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Weak ADP data put a damper on the market a bit yesterday. Bond yields fell as traders no doubt thought this might force the Fed’s hand. Still staying away from bonds at the moment as I worry that the fiscal situation puts a cap on any gains. You also have to wonder how much impact the tariff uncertainty will have on the Fed’s timing.

So we watch Friday’s jobs report with great interest as a weaker than expected number could be a game changer.

Kind of agree with Mohit here, path of least resistance for stocks does seem to be up. I’ve been back to putting small amounts of money to work each day, trying to find the next big theme.

The Trump’s Inner Circle theme has taken some bumps. You have to wonder if Elon is still in the inner circle….

I exited TSLA when it broke the 10 day anyway.

CLBR has also gotten crushed the past two days (top holding in SPCX)…

Just remember….

Speaking of the next theme, I think it could be drones (more below). One name that spans the Trump’s Inner Circle and drone themes is UMAC…..

From GPT…..

“The age of the drone is no longer coming—it’s here. And it’s about to become the most investable corner of defense tech since the invention of GPS.”

That’s the story behind the Trump administration’s quiet redirection of critical antidrone technology from Ukraine to U.S. forces. It’s not just a geopolitical pivot—it’s a flashing neon sign that drones, and the systems designed to counter them, are now central to U.S. defense planning.

And it points to one unmistakable trend: the drone-industrial complex is about to enter hyperdrive.

On the surface, this looks like Washington bureaucracy playing favorites. But under the hood, what’s happening is far more telling:

This pivot signals that:

While AI gets all the headlines, drones are the overlooked power play in both AI warfare and defense modernization. Just like semiconductors in the AI boom, drones are about to become the bottleneck in the modern battlefield.

And that spells opportunity for early investors who know where to look.

The systems being redirected—like the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) with proximity fuzes—are cheap, scalable, and exactly what the DoD wants more of. They’re already being mounted on F-16s and F-15s for one reason: sidewinder missiles are too expensive.

Here’s who benefits directly as Trump pivots toward drones and hypersonics:

Wildcard: Palantir (PLTR)—AI-enabled drone analytics, battlefield automation (7.5)

There is a growing likelihood that Trump’s next executive order targets drone supply chains. Why?

Betting against drones in this cycle is like shorting semiconductors in 1993.

This isn’t just about Ukraine or Iran. It’s about a new doctrine of warfare built on autonomy, swarm intelligence, and precision kill-chains. And the U.S. just tipped its hand: we’re going all-in.

The right stocks—those that make the platforms, fuzes, optics, AI overlays, and sensors—could double or triple over the next 12–24 months as DoD spending accelerates and allies rush to catch up.

The war of the future won’t be fought with tanks. It’ll be fought with airborne software.

Now’s the time to position.

As you know I’m not a fan of regional banks, so this caught my eye…

I had GPT analyze this and interestingly it suggested shorting regional banks (KRE), hard to say if it came to that conclusion on it’s own or it knows me so well and knew I would want it to say that though :)

Wells Fargo just got its muzzle removed—and regional banks should be very worried.

After nearly seven years under a Federal Reserve-imposed asset cap, Wells Fargo (WFC) has been unleashed. The restriction, imposed in 2018 following a series of scandals, limited the bank’s total assets to around $1.95 trillion. This meant that as the rest of the U.S. banking system absorbed hundreds of billions in deposits—especially during COVID stimulus waves and last year’s regional banking scare—Wells sat on the sidelines.

Now the leash is off.

Wells Fargo is one of the few banks in America with the brand, balance sheet, and branch footprint to pose an existential threat to regionals—and it just got permission to start punching again. From 2019 to 2024, regional banks added $1 trillion in deposits. Wells? Just $5% growth—far below the industry. Had it matched national growth, it could’ve added more than $400 billion.

Guess where that money is coming from now?

In 2023, the regional banking crisis triggered by SVB’s collapse taught us how fragile deposit confidence can be. With Wells now free to offer better terms, slicker digital tools, and more attractive corporate banking solutions, smaller banks could see an exodus of sticky deposits—the lifeblood of their balance sheets.

Wells’s strategy is likely to prioritize:

With WFC back in the game, regional bank consolidation could accelerate as smaller players struggle to retain depositors and maintain profitability. For investors, this is a wake-up call:

In short: The Fed’s artificial lid on Wells Fargo created a deposit vacuum that helped keep regionals alive. That lid is gone—and the competition is about to get very real.