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Warm Up
– Back from a 2-week hiatus (Network renewed us indefinitely)
– Lots of “experts”out there… 4, 3, 8, 2 rate hike expectations…..
– War seriously? Can’t we let the pandemic end first?
– Bidens approval rating? We have some interesting datapoints
– Taking the #2 Place for the Chili Cookoff this weekend! – AH entered a Chili Cookoff – 18 contestants
– Its a great night for a whisky tasting…..

Market Update
– Nothing good to say – just horrible action – could be the worst I seen in years… All out blood bath of selling.
– Bad News = Bad News, Good News = Bad News
– Year-to-date Index Performance: Nasdaq -16%, S&P 500 -11.3%, Dow -8.7%… Pretty staggering, especially considering we’re still in January.
– WE ARE IN A CORRECTION
– ***** – Researched this Monday at 12PM- markets were on lows and sinking….: Indicators showing massive oversold for markets – 10/1 advancers to declines on Monday, VIX >38,  McClellan -384, Spearman -87 (-96), SP500: 326 Below 200 DMA, 178 Above. SP500 RSI 20.25 (Below 30 is oversold), SPY > 4 ST Devs Below 50 DMA (Rode 3 STD in March 2020 on way down)
– One of the fasted 10% declines to start a year ever
**** Monday – one of the most incredible candle days ever – obliteration, then squeeze to green – a 5.2% reversal in the NASDAQ – 1,000 points for the DJIA – Small Caps up 2.5%
—– Tuesday the selling kicks up in the morning again. (looks like weak hands are playing with the shorts as still oversold levels)

PREDICTION (FWIW)
– Oversold condition remains ahead of Fed (plus decent numbers from Logi, MSFT and TXN)
– Potential for a significant short squeeze ahead of Fed
– If Fed tamps down hawkish talk, could leg higher from there

Bad News = Horrible, Good News = Bad News
– War? Seriously? Aren’t we beyond this already?
– Fed in Play? Goldman says up to 5 hikes – seems far fetched….
– – Wednesday is FOMC Rate Decision
– – Earnings this week – Intel, Microsoft, Tesla (plus others)
– Russia hints at prohibiting anything crypro – rough weekend for coins

IMF – More Bad News
– IMF says global growth is expected to moderate from 5.9 in 2021 to 4.4 percent in 2022—half a percentage point lower for 2022 than in the October World Economic Outlook  

Updates from the 1/24/2022 Crazy Day
– From Low to Close % change:
– QQQ 5.7%, ARKK 13%, XBI 8%, SHOP 20%, ROKU 13%, RBLX 16%, ASAN 19%, PTOn 15% and the list goes on – like a mini flash crash
– TODAY!!!!!!!!!! Just about the same range for the DJIA (1,000 points) – Question – is the selling done?

Carnage!
– % Below High... $PYPL: -50% $TWTR: -58% $BABA: -63% $SQ: -63% $SNAP: -65% $PINS: -68% $ROKU: -70% $PENN: -71% $CRSP: -72% $DKNG: -75% $ZM: -75% $Z: -75% $TDOC: -76% $BYND: -76% $CHGG: -77% $PTON: -84% $STNE: -85% $LMND: -86% $SFIX: -86% $SPCE: -87% $CLOV: -90% – Nasdaq 100: -16%

Other Market Moving Items
– Netfilx Earnings – – Decent numbers overall, outlook very soft (Netflix often provides weak outlook)
— Stock down 24%!!!!!!!!! DOWN 48% from November high and now actually shows really good ratios. (Cheap???)

Peloton
– Peloton on Thursday reported preliminary quarterly results and said the number of connected fitness subscribers will fall short of expectations.
– The company put out its release after CNBC reported that Peloton is temporarily halting production of its connected bikes and treadmills and looking for ways to control costs.
– – All of this after they did  that boneheaded price hike last week that we discussed as one of the stupidest moves in history.
—– Stock down 24% on the news…
—- Company then says that they halting production (leaked memo)
——– Earnings concern coming from competition and price comparatives (then why hike prices?????)
——- Fire management as they seem really dumb

Micky D’s
– McDonald’s is expanding its test of the plant-based McPlant burger, created as part of its partnership with Beyond Meat.
– Starting Feb. 14, the fast-food giant will roll out the burger at roughly 600 locations in the San Francisco Bay and Dallas-Fort Worth areas to learn more about consumer demand for the potential menu item.
– WHY???

Kohl’s
– Confirmed that it received letters expressing interest in acquiring co.
– Co’s board will determine the course of action that it believes is in the best interest of co and its shareholders;
– They do not intend to issue further public comments on the matter.
– A report from WSJ suggested that the takeover bids for co could amount to approx. $64-65/share.

Microsoft Earnings
– Beats on top and bottom – but not as big of a beat as in past few quarters
–  Stock tumbles 5%, after hour futures get slammed
– 5:30PM conference call – upside guidance
– Guidance revenue of $48.50-49.30 bln vs CapitalIQ consensus of $48.20 bln.
—– Stock turns up $20 on this and futures scream higher (200 pt on DJIA and approx 250 pts on NAZ from A/H lows

Commodities
– More crazy moves – Nickel

Nickel Squeeze

Biden Approval Rating – Year 1

Biden Approval Compared

AMAZON – HUH?
– Amazon is opening a clothing store in the physical world.
– The first Amazon Style store, located in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, Calif., will open its doors later this year, the company announced Thursday.
– The store will feature women’s and men’s apparel, shoes, and accessories from a mix of well-known and emerging brands, with prices catering to a wide range of shoppers.
– Shoppers will rely heavily on their smartphone in order to browse the store.
– In the fitting rooms, Amazon has added touchscreen displays, which shoppers can use to rate items or request different styles or sizes to be delivered to their fitting room.

 Coin Segment
– Dave Ackerman who provides some of the coin news: “Bitcoin price fell sharply over the weekend so you should BUY THE FREAKIN’ DIP!!!!!!!“
– History This Month – Bitcoin history was made in January of 2011 when three people each bought 4 Bitcoin at a rate of $100 trillion Zimbabwean dollars, the largest ever single numeric value traded for Bitcoin.
– Problems with the Solanoa coin/network caused all sort of problems for many holders/users
– Crypto crash over weekend erases more than $1 trillion (not uncorrelated and not inflation protection and not a good store of value)
– Perhaps why drop? – The Federal Reserve Bank dropped a new central bank digital currency white paper last week, hinting that a CBDC could compete with “private digital money”.
– Microstrategy’s Michael Saylor at it again – Huge Bitcoin holdings on company’s books. Just tried to play with accounting and use bitcoin impairment charges in the non-GAAP measures. Stock down 24% last week and 60% from high (nice strategy brah!)
– Last week – Russia’s central bank on Thursday proposed banning the use and mining of cryptocurrencies on Russian territory, citing threats to financial stability, citizens’ well-being and its monetary policy sovereignty.

More Coin
– Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. made headlines last November when he announced he would be converting his 2021 salary into bitcoin
– PROBLEM – November 12th he did the conversion and now the price is down 45%.
– After tax, federal and state, and loss, the salary is worth $35,000 (approx)
– HERE IS THE QUESTION – Why are the Crytro Bros always bragging that this athlete or actor/star chose to take their salary in bitcoin – WHAT ????? Notoriously athletes and actors are the worst with investments and money….

Angels’ Envy Rye – Tasting
– Thanks to Hans, Franny, Dodge, Aaron, Maui, others for helping us out with kind donations for this event and the show…

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