By David Nelson, CFA I’ve been a pilot for most of my adult life and I can tell you with some degree of certainty that situational awareness or recognizing your positioning and the threats around you is key not just to flying aircraft but almost anything that requires swift reaction times to changing data. Even […]
Category Archives: Investment Management
September
08
DOT.COM REDUX?
posted by David Nelson, CFA
As a veteran of that war I can tell you… $SPY #dot.com $QQQ
August
03
Top Heavy Market – Should Investors Be Concerned?
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA CMT Last week capped off another powerful month for the broad indices setting up a potential challenge to the all-time S&P high set in February. Of course, the NASDAQ is already there in large part powered by the 5 largest companies (APPL, MSFT, AMZN, GOOGL & FB) that all hit highs […]
July
29
Chapter II – 3 Steps to save capitalism
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA In Chapter one the first of three steps needed to save capitalism, I focused on taxing capital the same as income. As stated, eliminating the preferential treatment of capital gains isn’t going to solve income inequality and I’m certain that shouldn’t be the goal. There will always be a gap between the successful […]
July
28
3 steps to save capitalism – Chapter 1
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA Make no mistake capitalism, and the current world order are under attack and like most bad arguments not all of the opposition talking points are wrong. A wealth gap at its widest point in history and a system that encourages corporate boards to reward chief executives at levels reaching 300x the pay […]
July
13
Disney World Reopens
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA CMT In the face of rising daily infections throughout much of the U.S. last week was a strong one for risk assets. We continue to march forward with plans to reopen the economy, but the recent viral surge has called into question plans for Fortune 500 companies to get back to […]
July
02
2nd Half Playbook 2020
posted by David Nelson, CFA
David joins CNBC anchor Brian Sullivan to weigh in on the upcoming jobs report.
June
22
Is the recovery at risk?
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA CMT The market rally on the heels of a viral pandemic that brought the world to its knees has baffled some of the brightest financial minds on the planet. It’s true this is a liquidity driven recovery with fiscal and monetary policy pouring $Trillions into the both the economy and markets. However, […]
June
01
Asset Class War – Part II
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA CMT The themes behind last week’s article discussing Asset Class Warfare continued to play out with massive shifts taking place in equity markets. Out of the gate last Tuesday Mid-Caps, (MDY), Small Caps (IWM) and Large Cap Value (IVE) exploded higher following the holiday weekend. Large Cap Secular Growth (IVW) had trouble staying green on the […]
May
26
Asset Class War!
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA CMT Over the holiday weekend the United States crossed 100,000 fatalities connected to COVID-19. We can and should debate every aspect of the response including actions taken by the federal reserve. What isn’t up for debate is the economic damage and unintended consequences of shutting down the economy. Historians will judge […]
