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Shoppers are being pinched. High inflation is forcing changes in buying behavior—either cutting back or trading down.

Microsoft’s CEO shared it is moving quickly to commercialize tools from the lab behind ChatGPT and put the tools on its Azure, its cloud-computing platform.

The World Economic Forum is underway at Davos. Dan and Dave have some thoughts. Then, they REALLY get going on AI technology like ChatGPT and the potential it could create in certain industries.

Strength: the breadth of the market has been outperforming. Weakness: the consumer going forward and sales volume coming down. Opportunity: international and emerging market equities. Threat: slow growth as inflation comes down.

A benign CPI report showed inflation cooling off, a sign that the Fed could pause increasing the Fed funds rate. The current environment offers alternatives to equities for some investors. Annex Wealth Management's Dave Spano and Derek Felske discuss.

The Fed’s inflation target is 2%. There is a big gap between reality and the target.

Wednesday was another reminder of how quickly things can go wrong when airline systems fail.

OpenAI is the startup behind ChatGPT. Microsoft is about to invest $10 billion and they’re not alone. The latest funding round could value the company at at $29 billion.

On the brink of earnings season, are we about to see lower P/Es on actual multiples of 'real' earnings?

Strength: market recovery vs. economic situation. Weakness: leading economic indicators showing signs of contraction. Opportunity: a gradual increase towards equities this year. Threat: recession worse than expected.

Hourly wages fell as housing, manufacturing and the service industries showed signs of weakness - all considered positives for markets, which look far ahead. Now experts wonder if 2023 has a pause or a pivot in Fed policies. Annex Wealth Management's Dave Spano and Derek Felske discuss.

In the battle against inflation, employment is a key metric.