Amazon is officially in a bear market, but strong fundamentals and analyst support suggest consolidation is more likely than collapse through the rest of Q1.
Amazon is officially in a bear market, but strong fundamentals and analyst support suggest consolidation is more likely than collapse through the rest of Q1.
A portfolio manager at Julius Baer has sketched out trades for investors looking to dial down their exposure to U.S. AI as investors cool on the sector. "There's a lot of disruption in the U.S. at the moment," Tom Watts told CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" Tuesday. "It comes in three stages how you can diversify away from those AI tech names that have been so hot over the last few years." First: divers...
A portfolio manager at Julius Baer has sketched out trades for investors looking to dial down their exposure to U.S. AI as investors cool on the sector. "There's a lot of disruption in the U.S. at the moment," Tom Watts told CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" Tuesday. "It comes in three stages how you can diversify away from those AI tech names that have been so hot over the last few years." First: diversify within the U.S. Watts said Julius Baer has been using an equally-weighted S & P 500 tracker as a "nice, cheap, efficient way" to reduce concentration risk in mega-cap tech names. "This tracker gives you exposure to other sectors that you might not have had if you'd bought a market-weighted tracker," Watts said. Secondly, Watts said, investors can also diversify away from the U.S. altogether. "It's not caught on yet… but we've had 'Buy America' — and now it's 'Bye America'." Here, Julius Baer outlined a "constructive but balanced" stance on global equities. In its 2026 Market Outlook, the Zurich-headquartered private banking group said that, while AI remains a performance driver, "investors can diversify with defensive healthcare, Swiss equities, Europe's cyclicals, and Asia-led emerging market strength." Turning to geopolitical and macroeconomic themes, Watts observed how 2026 is set to be characterized by diverging global policies in the form of "two-speed rate-cutting" among global central banks. XAU= YTD mountain Gold spot. The U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to reduce rates further, with the Bank of England cutting quicker than many investors expect, Watts said. He added that the European Central Bank, by comparison, "maybe has one more cut" before maintaining rates at their current level, after which it will begin raising rates in the coming years. In this context, gold continues to be an attractive play, Watts said, particularly due to renewed uncertainty over U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. He said Julius Baer continues to have a "decent position" in gold, ...
Mui Sung Yeo, Director of Kulicke and Soffa (NASDAQ:KLIC) , reported the sale of 19,143 shares of common stock in an open-market transaction valued at approximately $1.38 million on Feb. 13, 2026, as disclosed in a SEC Form 4 filing . Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($71.98); post-transaction value based on Feb. 13, 2026 market close ($71.98). * 1-year price c...
Mui Sung Yeo, Director of Kulicke and Soffa (NASDAQ:KLIC) , reported the sale of 19,143 shares of common stock in an open-market transaction valued at approximately $1.38 million on Feb. 13, 2026, as disclosed in a SEC Form 4 filing . Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($71.98); post-transaction value based on Feb. 13, 2026 market close ($71.98). * 1-year price change calculated using Feb. 13, 2026 as the reference date. Continue reading