By David Nelson, CFA CMT The administration, the press and some leading economists are having trouble with the term recession and its definition. So much so that it’s sparked a raging political debate with each side accusing the other of misleading the American people. It doesn’t matter what talking heads including yours truly think. The American people […]
Tag Archives: MSFT
July
25
We the People
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA CMT Congress is close to passing a $52 Billion subsidy for the Chip industry to on shore semiconductor manufacturing here in the United States. Normally, as an analyst and on the line portfolio manager I would be diving into the merits of the bill pointing out its strengths, weaknesses and whether it […]
May
09
Ground Zero
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA Ground Zero – the point on the earth’s surface directly above or below an exploding nuclear bomb. 2022 has forced investors to rethink popular mega cap growth strategies that have dominated investor returns for most of the last 12 years. Of course, its outperformance coincides with a Federal Reserve quantitative easing […]
January
26
The Fed Put Is Deep and Out of the Money
posted by David Nelson, CFA
Until last night guidance has been dreadful. Fed won’t blink this time. $MSFT $AAPL $TSLA #FED
June
24
How Big is Too Big?
posted by David Nelson, CFA
David joins Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo to weigh in on Microsoft joining the $2 Trillion Club
May
17
Cracks in the Facade
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA CMT Last week may have ended on a high note but visible cracks in the market façade weighed on investor sentiment. Inflation expectations took center stage as both headline CPI and PPI releases came in well above expectations prompting a modest flight from risk assets. Stocks recovered on both Thursday and […]
August
19
Market Economy Disconnect
posted by David Nelson, CFA
David joins CNBC anchor Dominic Chu – David weighs in on Jim Cramer’s Mad Money comments on the market economy disconnect
August
06
Microsoft to buy TikTok
posted by David Nelson, CFA
David weighs in on the forced sale of TikTok
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 […]
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