Author Archives: april@madhedgefundtrader.com

Take A Hard Pass On Intel

Chip stock Intel (INTC) popped around 7-8% when it was announced that the US government plans to take a 10% stake in the company, but I’m not impressed. It was more or less out of the blue. The federal government’s absorbing part of a chip company talks to the heavy-handed approach they are taking with […]

August 18, 2025

  (AI STOCKS ARE IN DAREDEVIL SPORTS RALLY MODE AND IT HAS INVESTORS WORRIED)   August 18, 2025   Hello everyone WEEK AHEAD CALENDAR 2025 Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on “Labor Markets in Transition:  Demographics, Productivity, and Macroeconomic Policy” takes place Aug. 21-23. Monday, August 18 […]

August 18, 2025

Global Market Comments August 18, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or CLUELESS), (NVDA), (MSFT), (BAC), (DHI), (LEN), (KBH), (PHM), (GLD), (B), (NEM), (AEM), (NFLX), (FCX), (TSLA), (SPY), ($VIX), (CATL)

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or Clueless

I usually know what the stock market is going to do 99% of the time. Now is the 1% when I don’t have a clue. Stocks have been on an unprecedented five-month tear, and everything is expensive. The risk/reward of entering new positions here is terrible. Market concentration is incredible, with Microsoft (MSFT) and Nvidia […]

The Factor That Could Kill AI

Accelerating inflation and AI data centers can absolutely create uncontrollable risk to the underlying tech narrative. In a shockingly sneaky way, the cost of electricity is turning into a major sore point for AI data centers. Electricity prices have been skyrocketing over the past year as the grid is having a hard time keeping up […]

August 15, 2025

  (SUMMARY OF JOHN’S AUGUST 13, 20205 WEBINAR)   August 15, 2025   Hello everyone   TITLE:  Bubble Territory STRATEGY DINNER: August 22, 2025 – Lake Tahoe Strategy Dinner.  Tickets: $249.  To purchase go to the Store and click on “Luncheons” PERFORMANCE: MTD = 0.84% YTD = 53.28% Since inception = +8-5.17% Average Annualised Return […]