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China To Bet On Services To Make Consumers Spend Again, Will It Be Enough?
The move underscores Beijing’s growing recognition that traditional stimulus tools are proving less effective in lifting consumer spending.
Cenovus Vs. Enbridge: Is It Time To Step Away From Both Stocks?
Over the past year, Cenovus Energy has rallied 40.9%, significantly outperforming Enbridge’s 13.9% gain. But does stronger price performance automatically make Cenovus the better stock? Here's a look at the fundamentals of both companies to find out.
Accessing & Harnessing Sophisticated Strategies
The excitement over providing retail access to private equity seems to have turned sour with more skepticism. As the aforementioned excitement built, we talked frequently about not getting wrapped up with illiquid vehicles offering private equity.
Why I Just Raised Cash To My Highest Level In A Year
This past week, I raised my cash percentage to the highest level since last year's correction. I'm not ready to start pulling the trigger on short positions. But the market's conditions are becoming a lot frothier.
Collect Income From AI’s #1 Energy Partner
I previously discussed companies that own land and water rights, which will be important to data center build-outs. But it all starts with energy. Without energy, data centers don’t run. The electricity generator to take note of is Black Hills.
Quantum Crunched
Hey, remember quantum computing? That was a sector that was getting a tremendous amount of hype, in spite of no products, no revenues, and certainly no profits. It’s heartening to see sanity return to the world, as these stocks get blown to pieces.
Liquidity Drain May Signal Further Trouble For Risk Assets
Liquidity continues to be drained from the system, primarily through Treasury issuance and rising TGA balances, putting pressure on risk assets.
Here’s Why Gold’s Overpowering The Fed By A Mile
Within hours of the Fed's announcement, gold surged 7% to a fresh all-time high of $5,500. This reaction was not on a rate cut. It was on a hold. The most boring possible outcome pressed gold to one of its biggest single day moves in years.
Unity Software Stock Drops 20% Following Google Project Genie Launch
Unity Software stock tumbled roughly 20% to around $30 following Google’s announcement of Project Genie. The AI-powered game creation engine sent investors into selling mode, fearing new competition for Unity’s dominant market position.
Competing Claims, How Much Labor Market Weakness Is There?
Some see “No Signs of Labor Market Weakness”. Others strongly disagree.
Bitcoin Crashing: The $35,000 Worst-Case Scenario
The market bloodbath has moved from silver to cryptocurrency. This weekend, Bitcoin is plunging, taking Ethereum, Solana, and XRP down with it.
This Secret Hideaway Was A Harbinger To The Mall Meltdown
By 2019, the number of malls in the U.S. had declined to around 1,500. I was still bearish on the space back then. There was more consolidation that needed to happen. Little did I know how immediate and brutal that consolidation was about to become.
Seagate Technology: What's Next For This High-Momentum AI Play
Seagate Technology has been a wildly lucrative “picks and shovels” play on AI over the past year, as evidenced by its more-than-230% gain. However, investors should be prepared for volatility.
The 10 Largest Companies - Saturday, Jan. 31
Here is a short look at the 10 largest companies by market capitalization as of Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. Additionally, I have included the percentages of their gains on a year-to-date basis. Let's dive into the numbers.
Wall Street's Top 10 Stock Calls This Week - Saturday, Jan. 31
What has Wall Street been buzzing about this week? Here is a quick look at the top 5 Buy calls and the top 5 Sell calls made by Wall Street’s best analysts during the trading week of Jan. 26-30, 2026.
2026 Volatility Playbook: NVIDIA, Barrick, Newmont & More In AI, Gold & Power
The year has opened with cross-asset volatility, driven by geopolitical risk, monetary uncertainty, and uneven earnings visibility. Rather than triggering sell-offs, these forces are producing sector and asset-class rotations. Let's take a look.
What Is Real Money? Why Dollars Aren’t Savings & Gold Returns
We discuss the most misunderstood ideas in finance: the difference between saving vs investing, and money vs currency.
There Is No Training For This
The action across a number of markets has started to get pretty wild recently.
Weekly Commentary: Kevin Warsh And Regime Change
Inflation has been above target for five years. There are indications that a historic AI spending boom poses significant inflationary risk.
The Real Affordability Problem
Affordability is the intersection of “need” and “want”. Everyone has a certain level of purchasing power, based on their assets, income and credit limits.
