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Wall Street’s Imposter Syndrome
Earnings season arrived with expectations already running high. Nobody has a rational reason to be disappointed or even anxious. If anything, targets are moving even
Warsh Won’t Save Us (And That’s A Good Thing)
For much of the past decade, investors became accustomed to a Federal Reserve that did more than set interest rates. It managed expectations. Forward guidance
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Mike Wilson Is Bored With The Silicon Gold Rush
One of the most important questions we have been watching throughout this bull market is whether artificial intelligence leadership would remain concentrated among the companies building the technology or eventually spread to the businesses using it. For much of the past several years, investors rewarded
Does A Stalled Data Center Mean The AI Boom Is Dead?
The artificial intelligence investment cycle has reached a scale that would have seemed improbable only a few years ago. A proposed data center campus in Virginia became one of the clearest examples of that shift, with plans for thousands of acres of development, dozens of
Wall Street Fireworks: So Bright, So Hot, So Loud They Linger
The second quarter just wrapped up with the kind of fireworks that should give even the most cynical observer a reason to smile. After a rocky start to the year, Wall Street completely flipped the script. The blue-chip index pushed past the historic fifty-two thousand
When Big Short Turns On Big Silicon, There’s Always Something To Buy
We need to talk about the memory chip market. Right now, the market feels a lot like a late-night party where someone just suggested breaking out the top-shelf tequila. It sounds like a phenomenal idea . . . until the morning comes. A famously contrarian
Is A Rate Reality Check On The Horizon?
Wall Street loves an easy-money fairy tale. For months, market participants spent their time dreaming about a steady sequence of interest rate cuts, fully expecting the newly appointed head of the central bank to open the liquidity taps. The logic seemed straightforward: a fresh leader,
Even Wall Street’s CEOs Are Pleasantly Surprised At The Market Mood
If you’re rubbing your eyes looking at your investment portfolio these days, you’re in excellent company. Even the most seasoned veterans running America’s largest banks are struggling to explain why stocks continue to march higher despite a world that seems increasingly unstable. Consider what markets