$LRCX is a 40-year old company whose revenues are 75% derived from China, Korea and Taiwan where such economies and especially semiconduc...

4Q20 has a lot of fireworks ahead – do you have a contingency plan? Reflecting this weekend and over the past couple of weeks, on my many...

Another week, and more risk-off. Well Trump has the virus, WuFlu, COVD19, and is taking a two week vacation with Melania - where they are...

On August 7, 2020, in "It's the Economy Stupid, Jobs are the Economy Stupid, Not the QQQ," we indicated (or rather relayed, adding our ow...

Will people get rich shorting $TSLA, $APPL, $DOCU, #MoMo names just like in the dot.com era? Or will these unicorns prevail at ridiculous...

On November 17, 2018, in " Rate Hike Cycle End Near Absent Artificial Inflation," we commented, in part "Cramer is on the tape blasting t...

There are some important reads in here, if you are interested in global financial markets. We had some good earnings calls last week incl...

Well that was a swell week. Kind of sort of.  First up some way points and then our 30,000 ft. Sector Purvey. This Time is Different:  we...

On July 7, 2020, Moody’s Investors Services slashed its Global EBITDA estimates for the Shipping industry in a research note, “we now exp...

On June 8, 2020, in "U.S. Bank Dividends Vulnerable Given Added Challenges of Stress Tests (Stress Capital Buffer, CECL Phase-In Amid Cor...

Risk Markets looking pretty tame on this Quadruple Witching Expiration Friday - despite elevated VIX.  The massive volatility many expect...

On March 27, 2020, in "Market Currents" we indicated, "Trepp issued a very brief note yesterday, alleging to have Stress Tested the CMBS ...

Major U.S. Indices Friday, saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average close +829.16 (+3.15%) to 27,110.98. The DJIA ($INDU) is now trading abov...

We have been riding the proverbial bull here - while - importantly, keeping an eye on the cliff we appear to be traversing.  Eight (8) tr...

Today, the United States of America Track & Field Association (USATF) released, "Return to Training and Event Hosting Guidance related to...

Client Distribution, May 30, 2020 - 10:48 AM EDT 90% of the SP500 is now back above their 50dMAs, which many will see as bullish.  Yet at...

Commentary: CONTEXT: "The global recession this year will be more than twice as severe as in 2009" RELATIVE DEVELOPED ECONOMY LAGGARDS: ...

Our favorite forecasting model for COVID19, and thus far highly accurate, Y.Y.G. (MIT Data Scientist), forecasting of US Deaths for the f...

We recap some of the comments we've made on oil; and note that OPEC is around the corner here. On March 27, 2020, in "Week Ahead," we ind...

"China’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic remains uneven, despite initial optimism around the prospects for a sharp reboun...