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17 Mar 2025

This day in 2020 the S&P 500 had the 3rd worst day in its history closing the day down 11.98%.

If you had invested $10,000 into every name in the Magnificent 7 on March 16th 2020 and held to today you'd currently have Nvidia $NVDA: $242K Tesla $TSLA: $68.6K Facebook $META: $35.9K Apple $AAPL: $31.65K Google $GOOGL: $27.4K Microsoft $MSFT: $25.6K Amazo $AMZN: $22.2K source : evan

17 Mar 2025

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway increases stakes in five Japanese trading houses

Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, SeekingAlpha.com

14 Mar 2025

Here is a great theory on Trump’s plan originally proposed by @leadlagreport:

Source: Steve Burns @SJosephBurns

14 Mar 2025

Another bear coming?

That would be three bears in 5 years, something we've never seen before. The previous closest three bears ever was 6.9 yrs between 1966 and 1973. Source: Ryan Detrick, Carson

14 Mar 2025

Nvidia $NVDA generated $3.6M in revenue and nearly $2M in net income per employee last year—more than any Big Tech company.

Source: Wall St Engine @wallstengine, Sherwood

14 Mar 2025

Small Cap Stocks $IWM are underperforming the S&P 500 by the largest margin since the Dot Com Bubble 🚨

Source: Barchart

14 Mar 2025

Gold trades above $3k for first time ever:

$3,000.40 (futs for now, spot shortly) Source: zerohedge, Bloomberg

14 Mar 2025

The stagflation trade is proving to be a rare winner as the stock market rout continues.

The Goldman L/S Stagflation basket—which benefits from rising commodity & healthcare stocks while betting against consumer discretionary and chip stocks—has gained nearly 18% in 2025. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

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