Articles for author: Russ Cohen

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The Market Isn’t Random — It’s Patterned

This system identifies repeatable setups across thousands of stocks, and you can test it yourself. Most investors assume the market is chaotic… unpredictable… impossible to “solve.” But what if that’s not quite true? In today’s Friday Digest takeover, Keith Kaplan, CEO of our corporate affiliate TradeSmith, makes the case that markets behave less like randomness, ...

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The Hidden “Thumbprints” Behind Big Stock Moves

Editor’s Note: If you want an edge in this market, you need to look at it differently. The usual approach – following earnings, headlines and analyst calls – only gets you so far. By the time those signals show up, the move is often already underway. That’s why I want to introduce the team at ...

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Palantir Is Down 30%: Noise? Or a Signal to Accumulate?

For some Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:) investors, it seems like the thrill is gone as it relates to PLTR. The stock is down about 20% in 2026. But dating back to its 52-week high in November 2025, PLTR is down about 30%. Furthermore, the stock has been trading in a defined range since early February. Even a ...

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What Big Bank Earnings Aren’t Telling Investors Right Now

For the past few weeks, investors have been trapped in a “fog of war.” They’ve been fixated on the headlines, worrying about oil prices, inflation and the implications for future rate cuts. That is understandable. The good news is that the first-quarter earnings season has arrived just in time. Because after weeks of anxiety, rumor ...

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Goldman’s Delta One Desk: Equities Driven By AI Spend

Takeaways Equities are no longer broadly based; the entire tape is being driven by one force, AI spend, with everything else orbiting that single gravity well Hyperscaler capex is the fuel line, as long as Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta Platforms keep spending aggressively, the AI flywheel remains intact Semiconductors have become the purest expression ...

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Why May Could Be a Turning Point for Palantir Stock

Key Points Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) soared during most of this artificial intelligence (AI) boom, but one thing prompted caution at certain times, and that’s the stock’s valuation. It skyrocketed, reaching a peak of more than 240x forward earnings estimates last year. So, as investors became increasingly worried about the formation of an AI bubble ...

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The Market Is at Highs… but the Returns May Not Be

What history suggests about future returns – and how to stay invested anyway… The S&P is back in record territory… are all the risks gone?… what one valuation metric says about forward returns… how to remain in the market despite valuation risk… next week’s event with TradeSmith CEO Keith Kaplan As I write on Thursday, ...