Does AI scare you? Have things gone too far? Is this the beginning of the end? Well, it depends on who you listen to. Some think that AI is the savior, while others think the reckoner. Either way, we all need to buckle our seatbelts and prepare for a wild ride. If you ask me, though, just know I’m an eternal optimist. I consider the alternative a waste of my energy. So, I’m going to give you a smoother ride into the AI future.
Read nowUnfortunately, I think more people use data when it comes to sports than they do with investing. We use quantitative analysis all the time to build our own “fantasy team” of all-star stocks that are the best performers in the market. Actually, it’s not a fantasy team at all. The profits are very real.
Read nowYou know the data and my analysis point to a strong finish to 2024. We’ve talked about it before, and we’ll continue to highlight the best ways to profit. Along those lines, my colleague Luke Lango – Chief Investment Analyst at InvestorPlace – has crunched some numbers… and he’s identified a rare economic event that historically triggers a stock market boom. It happened three times in the past 30 years – in 1995, 1998, and 2019 – and it triggered a stock market boom on all of those occasions. In about two weeks, according to oddsmakers, there’s a 100% chance this event is happening again.
Read nowWe’ve talked a lot recently about how Wall Street’s algorithms now dominate trading activity. Every investor needs to be aware of this because it impacts virtually every stock that you own or might own. And algorithmic domination is only intensifying as Big Money incorporates artificial intelligence into its technology. Believe me, these firms have the money to do it.
Read nowAfter working my way up in a blue chip Wall Street firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, I became a trader. I helped the biggest institutions and hedge funds execute their massive trades by matching up buyers and sellers. Once I realized the most successful Wall Streeters were using algorithms, I decided it was time to build my own.
Read nowInterest rates, inflation, industry trends, politics, and… Nvidia (NVDA). They have one important thing in common: they can single handedly move the stock market up or down. It’s not often that one company can shoot stocks higher or send them tumbling, but Nvidia has achieved that rare status. That makes NVDA an important company to watch. Not just because so many people own it (including me), but because it affects so many other stocks that even more people own.
Read nowGood things come to those who wait... sometimes. We’re in the thick of summer and election year volatility, but that also brings investment opportunities that you won’t want to let slip by. In today’s Power Trends+, my colleague Luke Downey discusses an important study that highlights the continued volatility in September. But that’s only part of the story... bullish markets are ahead.
Read nowAmazing, isn’t it? Regular folks can barely pay for groceries these days, and some of these Wall Street guys are so rich they’ve run out of crazy things to buy. Every investor needs to know how exactly they got that rich, because it’s more important than ever. If you’re not doing what they do on a much smaller scale, you’re already behind. They’ve made all those gobs of money using computer algorithms.
Read nowWhen you and I buy stock – even if we’re buying what we would consider a lot – it’s nothing compared to Big Money. These largest investors on the planet buy and sell millions of shares of stocks, even tens of millions. When we buy, it’s like a few snowflakes falling gently on the ground. They add to the pile, but the impact is negligible. But when Wall Street enters a trade, it can be an avalanche that changes the landscape.
Read nowEvery year in late August, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City holds its Economic Policy Symposium. (Told you it was for nerds.) And every year at the symposium, the Federal Reserve chair delivers a closely watched speech. As we sit on the cusp of the first interest-rate cut since the Fed started raising rates in March 2022, Jerome Powell’s speech at 10:00 a.m. ET tomorrow will be among the most watched and picked apart in years. It will be watched closely because investors want clarity about rate policy – specifically that a cut is coming at the mid-September meeting.
Read nowIn This Digest: I’m happy to wipe this egg off my face… On Friday, we observed the S&P 500 was set to open lower, which would snap its then-6-day win streak. We even shared our analysis on what could’ve happened next (spoiler alert: snapping a 6-day streak is, believe it or not, incredibly bullish). But as any trader knows, markets don’t much care what you’ve written or what you want them to do. They’ll do what they will, often against
Read nowThere’s something really important happening right now that my colleague Luke Downey and I wanted you to know about, so I invited him to join me in our latest Power Trends+. It’s something not a lot of people are talking about and brings an interesting investment opportunity. We’ll go over a few companies involved, including ones you wrote in about.
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