Joel Elconin – Assessing Market Mania: The Intersection of AI, Earnings, and Momentum
In today’s Daily Editorial, I am joined by Joel Elconin, co-host of the Pre-Market Prep show and founder of the Stock Trader Network. Joel provides an breakdown of a market that seems increasingly detached from geopolitical conflict, choosing instead to focus on robust earnings and technical momentum. We dive into why the “risk-on” sentiment remains dominant and what the recent “V-shaped” recovery tells us about investor psychology in 2026.
Key discussion points include:
- Geopolitical Resilience and Oil Dynamics: How the market is successfully discounting higher oil prices and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, fueled by a domestic supply shift.
- The AI Trade Evolution: A look at the divergence and subsequent recovery between AI hardware leaders and software providers as the market re-evaluates the “SaaS-pocalypse.”
- Retail Mania and Meme Stock Momentum: Assessing the return of “buy-the-dip” euphoria across speculative names, crypto, and large-cap tech.
- Earnings Season Expectations: Why forward guidance and capital expenditure (CapEx) on AI infrastructure will be the ultimate judge of this rally’s sustainability.
- Defensive Rotations: Analyzing the current weakness in the US Dollar and gold, and whether a rotation back into consumer staples and value is on the horizon.
Companies & Symbols Mentioned: NVIDIA (NVDA), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Meta (META), Tesla (TSLA), Marvell (MRVL), Micron (MU) Salesforce (CRM), ServiceNow (NOW), Broadcom (AVGO), Bitcoin (BTC), United States Oil Fund (USO), SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), iShares Silver Trust (SLV).
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Old news Mr. van Winkle
Grumble, it might be a few days old but for you it doesn’t matter because you never do any Due Diligence, or post anything but garble, Grumble’s Garble. So yes it is a waste of time for you. Go back to sleep! LOL! DT 🤣🤣🤣
https://www.tradingview.com/x/5BkSDJKh/
DOLLAR : Into ‘Shadow Gap’ Area
This week looks like alternating day intervention by AI. Next week the Fed. Hopefully until then there is peace and love in the World except for drones and non-nuclear missile production that need silver, etc. I am going back to my shelter where there is TV (but no wifi) until maybe September. Not sure what year.
Maybe we should get back to building concrete bomb shelters in the backyard like they did in the 1950’s. You must have an old tv set, a dog, and a rifle and don’t tell your neighbors because they might want to get in when the SHTF. It sure beats hiding under a desk like they used to instruct students. Watch an old tv program from “The Twilight Zone”, they tell you how to deal with the neighbors when they band up and get suspicious, it’s not pretty how humans react when they join forces and are fearful. DT
Agnico just made a massive land gold grab! DT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN6jTjRlEw8