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My Investing Muse (15Jun2026) Layoffs, closures and Delinquencies The latest filings include a mix of Chapter 11 re-organizations and Chapter 7 liquidations involving trucking carriers, freight brokers, logistics consultants and transportation service providers operating in Illinois, Tennessee, Maryland, North Carolina and Michigan. - FreightWaves News summary from Gemini The global layoff landscape for the week of June 8, 2026, marks a decisive macro shift: companies are aggressively substituting traditional workforce overhead to fund and integrate agentic AI workflows. Over 55% of global tech layoffs this year now explicitly cite AI restructuring. Tech & Gaming Adjustments: Sea Group’s Shopee cut hundreds of developer roles (~8% of engineering) globally, offering “N+2”

News and my thoughts from the past week (15Jun2026) The preferred sequence should be legislation to governance to innovation but now, governance and legislation are catching up with innovations. There's risk. Without governance, aligning innovation with legislation can be painful. - Pukka Solutions "people gotta understand... [SpaceX] raised $75 billion... [and only] floated 5% of the stock... it's a very small float". "[But its valuation], that's a different story". "$1.7 trillion did not go to SpaceX. [It is] $75 billion. So people need to understand that". "then when Anthropic and OpenAI, if they ever make it to IPO, they're going to raise about $100 billion each. So the total raised actual real money is about $300 billion between these three IPOs". "Their valuations, that's a different

Market Outlook of S&P500 (15Jun2026) Technical Analysis Overview MACD Indicator The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator for the S&P 500 is on a downtrend. Chaikin Money Flow The Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) stands at 0.04, indicating there is more buying momentum than selling pressure in the market. Moving Averages Examining the moving averages, the most recent price action shows the last candlestick has been above the 50-day moving average (MA50) and the 200-day moving average (MA200). This pattern indicates a bullish shift in both the short and long term. Notably, both the MA50 and MA200 lines have begun to trend upwards, which indicates a bullish outlook in both the short and long term. Exponential Moving Averages The exponential moving average (EMA) lines ar

Earnings Calendar (15Jun2026) I’m reviewing the companies reporting earnings in the coming week: Kruger, Accenture, Jabil, CarMax, and Quantum. Accenture Overview Valuation and Market Sentiment Accenture’s share price has declined by more than 45% compared with a year ago. At a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.9 and earnings per share of $12.32, the stock appears to offer an interesting valuation opportunity. From a market perspective, technical analysis indicates a “strong sell” signal, while broader analyst sentiment remains constructive, with a “buy” recommendation and an average price target of $236.86, implying potential upside of more than 39%. Income Statement Performance (2021–2025) Over the 2021 to 2025 period, total revenue increased from $50.5 billion to $69.6 billion, gr

Economic Preview: Key Data Releases (week of 15Jun2026) Consumer and Demand Indicators May retail sales are expected to rise by 0.5%. Together with core retail sales, this release should provide a clearer view of consumer demand and spending momentum. Energy Market Indicator Crude oil inventory data will also be closely watched, as it offers insight into how producers are positioning for expected market demand. Federal Reserve and Labour Market The Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision will be the week’s most closely watched event. Rates are expected to remain unchanged at 3.75%, but the accompanying statement and updated economic projections are likely to have the greatest market impact by shaping expectations for the months ahead. We expect this announcement to introduce volatility ac

Economic Preview: Key Data Releases (week of 15Jun2026) Consumer and Demand Indicators May retail sales are expected to rise by 0.5%. Together with core retail sales, this release should provide a clearer view of consumer demand and spending momentum. Energy Market Indicator Crude oil inventory data will also be closely watched, as it offers insight into how producers are positioning for expected market demand. Federal Reserve and Labour Market The Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision will be the week’s most closely watched event. Rates are expected to remain unchanged at 3.75%, but the accompanying statement and updated economic projections are likely to have the greatest market impact by shaping expectations for the months ahead. We expect this announcement to introduce volatility ac

My Investing Muse (08Jun2026) Layoffs, closures and Delinquencies US-based technology employers announced 38,242 job cuts in May, the highest monthly total since August 2024, according to Challenger Gray data. Year-to-date, tech sector job cuts rose +66% YoY, to 123,653, the highest among all sectors, and 3x larger than transportation, the next closest sector. AI was the most cited reason for job cuts for the 3rd consecutive month, with 38,579 cuts attributed to AI in May alone, the highest since Challenger began tracking in 2023. This accounts for 40% of all layoffs announced last month, up from just 7% in January. Year-to-date, AI has been cited in 87,714 job cuts in 2026, or 22% of the total, already surpassing the 54,836 recorded in all of 2025 and 12,742 in 2024. AI continues to resha

News and my thoughts from the past week (08Jun2026) India’s fertility rate has fallen below replacement for the first time in the country’s history, declining from a TFR of 2.3 to 1.9 in just a decade. Delhi’s fertility rate now sits at 1.2, lower than Finland’s. - AF Post President Trump says the Trump Administration might buy equity stakes in US AI companies and that he will host a meeting with AI executives as soon as next week, per Reuters. Iran announces it is ending all negotiations with the US and vows to "completely" block the Strait of Hormuz, per CNBC. Iran says it is ending negotiations due to repeated ceasefire violations, including Israeli strikes in Lebanon. Iran also threatens to block the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. - X user the Kobeissi Letter

Market Outlook of S&P500 (08Jun2026) Technical Analysis Overview MACD Indicator The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator for the S&P 500 has started a downtrend. Chaikin Money Flow The Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) stands at 0.19, indicating there is more buying momentum than selling pressure in the market. Moving Averages Examining the moving averages, the most recent price action shows the last candlestick has been above the 50-day moving average (MA50) and the 200-day moving average (MA200). This pattern indicates a bullish shift in both the short and long term. Notably, both the MA50 and MA200 lines have begun to trend upwards, which indicates a bullish outlook in both the short and long term. Exponential Moving Averages The exponential moving average (EMA) li

Earnings Calendar (08Jun2026) I am interested in the coming earnings announcements for Oracle and Adobe. Let us look at Oracle - one of the key links in the AI ecosystem. Oracle shares are up 22.78% from a year ago. Technical indicators currently suggest a strong buy, while analyst sentiment is also positive, with a consensus buy rating. The average price target is $251.20, implying potential upside of 17.58%. Valuation With a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 37.8 and earnings per share (EPS) of $5.69, the stock appears relatively expensive on current earnings. Financial Performance Total annual revenue increased from $40.4 billion in 2021 to $57.3 billion in 2025. Gross profit also improved, rising from $32.6 billion to $40.4 billion over the same period. Net income, howeve