The question has become ability- can everybody continue to spend despite what is going on in the real economy?
So far the needed cooling off of the AI hardware theme is being absorbed by fitful churn rather than an urgent rush out of stocks. But now is this market too out of balance?
Bears: ‘It's ’99, sell tech’. Bulls: ‘It's ’99, buy tech’. It’s a bit like ’99 in semi insanity, tech dominance and some erratic vibrations. Embrace it or dump your tech stocks?
This market continues to shift within the AI buildout theme toward the area of maximum conviction…How long can it last? How long can AI lift stocks?
When Big Tech spends $650B in a quarter and the Strait of Hormuz stays closed, which story is the market pricing…
Is AI the only game in town and how long can it carry the global markets in the new world?
The furious reversal rally in the stock market has the SP500 carving out a rare technical formation called “The Bollinger Bands are Drunk…” Is this market’s bullishness justified?
Can we believe this bounce…A Record Rally with Record Highs in Record Time
A broader market isn’t a safer or more rewarding one…is it?
Déjà vu is a trick of the mind, right?
The real bear case isn’t simply that no ceasefire happens and the region remains unsettled.
So far the tape refuses to reprice for a lasting oil surge. It’s less blind complacency than a somewhat rational yet hopeful stance that accounts for the odds of getting lucky with a near-term de-escalation.
The market continues to operate pretty mechanically…
History says regional military conflicts don’t end bull markets. Flight from risk tends to be brief if the economy/market isn’t already in a downturn.
Another week when ‘it could’ve been worse’ passes for a victory cry on Wall Street, as traders navigate mini crashes rolling through perceived AI exposed sectors and investors try to draw nourishment from relative returns.
A sustainable rotation? Can the tape keep absorbing isolated volatility eruptions?
The transition into February has been characterized by heightened volatility & uncertainty.
As the bull market moves through its fourth year, its animating narrative has changed.
Bears ended the week staring down a ‘relief rip’! Is it time once again for stocks to surge?
Wall Street’s start to 2026 has been like the scripted first drive in a football game, the offense in rhythm with a balanced attack to take an early lead.
Is the market’s message of a coming economic pickup reliable? Has Big Tech been resting or stalling? Why no worry over elevated valuations?
The SP500 coasted to a third year of superior returns…what’s next for markets in 2026?
The market’s benign churn has left a sort of bland baseline bullishness for 2026 intact.
