidia, Google, Microsoft and Apple. Meanwhile, more and more stocks keep declining. It’s like a dangerous game of stock market Jenga. The tower is still there, but pull out the wrong block, and it all comes tumbling down. Could a Fed interest-rate hike bring about the big downfall? Ted Bauman and Clint Lee talk about the best- and worst-case scenarios, which types of stocks would be hit the hardest once the Fed pulls back, industries that are likely to do well and the perfect defensive ETF.





