ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
The Market Breadth Summary: AI Crash The Stock Market Summary First, technology cracked and next the AI trade crashed. The crash is not obvious because the stock market absorbed the crash quickly and, perhaps most importantly, many AI trades are still up significantly for the year despite trading down 30%, 40%, 50% and more from … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary The Stock Market Indices Last week, retail and software stocks ignited, and the usual AI-related suspects also participated in the rally. Yet the advance unfolded beneath persistently weak market breadth, leaving a notable disconnect between price action and participation. The software rally is particularly interesting and gratifying to me given I … Read more
ServiceNow puts AI in the core of its mission and software platform. From the company’s about page: “ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention—and it all begins with workflows. We are a single platform that brings together any AI, any data, and any workflow, so you can completely reinvent how people work across every … Read more
The Market Breadth Summary Stock Market Commentary Chaotic trading continued last week. Some segments of the market are doing extremely poorly and other segments of the market that are doing extremely well. A market rotation has turned into stark divergence hidden by major indices which are mainly thrashing about. I see three major signals. One, … Read more
Jumia Technologies (JMIA) reported strong Q4 2025 results. At the same time, the company is entering another important phase in its development as scale and economics align more visibly within the business model. On a year-over-year basis: The headline numbers are strong, but the more important development is structural. Operating Leverage Takes Center Stage In … Read more