Barron's Poll Predicts S&P Decline—Contrarian Signal
The Barron’s Big Money Poll is out. Twice a year they survey portfolio managers and strategists across the country. We like to use it as a contrarian indicator. Right now, they’re telling you the S&P 500 is headed lower for the rest of the year. https://t.co/aUAjCdTj9V
Nvidia’s Market Cap Now Exceeds Japan’s Economy
$NVDA is once again larger than Japan @augurinfinity (and this with the Nikkei at record highs) https://t.co/ML48sWPOad
Nvidia's Market Cap Surpasses Every Nation Except China, Japan
Nvidia just closed at a new all-time high, now worth over $5 trillion. That makes $NVDA larger than the entire stock market of every country in the world except China and Japan. https://t.co/so0LQl6eh0
Weekly S&P 500 Overview: Tech, Cyclicals, Global Growth
Weekly S&P500 ChartStorm https://t.co/E8W2wyPwfe This week: technical check, seasonality snippets, fund flows, semiconductors, market froth at the top, cyclicals, global growth, emerging market equities... https://t.co/VkeqMQTomr
TI’s $186B Empire Built on Chips, Not Calculators
186 billion dollars. That is the value of a company most people know only for school calculators. But Texas Instruments didn’t become a giant by selling TI-84s. And the real reason is far more interesting than calculators:
Credit Spreads Signal Market Direction; Equity Lags Behind.
S&P 500 just hit 7,000 for the first time ever. HY credit spreads: 285 bps. Exactly where they sat in June 2007. One of these markets is wrong. Credit leads. Equity follows. Always has. https://t.co/r8IUinGk9s
Amazon Hits Record High, Now $3T Market Cap
Amazon, with almost a $3 Trillion market-cap, representing 23.5% of the Consumer Discretionary Index and 4.5% of the Nasdaq100 just closed at its highest levels in history $AMZN https://t.co/aTqfKeHi5O
Goldman Correctly Holds 7,600 Year‑End S&P Target
It appears Goldman was right not to reduce its 7600 YE SPX price target https://t.co/rCZSmegO7w
Analysts Forecast Capex Trends Ahead of Earnings
Preparing for earnings next week. Analyst expectations (mostly what the companies are saying) for capex https://t.co/zuLMi1j3YK
Mag7 Near Record Highs, Yet Up Only 2% YTD
#Mag7 are trading near record highs again, but the group is barely up 2% YTD. A powerful rebound w/surprisingly little to show for it. https://t.co/CMbEVQZEpC
S&P Earnings Surge 25% with Quarter Still Early
A lot going on this week but most importantly is that EPS growth is 25% with 27% of the $SPX having reported. So far really good in the face of many unknowns. Have a good weekend. Enjoy Lenny Kravitz -...
Shorter EPS Windows Reveal Stronger S&P Earnings Growth
While everybody knows that S&P EPS estimates are moving higher, shorter-dated windows of estimates (removing stale numbers) show even stronger numbers in the past 60, 30, and 20 days. Wall Street is always looking at the 90-day window for an...
Chip Stocks Surge While Market Sectors Falter
Friday, April 24, 2026 — Daily Market Review. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at brand-new all-time highs. Intel had its best day since 1987 (+23.6%). AMD crossed $500B in market cap. Nvidia reclaimed $5T. And yet, eight of the eleven S&P...
Lip‑Bu Tan Leads Intel to 4× Market‑Cap Surge
how Lip-Bu Tan rolling up to Intel’s Friday Happy Hour after INTC market cap has spiked 4x to $414B since he became CEO in March 2025 https://t.co/2QA1OSzLVI
S&P 500 Hits Record, Gains 12.5% Over Four Weeks
S&P 500 record high.. up 4 weeks in a row.. +12.5% in that stretch @stockcharts https://t.co/LwE87EC6mR
SPY Poised for Continued Upside After Strong Close
$SPY Working on a strong weekly close above this local consolidation... Barring any weekend shenanigans looks set to keep running https://t.co/GsESoXQPha
Most S&P 500 Firms Beat EPS and Revenue, Grow 15%
84% of S&P 500 companies have reported a positive EPS surprise, and 81% of S&P 500 companies have reported a positive revenue surprise. @factset The blended (year-over-year) earnings growth rate for the S&P 500 is 15.1% https://t.co/Nsrr48cr7k
Dealers Guard SPX Floor Amid Summer Downside Hedge
What are Vegas odds for gap down Monday? (Likely gets bought in a week, but still.) Dealers are defending $SPX $7100 floor past six days, where $SMH has risen 42% in 19 days - all the while institutions are hedging for...
Charter CEO Eyes Cable Acquisitions as Shares Tumble
'We'd like to acquire more cable assets if can be done at an appropriate price [and] conditions,' said Charter CEO Chris Winfrey. Meanwhile, Charter shares are slumping amid disappointing Q1 results. @Light_Reading https://t.co/Yr519C4o2H
Leveraged ETF Rebalancing Drives $14B Inelastic Close Buying
Another stall day. At current prices 14BN of inelastic buying must occur on the close. This is heavily front run through the balance of the day. That flow is heavily tilted to NDX and Semis. It...
Morgan Stanley's Cynical Intel Call Misses Major Upside
MS is taking a L on their post-earnings note on Intel.. I get some of the risk reward debate, but cmon. "We have missed a large move here at EW, and we aren't trying to be stubborn - we just remain...
Nvidia Shares Surge 3.7% Amid DeepSeek AI Concerns
Amazing back-to-back heds on the Terminal: Nvidia Stock Faces Headache From DeepSeek's New AI Model (Barron’s) *NVIDIA EXTENDS GAIN TO SESSION-HIGH 3.7% (BBG)
Charter Set to Eclipse Comcast as Top ISP
Charter, after finalizing the Cox acquisition later this year, will become the largest Internet Service Provider in the U.S., overtaking @Comcast. But Charter CEO Chris Winfrey is denied access to the @Cablefax 100 VIP skybox? Comcast, meanwhile, gets not one...
Nasdaq/Dow Ratio Hits Record, Tech Leads Market
The Nasdaq 100 to Dow ratio (tech to blue chip) gapped to a record high this morning - overtaking October's previous peak. Intel earnings certainly helped. Is this a sign that AI and tech is a leading theme again? Is...
US Market Resilience Fueled by Broadening Earnings Revisions
Behind the resilience of the US market is broader earnings. While cap-weighted earnings’ contribution remains Tech heavy, as it’s been for years, we’ve move up to a broader number of companies seeing positive EPS revisions alongside the continue strength in...
Earnings Growth Offsets P/E Drops, Yields Positive Returns
The resilience and even acceleration in earnings has kept the recent decline to single digits instead of the nearly 20% drawdown in the forward P/E ratio. The earnings & valuation chart below shows the various noteworthy episodes when earnings are growing...
CPU Resurgence Fuels Gains for Intel, AMD, ARM, Qualcomm
$INTC, $AMD, $ARM, $QCOM all about to open higher on the great CPU resurgence. Expectations are $QCOM fleshes out their data center CPU/accelerator strategy soon.
Intel Sentiment Surges: More Buys, Higher 2026 Target
Wall Street Research on Intel $INTC 2026 Stock at $84 Buys: 17 Holds: 31 Sells: 4 2022 stock at $24 Buys: 11 Holds: 20 Sells: 12 *Bloomberg ANR data.
Big Tech Earnings Week Promises Positive News for Hyperscalers
This is a key week ahead for Big Tech earnings with the entire market watching and we believe good news ahead for the hyperscalers @CNBCMorningCall 🏆📺🐂👇@CNBC @CNBCtech @TheDomino https://t.co/fOFsfeiBDP
SPX Holds Near 7046, Eyes 7147 Pivot High
Yesterday $SPX held the 8-day around 7046, and now we’ll see if it can clear highs, though the tape can feel vulnerable when headlines hit. Trim and trail, know what you can handle, and the pivot high is 7147. https://t.co/tayVTcW34A
Intel Spikes After Record Q1, Tops Chip P/E
$INTC Intel surges on a blowout Q1, ranks the highest forward P/E of any large-cap chip stock @finviz_com $SMH https://t.co/Pk7bCzcrLc
Seven Firms Dominate 30% of S&P 500 – Rethink Benchmark
"30% of the S&P 500 is made up by seven companies. The S&P 500 should not be the benchmark for your portfolio. If you do that, you are exposed only to US large cap companies." - Rodney Comegys (EP.498) With thanks to...
IBM Q1 Beats Expectations, Hybrid Cloud Fuels Growth
.@IBM delivers strong Q1, maintains outlook https://t.co/7l3guGlWFt IBM reported a better-than-expected first quarter and said it saw strong sales of infrastructure due to hybrid cloud and IBM Z systems. Software revenue was up 11% in the first quarter. https://t.co/6AvUzpKzv6
Intel Hits Record High, Q1 Revenue Beats Forecasts
Intel is on pace for its first record high since 2000 after shares surged 20% in after-hours trading. Q1 revenue came in at $13.6B — more than $1B above some estimates
KLCI Hits March High, Tech & Commodities Lead Gains
KLCI highest close since 18 March +2.5% YTD. Outshone other markets yesterday; main themes were tech/DC, commodity. Large caps/KLCI Top 5 movers yesterday: •P Chem +6.3% •MRDIY +4.3% •P Metal +2.7% •YTLP +2.3% •YTL 2.0% Mid-caps FBM70 continues to outperform +7.2% YTD. Still positive on...
Intel's Turnaround Has Just Begun
$INTC is one of the great turnaround stories of our time. And it’s still VERY EARLY.
Intel’s Q1 Dip Overblown; Real Turnaround Underway
Intel’s Q1 sell-off was way overblown. They posted $600M in FCF, TSMC just partnered on 18A, and the foundry is ramping. Q2 might be messy, but the turnaround is real. You don’t sell that for pennies. Semiconductors
Intel Hints at New Customers, Stock Jumps 19%
The recurring message from the $INTC management team on the call: more new customers are coming. They just won't be announcing them today. Stock has risen an additional 4% on the call. Now up 19%.
Russell 3k Breadth Hits New High After
While a number of different major sectors have not yet joined Technology's push back to new all-time highs relative to Equal-weighted $RSP, it is encouraging to see the Russell 3k Advance/Decline back at new high territory following the recent failed...
Intel's Surge Lifts Market, Early Predictors Celebrate
$INTC is now pushing the entire market higher. Glad to have been among the few that saw this coming. 👀
Intel's Forward PE Skyrockets Compared to Nvidia, AMD
$NVDA at ~20x forward PE $AMD at ~40x forward PE $INTC at ~100x forward PE Makes perfect sense. 😅
Intel's $280B Surge Masks 100x Valuation Risks
INTC up $280 billion in market cap from low. Q1 Revenue beat by $1b, Guidance raised for next Q ~1-1.5b. Still trading at 100x earnings the most expensive semiconductor company that still has a lot of...
Intel's AI Surge Drives 15% Stock Jump, Beats Forecast
$INTC stock is up 15% on earnings. If there is ever a question regrading how early we are in AI, look at what it the rising AI tide is doing to Intel, which was arguably on the ropes. Revenue in: * Dec-25...
Tech Stocks Spotlight: Big Tech Earnings Week Preview
Look forward to discussing tech stocks and a major week ahead for Big Tech earnings on @CNBCMorningCall with @TheDomino at 5 am @CNBC @CNBCtech ☕️☕️🏆🐂📺🔥🍿📺
Intel Spikes to New All‑time High After Earnings
$INTC New All Time high less than a month later. Big pump after hours on earnings. https://t.co/gloCVTQUur
Intel's CPU Surge Powers Sixth Straight Guidance Beat
Ah the mighty agentic CPU surge. Good for $INTC. Solid beat, guidance is great, six consecutive quarters of beating guidance.
Tesla Dwarfs Peers with 539% Profit Outlook
Expected profit growth in next 5 years: Tesla: +539% Palantir: +326% Carvana: +250% Oracle: +178% Microsoft: +131% Amazon: +124% Uber: +119% AppLovin: +107% Meta: +87% Alphabet: +87% Palo Alto: +86% Spotify: +85% Apple: +77% Netflix: +65% Robinhood: +61% (avg analyst estimates)
Tesla's Earnings Beat, yet Weakest Nasdaq Correlation
Tesla offered the first earnings update of the Mag 7 last night, and $TSLA gapped down today after the headline beat (slight revenue miss and capital expenditure plans were higher than expected). That said, of the Mag 7, Tesla has...
Nike Insiders Bought $8.2M of Stock Since Nov 2025
Since November 2025, Nike insiders have purchased ~$8.2 million of the company's stock on the open market at an average price of ~$53 per share https://t.co/7QNDEnhdU8
IBM's Software Rebound Drives 19% EPS Surge
$IBM: solid Q getting caught up in software meltdown. EPS growth +19.4%, TR +9.5% and SW +11% with a reaccel from RHT. Consulting in line, Infra up 15% with a nice tailwind from M/F Z. GM...