Barbara Kollmeyer
@bkollmeyer
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Senior reporter/editor for MarketWatch on the red-eye premarket. Mom, Jayhawk. Once upon a time a blue check. [email protected]
Madrid, Spain
Joined July 2011
Four times in 22 minutes, Bessent says there’s ‘hysteria’ over Greenland tariff threat @MKTWgoldstein
https://t.co/RTV73ipPnO via @MarketWatch
marketwatch.com
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the reaction to President Donald Trump’s threat to enact tariffs over Greenland is like the “hysteria” that greeted the president’s earlier tariffs in April.
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How Greenland could turn into a Big Tech problem, according to Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson @bkollmeyer
https://t.co/DX6DlHrhZ3 via @MarketWatch
marketwatch.com
Strategists like Morgan Stanley’s chief U.S. equity strategist say fallout from a brewing U.S.-Europe spat over Greenland could be bad for tech.
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The AI gravy train for power stocks is over. Investors will now focus on who’s getting paid, strategist says. The companies selling the shovels will be the ones to invest in, says Matthew Tuttle https://t.co/gYzgVVMJ3m via @MarketWatch @bkollmeyer
marketwatch.com
In 2025, exposure to AI was enough for power companies to see shares rise, but 2026 will be all about execution, says Tuttle Capital Management’s Matthew Tuttle.
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Dow transports are on a roll. Why investors shouldn’t ignore the bullish message. https://t.co/KeNlRtzC54 via @MarketWatch $DJT $DJI $SPX $UBER
marketwatch.com
As Dow transports have rallied — which the Dow Theory says is a good sign for the stock market — most of the components remain cheaply priced.
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Here’s an unexpected twist that could throw the stock-market rally off course next year, writes @bkollmeyer
https://t.co/EYppjc4CRd via @MarketWatch
marketwatch.com
Investors are not considering the risk that the economy poses to the stock market rally, warns Nomura’s Charlie McElligott.
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This record number shows just how aggressively retail traders bought the dip on Friday.@jsadinolfi reports
marketwatch.com
Friday’s bruising stock-market selloff unleashed a flurry of options-trading activity, as individual investors scrambled to buy the dip by scooping up bullish call options.
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What are you most concerned about with the government shutdown?
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These amateur traders won big as metals prices boomed in 2025. Here’s how they did it. Great story from my colleagues @jsadinolfi and @GGottsegen
marketwatch.com
An electrician made $500,000 with bets on platinum and palladium futures. “There is money to be made,” one professional trader said, but losses can also mount.
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Meredith Whitney famously called the 2008 financial crisis. Here’s the new problem with the U.S. economy, she says @bkollmeyer
https://t.co/SvixmWZHZC via @MarketWatch
marketwatch.com
Meredith Whitney is worried about a bifurcated economy. Here is how she's playing that.
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Really important read on overtourism and climate change creating dangerous feedback loop for Southern Europe economies. (Finally some cool air last night in Madrid, but alas, had to close windows because tourists below would not let us sleep.)
bloomberg.com
Overtourism and climate change have created a dangerous feedback loop that endangers Southern Europe’s tourism industry
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The tech sector hasn’t been this top-heavy in decades. That could be an opportunity for investors hunting for bargains. From @jsadinolfi
https://t.co/X0SLTsn4YQ via @MarketWatch
marketwatch.com
Software stocks are struggling while semiconductor names soar, creating a divergence within the high-flying tech sector
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Probably my most ballsy call this year https://t.co/siKNDVEgr5
lordfed.co.uk
Volume 148 - The Week Ahead
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Banned Coinbase ad portrays a dystopian Britain — with only crypto as an exit. Nice read from my colleague @julesrimmer1
https://t.co/Gc4wdfAoFa via @MarketWatch
marketwatch.com
A controversial ad gets banned from television — for a message that is only implied.
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The stock market is turning into a casino — raise cash, and also buy this AI company, says strategist @YvesLamoureux, who I thank for his time and great insights. https://t.co/aihNOXc85n via @MarketWatch
marketwatch.com
Yves Lamoureux has shifted his view on stocks to neutral from "extremely bullish," as he says investors have turned into gamblers.
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Why the man behind ‘The Hater’s Guide to the AI Bubble’ thinks Wall Street’s hottest trade will go bust @jsadinolfi talks to a real AI contrarian. A great read. https://t.co/ZK8BFlPqPH via @MarketWatch
marketwatch.com
Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, generative artificial-intelligence chatbots have attracted millions of users and provoked plenty of excitement. But some skeptics are asking: If this...
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The stock market has been running low on investors who want to sell. That might be starting to shift. Thank you @AndrewThrasher for the interview and the insight.
marketwatch.com
Andrew Thrasher, founder of Thrasher Analytics, said the stock market has been low on sellers who may be starting to return.
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Need to Know: These market whales may hold the key to the stock market’s next move. Such a great chat with @themacrotourist. Thanks so much for your time! https://t.co/SknYuZT9X5 via @MarketWatch
marketwatch.com
Former institutional trader Kevin Muir flags caution on chasing this market as he sees some big market whales nearing the end of a U.S. stock buying spree.
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Meme-stock mania returns as retail traders pump shares of this heavily shorted pandemic-era darling https://t.co/bw4zj9o6eY from @jsadinolfi
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Until very recently, shares of Opendoor Technologies Inc. had largely been left for dead. But over the past week, retail traders swapping stock tips on social media have helped bring them back to...
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A pessimist entering 2025, Michael Hartnett has these fears even as tariff war dissipates. A rare interview with top Bank of America strategist from my new colleague @julesrimmer1
https://t.co/tPjVy4mrk8 via @MarketWatch
marketwatch.com
Michael Hartnett, the often-contrarian Bank of America investment strategist, has been vindicated by his prescient call in favor of bonds, international stocks and gold.
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“Leo, don’t even think of doing that,” one mother yelled to her young son. “There are no hospitals today.” @bkollmeyer on what the streets (and playgrounds) were like when the power went off in Spain.
marketwatch.com
Spain, Portugal and parts of France lost power on Monday, but the reasons remain unclear, and residents are not at ease.
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