The Tech sector’s weighting in the S&P would be approaching 45% with pre-2018 sector classifications. 45%!

Ahead of a busy week for earnings and economic data next week, check out @PaulHickey on Making Money with @cvpayne today at 2 PM Eastern.

The 100 most shorted stocks in the Russell 1,000 are up 52% over the last three months and have beaten the index by 33 percentage points. Not quite "meme-stock mania" from 2020/2021 but definitely elevated.

Alphabet now tied for its longest winning streak on record. Will it enter Spinal Tap territory tomorrow ahead of earnings? $GOOGL

Ethereum is up over 50% in the last two weeks.

Yesterday the US Treasury reported the largest inflow of foreign capital to that market (net purchases) since 2022, obliterating the narrative that foreign investors are fleeing Treasuries (or US equities) due to political risks...

Did anyone think we'd be back to new highs by July back in early April? Here's an updated look of the market's action in year one of Trump 1.0 vs. Trump 2.0. The spread has certainly tightened!

24 of the 25 biggest losers in the first half are up so far in July. A lot of bottom fishing going on.