XLE – “You had to take the pain”

$XLE – You had to take the pain to make the gain

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What’s Worse? – Omicron or the Fed

And now something completely different. Work in progress for us here at Belpointe. We’re going to start sharing some of our commentary in video formats.

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Powell Omicron 1-2 Punch

David joins Fox Business anchor Charles Payne and Mark Tepper Strategic Wealth Partners CEO to discuss the latest Powell testimony and market reaction.

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Omicron – Variant of Investor Concern

By David Nelson, CFA CMT Without warning COVID jumped to the top of the news cycle Friday sparking a global market meltdown.  The World Health Organization (WHO) labeled Omicron – A Variant of Concern. It was certainly a variant of investor concern as traders rushed to the exit even before much is known about the latest […]

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Markets 2022 – Flat is the new up

By David Nelson, CFA CMT As 2021 draws to a close it’s easy to identify the catalysts and factors that drove equity performance. It gets a little harder for strategists charting a course forward especially with data shifting dramatically month to month and a news cycle that presents us with a new set of challenges […]

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The New Cold War!

Taiwan is likely lost already. The political appetite to defend doesn’t exist. The good news is we are starting to bring supply chains home.

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PPI vs CPI – Why it matters!

By David Nelson, CFA In the face of rising investor concern on a range of issues stocks put in a strong week adding to month to date gains. The pivotal moment came Thursday with the S&P delivering its strongest day in months up +1.7%. Add Friday’s monster earnings beat from Goldman (GS) and the glass […]

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Wall Street Loves it, I HATE it!

Easiest way for a CEO to hit an earnings per share target and get their bonus is a stock buyback.

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