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Apple’s $124 Billion Cult of Personality, PLUG-ing Back in & An EV Road Trip
January 28, 2022 Great Stuff
Friday Feedback: The “$124 Billion Question” Edition Great Ones, I don’t cover Apple (Nasdaq: ) much at all. And there’s a reason for that… I don’t like Apple. I don’t like its walled garden App Store. I don’t like how Apple software and devices don’t play nice with my Windows-based laptops and PCs. I don’t […] The Fed Kills the Momentum Trade
January 28, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Investing
In June 2020, Barstool Sports founder and wannabe investor Dave Portnoy infamously said that “stocks only go up.” In 2022? Sorry Dave. In today's video, Ted Bauman walks us through the consequences of the Fed's recent hawkish turn. Even after big declines since the beginning of the year, there's plenty of overvaluation in the market still. Ted reviews the history of stock performance in Fed tightening cycles, which is better than you might imagine. But there's one big fear hovering over the market … what if the Fed is tightening into a downturn? That would be bad and not just for momentum stocks. Nvidia’s Call To ARM; IBM’s Mic Drop & Google’s Privacy Pop
January 25, 2022 Great Stuff
Nvidia Throws Hands Over ARM Holdings Somebody once told me Nvidia’s (Nasdaq: ) gonna roll me. He ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed. They were looking kinda dumb, said the ARM deal wouldn’t come and that Nvidia soon would be dead. Well, the hits start coming and they don’t stop coming. The Fed makes […] Simmer-Down Sunday: On Labor Debaters & Earnings Capers
January 23, 2022 Great Stuff
The Earnings Strike Back Well, well, look what the banking cats dragged in this week… Earnings season’s back, and it’s, well, just the same as it ever was. All your favorite excuses for corporate shortcomings were on show this week. The chip shortage, COVID costs, supply chain kerfuffles — all of the greatest hits to […] Meatless Snack Attack Feedback, Crocs Off Road, Virtual Padded Walls
January 21, 2022 Great Stuff
Friday Feedback: The “Paradise By The Wall Street Lights” Edition I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday. Trading by the Street, and there was not another stock in sight. And I never had a reader looking any better than you did. And all the other newsletters were wishing they were me […]