Serious q - if I worked for a serious investing group, would I have a better understanding of why spy/spx actually move the way it does? the range and its movement are tricky af and squeeze tf out of retail.
Not yet, they said the same thing about 100 times in 1995 and 1996 and were wrong every time.
Data:
In 1995, the S&P 500 set a record for the most record-high closes in a calendar year, with 77 new highs, while the [Dow Jones Industrial Average](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=20f6847e24f004ff&cs=0&sxsrf=AE3TifNchRlFHEYYHP0Wa_j42co02Y9PUw%3A1757647827223&q=Dow+Jones+Industrial+Average&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLxOaypNKPAxW2DTQIHcHkAo4QxccNegQIAxAB&mstk=AUtExfCp-l9-jY6OAxmCPPAnEVOPjVgK-JZsZ4cgApbqAp3z_C8rQgB6puvSHavH701i-04KwRkpyTKIAYhWNTCJ38TweBxQcH7stePN3UkVdfjSJKqgBteoPGl8lHwo4TzJCRn1I1TyHlGnesuIIDUyY86i1i9614o0--N-cTFgBFyBQya8MeBZv76B1rcBBTyXw9gR4rIQF9xbsWuZ59R4ppOa_i12sXV30BBZfRWOWvDLZao222g0wseLeAmfIpXEd2gwLTo3bbS6bEy8GPeSA6cbajWvjb9_hqTikOspy-r-hyhYvogvsMj9__R3-Sezew&csui=3) also had 69 record closes, making it one of the best performing years on record for both major indices. S&P 500 Record
* The S&P 500 had 77 record-high closes in 1995, which remains a record for the most new highs in a single calendar year.
* This was equivalent to a new high about every 3.3 trading days.
Oracle is involved in multiple lawsuits, including an ongoing class action over alleged data privacy violations related to tracking and selling personal data, and several recent lawsuits stemming from data breaches in 2025, particularly concerning Oracle Cloud and [Oracle Health](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=dad87895c19efbc5&q=Oracle+Health&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_is7B3s6PAxUpDjQIHZHFBOwQxccNegQIMhAB&mstk=AUtExfCTX631DtdDbkjtAH7wGfwsCt_4yK1b0b3ssJC-mgirCW3E5enGRFVTUnf5OBrenEyG9jEOZmXxs4ou3n-AEzMcpqmETdl2YtGvxzwV6dycnwC9mUB21tw78Lk0ySQWVuglGVBXkYOaqVcSXNgBZZ2lMUWqYjMLJyvGRg_jdxIuknsizl90fUSegoGLNn_jPK9A&csui=3) systems. The company also recently settled a class action lawsuit for $115 million related to data privacy and faced a copyright infringement lawsuit with Google over Java. Oracle is known for its aggressive litigation strategy, employing extensive legal teams to challenge opponents and prolong legal processes
-911 fewer jobs created, even if they weren't destroyed, still suggests the economy isn't as robust as everyone seems to think. WFC said balances were lower than *pre-pandemic*, not covid. Smal but important distinction. I'm well aware that banks tend to front-run their statements, and I often trade against them when they say to be bullish something or bearish something else.
> No it isn't. You are misinterpreting the data. Last month we had a massive 0.7% MoM print. When combining both July and August it implies an annualized producer inflation rate of 7.4%.
Okay, conceded.
> Do you have evidence corporations are inflating their numbers on a wide scale? Actual cash flows are increasing. Moreover the incomes I stated are individual incomes, not corporate.
I don't have the evidence on hand but if you really want I can go try to dig it back up. NVDA is doing funny stuff with their books reports, iirc it's something like double-charging their expenditures to make their AI spend look even more exciting than it really is. TSLA is completely fraudulent. And literally just now overnight ORCL claimed [they would double their sales revenue annually for the next several years.](https://cdn.geekwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/800px-Itanium_Sales_Forecasts_edit-630x428.png)
I don't think companies like WMT or TGT are inflating their numbers but they've been saying for awhile now that there's only so much they can do to soak the impact of tariffs. They're also a much smaller portion of the market compared to the wildly inflated bubble companies like mentioned in the previous paragraph. What possibly justifies the insane run STX is on? ANF looked similarly invincible in Summer 2024 before an over 50% correction.
Too much competition? Burrito/ bowl/ fast casual is so over saturated with competition and CMG same store sales and operating margins getting smaller each Q
Oracle proving instead of beating and sandbagging next q for another beat…it’d be better to miss and guide up next q and then you can miss and guide up again