Why I’m Sticking Around 25% Invested
“Don’t shoot the piano player. He’s trying as hard as he can.” – President Harry Truman No tech or basic industrials. I’ve sold down...
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Martin Sosnoff
Jun 13, 20223 min
STAGFLATION: A Very Dirty Word
The ugliest word in financial mumbo jumbo is stagflation. Stands for little or no growth with inflation running north on the page. The...
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Martin Sosnoff
Jun 6, 20224 min
Can Financial Memory Sort Out Market Chaos?
Long historical memory can distort the present or focus it brilliantly. What’s coming next? I once terminated a very bright 50-ish...
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Martin Sosnoff
May 31, 20223 min
I Spell Recession With A Capital “R”
Nowadays, when blindsided by a big earnings shortfall, the write-down overnight ranges anywhere from 15% to over 25%, as in Netflix....
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Martin Sosnoff
May 23, 20224 min
13F Portfolio Filings: Nobody’s Dealing With Recession
I’ve lived long enough to hate my Microsoft position which is too low-cost to sell out and pay the tax man. But, Microsoft past 12 months...
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Martin Sosnoff
May 16, 20223 min
Buffett Talks The Talk Should We Listen Up?
Overconcentrated positioning can make or break you. Tiger Global Management Fund dropped 25% during April and over 50% year-to-date....
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Martin Sosnoff
May 9, 20224 min
Nobody Escapes The Great Humbler
Shooting season’s extended on mega-cap paper that disappoints. Bad earnings numbers chopped down Netflix, Meta Platforms, Alphabet and...
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Martin Sosnoff
May 2, 20224 min
Punditry’s Big Picture Flub Analysts Whiff On Big Tech
Still too much residual bullishness in our market setting. Nobody seriously questions whether the Big Board deserves to sell at 20 times...
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Martin Sosnoff
Apr 25, 20223 min
Pie Chart Players: Silent Investors, Silent Losers
Never have I seen pie chart investment constructs more entrenched in the money management business. Our major banks and brokerage houses...
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Martin Sosnoff
Apr 18, 20223 min
High Intensity Players Left At The Post
Excepting energy, there were few places to hide during the March quarter. Unless you stood light in technology and financials, chances...
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Martin Sosnoff
Apr 11, 20224 min
Growthies To Languish On Death Row
After her demise, when I opened Mother’s steamer trunk, I found under a tangle of costume pearls mildewed stock certificates of Royal...
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Martin Sosnoff
Apr 5, 20224 min
Junk Bond Spreads Widening Spell Trouble For Stock Valuation
I’ve started to shed paper gains on my junk bond holdings. This is so even though I keep duration at 5 years and don’t go below BB credit...
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Martin Sosnoff
Mar 28, 20224 min
Street Wisdom Worth Approximately Two Cents
Some 60 years ago, when I first subwayed down to Wall Street, equities, excluding utilities, mainly were deemed vulgar expressions of...
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Martin Sosnoff
Mar 22, 20223 min
Darkest-Before-Dawn Shots
I participated wildly at the dawn of the Jet Age. Boeing brought forth its transcontinental model 707 that spanned the Atlantic and...
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Martin Sosnoff
Mar 14, 20223 min
A Death Knell For Markets Inflation At 7%
I’m just a lonesome operator who recalls 21 cent gas, not today’s gyrating $4.50 to $5.50 at the pump. The 21 cent toll was a Great...
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Martin Sosnoff
Mar 7, 20224 min
The 60/40 Investment Construct A Myth Of Conservatism
I was a Great Depression baby. I remember my mother dangling down a sugar cube over the porcelain kitchen table. My parents would gaze at...
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Martin Sosnoff
Mar 2, 20223 min
Only Tone-Deaf Players Buy Into Volatility
I was a feisty operator when poor. I had so little to give back. Some 60 years ago, the collar was yellowed on my seersucker jacket and...
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Martin Sosnoff
Feb 24, 20224 min
Putin’s Ukraine Gambit Looks Like World War I Beginnings
Nobody thirsted for World War I’s ignition, but it was touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife who foolishly...
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Martin Sosnoff
Feb 22, 20224 min
High Intensity Players Flamed Out In Fourth Quarter
Lackluster portfolio performance was the common denominator for high energy operators past several months. Top picks among 10 largest...
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Martin Sosnoff
Feb 15, 20224 min
Interest Rates: Higher For Longer Beware Of Institutional Myopia
The country is saddled with a wimpish FRB chairman. He talks about quarter point, even half point bumps in Federal Funds rates which rest...
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