In the world of artificial intelligence, or AI, things move very, very fast. Heck, even the call options move really fast, or with “high velocity,” if I may be so bold as to say. That high-velocity move can be seen in our position in the C3.ai (NYSE: AI) calls. As of this writing, we are

A volatile and unexpected first quarter of 2023 is about to come to a close, and it’s been one replete with Federal Reserve and interest rate drama, stronger-than-expected economic data, higher-than-expected inflation metrics, a throwback to the reign of mega-cap tech stocks and of course, those dreaded bank failures. The chart here of the major

Where do we go? Where do we go now? Where do we go? –Guns N’ Roses, “Sweet Child O’ Mine” We are about to close the books on what was a volatile and unexpected first quarter of 2023, one replete with Federal Reserve and interest rate drama, stronger-than-expected economic data, higher-than-expected inflation metrics, a throwback

In the photography business, they call it “the golden hour.” This is usually defined as the last hour before sunset, and the first hour after sunrise. During the golden hour, the sun is at a low angle in the sky, creating longer shadows and thereby providing nature’s most-flattering lighting situations. In markets, we have our

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Three years ago today, the market, and the world, were in serious tumult. The COVID-19 pandemic was virtually the only thing on the collective global mind, as nobody knew much about the virus, how to combat it and what kind of damage it would do to civilization. Those of us who are chiefly concerned with

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