Published January 14, 2022
Last week we discussed the interest rate surge taking place at the beginning of 2022. This surge has driven a major shift in favored sectors. Cyclical “value” sectors like energy and financials have become the market darlings. (more…)
Published January 19, 2018
The stock market’s near non-stop rise over the past two years has been led by the FAANG stocks – Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google (Alphabet). This handful of tech/consumer heavyweights accounts for well over a third of the market-leading Nasdaq 100 (QQQ). They have risen between +50% and +140% since the beginning of 2016, the start date of the current rally. While the rapid ascent and overwhelming near-monopoly power of these transforming companies is well-known by all stock investors, there is another very big company that eclipsed them all … and by a wide margin. (more…)