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The Nasdaq closed at the highest level of the year last Friday with an about 20% move off the October 2022 lows. Does this signify a bull market today? Jim Bianco says that for the moment the stock market is moving up, but bank stocks do not agree. Bonds also are in a different territory as rates are down from where they were a month ago. The stock market today is driven by FAANG stocks, Microsoft (MSFT), Nvidia (NVDA), and Tesla (TSLA).

Jim Bianco is President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research, L.L.C. Since 1990 Jim’s commentaries have offered a unique perspective on the global economy and financial markets. Unencumbered by the biases of traditional Wall Street research, Jim has built a decades long reputation for objective, incisive commentary that challenges consensus thinking. In nearly 20 years at Bianco Research, Jim’s wide ranging commentaries have addressed monetary policy, the intersection of markets and politics, the role of government in the economy, fund flows and positioning in financial markets. Prior to joining Arbor and Bianco Research, Jim was a Market Strategist in equity and fixed income research at UBS Securities and Equity Technical Analyst at First Boston and Shearson Lehman Brothers. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) and a member of the Market Technicians Association (MTA). Jim has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Marquette University (1984) and an MBA from Fordham University (1989).

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