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On today’s show, we discuss:
- As Markets Swooned, Pros Sold–and Individuals Pounced
- ‘I Could Lose It All Tomorrow’: The Traders Leaning In to Wild Markets
- Trump softens tariff tone amid empty shelves warning, market slump
- Cargo Shipments From China to U.S. Slide Toward a Standstill
- For Baby Strollers, There’s No Way Around China Tariffs
- The Eerie Calm in the S&P 500
- How are US consumers and firms responding to tariffs?
- Americans Are Downbeat on the Economy. They Keep Spending Anyway.
- The Gen Z Lifestyle Subsidy
- $1 Trillion of Wealth Was Created for the 19 Richest U.S. Households Last Year
- My Stock Market Abundance Plan
- Eli Roth’s The Horror Section
- How ‘Yellowstone’ Became a $3 Billion Franchise – and Where It Goes Next
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The rare Zweig Breadth Thrust (ZBT) triggered today.
Marty Zweig discovered this signal and it has a perfect track record (using NYSE data from NDR).
This signal has been 100% accurate since WWII, with the S&P 500 higher 6- and 12-months later every single time. 19 for 19. pic.twitter.com/ofBNHBJZiU
— Ryan Detrick, CMT (@RyanDetrick) April 25, 2025
To say this one more time, what we've seen the past two weeks isn't what you see in bear market rallies.
More than 70% advancers on the NYSE six times over the past 10 days. Never lower 6- and 12-months later for the S&P 500. pic.twitter.com/l7xov3sPeP
— Ryan Detrick, CMT (@RyanDetrick) April 25, 2025
The S&P 500 is up at least 1.5% for three days in a row.
This isn't stuff you see in bear market rallies or short covering rallies. You see this before times of strong performance.
Higher 10 out of 10 times a year later and up 21.6% on average. pic.twitter.com/kfvfNKq6IK
— Ryan Detrick, CMT (@RyanDetrick) April 25, 2025
NOTHING TO SEE HERE FOLKS
THIS IS COMPLETELY NORMAL AND HEALTHY
HAVE THEY CONSIDERED CUTTING AVOCADO TOAST OUT OF THEIR BUDGET pic.twitter.com/PYtLBGNprG
— Lance Lambert (@NewsLambert) April 23, 2025
In the past 15 trading days the S&P 500 has seen runs of:
-12.1% (in 4 days)
+9.5% (1 day)
-5.5% (7 days)
+6.3% (3 days)
Like 4 months in less than one
— Ben Carlson (@awealthofcs) April 25, 2025
Who else is excited to see how we fix these problems? The USA's "broken" monetary system:
#1 in total wealth.
#1 in total GDP.
#1 in GDP growth in the G7.
#1 in global corporate profits.
#1 in GDP per capita in the G20.— Cullen Roche (@cullenroche) April 22, 2025
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