Q: Based on current financial market conditions, what are some strategies to raise tactical safety.
A: The Tree and the Fruit: harvesting 10-30% of highly appreciated positions? Premium bond and bond fund harvests before and after the first potential rate cut(s)? Hard sell alerts for underperformers that break support? Selling a portion of highly appreciated growth funds?
Q: Where do economists think the economy is heading?
A: Stay tuned for WSJ’s latest survey.
Headline Round Up
*Dow Jones Industrial Average Hits 41,000 for the First Time in History.
*Tech Stock Sell Off!
*Wall Street wants in on America’s Battery Storage Boom!
*Nuclear Future: Advance Act Streamlines Approval Process.
*Meta in Talks for Stake in Ray-Ban Maker in Smart Glasses Push.
*Evictions Surge in Major Cities in the American Sunbelt?
*Brad Sumrok, “Apartment King” Students Get Margin Calls?
*Stretched Consumers? Furniture Sales Fall 7% vs 2023. Building Materials, Garden Equipment, Sporting Goods Down Over 3%.
*Will the Federal Reserve Cut Rates in September?
*Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO of hedge Fund Citadel Buys Stegosaurus for $45 Million.
*Musk Moves X and SpaceX to Texas, and Tesla Announces Hiring of 800 New Employees.
*Cold Pizza? Dominos Falls Most Since 2012 After Pulling Store Growth Target.
*DR Horton, America’s Homebuilder, Spikes on Optimistic Outlook.
*Gold Hits Record as Fed Pivot Bets Ramp Up.
*Microsoft Lays Off DEI Team Due to “Changing Business Needs”. Deere Retreats DEI after Online Attacks from Conservative Commentator, Robby Starbuck. Tractor Supply also ends Programs after Conservatives launched a Boycott.
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Trust (12/29/2023 – 07/19/2024)
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Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (12/29/2023 – 07/19/2024)
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Standard & Poor’s Earnings Growth (05/16/2024 – 08/15/2024)
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Domino’s Pizza Inc. (12/29/2023 – 07/19/2024)
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Federal Register Pages vs. CPI Year over Year Percent Change (1960- 2023)
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Recurrent Midstream Partners Total Return (07/19/2019 – 07/18/2024)
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