The Market Structure Map
May 8, 2024
Should a stock like COKE rise 20% in a day? Executives love it, sure. But it’s aberrant behavior at loggerheads with what the dominant money buys today. Here’s what I mean. COKE is a member of MDY, the Blackrock (iShares) S&P midcap 400 ETF, with...
April 24, 2024
April 10, 2024
You wonder what’s going to happen next. I mean, look around. The South Carolina women ran ruthlessly through everyone, capping a 38-0 season with the NCAA basketball championship. Right before a total eclipse not of the heart but of the sun. Then UConn trammeled the...
March 13, 2024
My wife Karen is reading Peter Attia’s book, Outlive, which is like reading it myself. I get the benefit of Karen as filter for tidbits and takeaways. Now, I realize. Not everybody loves Dr. Attia. And I’m not suggesting he’s got all the answers. But...
February 21, 2024
Last week, markets were abuzz over the zero that lifted LYFT. For those who were vacationing or living hermetically and missed it, Lyft reported financial results and inadvertently added a zero to adjusted EBITDA margin-expansion, giving machines the notion profit margins improved 5% instead of...
January 31, 2024
Consumers are confident. I’m not sure they have all the data. It’s a lesson for public companies. In case you missed it, The Conference Board’s monthly consumer confidence survey reached a two-year high. Nielson runs the survey, and The Conference Board will sell you a...