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The 17-Month Bull Market, Bull Market Parties, Strength in Defense and India’s Upside
Trends with Friends EP. 40
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Welcome back to Trends with Friends!
On this week’s episode we review Bull Market Parties, the 17-Month Bull Market, Societal Dissatisfaction, Strength in Defense, India’s Upside and more.
Tune in on your favorite podcast platform or select a timestamp to skip ahead. Please leave us a Like or Comment if you enjoy the show.
Chapters
Intro (0:00)
Bull Market Parties (0:47)
The 17-Month Bull Market (1:49)
Societal Dissatisfaction (8:31)
Widening Market Breadth (13:50)
Stocks & the US Dollar (14:42)
Today’s Inflationary Environment (16:56)
Strength in Defense (18:00)
Price is the Message (20:50)
CloudFlare’s Cheap Implied Volatility (22:11)
Can Biotech Bounce Back? (27:44)
Excess Unicorn Supply (30:55)
Stocks 2-Year Stagnation (36:20)
Crypto Broke the SEC (38:04)
Strength in Global Markets (39:27)
India’s Upside (41:59)
Size Doesn’t Matter, Shoutout Grass Clippings (46:19)
Phil’s Final Thoughts (47:31)
Enjoy What You Do, Do It Well (51:36)
Here are this week’s Featured Charts,
Stocks and the US Dollar
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Asset prices since the US Dollar peaked on October 3rd
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A positive correlation between stocks and bonds
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Strength in Defense — $AVAV, $SMH and $AXON
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Financials find new 8-month highs
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CloudFlare
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Can Zoom zoom off its lows
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Biotechs bounce off support
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Multi-year lows in Healthcare position
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Excess Unicorn supply
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SPYs sideways range
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Solana
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Coinbase ripped since the SECs lawsuit
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Germany strength
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India’s upside
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