The Money Runner
Hero to Zero
By David Nelson, CFA CMT Questioning the catalyst for the S&P 500’s first down week in a month investors went into the weekend looking for answers. Whenever we don’t have a clear explanation about price momentum or the lack there of, we scrub the numbers searching for a data point or factor to placate our […]
Is this as good as it gets?
Estimate revisions are likely peaking. Buybacks at a record are holding up the earning’s of some of the biggest companies. $590 Billion in authorizations year to date.
Growth Mirage
By David Nelson, CFA CMT With the first half of the year in the rear-view mirror I thought it would be a good time to share some conversations taking place on the Belpointe Trade Desk. You can’t buyback your way to growth Source FactSet Last week United Asset’s Tom Healy and Matt DeLorenzo were guests […]
Cyber War – Act II
By David Nelson, CFA CMT Late Friday a massive Ransomware attack linked to Russia based REvil hit thousands of companies in more than 11 countries. The attack comes just weeks after a Biden warning to President Putin laying out 16 critical infrastructure sectors that are hands off. Cyber-attacks are quickly becoming the biggest threat world economies […]
The USS Teflon Market
By David Nelson, CFA USS Teflon Market sailed past the FOMC iceberg I called out in last week’s post. On the heels of a Fed decision week that pushed June into negative territory stocks reversed course putting in their best week since March. The reflation trade bounced hard waving off concerns of a hawkish tilt in […]
How Big is Too Big?
David joins Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo to weigh in on Microsoft joining the $2 Trillion Club
Iceberg Dead Ahead!
By David Nelson, CFA CMT The iceberg barely visible in my post from last week came into full view following Wednesday’s FOMC decision and the release that followed. If the analyst notes post the decision are any indication it seems Jay Powell and company caught the street by surprise. While the overall hit to the […]
