As the market broadens beyond the AI trade, shifting Fed signals and lofty earnings expectations demand more active judgment.

Low-volatility stocks look cheap, AI may be helping hiring, and banks are turning higher rates into a tailwind.

The Trump administration is taking stakes in chip, defense, quantum, and rare earth companies that align with policy priorities.

Lower income households are getting a raise, increasing capex estimates signal confidence, and small businesses are catching up in their use of AI.

Jim Lydotes flips the timer on a retail energy deal, thinner consumer cushions, and how index rebalancing shows why investors should look beneath the market surface.

Jim Lydotes flips the timer on our Grassroots Research on data centers, healthcare companies reinvesting AI dividends, and the breakdown in common value metrics.

Dividend yield reflects what a company paid; price-to-book what it owns. Neither captures what it can do next.

Jim Lydotes breaks down three market signals: a shift in enterprise AI spending, energy reshoring after Iran tensions, and a potential catalyst for housing.

Jim Lydotes flips the timer on 1) packaging companies’ pricing power, 2) consolidation in utilities, 3) Voya’s Grassroots Research on college recruitment in the AI era.

Jim Lydotes flips the timer on 1) small cap capex, 2) Voya’s Grassroots Research® on cyber spending, 3) an interesting setup for specialty chemicals.