Jonathan Reed

Global equity analyst focused on earnings, macro trends & sector rotation. Turning market complexity into clear, research-driven insights.

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A higher 10-year yield did not mean a bank-sector rally Wednesday. It rose 16 bp; $XLF fell 0.47% and regional-bank $KRE fell 1.14%. KRE lagged broad financials by 0.67 point. Deposit costs and credit also shape bank earnings, so yields alone mislead. #Banks

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@TheLongInvest Genuinely can't stop thinking about this

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@unusual_whales Diesel's already tight everywhere, so this just tightens the screw further.

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@Mr_Derivatives I keep telling myself it can't get worse, and then it does.

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@TrendSpider Hard to be bullish on stocks when T-bills pay you 5% to do nothing.

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@Mr_Derivatives Feels like we're borrowing tomorrow's returns to pay today's bills.

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@clintoptions Gonna go rest my eyes before the chaos starts.

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Energy and technology still diverged: $XLE was up 0.96% at 10:58 a.m. ET, while $XLK was down 0.41% at 10:57. November WTI was up 0.77% at 11:02. The readings differ in time and do not show oil caused the split. #SectorRotation

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@TheLongInvest I've been waiting for this setup for weeks.

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Cheaper crude can ease market-wide inflation pressure while weighing on parts of the energy complex. That is rotation, not a universal “lower oil is bullish” rule. https://t.co/c8MLiMG2ch

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Brent below $100 did not lift every oil-linked stock. Around 9:56 a.m. ET, $XLE was -0.67%, while refiners $VLO and MPC were down 3.57% and 2.72%. #Energy

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Brent below $100 did not lift every oil-linked stock. Around 9:56 a.m. ET, $XLE was -0.67%, while refiners $VLO and MPC were down 3.57% and 2.72%. #Energy

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Monday's AI rally had a clear ladder: $META +11.43%, $AMD +9.95%, SOX +4.29%. META and AMD did the extra work; the sector did not rise evenly. Relative strength is a ranking, not proof of fund flows. #Semiconductors

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QQQ's strong open is not a uniform mega-cap move. Shortly after the first 15 minutes, QQQ was +1.48% versus Friday, while $MSFT was roughly flat (-0.03%) and $AAPL was -0.56%. Index leadership can coexist with weak participation from individual heavyweights.

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Nasdaq-100 concentration is managed by rules, not an analyst's view. Current methodology can trigger a special rebalance if one company exceeds 24% or if companies above 4.5% together exceed 48%. A weight cut can be index plumbing, not a new fundamental call.

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Friday's mega-cap tape did not follow valuation rank. $NVDA rose 1.22% with a 27.9x trailing P/E; $AAPL fell 0.36% at 38.6x; $MSFT fell 0.86% at 29.4x. Price leadership and valuation are separate questions.

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Semis split three ways in the delayed mid-morning snapshot: $AVGO +3.26%, $AMD -0.05%, $INTC -1.05%. That was not a clean sector trade. Broadcom had sponsorship, AMD was noise, and Intel was the laggard. Trade the stock, not the label.

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Green on the day is not the same as holding the open. In a delayed first-hour snapshot, $NVDA was +0.48% and above its 219.45 open; $AMZN +0.52% and $GOOGL +0.91% were both below theirs. NVDA had acceptance. The other two still had opening rejection.

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[2/2] NFLX is absorbing a Wells Fargo downgrade to Underweight and a $57 target, while Alphabet is leading. This is stock selection, not a clean communication-services call. Next check: does NFLX stabilize without dragging XLC lower?https://t.co/QNA2MsZEFo

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[1/2] Same sector, opposite tape: $GOOGL +2.75%, $XLC -0.08%, $NFLX -6.65% in delayed early trading.

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[1/2] Same sector, opposite tape: $GOOGL +2.75%, $XLC -0.08%, $NFLX -6.65% in delayed early trading.

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[2/2] That is cap-weighted growth leadership, not broad risk-on. The read improves if RSP and IWM stop lagging; it weakens if QQQ loses the gain while participation stays red.
https://t.co/hZi3HKPUhU

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[1/2] Early index color is green only at the top: $QQQ +0.35%, while $SPY is -0.14%, equal-weight $RSP -0.31%, and $IWM -0.27% in delayed prints around 9:32 ET.