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Episode 48 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. This Week's Topics: 1. Tesla Earnings 2. Chart of The Week: Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight (RSP) vs iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) Past 3 Months 3. Weekly Insight: 84% Are Beating, Now Big Tech is Stepping in 4. Most Stocks Are Losing to The Index in 2026 5....

Episode 47 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. This Week's Topics: 1. Goldman Sachs Earnings 2. Delta’s Riyadh Launch Is 11 Days Out. The Airport Is Closed. 3. 12 Reports. 4 Days. Earnings Season Starts Now. 4. Pepsi Beat Earnings, then cut its outlook. This episode is powered by Sift Investment Management - cu...

Episode 46 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. This Week's Topics: 1. Pepsi Earnings Preview for Thursday 10/8/2026 2. Saudi Aramco CEO, Amin Nasser's Comments on Oil Supply 3. A Broken Test Tube In Siberia Has The White House Watching 4. Andrew Sorkin's "Inside The Story of 1929" Talk at University at Buffalo...

Episode 45 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. The team breaks down the biggest market catalysts. We preview Micron’s high-stakes fiscal Q4 earnings amidst massive AI memory bottlenecks, dive into SpaceX pushing Starship into Earth orbit, and examine Anthropic’s historic upcoming public debut. Plus, we cover Nv...

Sift Stack Quick Take 9: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving the world. Today we break down the massive bond sell-off pushing 30-year Treasury yields to 2004 highs and national mortgage rates toward 7.5%. They explore how soaring rates create a housing market stalemate, making renting cheaper than buying across major cities. Plus, the team analy...

Episode 44 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. We analyze Meta’s massive rally to near all-time highs following a major legal settlement and the breakout launch of its new AI Agent app, Muse. We examine the growing divergence between the Federal Reserve’s interest rate projections and everyday consumer inflatio...

Episode 43 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. Federal Reserve's unanimous 12–0 vote to hike interest rates, setting the federal funds rate to 3.75%–4.00% with signals of another increase ahead. Driven by sticky energy inflation and bond yields near 20-year highs, the Fed's move shifts market expectations. The...

Sift Stack Quick Take 8: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving the world. OpenAI has released its latest flagship model, GPT-6 Astra, reclaiming the lead in the AI race with massive speed and efficiency gains. In this special episode of Sift Stack, we break down both the bullish and bearish implications. On the market side, this release offers maj...

Sift Stack Quick Take 7: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving the world. In this seventh episode of Sift Stack Quick Take, we dive into a loaded post-earnings landscape. We discuss the massive divergence in AI stocks, specifically analyzing why Broadcom’s record-breaking $175 million daily profit hasn't shifted its stock price, while Nvidia conti...

Episode 42 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. Following NVIDIA’s record print, market attention turns to Broadcom ($AVGO) - the custom silicon titan behind Google’s TPUs and enterprise cloud workloads via VMware. After past revenue misses sparked market volatility, Wall Street anticipates Q3 revenue of $29.43B...

Sift Stack Quick Take 6: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving the world. Nvidia reported quarterly revenue of $96 billion, exceeding fiscal 2024 totals and driven by significant growth in the data center sector. Management issued forward-looking guidance projecting 70% revenue growth for 2028, citing robust demand for AI infrastructure despite on...

Episode 41 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. In this loaded episode of The Sift Stack, we dive deep into Nvidia’s highly anticipated earnings and its 1300x data center growth over the last decade. We discuss the rise of AI agents as the next monetization catalyst, Nvidia’s impending 15% price hikes, and wheth...

Sift Stack Quick Take 5: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving the world. WWe explore why Walmart and TJ Maxx shares fell despite raising their full-year guidance, highlighting a significant slowdown in same-store sales growth. We also dive into the massive 177% surge in Moderna's stock following news of a potential skin cancer vaccine, and discus...

Episode 40 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. It’s a big week for discount retail as Walmart ($WMT) looks to reclaim its $1T market cap and TJ Maxx ($TJX) proves why owning stores beats owning brands. We break down the 'treasure hunt' effect driving TJX's high margins, the impact of the Iran war on Walmart’s c...

Sift Stack Quick Take 4: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving the world. We dive into Applied Materials' record-breaking earnings and why the stock saw a surprising dip despite hitting a 50% gross margin. We also explore the massive buzz surrounding the potential Anthropic IPO, with investors modeling a staggering $2 trillion valuation as a listi...

Sift Stack Quick Take 3: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving the world. Big earnings beats from Super Micro Computer, CoreWeave, & Nebius. After a brutal July for momentum stocks, these companies signaled that AI data center and server demand remain red-hot. CoreWeave’s revenue skyrocketed 112% year-over-year, with a strong Q3 forecast fueli...

Episode 39 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. The S&P 500 is at fresh all-time highs after July payrolls came in at negative 23,000 against roughly 80,000 expected & progress toward peace in Iran, flipping September odds from a Fed hike back toward a hold. The deep dive is Applied Materials, reporting...

Sift Stack Quick Take 2: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving the world. SpaceX's first post-IPO lockup expiration, with roughly 911.5 million shares becoming eligible to trade two days after the company's debut quarterly report. CJ digs into Q2 revenue growth, $18.4 billion in capital expenditures, Starlink's subscriber momentum, and why an expa...

Episode 38 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. SpaceX reports for the first time ever as a public company Tuesday, with the stock down roughly 50% from its June highs and lock-up expirations set to triple the float by the end of September. Starlink and capex will drive the call, not fundamentals. Also covered:...

Sift Stack Quick Take 1: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. Amazon jumped after hours on record AWS numbers — $16.6 billion in cloud operating income, up from $10.2 billion a year ago, and the fastest growth in 18 quarters. Microsoft posted its best day since 2008 on Azure strength while Meta slid on rising expenses and shrinking free...

Episode 37 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. As AI and data center demand push the power grid to its limits, NuScale Power (SMR) is betting that small modular nuclear reactors can help power the future. The company holds the only NRC-approved SMR design and recently secured a major deployment agreement with t...

Episode 36 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. Apple ($AAPL) has passed Nvidia to reclaim its spot as the world's most valuable company at a $4.90 trillion market cap. By avoiding massive AI infrastructure spending and focusing on free cash flow, Apple continues its steady climb despite upcoming iPhone 18 price...

Episode 35 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. TSMC reports earnings Thursday with revenue expected to climb 35% year over year, as the hosts break down why its 75% grip on the foundry market may be the toughest moat in the game. SK Hynix, the memory giant behind Nvidia's AI chips, just raised $26.5 billion in...

Episode 34 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. Delta doesn't make money flying you across the country. They make it from your wallet. American Express pays Delta billions for SkyMiles, generating $8.2 billion in 2025 and fueling the airline's rise to the world's largest by market cap. Add a premium cabin boom,...

Episode 33 of The Weekly Sift Stack: CJ Gettelfinger, Lucas Nulsen, & Tyler Sherven break down the biggest stories moving markets. Memory is the new gold rush. Micron just joined the trillion-dollar club, with quarterly revenue up 196% year-over-year as AI's appetite for storage grows. The same forces are lifting WDC and SNDK. Here's the interesting part: analysts expect Micron to nearly match...