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Just In Time Oil
Changes in US oil inventories sometimes cause a sharp move in the price of crude. It makes perfect sense, even if it’s hard to tease out much of a statistical relationship from the data.
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Navigating Market Trends: Q3 Recap and Q4 Outlook
As we bid farewell to the third quarter of 2023, it’s time to reflect on the market’s performance and prepare for what lies ahead in the final stretch of the year.
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Volatility 411: Joe Tigay on Interest Rates, Market Movers, and More
The final week of September is often the most volatile in a historically unpredictable month, according to Joe Tigay of Equity Armor Investments and Rational Funds portfolio manager. Listen to…
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The Super Cycle Or Peak Oil?
In March of 2020 when crude oil was collapsing dragging energy stocks, including pipelines, along, I tried to focus on the positive, which was that it had become cheaper to drive places.…
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“That 70s Show”
The hit TV series “That 70s Show” aired from 1998 to 2006 and focused on six teenage friends living in Wisconsin in the late 70s. The irony was that the actors playing the teenagers were not…
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A Blue-Chip Update: Where do Amazon, Nike, and Meta Stand?
Core allocations should be highly correlated to core themes around the globe. Global consumer spending is 60% of the world’s $100 trillion GDP or $60 trillion per year.
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Crude Climbs the Wall of Supply Worries
Crude oil has rallied recently, in a much-delayed reaction to numerous analyst forecasts that have been bullish all year.
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A Five-Minute Consumer Focused Update
Core allocations should be highly correlated to core themes around the globe. Global consumer spending is 60% of the world’s $100 trillion GDP or $60 trillion per year.
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Options Action: Brian Stutland Featured on CNBC
Brian Stutland of Equity Armor Investments and a portfolio manager for Rational Advisors recently joined CNBC to discuss volatility in the NASDAQ, options trading, and more.
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Bond Vigilantes And The Waiting For Gadot
The term “Bond Vigilantes” is a nostalgic twist on an old-west theme. In the nineteenth century, the American West formed self-appointed groups, or committees, to seize the duties of law…
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5 Minutes, 3 Topics, Consumer Focused.
Key Summary:
• Chart of the Week: The market is not as expensive as the media describes it.
• Brand update #1: Live Nation – robust demand continues & the stock is on sale.
• Brand update…
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The Summer Doldrums: August 2023 HANDLS Monthly Income Report
The Nasdaq 5HANDL Index was up 7.3% through the end of August, versus returns of 8.3% and 10.8% for the Nasdaq 7 HANDL Index and Nasdaq 10 HANDL Index, respectively.
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