MRKT Call

MRKT Matrix - Monday, February 10th Stocks rise, led by tech, as traders look past latest U.S. tariff threat (CNBC) Trump Plans to Impose 25% Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum Imports (Bloomberg) China’s Strategy in Trade War: Threaten U.S. Tech Companies (WSJ) Front-Loading Tariffs Undercuts Trump’s Promise of Faster Growth (Bloomberg) For CEOs and Bankers, the Trump Euphoria Is Fading Fast (WSJ) Powell...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, February 7th Dow tumbles 400 points on tariff and inflation fears, Nasdaq falls 1% led by Amazon (CNBC) Consumer inflation fears spike in February as tariff worries hit sentiment (CNBC) Trump Says He Will Announce Reciprocal Tariffs Next Week (Bloomberg) S&P 500 Earnings Season Update: February 7, 2025 (FactSet) Amazon, Like Microsoft, Says It Can’t Keep Up With AI Demand (Bl...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, February 6th S&P 500 is little changed after latest batch of earnings reports, jobs report ahead (CNBC) How stocks could react to Friday’s jobs report, according to JPMorgan traders (CNBC) US Jobs Will Get Marked Down, But Not as Much as Once Feared (Bloomberg) More Than 40,000 Federal Workers Have Resigned So Far, Short of Target (WSJ) Lawmakers Push to Ban DeepSeek App Fr...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, February 5th Dow closes 300 points higher for back-to-back gains as investors look past tariff tumult (CNBC) EU prepares to hit Big Tech in retaliation for Donald Trump’s tariffs (FT) Canada Eyes More Ways to Ship Oil to China as US Threatens Trade (Bloomberg) USPS says it will resume accepting inbound packages from China, Hong Kong (CNBC) US Firms Add 183,000 Jobs in ADP...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, February 2nd S&P 500 rises as investors shake off Trump's trade battles, Nasdaq gains 1% led by Palantir (CNBC) China Hits Back Against Trump’s Tariffs With Targeted Actions (Bloomberg) House Republicans Are Split on How Deeply to Cut Federal Spending (WSJ) Trump Hints at Curbs on Musk’s Powers After Billionaire Shakes Up Washington (WSJ) GM cuts 50% of Cruise staff after en...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, February 3rd Dow claws back sharp losses in stunning reversal after U.S. tariffs on Mexico are paused (CNBC) Trump pauses Mexico tariffs for one month after agreement on border troops (CNBC) Beijing Prepares Its Opening Bid to Talk Trade With Trump (WSJ) Putin says Europe will ‘stand at the feet of the master’ as Trump’s tariffs alarm allies (CNBC) Tom Lee says buy this tarif...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, January 31st Dow closes 300 points lower Friday as White House says tariffs will start Saturday (CNBC) Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China begin Saturday, White House says (CNBC) Fed’s Favored Inflation Gauge Ends 2024 With a Muted Advance (Bloomberg) 'Better than feared': Apple’s earnings beat appeases Wall Street despite iPhone sales miss (Yahoo! Finance) S&P 500 Earn...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, January 30th Stocks waver in volatile session as traders digest deluge of earnings reports (CNBC) Meta Gains After Zuckerberg Predicts ‘Really Big Year’ in AI (Bloomberg) Microsoft Has Kind Words for DeepSeek AI, Offers It to Customers (Bloomberg) Microsoft and Meta AI Splurge Still Not Enough for Nvidia (WSJ) OpenAI in Talks for Huge Investment Round Valuing It Up to $340...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, January 29th S&P 500 falls as Fed pauses rate cuts, Nvidia resumes slide (CNBC) Powell Says Fed Doesn’t Need to Be in a Hurry to Lower Rates (Bloomberg) Steve Cohen says the stock market may top out over the next few months, if it hasn’t already (CNBC) BlackRock’s Rick Rieder was a buyer of certain names during tech’s ‘watershed event’ this week (CNBC) Microsoft Probing If...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, January 28th U.S. stocks rebound one day after Nvidia-led AI rout (CNBC) Tom Lee says market sell-off sparked by DeepSeek was an overreaction, as Nvidia suffers its worst day since 2020 (CNBC) Black Swan’s Taleb Says Nvidia Rout Is Hint of What’s Coming (Bloomberg) DeepSeek Challenges Everyone’s Assumptions About AI Costs (Bloomberg) DeepSeek sets stage for frenetic tech ear...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, January 27th S&P 500 slides, Nasdaq drops 3% in sharp AI stock sell-off spurred by China's DeepSeek (CNBC) What Is China’s DeepSeek and Why Is It Freaking Out the AI World? (Bloomberg) Nvidia’s $560 Billion DeepSeek Rout Is Largest in Market History (Bloomberg) DeepSeek Won’t Sink U.S. AI Titans (WSJ) Apple, Meta Are Bright Spots in Monday’s Tech Selloff (WSJ) Perplexity AI r...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, January 25th Stocks fall as rally pauses, but S&P 500 heads for weekly gain (CNBC) Trump Would ‘Rather Not’ Put Tariffs on China, Maintains Threat (Bloomberg) Wall Street Enters Darker Age With Most Stock Trading Now Hidden (Bloomberg) Japan Hikes Rates, Solidifying Exit From Rock-Bottom Borrowing Costs (Bloomberg) The new AI rally is leaving Apple behind, at least for now (C...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, January 23rd S&P 500 touches record high after Trump pushes for low rates, oil (CNBC) President Donald Trump says he’ll ‘demand that interest rates drop immediately’ (CNBC) Stock-Market Bulls Are Staring Down Positioning for Rally Clues (Bloomberg) Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is worried — and tells clients to get diversified and cut back on U.S. stocks (CNBC) Markets a...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, January 22nd S&P 500 rises to fresh record as Trump optimism, strong earnings reignite stock rally (CNBC) Nasdaq 100’s Historic Bull Run Has Further to Go, Evercore Says (Bloomberg) JPMorgan’s Dimon Says US Stock Prices Are ‘Kind of Inflated’ (Bloomberg) Tech Leaders Pledge Up to $500 Billion in AI Investment in U.S. (WSJ) Musk and Altman Spar Over $100 Billion AI Venture...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, January 21st Dow rallies 400 points as investors feel Trump’s tone on tariffs is softer than feared (CNBC) Xi Dodges Early Trump Tariffs, Buying China Time to Influence US (Bloomberg) Interest rates won’t fall as fast as expected if tariffs stoke inflation, UBS CEO says (CNBC) JPMorgan ‘War Room’ Examining First Days of Trump Presidency (Bloomberg) Trump to announce AI infra...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, January 17th Dow rises more than 300 points, S&P 500 heads for best week since November as rates fall (CNBC) S&P 500 should reach 6,600 this year on easing inflation backdrop, says UBS (CNBC) S&P 500 Earnings Season Update: January 17, 2025 (FactSet) Analysts are increasing their earnings estimates on these names set to report next week (CNBC) Traders Say Ignore the Daily Tru...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, January 16th S&P 500 is little changed, Apple shares lead Nasdaq lower (CNBC) Morgan Stanley Profit Doubles With Big Stock-Trading Beat (Bloomberg) Bank of America tops estimates on better-than-expected investment banking, interest income (CNBC) LA Fires Test Bond Market Used to Shaking Off Disasters (Bloomberg) Mortgage Rates Top 7% for First Time Since Mid-2024 (WSJ) Wall...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, January 15th Dow pops 700 points as market rally accelerates into trading close (CNBC) Inflation Rises Again, Hitting 2.9% in December (WSJ) BlackRock CEO Calls Record Client Cash ‘Just the Beginning’ (Bloomberg) Goldman Surpasses Estimates as Stock Traders Score Record Haul (Bloomberg) JPMorgan Traders Notch Record Fourth Quarter on Election Swings (Bloomberg) BlackRock C...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, January 14th Dow rises 100 points as traders await more inflation data (CNBC) Traders Brace for S&P 500’s Busiest CPI Day Since March 2023 (Bloomberg) BlackRock’s Rick Rieder would ‘100%’ buy the Nasdaq dip (CNBC) No One Is Talking About a Recession. 4 Red Flags for Markets to Watch. (Barron’s) Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for ‘intense year’ — read the internal memo...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, January 13th Dow rises, Nasdaq falls on Monday as investors rotate out of tech shares (CNBC) Morgan Stanley’s Wilson Sees Big Gap in Profits on Strong Dollar (Bloomberg) Trump’s New Economist Makes the Case for 20% Tariffs (WSJ) Jamie Dimon Says Tariffs Can Help Resolve Competition, Security Issues (Bloomberg) China’s Trade Surplus Reaches a Record of Nearly $1 Trillion (NYT)...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, January 10th Stocks tumble after strong jobs report dampens Fed rate-cutting outlook (CNBC) Wall Street Economists Pare Back Fed Rate-Cut Views After Data (Bloomberg) Inflation data will be of paramount importance in the week ahead, with earnings kicking off (CNBC) S&P 500 Will Likely Report Highest Earnings Growth in 3 Years for Q4 (FactSet) AMD Stock Downgraded. Goldman Nam...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, January 9th Firefighters make progress slowing wildfires while Los Angeles grapples with scope of devastation (AP) U.S. Jobs Are Projected to Rise by 153,000 for December 2024 (FactSet) The Stock Market Embraced Higher Yields. Now It Fears Them. (WSJ) Bank of America Bond Losses Could Top $100 Billion Due to Rising Rates (Barron’s) Microsoft confirms performance-based job c...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, January 8th Stocks are little changed as tech shares wobble, Fed highlights inflation risk (CNBC) Fed Minutes Show Officials Were Eager to Slow Interest-Rate Cuts (Bloomberg) Last Time Bond Yields Surged Like This, Stock Markets Sank (Bloomberg) Citi Wealth Says Treasuries at 5% a Buy as Yields March Higher (Bloomberg) Private sector companies added 122,000 jobs in Decembe...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, January 7th Dow tumbles more than 200 points, Nasdaq loses 2% as Nvidia leads tech rout (CNBC) Reasons why Deutsche Bank thinks 2025 can be another banner year for the stock market (CNBC) Credit Markets Signal Warning for a Relentless Equity Rally (Bloomberg) MoffettNathanson downgrades Apple to sell on ‘decidedly unattractive’ outlook (CNBC) Bank of America downgrades Tesla...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, January 6th S&P 500 and Nasdaq rise as Nvidia leads chip stocks higher (CNBC) Morgan Stanley Strategist Wilson Warns of Risk to Stocks As Yields Surge (Bloomberg) Dollar Falls Most in Two Months on Report Trump to Limit Tariffs (Bloomberg) Unemployed Office Workers Are Having a Harder Time Finding New Jobs (WSJ) Trader Who Made Billions in 2008 Returns to Bet on Market Swings...