The spotlight this week is concentrated on 4 “Magnificent 7” names: Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta, with markets watching closely for updates on AI strategy, consumer trends, and cloud performance. We've had a handful of guests discuss mega cap tech stocks recently so we thought we'd include some of their insights in one episode. 

Show Notes:
Magnificent 7 Now The Troubling 3, Underscores Market Weakness
Netflix Is Still King
Market Sentiment Is A Powerful Thing - Joe Albano, Tech Cache
High Conviction Ideas With Next Gen Investors
Waiting On Tech Earnings, Don't Overplay Market Seasonality

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CEO and CIO of Infrastructure Capital Advisors, Jay Hatfield, on being bullish all year, now more neutral (0:30). Wait and see on tech earnings (3:15). Bearish on Tesla (4:40). Amazon, Broadcom, Meta bullishness (7:00). Actively managing ETFs (8:50). IBIT and Bitcoin ETFs (12:20). Bond market update, tariff objectivity (13:30). REITs, real estate, interest rates, USD (17:45). What almost everyone ignores about monetary policy (28:25).

Show Notes:
July 2025 Commentary And Economic Outlook
Understanding Master Limited Partnership Payout Ratios
The Small Cap Covered Call Yield Pick-Up
Infrastructure Capital Funds

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Steven Cress explains why tariffs are back in focus (0:30). US-centric stocks, ATI pick 1 (8:30). Sterling Infrastructure pick 2 (10:35). Bank of America pick 3 (14:00). 52-week highs, when stocks are appropriate buys (17:40). Pro Quant Portfolio and Alpha Picks (19:30). This is an excerpt from last week's webinar, 3 Strong Stocks To Hedge Against Tariff Pressure.

Show Notes:
Tariffs Reignited: Best Stocks To Buy Now
Sector market data

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Victor Dergunov, The Financial Prophet, on very interesting current market dynamics (1:20). Mag stocks, strong conviction picks (4:35). Fed, monetary policy, healthy USD, interest rates (19:00). Earnings season underway - look for delinquencies (27:20). Amazon and Netflix bullishness (32:50). AI spending concerns (35:20).

Show Notes:
Why The Market May Hit A Wall Here
Here's Why I Increased My Tesla Position
Alphabet: Still A Buy
Palantir: It's Just Too Expensive Here

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Rob Isbitts from Sungarden Investors Club talks to analysts Julia Ostian, Jack Bowman, and Kenio Fontes (0:30). Overheated market, Amazon bullishness (15:35). Buffett and value investing (23:40). Fed creating money out of thin air (25:15). China in focus (28:00). Nu Holdings' disruption (32:50). Mega caps eat the world (38:55).

Show Notes:
Nu Holdings: The Only Fintech In My Portfolio Right Now
Grab Q1 2025: It's Delivering Exactly What I Hoped
Private Payrolls Shed Jobs For The First Time In Years
Uber Vs. Lyft: Why I Buy Uber And Not The Other
Nu Holdings: Still A Buy But Not As Obvious As Before

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Sector expert Dan Rayburn on streaming and media space (1:15). WBD, Comcast spinning out linear assets (2:50). Netflix and Spotify (6:15). Nielsen is a joke (9:20). Metrics to look at - ARPU, very important (14:15). Netflix is still king (16:20). Disney's an interesting one (25:55). Warner Brothers' rebranding (33:30). DIRECTV doing some cool stuff, NFL free on YouTube, new Amazon numbers, Peacock still losing money (38:40).

Show Notes:
Super Bowl Streaming, Disney Deep Dive And Why Numbers Don't Lie
Netflix Releases Useless Data, But Still Considered The Gold Standard
Streaming Reality Vs. Fantasy With Dan Rayburn

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Michael Kramer from Mott Capital Management and Reading The Markets on the first half of the year - market recovery has mostly been surprising (0:35). Magnificent 7 now The Troubling 3 (2:05). Regrets from owning Amazon over Nvidia? (9:05). AI has more promise in healthcare (13:25). Painfully long Tesla (16:15). Poor liquidity in marketplace (18:50). US economy health most important, especially employment (24:00).

Show Notes:
Wall Street ends at a record high after U.S-Vietnam trade deal
Flirting With Stagflation
The Bond Market Just Issued A Warning On Unemployment
The Stock Market Looks Great, And That's The Trap
The Dollar Is At A Critical Juncture As Major Currencies Eye Breakouts

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David Keller on the juxtaposition between market highs and economic uncertainty (1:15). Technical perspective on S&P 500, Nasdaq (3:40). Macro economic themes (8:00). Tech a strong sector, but valuations have become extreme (14:30). The death of buy and hold has been greatly exaggerated (17:30). Tesla the outlier (20:30). Counterintuitive moves in the dollar and oil (23:25). Bitcoin's technicals and practical value (30:40).

Show Notes:
Taking Note Of Market Patterns
Market Sentiment Is A Powerful Thing - Joe Albano, Tech Cache
Danielle DiMartino Booth On Jobs, Oil, Powell, Precious Metals, USD
SPY, QQQ, And Bitcoin

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J Mintzmyer of Value Investor's Edge talks global tensions and trade wars in the context of shipping (1:30). More bullish on tankers and dry bulk, oil rigs (5:40) Israel/Iran; Russia/Ukraine possible scenarios (7:35). Russian oil sanctions (11:20). Oil price movements and reactions (12:55). Shorting Walmart - a brief update (18:30).

Show Notes:
Why J Mintzmyer Is Short Walmart And Long 3 Shipping Stocks
Disruptions And Delays Usually Bullish For Shipping Rates
J Mintzmyer's Note Of Caution On Shipping
Red Sea Disruptions And 2 Key Shipping Segments

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Sara Awad, who runs Tech Stock Pros and the Investing Group Tech Contrarians, on tech holding up well (1:10). Tesla's robotaxi launch (3:10). Nvidia updates (15:05). AMD momentum, Apple disappointment, Broadcom bullishness remains (17:15). CoreWeave changed investment thesis (23:05).

Show Notes:
Robotaxi Sunday Foreshadows Tesla's Next Big Thing - Buy Call
DeepSeek Isn't New, Nvidia Concerns, Downgrading AMD + 3 Semi CapsTech Stocks - Focus On What Management Isn't Talking About
Stressful Markets, But Lots Of Opportunities In Tech

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Economic expert Danielle DiMartino Booth explains why perspective is key and how markets have been looking for an excuse to rally (0:50). Whatever you do, don't lose your job! (4:00) Unreliability of some economic data (6:00). Powell, inflation and a weak housing market (7:30). U.S. dollar counter-intuitiveness (14:30). Encouraging precious metals (18:00). Oil supply and demand (19:00). Bitcoin: more counter-intuitiveness (21:40).

Show Notes:
Danielle DiMartino Booth On America's Game Of Thrones
Should We Trust Economic Data?
Quill Intelligence

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How Tech Cache's Joe Albano is thinking about today's market - what does next pullback look like? (1:15) 4 assets in focus (6:15). Favorite way to play Bitcoin (16:00). On thematic ETFs (18:05). Valuation is not enough to get an edge (21:10). Tariff costs and AI spending (24:30). Mega-caps and momentum (33:30).

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Show Notes:
Meta Platforms: Sucking In The Bulls
Bitcoin Has Opened The Door To Rally Deep Into All-Time Highs (Technical Analysis)
fuboTV Overcame The Odds
Rubrik: The Current Cybersecurity Outperformer, But Not Immune To Sentiment
AI Software: Understanding The Revenue Funnel
AI Tiers And Taking Profits In Tech With Joe Albano, Tech Cache

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Steven Cress, Seeking Alpha's VP of Quantitative Strategy, on this very volatile year (1:15). Strategies employed in quant; top 10 picks' track record (14:00). Why Barclays is a Strong Buy (31:15). Pick #2, Prudential out of Asia (34:00). FinVolution, pick #3 (36:55). Power Solutions, pick #4 (38:40). Picks 5&6: New Gold and Gold Fields (42:10). Picks #7-10 (45:20). This is an excerpt from Top Stocks For H2 2025.

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Show Notes:
Steven Cress' Top 2025 Stocks
Macro Outlook For H2 2025 With Dr. David Kelly
Six Barbell Picks For A Turbulent Market

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Sungarden Investors Club' Rob Isbitts shares why all investing starts with proper risk management (0:45). Navigating risk in different sectors and markets (5:00). Disney's dog collar (13:30). Managing risk in the current environment, including technical analysis (20:50). Strategy risks (30:00).

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Show Notes:
Disney: The Magic Of Option Collars When Stocks Fly Like Peter Pan
Markets And Dividend Investing Are Evolving - How To Take Advantage
S&P 500: Respond To War With ROAR (Technical Analysis)

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Why Michael Wiggins de Oliveira considers himself an inflection investor (0:30). How to properly value stocks - especially now (8:45). Portfolio returns in 2024 and 2025 (17:40).

Show Notes:
Super Micro Computer: At 22x FCF, This Is A Steal
DocuSign: Rule Of 40 In Sight And $130 On The Horizon, I'm Long

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James Kostohryz returns to discuss the multiple economic shocks that might still hit the economy in 2025 (1:40). High inflation expectations, Fed pressure, and interest rates (13:40). Allocation ideas for a recession (19:35). Elon Musk, escalating debt, and the big, beautiful bill (28:10). Israel, Iran, and oil (45:35). What's driving Bitcoin surge (58:40).

Show Notes:
Will War Trigger A Bear Market And Spike In Oil?
Will Macroeconomic Shocks Lead To Business Cycle Recession?
Is Elon Musk Right About A US Debt Crisis?
CPI inflation comes in softer than expected in May

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Taking a closer look at GameStop, its bet on Bitcoin and billions in cash. You may think video games and malls, but Seeking Alpha analysts, our news team, and GME's Virtual Analyst Report, tell a story of a pretty fundamental change happening.

Show Notes:
GameStop Has A Unique Ability To Deploy Its Cash Unlike Any Other Investment Fund
GameStop: Priced For Turnaround Perfection (Technical Analysis)
GameStop reports $6B+ in cash, no new Bitcoin purchases since the last update

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The Pragmatic Investor, James Foord, talks macro flows and dynamics in the market (0:40). Interesting international picture - has something fundamentally shifted? (6:20) Valuation can only take you so far (11:00). Robinhood, HIMS and other favorite stocks right now (13:45). Energy Transfer and picking oil players (16:15). Owning bitcoin and/or bitcoin proxies (20:40). CoreWeave, Nebius and AI (25:00). Bearish on Super Micro Computer (26:25). Still a Tesla bull (28:30).

Show Notes:
No Growth, No Margins, No Thanks: Why I'm Out On SMCI
I'm Loading Up On Energy Transfer
Nebius: Hyperscaler Aiming For Hypergrowth

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Why Clem Chambers, CEO of Online Blockchain plc, is a huge optimist on blockchain, but not on established players (0:20). Blockchain more interesting than Bitcoin (4:10). Not a fan of the ETFs (6:15). This is an excerpt from a recent episode.

Show Notes:
Kirk Spano On Bitcoin, Options Selling And A Choppy 2025
Bitcoin Vs. Gold: What Investors Should Know
IBIT ETF sees surge in inflows as bitcoin nears all-time high

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Gina Martin Adams, Chief Equity Strategist for Bloomberg Intelligence, talks to Sungarden Investment Publishing's Rob Isbitts about investing, strategizing and the many paths of finance (1:15). Bloomberg MVP index. Momentum, volatility, valuations and profitability (8:30). Evolution of markets (17:00). Why valuations for biggest large caps are so high (24:45). Where should your capital be allocated? (36:20)

Show Notes:
Markets And Dividend Investing Are Evolving - How To Take Advantage
Small Cap Nuance

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