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China’s Wild Ride; Netflix Remains on Top; Costco Sells Out October 10, 2019 Great Stuff President Trump: “But Do I?” Boy, did I jump the gun on the Chinese fire drill reference yesterday. Wall Street has literally been running around in circles all day due to conflicting reports surrounding the start of U.S.-China trade negotiations. First, we heard that there was no progress in the negotiations at the deputy level […]
Wall Street’s Chinese Fire Drill; Roku Upgraded; Fitbit Leaves China October 9, 2019 Great Stuff Wall Street’s Chinese Fire Drill The needle on the “Trade War Cycle” moved again this morning. After yesterday’s heavy sell-off on trade fears, did you really expect anything less? The major market indexes are up just shy of 1% as of this writing. Traders are reportedly rallying around news that China will accept a partial […]
Spooktober Is a Scream as Markets Fall 3% in 2 Days October 2, 2019 Great Stuff Spooktober Starts With a Scream According to my daughters, October is “spooky time!” Given how this month started off, they are more right than they know. It’s only the second day of the month, and both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index are down roughly 3%. If that’s not spooky, I […]
AT&T’s Big Night at the Emmys Spells Trouble for Netflix & Disney September 23, 2019 Great Stuff And the Emmy Goes To… So, the 71st Emmy awards show was on last night. If you watched the whole thing, you probably called in sick to work this morning. I watched the first 15 to 20 minutes of the thing, got nauseous and had to load up on Tums and Pepto. Yes, it was […]
JPMorgan’s Steaming Cup of Volfefe to Measure Trump Tweets September 9, 2019 Great Stuff JPMorgan’s Steaming Cup of Volfefe It was only a matter of time. President Donald Trump’s tweets have become a market force all on their own. So, it was only natural for some industrious soul to find a way to index the impact of those tweets. Enter JPMorgan’s Volfefe Index — a Great Stuff-worthy mashup of […]





