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It’s the latest reminder of how incredibly difficult it is to anticipate what’s around the corner for the U.S. economy.

Despite shortages of semiconductors and workers, the energy crisis and ongoing pandemic-induced dislocations, stocks are at record highs. 

By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights Oil prices rose Thursday. With environmental activists still celebrating the historic hat trick of legal and shareholder victories Wednesday against ExxonMobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX) and Shell (RDS.B), and their stocks down accordingly, commodity investors at least moved back to the reality that oil will be with us for a […]

Weekend reads: What exactly is going on with big tech stocks? MarketWatch 3 hrs ago TOP TEN Shares of Amazon are little changed this year, underperforming the S&P 500 Index, which has risen 11%. (Getty Images) After many years during which the most familiar technology companies pulled the entire stock market up with them, 2021 is turning out to be a slow one for big tech. Here’s how the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 have performed this year through May 20 (with dividends reinvested): Informat...

“bubble" in the stock market. To wit: “To appreciate how widespread current concern about a bubble is, consider the accompanying chart of data from Google Trends. It plots the relative frequency of Google searches based on the term ‘stock market bubble.’ Notice that this frequency has recently jumped to a far-higher level than at any other point over the last five years." What Is A Bubble? “My confidence is rising quite rapidly that this is, in fact, becoming the fourth ‘real McCoy...

“A bubble is a market cycle that is characterized by the rapid escalation of market value, particularly in the price of assets.  Typically, what creates a bubble is a surge in asset prices driven by exuberant market behavior. During a bubble, assets typically trade at a price  that greatly exceeds the asset’s intrinsic value. Rather, the price does not align with the  fundamentals of the asset.“ This definition is suitable for our discussion; there are three components of a  “bubbl...

As ARK readies itself for what could be another tumultuous day on Tuesday, with the firms assets dropping below $20 billion to their lowest level since January, more eyes are turning to how Cathie Wood is steering her firm through the "rough seas". ARKs flagship fund was down another 5% in pre-market trading on Tuesday -- falling below the psychological level of $100 per share -- and has fallen for 9 of the past 10 sessions, according to Bloomberg, who noted that the decline "accelerated on ...

“A bubble is a market cycle that is characterized by the rapid escalation of market value, particularly in the price of assets.  Typically, what creates a bubble is a surge in asset prices driven by exuberant market behavior. During a bubble, assets typically trade at a price  that greatly exceeds the asset’s intrinsic value. Rather, the price does not align with the  fundamentals of the asset.“ This definition is suitable for our discussion; there are three components of a  “bubbl...

Jump to navigation David Briggs The Coast Guard raised a temporary flag pole and flag, then lowered the flag in a symbolic ceremony last Thursday to commemorate the demolition of the Bolinas marine lab.   By  05/05/2021 The Coast Guard lowered the flag at its old lifeboat station in Bolinas last week and handed it off to a professor from the College of Marin, which will raze the property this month to create a new marine laboratory. The ceremony marked the end of the his...

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