Why the Market’s Still Obsessed With AI

May 16, 2025 • 1 minute, 3 second read

Make no mistake: The stock market peaked in February, following the news that China had released a new AI program.

DeepSeek isn’t just a ChatGPT clone. According to China, it was able to train the AI with substantially fewer resources.

That’s a huge breakthrough. And a sign of a global “Cold War” in AI development.

That potential escalation still looks some time off. For now, investors love AI because it’s a pure growth story, by any metric.

For instance, ChatGPT’s total users now exceed those of Wikipedia:

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I remember when Wikipedia first launched. Several of my college professors said it shouldn’t be used as it wasn’t reliable. I also remember going on Wikipedia, ignoring the article, and going straight to the footnotes that could be used and were reliable.

Today, AI models are best used similarly: to get the creative juices flowing and to run through some ideas, not do all the work and turn down the human capacity to think.

Be mindful, though. As the saying goes, today is the worst AI will ever be.

Times and technology change, and ChatGPT’s rise shows that its fast growth comes at the cost of disrupting other industries – and that there’s more growth ahead.

-Andrew

The Small Cap Breakout

September 19, 2025 • Addison Wiggin

The terrifying bull market broadened its base yesterday, driven by expectations of easy money.

Small caps tend to be more dependent on borrowing to finance operations than the cash-rich mega-cap players.

So it’s no surprise that as the Fed acquiesced to cutting interest rates Wednesday, small caps, as measured by the Russell 2000 Index (IWM) broke out of a four-year range.

DASH and LOW Stock Have One Key Thing In Common

September 18, 2025 • Adam O'Dell

Sometimes, a compelling market trend flashes like a neon sign on the Vegas strip.

We’ve seen that a lot with mega trends like artificial intelligence (AI) over the last few years. Just last week, Oracle was rewarded with a 40% post-earnings pop in its stock price after a strong earnings outlook for its AI cloud business.

Other times, you’ve got to do a little work to find out what’s driving a stock’s price higher. And my “New Bulls” list each week is a great place to start.

DASH and LOW Stock Have One Key Thing In Common

The Carrot and The Stick

September 18, 2025 • Addison Wiggin

Incentives grow markets. Regulation stunts their fragile bones.

The Fed’s rate cuts are carrots. Markets are feasting on them. Over in the Grey Swan Trading Fraternity, Portfolio Director Andrew Packer added a long trade in the commodity market – in a small-cap player, producing a commodity domestically.

As a cherry on top, it might be the next MP Materials or Intel and get explicit government backing, which could really cause shares to take off.

Trump’s threats to the Fed, or the FCC’s jawboning of broadcasters, are sticks. Investors must decide which matters more.

As one market veteran told The Wall Street Journal: “Cheaper money is a carrot. But the bigger question is whether trust in our institutions can hold. Without that, the carrots won’t matter.”

Nasdaq Enters Nosebleed Heights

September 18, 2025 • Addison Wiggin

If you follow technical indicators, the Nasdaq — a broad measure of tech stocks — is now “extremely overbought”… a level only seen in 0.4% of its history.

That’s less than half a percent, and it is likely the precursor to a correction when traders decide to take profits.

Our advice, “panic now, avoid the rush” and rotate your tech into hard assets such as gold , bitcoin, and commodities in general.