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Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1413.
Megacap tech powered the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to strong October gains, largely ignoring the cautious Fed rate cut and the ongoing government shutdown. While Amazon soared on robust cloud growth, Meta plunged after announcing staggering AI capital expenditure plans, signaling investor concern over margin impact. We detail why the relentless AI capex boom continues to dominate the market narrative and offer strategies for positioning your portfolio, recommending an overweight tilt toward QQQ/XLK and caution in longduration bonds like TLT.