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August 4, 2025

  (STORM CLOUDS RAIN ON THE MARKETS AS AUGUST 1 TICKS OVER)   August 4, 2025   Hello everyone   WEEK AHEAD CALENDAR Monday, August 4 10:00 a.m. Durable Orders final (June) 10:00 a.m. Factory Orders (June) 7:30 p.m. Japan BoJ Meeting Minutes Earnings:  Palantir Technologies, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Axon Enterprise, Simon Property Group, Diamondback Energy, […]

August 4, 2025

Global Market Comments August 4, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or REALITY STRIKES) (TLT), (CCJ), (DHI), (LEN), (KBH), (RKT), (TSLA), (NFLX), (FCX), (B), (NEM), (AMZN), (AAPL), (BA), (PANW), (V)

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or Reality Strikes!

The 50,000-foot view on the economy has suddenly become so clear. It came to me yesterday when I was climbing the 10,785-foot-high Mount Rose in Nevada, which offers the finest views of Lake Tahoe and the northern half of the state. The US economy went into recession on January 1 when companies froze new capital […]

Why Employment Numbers Won’t Kill The Tech Sector

Nonfarm payroll totaled a seasonally adjusted 73,000 for the month, below even the meager Dow Jones estimate for a gain of 100,000. Employment numbers are weakening fast, but this doesn’t really mean much for tech stocks. Why? Tech companies ($COMPQ) have been cutting American staff left and right and shipping the bulk of these jobs […]

July 30 Biweekly Strategy Webinar Q&A

Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the July 30 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: How long does it take for a full charge on the Tesla Model X (TSLA)? A: 30 minutes now for a full 250 mile charge with the new 250-watt chargers. That’s barely enough […]