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Merrill lying about service outage yesterday
https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/04/29/merrill-clients-report-website-app-problems/ Couldn’t trade for hours yesterday. Customer service admitted that they couldn’t access systems internally either. But… “The company attributed the interruption to planned platform enhancements and noted the issue has been resolved.” Because of course you’d plan disruptive platform enhancements to happen during trading hours. What a crock.
AI cloud wars: exclusivity is fading, capex is not
VentureBeat says AWS adding OpenAI models to Bedrock shows cloud AI is moving from exclusivity to model distribution. Today’s earnings fit that: AWS grew 28% to $37.6B, Azure and other cloud services grew about 40%, and Google Cloud grew 63% to $20B , clear evidence that AI demand is showing …
How do invest in the VIX volatility index? The ProShares ETF's (symbol VIXY) performance numbers don't align with how VIX has performed.
How do I invest in the [Volatility Index - Symbol = VIX?](https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EVIX/) I did a search, and there are apparently ETFs like [ProShares VIXY](https://www.proshares.com/our-etfs/strategic/vixy) which "seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that match the performance of the S&P 500® VIX Short-Term Futures Index." However, the performance of VIXY should …
The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged, but internal disagreements and differing opinions among officials persisted
This decision has essentially dashed market expectations for a Fed rate cut this year, while rising expectations of a rate hike will provide upward pressure on the dollar and significantly suppress gold prices. However, as long as central banks continue to buy gold and geopolitical risks persist, gold prices will …
today decides the next 2 weeks for SPY
we just had the most loaded 24hrs of the quarter. fed split 8-4 (worst since 1992), trump killed the iran deal, oil ripped to $120, and four mag 7 names reported in an 80-second window after the bell. today at 8:30 we get GDP + PCE at the same time, …
I tried to find which AI infrastructure sector hasn’t already been fully repriced
I’ve been trying to look at the AI trade from a slightly different angle. A lot of the obvious AI infrastructure winners have already had huge moves. Optical networking, data center construction, cooling, and power equipment have all been bid up hard. So instead of asking “what is the next …
Any other oil investors out there thinking Hormuz might finally be your moment?
I’ve been holding oil ETF’s ever since they crashed during COVID (XLE and XOP), and while they sure bounced back nicely after COVID, they’ve remained nearly flat since ‘22 era despite all of the other headwinds that the industry has going for it. Between the massive production growth in the …
precious metals stocks.. miners refineries etfs etc..
Anyone else into shiny? Tickers around silver, gold, and platinum are welcome. Been watching metals pretty closely this year with how bullion’s been moving. Kitco pricing is just a submarket but I think with the volatility, government buying, continent delays in supply - feels like there might be some opportunities …
Would it be possible for a billionaire to start their own ETF so they could rebalance/buy/sell securities in-kind without having to distribute capital gains?
Normally individual investors can't do in-kind exchanges of stocks/bonds without triggering capital gains, but many etfs are able to this. Is there anything preventing a billionaire/UHNW person from starting their own ETF with the target allocation they want for their portfolio and rebalance/buy/sell inside the etf to avoid the taxes …
Anyone compare stocks to footballers? NFLX right now is basically Lewandowski at Barca
Bit of a weird habit tbh but it's been useful for the mature stocks everyone just scrolls past because there's always something up 1,000% to chase instead. NFLX has done its time as the explosive growth story. Headlines have moved on. But Q1 just printed 16% revenue growth, ad business …