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Summary Outside of a brief period last summer, the Technology sector has seen its relative strength line sit in negative territory for nearly the whole of the past year. While Tech’s relative strength is not as weak as it once was and is closing in on the first positive readings ...

Summary On January 20, 2023, the price of Bitcoin broke the bearish trend that had been going on for fourteen months and thus brought a touch of optimism to the market. The interest rate hike by the Fed does not contribute to a significant increase in optimism about Bitcoin. This ar...

Summary The crypto rebound has driven an even larger rebound among digital assets equities, strengthening the case that digital assets equities represent a leveraged bet on digital assets. All of the top 10 non-leveraged ETFs year-to-date are Bitcoin or blockchain related. The new y...

Summary Artificial Intelligence (AI) has garnered a fair amount of hype over the past two months. However, investors may be focusing on the wrong set of companies. In this report, we focus on two areas that we believe are overlooked and offer outsized opportunities: cybersecurity an...

Summary Loosening Big Tech's labor stronghold may help level the global playing field. We believe many of our international holdings will be able to capitalize on dislocated labor markets. International investing offers the opportunity to access markets with technology innovators wh...

Summary Bitcoin’s 30-day volatility plunged below that of the S&P 500 Index’s in early January, as both buyers and sellers looked elsewhere amidst declining liquidity. The lack of a Bitcoin spot ETF serves as a powerful symbol from U.S. regulators that the asset is not...

Summary As we head into the end of January, technical conditions in major stock indexes are showing a lot of strength. We think a bear market that could easily trim 50% from indexes is in the cards, but timing is everything. We find price action-driven measures more reliable than su...

Summary When I think about the lessons learned from 2022, I think the biggest lesson is valuations matter. I do think this is the most predicted recession that I've ever seen, certainly, in my career. Investors of all stripes, whether you're an asset allocator or a stock picker, I t...

Summary Crypto prices were in the high $60,000 range in 4Q21 and have seen pressure throughout most of 2022, averaging just under $30,000 for the year. In the crypto mining space, several other factors contributed to the rally. Much like the relationship of gold mining companies to the ...

Summary Last year’s market volatility was driven primarily by uncertainty over inflation and interest rates. In last year’s downturn, technology stocks were at the epicenter of market volatility. After years of steady gains, investors now acknowledge that technology stocks...