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 […]
Tag Archives: COVID-19
November
01
What is China Exporting Now?
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA CMT Wikipedia refers to Mao Zedong founding father of the People’s Republic of China as one of the most important individuals of the twentieth century. As chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, he established the PRC in 1949 leading a repressive regime where as many as 20 million died during the cultural […]
March
01
SPEED KILLS!
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA CMT As the vaccine rollout continues investors will start to look beyond the Covid recovery and start to ask themselves some tough questions. The usual suspects or rogue’s gallery of market worries includes high valuations, rising yields, high unemployment and of course my personal favorite a geopolitical backdrop that challenges U.S. […]
January
05
2021 – Day 1
posted by David Nelson, CFA
Click here for video David joins TD Ameritrade Network anchor Oliver Resnick to weigh in on the first day of trading for 2021.
December
27
SHUTDOWN!
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA CMTWith a government shutdown approaching DC politics continue to be a quagmire of pork and special interests. A dysfunctional Washington is hardly surprising but the 5,593 page $900 Billion Covid-19 Relief Bill probably hits a new low. The bi-partisan package was of course tied to a $1.4 Trillion government funding bill […]
December
07
Small Cap Rally Has Started – Maybe it never stopped
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA CMT After years of taking a back seat to large cap secular growth small caps have suddenly exploded higher catching the eye of investors. Caught off guard hiding in the safety of large companies with bigger and stronger balance sheets professional and retail investors are being forced to rethink portfolio alignment […]
November
02
Red October
posted by David Nelson, CFA
In the long run stocks care about cash flow, earnings, dividends and revenue in that order.
October
02
President tests Positive for Covid – Market Reaction
posted by David Nelson, CFA
David joins Bloomberg anchor Jon Ehrlichman to discuss the President’s diagnosis and the market reaction.
September
28
Bizarro World
posted by David Nelson, CFA
Bad is good, up is down and the world is square. Lower earnings = higher stock prices, deficits better than surpluses and long term debt drives prosperity. $SPY $TLT
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