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Sam Ro @tker.co · 4h

AI Ecosystem Capital Flows - Morgan Stanley

Sam Ro @tker.co · 1d

According to BofA's analysis of customers receiving paychecks, employment growth slowed in Sept. Analysis of households receiving unemployment insurance payments suggests continuing claims in October are rising

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 1d

"...even if you do all of this due diligence, market timing is noisy and flawed, and paraphrasing another widely used expressions, markets can stay mispriced for longer than you can stay solvent." - Damodaran aswathdamodaran.substack.com/p/a-fairly-h...

A "Fairly Highly Valued" Market": The Fed Chair Opines on Stocks, but should we listen?

Market timing, the impossible dream!

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 4d

great data on skewed returns in the S&P 500 via S&P Dow Jones Indices

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 3d

2 market-crash facts that surprised me 📉 www.tker.co/p/surprising...

2 market-crash facts that surprised me 📉

Plus a charted review of the macro crosscurrents 🔀

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 4d

great data on skewed returns in the S&P 500 via S&P Dow Jones Indices

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 5d

Picking a market-beating stock is far from a coin flip 🪙 www.tker.co/p/most-sp500...

Picking a market-beating stock is far from a coin flip 🪙

A simple concept explains how a few big winners carry the market's returns 📊

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 6d

BofA 💳: "Total card spending per HH was up 2.2% y/y in the week ending Sep 27, according to BAC aggregated credit & debit card data.Y/y electronics spending fell sharply, likely due to base effects from iPhone launch timing (9/20/24 vs. 9/19/25).Spending growth remains solid despite soft labor data"

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 7d

I remember when we didn't talk about U.S. government shutdowns 🫢 www.tker.co/p/us-governm...

I remember when we didn't talk about U.S. government shutdowns 🫢

There have always been bigger forces moving markets 👀

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 8d

"305 years ago, the shares of a trading company with no ships and no trade routes rose in price from a little over £100 to a peak near £1,000 in the late summer. But by September 30th, it was all over." -S&P Dow Jones Indices

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 8d

"While valuations across equity markets are elevated, US equity returns were driven less by valuation expansion but by earnings recently." - Goldman

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 9d

Average first-day returns of IPOs

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 9d

"In fiscal year 2025, we sold over 245 million hotdog combos, over 157 million rotisserie chickens, and enough bath tissue to reach the moon and back over 200 times.” - Costco CFO via The Transcript thetranscript.substack.com/p/doing-pret...

Doing Pretty Well

The American economy is doing pretty well at this time

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 9d

"Civil unrest risk..."

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 11d

I was on the RenMac Off-Script podcast with Jeffrey deGraaf, Neil Dutta, Steve Pavlick, and Steve Duttenhofer. We talked about the Fed, markets, global investing, the risk of a government shutdown, and much more! Check it out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZF0...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9d

“.. our government gives that financial bailout to a foreign country who in turn makes their prices more competitive and sells into a market that we’re unable to access,” said Caleb Ragland, who grows soybean, wheat and corn ..

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 10d

The stock market valuation chart we want now but can't have until 2035 🔮 www.tker.co/p/forward-re...

The stock market valuation chart we want now but can't have until 2035 🔮

Plus a charted review of the macro crosscurrents 🔀

www.tker.co

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 11d

I was on the RenMac Off-Script podcast with Jeffrey deGraaf, Neil Dutta, Steve Pavlick, and Steve Duttenhofer. We talked about the Fed, markets, global investing, the risk of a government shutdown, and much more! Check it out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZF0...

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 12d

"...sentiment for consumers with larger stock holdings held steady in September, while for those with smaller or no holdings, sentiment decreased..." - UMich consumer sentiment survey

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 14d

Fed Chair Powell's remark about the stock market is not breaking news 🗞️ www.tker.co/p/fed-powell...

Fed Chair Powell's remark about the stock market is not breaking news 🗞️

The Fed has believed stock prices were 'fairly highly valued' for at least two years 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 15d

outrageous

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 15d

"Economic data delays due to the government shutdown in October 2013"

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 16d

"Full AI adoption across S&P 500 companies could add up to an annual net benefit of $920 billion. In the long term, this potentially translates to a market cap increase of $13 trillion to $16 trillion for the S&P 500 alone..." - Morgan Stanley www.morganstanley.com/insights/art...

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 17d

A key business story to watch in 2026 🗓️ www.tker.co/p/profit-mar...

A key business story to watch in 2026 🗓️

Plus a charted review of the macro crosscurrents 🔀

www.tker.co

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Sam Ro @tker.co · 18d

I was on the Excess Returns podcast with Matt Zeigler and Kai Wu. We discussed TKer’s 10 Truths About the Stock Market and what they mean for investors today. You can get it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVgL...

The Average Return That Never Comes | Sam Ro on 10 Stock Market Truths Investors Get Wrong

YouTube video by Excess Returns

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