The Market Structure Map

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December 10, 2025

I don’t know if it’s better to be the Wildebeest or the Hyena. But there’s safety in the herd. That’s one conclusion from my NIRI Senior Roundtable panel last Thursday with Simplify Asset Management chief strategist Mike Green (who is now also the economics rockstar...

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December 3, 2025

Where is the money coming from? It’s the question Karen and I had down in Cabo ahead of Thanksgiving as we observed the hillsides overlooking the Sea of Cortez now festooned with elegant homes. It wasn’t that way the last time I visited 25 years...

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November 26, 2025

We bid November 2025 goodbye and we say hello to a tryptophan high (yes, that rhymes on purpose). You EDGE subscribers, our next live Discussion is Thu Dec 4. Brian Wilson will lead it. I’ll be in San Antonio for NIRI Senior Roundtable and a...

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October 22, 2025

If you beat across the board, why does your stock fall?  For those unaccustomed to earnings season jargon, I’m referring to exceeding the expectations of Wall Street analysts for revenue and earnings and other metrics. The kicker is raising guidance – telling investors you’ll do...

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September 24, 2025

At 9:45am eastern time September 20, the Nasdaq declared Self-Help against the Nasdaq BX. September 20 was a Saturday. Relax. It was a test. We saw a bunch last week. If you want to know about the Nasdaq BX, well, another time. It’s the old...

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September 17, 2025

I hope you enjoyed the break from the blog!  Aug 31, we followed James Michener into the South Pacific and found out why Paul Gaugin stayed. It’s the water (Gaugin may have, er, named other things). See here. In our absence, stocks steamed higher and...

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