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Weekly Market Setup: AI de-risking and Iran headlines overwhelm softer inflation
AI/semis selling and Iran risk knocked stocks while cooler CPI eased yields; next week’s duration auctions, mega-cap earnings and flash PMI could jolt…
24 hrs ago • PickAlpha
AI Is Everywhere. So Where Is the Productivity Boom?
AI adoption is already widespread, but the profits are not. The first phase of the AI trade rewarded companies that built intelligence; the next may…
Jul 17 • PickAlpha
Evening Memo | Data and Fed Talk Lift Yields; Earnings Set Tomorrow’s Test
• What changed after hours: mixed earnings from Netflix, Intuitive Surgical and Alcoa. • Tomorrow’s trade ideas: monitor earnings follow-through and…
Jul 17 • PickAlpha
Morning Report | June PPI downside shock resets Fed path, pulls yields lower
$TLT rallies on PPI downside $SOXX choppy, beta de-risking persists $TSM blowout Q2, Arizona capex bold $EWZ hit by 25% tariffs $DLR NY targets…
Jul 16 • PickAlpha
Evening Memo | Below‑consensus PPI eased yields; earnings set tomorrow’s focus
• After hours: United beat and raised guidance but warned large fuel headwinds. • Tomorrow’s trade ideas: focus on airline and broader earnings…
Jul 16 • PickAlpha
Evening Memo | Inflation shock sent yields lower; earnings set tomorrow’s trade
• After hours: Aehr reported a Q4 beat and raised FY2027 revenue guidance significantly. • Tomorrow’s trade ideas: follow-through from CPI and the next…
Jul 15 • PickAlpha
Morning Report | Hormuz toll-blockade risk spikes, energy shock bid hits global risk
$FXI June trade beat, pull-forward risk $ITA Section 815 buyback limits watch $XLY Retail Monitor steady demand, apparel leads $URA Utah monuments cut…
Jul 14 • PickAlpha
Evening Memo | Fed hawk, fiscal bleed set rates; corporate moves set tomorrow's names
• After hours: Brown-Forman, Shutterstock and L3Harris announced leadership and contract developments. • Tomorrow’s trade ideas: inflation prints and…
Jul 14 • PickAlpha
Morning Report | Hormuz closure claims, U.S.-Iran strikes restart; crude bid, equities risk-off
$XHB ROAD to Housing Act signed $DLR Virginia data centers diesel backup $DLR Ashburn ACC9 smoke report $INDA June CPI surprise, food-fuel $ITA…
Jul 13 • PickAlpha
Evening Memo | Oil-driven risk, Fed repricing set Monday open
• Oil jumped on Gulf shipping risks and stalled U.S.-Iran diplomacy. • China exports surprised stronger and Saudi Aramco reported higher Q1 profit.
Jul 12 • PickAlpha
AI bid steadies the tape into July 10 close as yields drift higher
AI and semis lifted S&P/Nasdaq despite rising 10Y yields; next week’s CPI/PPI, Beige Book and bank earnings test the consumer and rate path.
Jul 11 • PickAlpha
Morning Report | China pressures Meta AI deal, global tech regulation risk reprices
$META China pressures AI deal $BABA DOJ compliance settlement $META EU DSA design scrutiny $ABT formula case back in focus $APO EasyJet approach stirs…
Jul 10 • PickAlpha
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