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Yesterday’s trading session was one for the record books – and things don’t look to be calming down today, either. In fact, stocks are soaring in the early going along with gold and silver. Treasuries and the dollar are modestly lower after...you guessed it...wild swings on Monday.
There is a gob of Play-Doh newly enmeshed into my bedroom carpet. Normally this would set-off a material increase in tempers while I mentally calculate how much this is going to cost me. But it could be worse. It’s not like they made a $6 trillion mess for someone else to clean up, observes Amber Kanwar, host of the In the Know with Amber Kanwar podcast.
Let’s start with a clear-eyed look at how the Trump Administration’s trade war is likely to affect the utility sector. Worth highlighting: Though far reaching, these tariffs are only one factor that will affect investment returns going forward, writes Roger Conrad, editor of Conrad’s Utility Investor.
Yesterday was a tariff-fueled bloodbath in markets, with stocks plunging the most in any day since the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The damage ranged from roughly 4% in the Dow to 6% in the Nasdaq, with the total wealth wipeout coming to approximately $3 trillion. Crude oil got hammered, the dollar got crushed, and interest rates tanked. Even gold sold off in the early going, before rebounding later.
It has been a historic week on Wall Street – and in trading capitals around the world. President Trump’s earth-shattering tariff news Wednesday is reverberating across all markets.
“Buy the rumor, sell the news.” It’s an old Wall Street saying you’ve probably heard a million times.
In November 2023, Javier Milei was elected President of Argentina, running as a libertarian and securing a decisive victory. Initially, these policies led to economic turmoil. But Argentina soon experienced what’s known as a J-curve recovery. Could the US be on a similar path? asks Gav Blaxberg, CEO of Wolf Financial.
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella said recently, “All I know is, I'm good for my $80 billion” regarding the $500 billion Stargate AI announcement. But a February note from TD Cowen analysts stated that Microsoft was backing out of data center leases. Here’s why AI stock investors shouldn’t be too concerned, writes Ed Yardeni, editor of Yardeni QuickTakes.
Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. (MGIC) isn’t a household name even in the tech world — but that’s never been the point. For over three decades, this Israel-based company has quietly played a pivotal role in enterprise digital transformation, notes George Gilder, editor of Gilder’s Technology Report.
Did you get a load of the latest consumer confidence figures? Woof!

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The S&P 500 posted its second consecutive 20%+ annual advance. Yet since WWII, only 20% of the time did the S&P 500 follow up with a “three-peat.” What’s more, 2024 was the sixth year in the past eight in which the Tech sector rose by 30% or more. With that in mind, should investors buy last year’s winners or losers? A “Free Lunch” is defined as receiving something for nothing, or with investing, receiving a higher return with lower volatility. In this presentation, Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist at CFRA Research, will discuss whether history advises buying last year’s winners or losers and how a portfolio consisting of only two sectors delivered 94% of Tech’s return since 1990 with 40% lower volatility. 

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