SOUNDING OFF

Covered by Gary Kaltbaum on Investors Edge today September 16, 2025.

Have you seen ADP and PAYCHEX stocks? Bear market city. Just saying. Job market?

Powell tomorrow. We wish the president did not make him famous again. For many, many months, he did not matter. Just sitting is not a bad thing. If we were running the Fed, for sure, we would be about a 1/2 point below. But that is a no biggie. The talk of Powell destroying the economy is a farce when the free bond market matters much more. A 1/4 point or even a 1/2 point will not create a job or move any needles but the telegraphing of it has certainly not hurt the stock market. Expecting 1/4 but you never know. If 1/4, expecting some verbiage of more to come.

Feeling maybe a little sell the Powell news as we told you yesterday that the VIX was on the move yesterday in a strong NASDAQ up day. Any potential pullback should be constructive.

Are we at the point where any company mentioning AI or an AI chip sees their stock go north. The latest is Bidu stock going vertical on drum roll please…an AI CHIP!

Let us get this straight. They are not only dancing and singing about someone’s murder but THEY ALSO POST IT FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE! And then they are upset when their employer wants none of it and cans them? We never like seeing anyone fired but this comes under the heading of what were they thinking and what in blue hell is wrong with these people?

Dolt: A stupid person. Simple as that. Would you like to know dolt?

On October 12, 2000, Palestinian terrorists lynched two Israeli army reservists in Ramallah. After the murders, Aziz Salha, one of the murderers, appeared out of a window proudly displaying his blood soaked hands to an adoring crowd. At the Emmys, Emmy winner Hannah Einbinder decided to yell out “free Palestine” while wearing a patch with those same blood soaked hands. Simply put, dolt. Just another dolt. Of course, no pushback from most all of Hollywood. Of course, there were other dolts wearing the same patch. No mention of hostages. Wouldn’t fit the template. Hollywood!