Dividends Make SPY Outpace Gold, Real Estate
if you actually stuck with $SPY since 1990 and let those dividends do their thing you'd be up like 36x right now. it's wild how much better that is than just holding gold $GLD which is only up like 6x or real estate $VNQ at 4x since then. the bank is basically a black hole for gains though... saving since 1990 just to turn 1 dollar into 1.69 today is painful. you can't even get a decent coffee with that profit. really makes me stay bullish on the index $VOO
Swing Trading Delivers Investor Returns Without Years of Waiting
Swing trading is the closest thing you can do to getting investor like returns without the wait of 3-5 years which is why TBL prioritizes it Most people have careers and jobs Most people don’t have hours to sit in front...
Physicians Overpay Taxes—Learn How to Reclaim Income
Why physicians pay more in taxes and how to reclaim your income [PODCAST] http://dlvr.it/TRxTZR Podcast #PracticeManagement
US Markets Surge as India Volatility Plummets
Global Market Update: Gift Nifty -189.50 (-0.79%) 23,909.50 Dow Jones +1,325.46 (+2.85%) 47,909.92 Nasdaq +617.15 (+2.80%) 22,635.00 India Vix -5.1600 (-20.89%) 19.5350 S&P 500 +166.11 (+2.51%) 6,782.96
Gas Hits $4.14, Fueling War‑Driven Affordability Concerns
According to AAA, the national average cost of a gallon of gas has climbed to $4.14, marking a new 4-YEAR HIGH. THE WINDS OF WAR = HIGHER GASOLINE PRICES = MORE AFFORDABILITY PROBLEMS FOR TRUMP. https://t.co/PGOEBMp3lS
ARK Buys Tesla Third Consecutive Day, Remains Top Holding
ARK Third day in a row of ARK buying TSLA. Today for ARKQ, $11.3m. This morning the funds were holding - ARKK 9.72%, #1 position - ARKQ 9.38%, #1 position, now add the 0.62% from today - ARKW 8.75%, #1 position - ARKX 2.34%, #17 position https://t.co/beWpv4aNho
China’s Coal Power Fuels Energy Resilience Amid Crises
The war with Iran and the Hormuz closure have kicked up a lot of debate about Chinese energy futures. And Venezuela, from which China also bought oil, adds fuel to one piece of that debate. But my #CarnegieAsia teammate @damienics,...
Traders Bet $950M Oil Drop Ahead of Trump Ceasefire
JUST IN: Traders placed $950,000,000 in bets on oil prices falling just hours before President Trump announced ceasefire with Iran
High‑Inventory States Face 2026‑27 Price Declines
We have some new leaders at the top of the housing inventory charts. 1. Washington: +64% inventory surplus 2. Colorado: +63% 3. Tennessee: +58% These markets have inventory levels more than 50% above the March long-term average. Interestingly enough, Florida has dropped out of the...
Bullish Short-Term Outlook Amid Record Valuations
The short-term market outlook is quite bullish following the reset in short-term sentiment/technicals. But we still have unfinished business... Allocations & Valuations are at generational/cycle highs ---will this ever matter? 🤔 https://t.co/jTnzbMJt6Z
Keep Housing Costs Below 10% to Retire Early
MAX Mortgage / Rent you should pay based on salary: - $40K salary: $833 - $50K salary: $1,041 - $60K salary: $1,250 - $70K salary: $1,458 - $80K salary: $1,666 - $90K salary: $1,875 - $100K salary: $2,083 - $110K salary: $2,291 - $120K salary: $2,500 - $150K salary: $3,250 -...
20 Rentals Deliver $4K Cash Flow, $1M Equity
Here’s what 20 rental properties actually do for you 👇🏼 • $4K a month in cash flow • $1M in equity • A $1M tax write off against your active income
S‑corp Composite Taxes Often Qualify for Resident Credit
#TaxTwitter Just a friendly reminder that state composite tax payments made by a S corp on behalf of a shareholder usually qualify for the "credit for taxes paid to other states" on the SH's resident state return.
Markets Rally on Weak Fundamentals; Oil, Dollar, Yields Likely Hold
"CEASEFIRE" and $SPX 6800 – Now What? Markets ripping yet risk remains high with fundamentals weak behind the move. My bet: Oil, Dollar, Yields & VIX won't fall as much as bulls hope. Also, some trading tips on hedging swing short exposure. https://t.co/by1pQIVgSP
UCAR Spikes 33x Volume; Watch for Gap‑fill Breakout
Over 33x relative volume on $UCAR today, and I'll be hawking it on a potential day 2 move/gap & go setup tomorrow IF it can setup OVER the daily gap fill level as shown below. If this doesn't break and base...
Ceasefire Doesn't Lower Hormuz Disruption Risk After August
I've been watching oil forward prices for markets assumed probability of Strait of Hormuz disruption 1, 2, 3, months out. Ceasefire has not changed probability of disruption from August onward. (NB: Warning, Claude generated figure)🧵1/n https://t.co/bKfB2j9tPA
VIX May Have Shifted Trend—Implications Unclear
Has the $VIX broken its rate of trend? Does it matter? I mull it over.. @stockcharts https://t.co/pLhBGqVXTt https://t.co/IidONIUenY
Advisors Face Fee Dilemma with Off‑Custodian Cash Solutions
Interesting evolution in the rise of standalone high-yield cash solutions for advisors... at what point are RIAs disintermediating their own assets by using off-custodian providers, and if so when/where is it appropriate to still earn some kind of advisory or...
Dow Spikes on Fragile Ceasefire, Not Lasting Peace
📊 April 8 Market Review: The Dow just surged 1,300 points — its best day since April 2025. A fragile US-Iran ceasefire crashed oil 15% and sent stocks flying. But Iran already accused the US of violating the deal. This...
US Mulls Lifting Venezuela Central Bank Sanctions, Boosting Economy
SCOOP: The US is considering lifting sanctions on #Venezuela’s central bank to facilitate the flow of billions of dollars into the country’s battered economy, sources familiar with the matter tell Andreina Itriago, @zerpius and me. https://t.co/DlIY8v24CH
Aluminum Producers Raise US Surcharge Amid War‑
World's dumbest tariff strikes again: "Top Aluminum Makers Hike US Surcharge as War Disrupts Supply" https://t.co/RhlIuA1Ll5 https://t.co/Xc1FLheuKV
European Home Prices Span Bubbles to 2010 Lows
Home Prices in the 19 Largest European Countries Range from Housing Bubbles to a Market that Fell back to 2010. Here's Germany: https://t.co/aRKT01YIiS https://t.co/yIGmTLgpMC
S&P 500 Near Record High, Down 0.87% YTD
The s&p500 is only 3% away from making all time highs and is down -0.87% YTD 🤯 #investing
Wade Pfau Shares Must‑Know Retirement Planning Essentials
Since we started “The Long View,” @WadePfau has been one of our favorite interviews. @AmyCArnott1 and I loved chatting with him about his essential “Retirement Planning Guidebook”and what retirees and pre-retirees should have on their radars today. https://t.co/eRuVonR5nn
Crude Prices Now Double Speed of 2022 Surge
In the buildup to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it took 91 days for the price of crude to rise from 66 to 112. This year, it took but 42 days for the price of crude to cover the same ground. https://t.co/052pDnWj0v
Combine Cost Seg, Depreciation, RE Pro to Slash Taxes
Cost seg + accelerated depreciation + RE pro status (so you can use the losses to offset active income) a v powerful combo (I actually looked into starting a business helping non-working spouses get and maintain RE pro status, but couldn't...
Major Averages Rise, Growth and Value Split Evenly
Nice day for the major averages today and interestingly was very evenly split between growth and value. $RLG +2.54% and $RLV +2.44%. Catch up in many sectors.
Fed Misses 2% Target 60 Months, Global Inflation Persists
According to the FT, the FED has MISSED its 2% inflation target for 60 STRAIGHT MONTHS. Across the world, 3 out of 4 developed economies and 1 in 2 emerging economies are missing their targets as well. THE GLOBAL INFLATION GENIE REMAINS...
California Cities Split: San Diego Vacancies Rise, SF Rents Surge
California cities: progress toward RHNA... San Diego: 29% ... highest vacancy rate in 15 years, rents falling Los Angeles: 18% ... San Francisco: 5% ... rock bottom vacancy rate, fastest rising rents in the country https://t.co/dcF33RmwJ2
NZ 2-Year Yield Stays Steady Amid RBNZ Hawkish Shift
It is remarkable that the NZ 2-year yield saw little adjustment with the RBNZ's hawkish shift. The NZ-US 2-year spread was essentially unchanged despite the $NZUSD rally. Remarkable
Ratio to S&P 500 Drops Biggest Since March 2020
The ratio to the S&P 500 fell by the most since March 2020. @augurinfinity https://t.co/XhMLgDt7ZW https://t.co/5R6yaUbKVj
XRP Poised as Bridge Linking SDR Currencies
SDR: Bretton Woods 1944 basket currency, GDP-weighted. IMF lender of last resort. 2014 IMF paper introduced exchange rate peg abbreviation. Ripples rebranded XRP same timeframe. XRP likely bridge between SDR currencies, not replacement.
Bonds Stay Steady While Markets Surge
“I think the most interesting thing about today is that bonds haven’t reacted as strongly as the rest of the market,” said Eric Wallerstein, chief macro strategist at Clocktower Group @MarketWatch https://t.co/Eyc4GpGRzX
Crude Oil Returns to 2022 War-Level, Hits 2023 High
Crude Oil back into the 2022 Russia/Ukraine War breakdown pivot and 2023 high. This is a key level. $CL_F $USO $OIL https://t.co/ehl0hXXoRO
BlackRock Rewrites 60/40: Add Alternatives, Benchmark Cash
so blackrock is making a strong push that the new 60/40 is actually 60% stocks / 20% bonds / 20% alternatives. and how does blackrock want to benchmark it? 60% stocks / 20% bonds / 20% cash. convenient way to...
AIM Up Candle Faces Bearish EMA, Neutral RSI
#AIM All Share big Up Candle. Resistance 782, 800, 820. Support 741, 726, 700. RSI 48 near Neutral. 13/21 day EMAs Bearish. Top Bollinger Band 760. Midpoint Line 727. Bottom Band 693.
Margin of Safety Means Earnings, Low Debt, Not Price
Ben Graham didn't just want cheap stocks. He wanted cheap stocks that could survive being wrong. That's the part most value investors skip — two conditions, not one: earnings must cover the downside, and debt must stay low enough to survive it. Margin...
Nasdaq Faces Comp Gap, Near 50‑Day MA Resistance
#Nasdaq Comp Gap up and small Down Candle. Closed on 50 day MA Line. Resistance 23320, ATH 24020. Support 22000, 21371. RSI 54 near Neutral. 13/21 day EMAs Bearish but Lines converging. On verge 8/21 Bull Cross. Top Bollinger Band...
Offering Seed Funding for Offensive Cyber Startup via Signal
If anyone at Anthropic would like to build an offensive cyber company I will write you a seed term sheet pls find me on Signal
GCC U.S. Investments Threatened by Iran War Cash Cuts
Are foreign investments by GCC countries into the U.S. market compromised as cash flows continue to be cut off by the war in Iran? Watch my entire interview with @JayMartinBC here ➡️ https://t.co/0whdPPs6jQ #iranwar #economy #geopolitics https://t.co/pFuTmXYj79
Brent and WTI Plunge yet Stay Well Above Pre‑war Levels
Price Signal: large decline of 16.75 in Brent & 18% in WTI perfectly captures volatility that has characterized energy and commodity prices since the start of the war. That being said Brent is still 25.7% & WTI 38.3% above pre...
Direct Indexing Auto‑harvests Losses While Matching Market Returns
One of the best financial moves I've made recently was switching from investing in index funds to direct indexing Markets have been choppy, direct indexing has harvested a ton of losses for me on autopilot All while tracking the same performance as...
EQAL ETF Approaches All‑Time High
Believe it or not, but the average US stock ETF $EQAL is very close to an all-time high https://t.co/TYbu1dA6fR
Leveraged ETFs Trigger $18B Inelastic Buying
Classic all day stall. In aggregate 18BN got bought completely inelastically simply because leveraged ETF's rebalanced. Enough buy demand to sustain the gap.
S&P's 6% Six-Day Rally Raises One-Year Return Odds to 81%
This is now a powerful "triple six" rally. The S&P rallied 6% in 6 days from a 6-month low. It failed in 2001 and was painful in 2008. But otherwise, excellent one-year returns. It bumped up the probability of a positive one-year return...
Correlation Hype Ignores that Alternatives Are Just More Equity
One of the dumber things you hear lately, from a lot of supposedly non-dumb people, is “stocks and bonds are now trading positively correlated so you now desperately need this other investment that’s way way more correlated with stocks than...
Software Slumps While Emerging Markets Rally Strongly
Software a little sore today.. $PLTR off big. $TSLA lags among mega caps. $SMH +5.6%.. $EWY +9.7%... $EEM +5.3% https://t.co/Ax62G8RLpM
Overnight Volatility Fades, S&P Climbs 2.
An exciting overnight, but a snoozer daytime session... narrow S&P 500 range... +2.4% into the close @stockcharts https://t.co/LNYfv0dbGY
2‑Year Yield Near Historic Tightness at +0.14%
The 2yr yield is currently just 14bps above the Fed Funds Rate That's historically tight - it has averaged +0.3ppts since 1976 @sonusvarghese https://t.co/lbr63DqekD
Buffett's AI Stock Rule: Moat First, Price Second
Which stocks should we buy amid the AI disruption? Buffett would do the following (the order is critical) 1. Does the company have an enduring moat so it will be around in 10 years? 2. Is the price reasonable? If a company...