"May you live in interesting times" goes the old saying. I have been a bit more distracted this week and haven't been able to trade much today. The Consumer Price Index report came out this morning which said that prices changed less than expected, which is good? Maybe?

Inflation Cooled to 2.8% in February, Lower Than Expected

On the whole the semiconductor and tech sector seems to have regained some of their losses from Monday. What is particularly interesting about the change is that they are still down quite a bit; the day on day recovery has been small. For example, if one lost 10% and then it may have regained 2% today, but it's still down 8% total for the month.

Analyst after analyst stating that they are "waiting to see" what happens with the absurd political situation driven by the White House.

Every single day seems to be totally different, such that I am not sure there is an overall strategy available that I would trust. I am evaluating opportunities for buying dips in equities that I am comfortable holding for much longer periods of time. Everything else feels like only momentum trades are available. If Nvidia (NVDA) is up today, it will be probably be down tomorrow. If a consumer tech firm like Apple (APPL) is down today based on AI news, it will swing up again after positive tariff news. Anything I am not long long on, I'm trying to hold as short as possible, ride the wave until momentum shifts and then running to the sidelines.

On Monday I heard a commentator state that one of their "top 5 investments" for 2025 was ... cash.

Yikes.

Log

• Was out yesterday and missed all trading which was a good reprieve after some of the "whipsaw" from the previous sessions.
• Ended up too busy at the open but saw some spikes turn downward later in the session which I could capitalize upon.
• That said, still have a bunch of other things to tackle today so had to step away from the trading and leave things positive for the day.