1) Bank Earnings: Day 2 
“Green Numbers, Red Faces”

• JPMorgan: posted strong results on trading strength… and still got punished, with the credit card rate-cap drama turning into a headline landmine.

• Today: Citi and Wells Fargo report (and the market will grade them like a judge on a cooking show).

• Tomorrow: Goldman and Morgan Stanley step into the arena.
  
  

2) Econ Data: PPI + Retail Spending = HOT

CPI teased “relief,” but today’s inflation pipeline and spending pulse are the real vibe check. When producer prices and consumers run hot, yields get sticky… and “rate cuts” start sounding like a bedtime story for grown adults.

3) Trump + Iran = Oil Woke Up

Trump said he canceled meetings with Iranian officials and encouraged protests to continue—markets heard “Middle East risk” and oil heard “gym motivation.”

4) Meta Reality Labs Cuts: VR Got Vaped

Meta is cutting roughly 10% of Reality Labs—more proof that the metaverse is taking a back seat while AI drives the Lambo.

5) Silver Goes Full Supernova

Spot silver punched through $90+ for the first time and kept running. This move is part “rate-cut expectations,” part “geopolitical hedge,” part “inventory squeeze,” and part “the market loves a mania.”

| Alfred Rappaport

Strengths

The market still has a backbone: inflation is cooling at the consumer level just enough to keep hope alive, while earnings season brings real liquidity, real catalysts, and real opportunity. When big banks report, volume shows up—meaning the tape becomes tradable, not just “random.” Also note the Russell holding green while the majors dip—rotation is whispering, “Look beyond megacaps.”

Weaknesses

This tape is hypersensitive to anything that smells like “sticky inflation.” CPI was the appetizer—PPI and retail heat are the main course, and the market hates the idea that cuts could get delayed. Financials are also getting dragged by political headline risk around lending/credit pricing, which turns banks into punching bags even when they execute.

Opportunities

This is prime “Trade the Turn to Earn” territory: earnings gaps, sector rotation, and volatility expansion. Precious metals ripping while equities sag is a signal: risk-off hedging is back in style—and that creates asymmetric trades in miners, energy, and rate-sensitive sectors. Also: deal rumors (Netflix/WBD) and analyst call clusters can create clean momentum windows—just don’t marry the move.

Threats

Geopolitics is re-entering the chat. Iran tension is oil’s favorite caffeine, and energy spikes can feed back into inflation expectations fast. Add policy noise around credit card rate caps, plus China tightening on U.S./Israel-linked cybersecurity tools, and you’ve got a headline minefield that can whipsaw tech and financials in the same session.

TRUMP TACTICS — ACTIVE 
(2nd Term Playbook So Far)

1. Tariff leverage as a policy weapon (trade pressure and legal/structural pushes around tariffs).

2. Consumer credit pressure campaign: pushing the idea of a temporary credit card rate cap (10%)—forcing banks to publicly defend margins.

3. Iran pressure escalation: canceling meetings, publicly backing protesters, and signaling consequences—raising geopolitical risk premium.

4. Energy geopolitics influence: actions/statements that ripple directly into crude pricing and inflation expectations.

5. Housing/credit market manipulation themes: aggressive narratives around mortgages and policy direction that can shake rate expectations and financials (especially during earnings season).

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• Earnings season = scheduled volatility. Don’t fear it—farm it.

• PPI days are yield days. If yields spike, growth gets slapped. If yields cool, growth gets oxygen. Either way: the move is prepared, not predicted.

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On this day (January 14, 2000): the Dow closed at 11,722.98, a record high during the dot-com era peak.

Why it matters today:
Markets can look “unstoppable” right before they get humbled. The lesson isn’t fear—it’s framework. Tops and bottoms aren’t announced. They’re telegraphed through sentiment, leverage, and volatility regimes.

Surprising Earnings-Season Stat:
Silver is already up roughly 27% in the early part of this year’s trading while equities are choppy—proof that rotation can flip fast when macro expectations shift.

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