Last week started out promising before one of our "summer themes" took over after the close on Wednesday night. Those themes are – the AI buildout is getting more expensive, inflation is becoming more structural, the new Fed Chair appears serious about inflation, and despite all of that, earnings growth and
Last week I laid out the main talking points I have been using on advisor calls: the AI buildout is getting more expensive, the new Fed Chair appears serious about inflation, inflation itself is showing signs of becoming more structural, and despite all of that, earnings growth and the economy
The latest edition to SEM's Investment Management team, George Moore (introduced below), asked me earlier last week if I needed him to find some charts or data for the blog article I was writing. I told him my process varies based on the markets, my week, and sometimes my
The market's attention remains fixed on AI, energy prices, and the Federal Reserve. Yet beneath all the headlines is a much more simple factor that has historically driven economic growth: people going to work. The June employment report released last week suggests the labor market is neither booming nor
If you just follow the headlines, it feels like we’re in the middle of the next great market boom – SpaceX grabbing attention, AI companies lining up for IPOs, companies gaining 20-40% in one day after a strong quarterly earnings report, and record high after record high for the
