Q: Based on current financial market conditions, what are some strategies to raise tactical safety.A: The Tree and the Fruit: harvesting 10-30% of highly appreciated positions? Premium bond and bond fund harvests before and after the first potential rate cut(s)? Hard sell alerts for underperformers that break support? Selling a portion of highly appreciated growth funds?Q: Where do economists think the economy is heading?A: Stay tuned for WSJ’s latest survey.Headline Round UpDow Jones Industrial Average Hits 41,000 for the First Time in History.Tech Stock Sell Off!Wall Street wants in on America’s Battery Storage Boom!Nuclear Future: Advance Act Streamlines Approval Process.Meta in Talks for Stake in Ray-Ban Maker in Smart Glasses Push.Evictions Surge in Major Cities in the American Sunbelt?Brad Sumrok, “Apartment King” Students Get Margin Calls?Stretched Consumers? Furniture Sales Fall 7% vs 2023. Building Materials, Garden Equipment, Sporting Goods Down Over 3%.Will the Federal Reserve Cut Rates in September?Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO of hedge Fund Citadel Buys Stegosaurus for $45 Million.Musk Moves X and SpaceX to Texas, and Tesla Announces Hiring of 800 New Employees.Cold Pizza? Dominos Falls Most Since 2012 After Pulling Store Growth Target.DR Horton, America’s Homebuilder, Spikes on Optimistic Outlook.Gold Hits Record as Fed Pivot Bets Ramp Up.*Microsoft Lays Off DEI Team Due to “Changing Business Needs”. Deere Retreats DEI after Online Attacks from Conservative Commentator, Robby Starbuck. Tractor Supply also ends Programs after Conservatives launched a Boycott.SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Trust (12/29/2023 – 07/19/2024)– Courtesy of Bloomberg LP
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