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🇨🇳 China financial crisis. Chinese property giant Evergrande remains on brink of bankrupcy. TLDR timeline: Markets 📉 Mon → 📈 Tues on payment assurances → 📈 rest of week despite indications obligations not met on Thu. Dubbed Lehman 2.0, we’re monitoring closely as China looks to stabilize situation. 🏦 Fed turning hawkish. Fed signaled purchase tapering soon though vague on timing. Accelerating rate Read More
💸 Peaking inflation? #InflationFears moderating as August 12-month CPI rose only +0.3% M/M (still up 5.3% Y/Y). 2nd month of deceleration, but we’re still monitoring 2 main questions: (1) Does inflation recede? and (2) Could this be just a temporary reprieve due to #COVID19 delta? 🇨🇳 China concerns. #ChinaTension weighing on markets again as its #COVIDRecovery stalling from new delta outbreaks and more Read More
Market Musings 9/17/2021 Quick thoughts on the markets and major portfolio news. Not on Ursa yet? Download Ursa from the App Store! TLDR: We’re OK with 🥈 or 🥉 place. We’re investing in legacy auto manufacturers not because they’re going to win, but because even being runner-ups present a significant investment opportunity. There’s no denying Tesla is one of Read More
😷 Stalling recovery? #COVID19 delta surge moderating, but worries over #COVIDRecovery momentum rising. Spending data shows slowing growth and company #Back2Work plans continue to get pushed back. 😬 Risk appetite contracting. Market pullback not surprising given huge August gains and post another #Crypto rise and fall. Overall, broad sector weakness as S&P 500 fell almost -2% last week. 📱 App Ecosystem breach. District Court ruled Read More
We’re excited to announce our latest feature Autopilot. Now your portfolio can automatically act on our stock recommendations! How does it work? Autopilot builds on our recent Recommendations feature. Similar to before, whenever we have a recommendation for your portfolio we’ll send you a notification. By enabling Autopilot, we’ll automatically swap you into the recommended stock after Read More
🙅♀️ EU restricts US travel. Week started with Europe restricting US travelers due to rising #COVID19 delta cases. Travel and other #COVIDRecovery names lower with another roadblock. Over weekend, Sweden went further and imposed US travel ban. 🌳 Growth rotation. #COVIDRecovery weakness saw rotation into Growth names. In particular, Tech 💻 and Communications 📡 were strong. Overall Growth outperformed Value by almost +2%. Read More