Hedge Fund Tips

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Saturday…

Dollar General Is No Walmart. Buy the Stock Anyway. (barrons)
Tech stocks have worst week in months after ‘nobody saw DeepSeek coming’ amid AI mania (marketwatch)
Investors snap up stocks outside of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ in January (marketwatch)
Tech giants to turn into ‘Lagnificent 7’ as U.S. exceptionalism peaks, say Bank of America strategists (marketwatch)
Don’t count on ‘Magnificent Seven’ stocks repeating their winning streak this year, these Wall Street gurus warn (marketwatch)
Intel’s forecast missed by a mile. Here’s why the stock is ‘numb’ to the problem. (marketwatch)
Mexico, Canada Work Against the Clock to Avert Trump Tariffs (bloomberg)
Canada Resorts to Chopper-Video Diplomacy to Halt Trump Tariffs (bloomberg)
Fed’s Goolsbee Lauds Inflation Progress But Supports Slower Pace (bloomberg)
Here’s what Trump’s tariff threats look like on the ground in China (cnbc)

Our Applied Stock Market Indicator of the Day is:

NYSE Breadth Climax

Intel Fourth-Quarter Sales Beat Estimates During Turnaround (bloomberg)
Intel shows signs of progress (marketwatch)
Don’t count on ‘Magnificent Seven’ stocks repeating their winning streak this year, these Wall Street gurus warn (marketwatch)
Inside China, DeepSeek Provides a National Mic Drop Moment (nytimes)
CVS Knows You Hate Those Locked Cabinets (nytimes)
Why Chinese Tech Keeps Surprising the West (bloomberg)
Nvidia retail investors told us why they’re unfazed by DeepSeek’s market disruption and refusing to sell (businessinsider)
Novo Nordisk Shares Still Have a Long Road Back from 40% Slump (bloomberg)
Markets (and the world) on edge as Trump’s tariff deadline approaches (yahoo)

“Planes and Parkas” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…

Alibaba springs a Lunar New Year surprise on DeepSeek, global AI market (scmp)
GDP grew at a 2.3% pace in the fourth quarter, less than expected (cnbc)
10-year Treasury yield slides after weaker-than-expected GDP (cnbc)
Fed holds rates steady, takes less confident view on inflation (cnbc)
“Alibaba on Jan. 29 unveiled a new version of its AI model called Qwen2.5 Max that it claims has performance comparable or better than OpenAI, DeepSeek, Google and Meta models.” (investors)
Nvidia Stock Falls. What Microsoft and Meta Earnings Mean for the AI Chip Maker. (barrons)
Fed Stands Pat on Rates, Entering New Wait-and-See Phase (wsj)
OpenAI says DeepSeek stole its AI data, but how common is ‘distillation’? (scmp)
Chinese tech giant flexes its muscles in global race for AI dominance (foxbusiness)
They Invested Billions. Then the A.I. Script Got Flipped. (nytimes)
Why blocking China’s DeepSeek from using US AI may be difficult (reuters)
Most Popular Hedge Funds Don’t Want Your Money But Smaller Firms Might (bloomberg)
The White Lotus Is Already Driving a Travel Boom in Thailand (bloomberg)
ECB warns of ‘headwinds’ to Eurozone economy as it cuts rate to 2.75% (ft)
Why some ‘Magnificent Seven’ companies could be earning less in 2050 than today (marketwatch)

Yesterday, I joined Mary Calvi on CBS News to discuss the Fed, Rates and more. Thanks to Mary and Claire Phelan for having me on:

On Thursday, I joined Taylor Riggs on Fox Business to discuss Trump, interest rates, rotation, and stock picks. Thanks to Taylor, Jake Mack and Kathryn Meyers for having me on: Continue reading ““Planes and Parkas” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…”