Who's Really Holding the Bag for First Republic Bank? (5/1/23)

(5/1/23) First Republic Bank failure; assets scooped up by JP Morgan; who got the liabilities? Ignore the headlines to see what's really happening; 64% of S&P companies have reported, markets rally on the news. Market response to 3rd bank failure this year; be careful of negative sentiment/headlines; the risk to pay attention to is credit risk, which is not happening...yet. The First Republic failure did not seize-up credit markets. Sentiment vs Data: Negative vs Positive with narrower than normal market breadth. Avoiding the cost of being human; a look at Conviction; the pro's & con's of "Buy & Hold." Earnings boost strategies: Is Ai the Dot-come of the times? 58% of performance in S&P generated by 7 stocks. What about sustainability? What comes Next? What about profitability? Beside reducing costs, how will Ai affect productivity & wage growth? SEG-1: First Republic & JPMorgan: Who's left holding the bag? SEG-2: Market Responses to Bank Failures: Credit Risk Matters SEG-3: Avoiding the Cost of Being Human SEG-4: Is Artificial Intelligence the next Dot-com Craze? Hosted by RIA Advisors Chief Investment Strategist Lance Roberts, CIO Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer -------- Watch today's show on our YouTube channel:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehya-ZesW_8&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1&t=5s -------- The latest installment of our new feature, Before the Bell | "Will the Fed Hike Rates Again This Week?"  is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aPwiHmMiaQ&list=PLwNgo56zE4RAbkqxgdj-8GOvjZTp9_Zlz&index=1 --------  Here are articles mentioned in today's show: "Sell May In April And Go Away?" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/sell-may-in-april-and-go-away/ ------- Our previous show is here: "10 Mistakes in Your 401k You Should Avoid" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuAw1b9QEmE&list=PLVT8LcWPeAugpcGzM8hHyEP11lE87RYPe&index=1 -------- Register for our next Lunch & Learn: "Transitioning to Medicare" https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7516747839784/WN_yEQ0iBgwQ2WdIexCLAdpPQ -