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The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or Welcome to the Rodeo

With stock market volatility hitting a seven-month high last week, you might have been riding the brahma bull at the Reno rodeo. It was a technical analyst’s dream come true. We saw the perfect double bottom at $6,500 in the S&P 500 (SPX). This was further confirmed by a perfect double bottom in Goldman Sachs […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or Holding the Basketball Down

I have a feeling that the stock market is being impaired, like holding a basketball underwater. While the indexes are at an all-time high, too many stocks have been flatlining since August. Look at your own portfolio and you’ll see what I am talking about. And the deeper you push the basketball down, the stronger […]

Qualcomm Joins The A.I. Race

Qualcomm has joined the party and will be a force to reckon with in the near future. Which party? The A.I. party! Chip companies have a small window of opportunity to get a seat at the table or become outdated. The chip industry moves fast, and if you aren’t leveling up, you aren’t even in […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or The Yearend Rally Has Started

Like the rest of you, I have spent the last two months tediously grinding sideways, or at worst, suffering small corrections. Traders, investors, and retail have been playing a waiting game; waiting for the Fed to lower interest rates, the government shutdown to end, and the markets to digest the enormous gains since April. The […]

Goldman Sachs Sounds Alarm on AI Stocks, Urges Investors to Focus on Earnings

NEW YORK – Goldman Sachs is signaling a significant shift in the artificial intelligence (AI) stock landscape, cautioning that the freewheeling, broad-based rally of the past few years is likely over. In a new note, Goldman Sachs US equity strategist Ryan Hammond warns that the market is entering a more discerning phase, where investors will […]

Buybacks Elevate Tech

Good in the short-term, bad in the long term – that’s my idea about the current indulgence in tech stock buybacks. Tech companies have announced over $1 trillion in stock buybacks, pummeling any historical record in a bid to try and accelerate stock prices. We are at the end stages of the bull market, and […]

Jim Cramer: Microsoft’s 2025 Layoffs Are Not an AI Reckoning

In the wake of Microsoft’s latest round of significant layoffs, which saw the tech giant shed thousands of jobs across various departments, financial pundit Jim Cramer has offered a perspective that challenges the prevailing narrative. While many observers are quick to point fingers at the rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the primary culprit […]