THIS....is probably the reason for NVDA being green today....so far. Also the fact that Haung is about to travel to China. China Tells Alibaba, Tech Firms to Prep Nvidia H200 Orders https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-tells-alibaba-tech-firms-113130667.html
For those that like to give all their data and and access to their tech devices to China....good news. TikTok Seals Deal to Operate in the US After Years of Drama https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tiktok-seals-deal-create-us-003822230.html
I "heard" that the consumer confidence reading came in better than expected. Of course....there is NOTHING I can find about this so far. The media has little interest in a positive story. They are so predictable.
WOW....breaking news.....silver just broke $100 per OZ for the first time ever. AMAZING.....I would have never predicted this a few years ago.....not that I really care. When I was driving to DALLAS to drop off an exhibit painting the friend that I was driving with is a former VP at Merrill Lynch. We were talking about how crazy the metals are now and how all the publicity and recent gains are going to drive a lot of people to consider metal as an investment........many in their IRA. NOT a good thing in my view. BUT....that is human nature.
Welcome to the world of......AI. This has been a trend across many big companies for a few years now. They are talking about nearly.....30,000.....corporate jobs. Amazon to cut thousands of jobs in sweeping corporate layoffs Second wave of layoffs could begin next week, targeting nearly 10% of corporate workforce across AWS, retail and Prime Video divisions https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/amazon-cut-thousands-jobs-sweeping-corporate-layoffs
The above is about it for me so far today. I am finding nothing much of any interest. So I guess I will just have to sit and enjoy the day....regardless of the markets. Here in Central Texas we are seeing runs on grocery stores with the impending winter storm. What in the world is wrong with people? We are only talking about a 3-5 day event. Where one of my kids lives on the outskirts of Austin.......people were abandoning their cars along the road to get into HEB. The parking lot and any other possible places to park were full.
Oh yes......I did finally find some content on "Consumer Confidence" buried in this general article about the markets today. S&P 500 is little changed as Wall Street takes a breath after two-day rally https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/22/stock-market-today-live-updates.html Consumer outlook better than expected in December, survey shows I dont care about this sort of survey......meaningless BS to investors.
LETS MAKE SOME MONEY TODAY. I just looked and I have a nice STRONG gain gong today. A single red stock....AAPL. SHOW ME THE MONEY.
