So far – so weird, but to-be-expected. One month and 1-week into the New Year and it’s already beginning to look a lot like active portfolio management is going to win out over passive portfolio management. Generally, this is the case after a robust and protracted Large-cap Growth rally. Simply put, nothing goes straight up…...
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So much of what we do at Finom Group is simply preparation, playing Chess, thinking some 10-steps ahead. Are we always successful in this task; no, but this is the task and one that we encourage and coach investors/traders to consider/execute as frequently as possible and for one simple reason: Confidence comes from preparation. If…...
The Rise of DeepSeek: What the Headlines Miss Lennart Heim and Sihao Huang Recent coverage of DeepSeek’s AI models has focused heavily on their impressive benchmark performance and efficiency gains. While these achievements deserve recognition and carry policy implications (more below), the story of compute access, export controls, and AI development is more complex than…...
Good Sunday Finom Group members, from around the world. During our off-reporting weekend (2 weeks on, 1-week off) this weekend, we ask that you consider the following notes/updates from our chief equity strategist Seth Golden and the 3rd-party Research we usually offer during our off-reporting week. As a reminder to all members, we are performing…...
Good Wednesday morning investors and traders! As a reminder, this is our Finom Group off-reporting weekend (2 weekends on, 1 weekend off). With that in mind, I encourage investors/traders to consider the attached 3rd Party Research from our friends at Capital Economics and RBC Capital. Additionally, we plan to publish additional 3rd Party Research this…...
We are going to commence this weekend's macro-market Research Report by stating something that should be obvious, but based on this past week's market rally some may be overlooking: "The markets are still within a consolidation/pullback phase."
Good Wednesday morning investors and traders! Ahead of the official release of the Consumer Price Index, the Producer Price Index for the month of December showed a slower rate of change in prices than economists had forecast. Whether or not this proves a foreshadowing of a cooler Consumer Price Index today remains to be seen.…...
Only 2-trading weeks into the calendar year and things have become a whole lot tougher for investors. I will (Seth Golden) be flying solo this weekend, so kindly forgive any grammatical or spelling errors. Speaking of errors, the Wall Street strategists’ price targets are looking more and more unreliable in the early part of the…...
Good Wednesday morning Finom Group investors and traders! Please consider the following mash-up of 3rd-party Research ahead of this Sunday’s forthcoming Finom Group macro-market Research Report. As always, while we do not always align with the ideas, considerations, and analysis of 3rd-party works, we believe it is relevant to understand such ideas in and around…...
