Sector Mail Archive
11-11-25: Turbulence Strikes During Most Flights…and in Most Market Months
by Jason Bodner November 11, 2025 Before the current TSA backlog, during any normal business day there are 12,000 to 14,000-commercial planes in the sky at any given moment, and more than [...]
11-4-25: What’s Elevating the Stock Market to New Highs?
by Jason Bodner November 4, 2025 I saw Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory as a kid. There’s a scene where Charlie’s grandfather and he try a super-fizzy body-lifting drink. It works, [...]
10-28-25: Is This an “Ominous Silence or “The Pause That Refreshes?”
by Jason Bodner October 28, 2025 Deep in the Chilean desert sits the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, 66-radio telescopes listening to space. What fascinates scientists most isn’t the noise; it’s the silence [...]
10-21-25: Most Corrections Do Not Become Crashes
by Jason Bodner October 21, 2025 Did you know that when a star dies, it doesn’t always explode into a spectacular supernova? Sometimes, the star simply dies, or disappears. Astronomers call it [...]
10-14-25: Caution: Turbulence Ahead (Safe Landings, Too)
by Jason Bodner October 14, 2025 I was on a flight last week. All was going fine, and I was scheduled to arrive in West Palm Beach at 5:00 pm. I heard [...]
10-7-25: When a Day Seems Like a Year…
by Jason Bodner October 7, 2025 Strange but true: on Venus, a single day - the time it takes Venus to rotate on its own axis - lasts longer than a Venusian [...]
9-30-25: The Data Speak Volumes, Even When the Market Seems Silent
by Jason Bodner September 30, 2025 Space is weird. In the vacuum of space, sound doesn’t travel. A star could explode into a blinding supernova, and you’d never hear a thing. No [...]
9-23-25: Welcome to the “Bamboo” Market
by Jason Bodner September 23, 2025 Did you know that bamboo can grow by more than three-feet in a single day? This astonishing growth rate makes bamboo one of the fastest growing [...]
9-16-25: Honey Thoughts
by Jason Bodner September 16, 2025 Did you know that honey never spoils? Archaeologists found honeypots in Egyptian tombs, perfectly edible after 3,000-years. Its chemistry makes it naturally un-spoilable, preserving sweetness through [...]
9-9-25: September May Surprise Us – Just Like August Did
by Jason Bodner September 9, 2025 We’ve all heard the pilot say something like this. “Fasten your seat belts, folks. Things might get bumpy.” Don’t worry when your flight shakes you up [...]
9-3-25: Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
by Jason Bodner September 3, 2025 A polar bear’s skin is black, but its fur is clear. The reason we perceive a polar bear as white is because its transparent hairs scatter [...]
8-26-25: The Market Finds Its Voice at Jackson Hole
by Jason Bodner August 26, 2025 Ever since the Kansas City Federal Reserve began holding its annual Jackson Hole symposium in 1982, markets have often used the central bankers’ words there as [...]