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Your Index Fund Is Now a Tech Bet

Jun 3, 2026

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7 min read

Your Index Fund Is Now a Tech Bet

Ten companies make up more than 40 percent of the S&P 500, and Nvidia alone is nearly 13 percent. If you own the index, you own a concentration most investors never agreed to

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
What Smart Money Does When Markets Hit Record Highs

Jun 1, 2026

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7 min read

What Smart Money Does When Markets Hit Record Highs

The S&P 500 just closed May at an all-time high while oil spikes and the Strait of Hormuz hangs in the balance. Here is how institutional desks position for a rally they do not fully trust.

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The K-Shaped Summer

May 31, 2026

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7 min read

The K-Shaped Summer

Vacation inflation is one symptom. The bifurcated consumer is the actual story, and it shapes how you should manage cash, credit, and exposure for the next four months.

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
Reading the PCE Print

May 29, 2026

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6 min read

Reading the PCE Print

How to translate yesterday's inflation data into a positioning decision before the next FOMC meeting

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
Sell in May, Reconsidered

May 27, 2026

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7 min read

Sell in May, Reconsidered

The most famous seasonal rule on Wall Street is wrong about the conclusion and right about the question.

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The Memorial Day Reset

May 25, 2026

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6 min read

The Memorial Day Reset

How to use a closed market to do the one thing markets never let you do: think.

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The Mid-Year Capital Audit

May 24, 2026

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7 min read

The Mid-Year Capital Audit

Memorial Day is the most overlooked checkpoint in the financial calendar. Here is the eight-step institutional audit that will tell you exactly where your portfolio, taxes, and systems stand before the summer freeze begins

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The Hawkish Hold Playbook

May 22, 2026

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7 min read

The Hawkish Hold Playbook

The Fed extended the pause and Powell signaled patience in what is likely his final press conference. Here is the precise cash, duration, and yield-curve framework institutional desks are using to navigate this regime.

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The Capex Reckoning

May 20, 2026

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6 min read

The Capex Reckoning

Q1 2026 was the quarter the market stopped giving AI capital spending a blank check, and the new rule for reading megacap earnings will define returns for the next eighteen months.

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The Sell in May Illusion

May 18, 2026

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7 min read

The Sell in May Illusion

Why the most repeated seasonal trade on Wall Street has cost a generation of investors six figures, and the institutional framework for navigating a record-high market from here.

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The Mother of All Wealth Transfers

May 17, 2026

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9 min read

The Mother of All Wealth Transfers

A reflection on the largest generational handoff in history, and the five conversations every family should have before the lawyers get involved.

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The AI Bubble Question

May 15, 2026

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8 min read

The AI Bubble Question

Michael Burry says it looks like 1999. JPMorgan says the S&P could hit 8,000. Both can be partially right, and your portfolio needs to be ready for either path.

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The Q1 Earnings Decoder

May 13, 2026

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7 min read

The Q1 Earnings Decoder

Why an 84 percent beat rate is not the bullish signal you think, and the four questions institutional analysts ask before trusting any earnings season.

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The Powell Era Ends

May 11, 2026

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7 min read

The Powell Era Ends

What a Fed leadership transition really means for your portfolio, and the three positioning moves to make before May 15

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The Mother Of All Wealth Systems

May 10, 2026

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7 min read

The Mother Of All Wealth Systems

Happy Mother's Day. The Most Powerful Financial Lesson Most of Us Never Learned at Home, and How to Build It Into Your Own Family Now.

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The Friday Filter

May 8, 2026

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7 min read

The Friday Filter

April Jobs Just Hit the Tape. Here Is How to Read the Data Like a Hedge Fund Analyst, Not a Cable News Watcher.

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The Quiet Transition

May 6, 2026

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7 min read

The Quiet Transition

Powell Hands Off to Warsh in Nine Days. Here Is What Smart Money Is Doing Before the Fed Changes Hands.

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The Investor's Guide to the Galaxy

May 4, 2026

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7 min read

The Investor's Guide to the Galaxy

May the Fourth Be With You. Here Is How to Build a Portfolio That Survives Any Empire, Any Rebellion, and Any Fed Decision.

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The Cash Ladder

May 3, 2026

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7 min read

The Cash Ladder

Building a Treasury ladder while rates sit at 3.50 to 3.75 percent, and why institutional cash management beats a bank savings account every single time

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
Sell in May, Decoded

May 1, 2026

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7 min read

Sell in May, Decoded

What the seasonal pattern actually says, what it does not say, and the sector rotation framework that works better than going to cash

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
The Capex Tell

Apr 29, 2026

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7 min read

The Capex Tell

How to read Big Tech earnings like an allocator, not a fan, in the most consequential reporting week of the year

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss
Positioning Before the Fed

Apr 27, 2026

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7 min read

Positioning Before the Fed

How institutions trade the 48 hours before an FOMC decision, and why retail investors usually get the timing backwards

Taylor Voss
Taylor Voss

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