The Investment Thread

There are a lot of risk-off signals right now. The only pro-growth indicators seem to be related to possible tax cuts. On the corporate side, tax cuts aren't going to create investment in growth when all of the other indicators are negative. The same thing happened in 2018 . . . tax cuts right before tariffs caused many companies to use the savings for dividends and buy-backs.

Perhaps that's the design, I don't know. But it seems to me like selling the S&P becoming the trade is more likely than not over the next six months. We'll see, the market's resiliency never ceases to amaze.
HEI, one of my long holds, had a 13% pop today. I sold a little off, both the common stock and the class A. HEI closed at around $259 today. They were in the 270ish range 5-6 months ago, but with a pop like today, I find it wise to take some profits.

I'm glad the stock price broke the trend of falling after amazing earnings results. I felt like a lot of money pulled out of HEI due to the uncertainty of the overall market. HEI is a cash making machine, has smart owners, and is still growing. They are benefitting from the OEMs, like Boeing still struggling a bit on the commercial side.