FlashNotes

“The market will move in a way that makes fools out of the most people” – Socrates… or Jamie Dimon… or maybe me? I don’t know. Doesn’t matter. Just as everyone got behind the cyclical trade, it takes a break. For my take on why it took a break today – it wasn’t November Payrolls…

A lot of effort goes into picking winners and losers. Two years since ChatGPT’s launch… and it turns out the worst choice was making a choice.

The best companies in the market have been brutally sold post-earnings. I think CrowdStrike may break the trend. Full article, I’ll tell you why and what it means for the rest of the market going into year-end.

Happy Thanksgiving! A different kind of rotation is setting up some true Black Friday Bargains in the market. The GPU-TPU drama is triggering intra-sector shifts that have turned Nvidia’s pullback into a potential doorbuster sale. And in consumer staples, an old name appears to be taking the best-in-breed consumer crown from Costco. For the tickers…

Happy Nvidia Day! Ready for the most important earnings release remaining in 2025? Of course you are, which means you know it is tonight! Check out my preview to find out what Wall Street is actually looking for and how I will measure the response in the price.

Have you noticed the shadow rally in the U.S. Dollar? I think it has legs. You are a scholarly investor; you are curious what the implications are. Check out the full article, for your curiosity’s sake… and while you’re there, maybe I can sell you on a potential trade.

If Palantir is getting slammed after a report like that… no stock is safe. Valuations are back. Here is what I am doing about it… and, my thoughts on adding to Uber that’s getting the Palantir treatment today.

With mega-cap earnings on deck and the private credit situation unfolding, it is easy to overlook opportunities in other names. Here’s a few stocks in my sight and on my radar: PLD, UNH, SPOT, and AMZN.

Good afternoon as we approach the close. I’ve been traveling these last few days, but I got a trade alert this morning. I was stopped out of half of a position I’m up 23% in over two months. So, I have a little money to redeploy. For the name of the winner that got trimmed,…