Kent Engelke

As largely expected, the State of the Union Address (SOTU) was a non-event.  Bloomberg writes “President Biden sought to breathe new life into his reelection match delivering a spirted and

Day one of FRB Chair Powell’s congressional testimony about the state of the economy and monetary policy was largely a nonevent.  Powell reiterated the message he delivered in

Wall Street always names eras.  A recent Bloomberg comment was “for all the attention lavished upon the Magnificent Seven and the top heavy drivers of equity returns recently, it may be

Goldman Sach’s opined “This Time is different,” explaining the unrelenting advance in the indices, fueled by a small group of supercharged technology stocks.  Such statements are

Revised fourth quarter GDP was largely viewed as a nonevent.  Growth was nominally lower than expected given the downward revision in inventories.  Consumer and investment spending however was

Are there major changes at hand?  BlackRock, which capitalized on a decades long boom in index investing, said investors should rely more heavily on

The NASDAQ surged over 3% on NVDA’s strong earnings reports and forward-looking guidance.  According to Bloomberg NVDA added about $277 billion to its market capitalization, the

Are food costs, options that have zero day to expiration (ODTE) and NVDA earnings interconnected?

Nvidia announces earnings at the close today.  The “Magnificent Seven” are 2 and 4 for the reporting season, defined as two companies exceeded expectations while

The PPI rose more than expected, led by a sizeable jump in cost of services and highlighted the sticky nature of inflation.  Treasuries sold off across the curve.  Fed funds futures are