A note from Dr. David 'Doc' Eifrig... A path-predicting stock system... Like Elon Musk's SpaceX satellites... The market's broken record... Sectors are syncing up... No summers off...
Doc has something to say...
We'll get to a few market items of the day in a minute, but today I (Corey McLaughlin) want to feature a note from the big guy...
That's Dr. David "Doc" Eifrig, who longtime readers know as a Stansberry Research staple, the editor of Retirement Millionaire and other publications, and, as of May 2025, the full-time CEO of our parent company MarketWise (MKTW).
Doc has one of the most fascinating backgrounds we've ever come across, as he'll explain momentarily, plus one of the most illuminating perspectives on life in general. Even after decades in the market, he's always striving to find new ways to deliver better returns.
And in just a few days, Doc's revealing his latest major finding to a wider audience, and I want to make sure you don't miss the details. It's a new investing tool that Doc says incorporates some of the same advanced technology that Elon Musk uses to predict the path of his SpaceX satellites... to do things like detect Nvidia shares "rotating" into a new bullish cycle back in October 2022 (and again today).
Existing Retirement Trader subscribers and Stansberry Alliance members were sent the details and were offered a sneak peek of this tool in Doc's latest monthly issue on Friday, and they'll get another e-mail about it with the details this week.
For everyone else, to learn more, be sure to register for a free webinar from Doc that will go live on Wednesday morning. You can find details here. And here's a note with more from Doc, which he originally published in his free Health & Wealth Bulletin on Friday...
Everyone wants to know what's going to happen next in the stock market...
If you've seen the stock-trading floor on Wall Street, its TV screens are full of technical charts that traders use to figure out if a stock is about to break out to the top or collapse.
Analysts spend their days sifting through thousands of pieces of data, using complicated mathematical formulas to find the next big investment or stock market move.
The technology and data Wall Street insiders use can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
It's something I know well... I spent a decade in my first career on Wall Street.
I worked as an elite derivatives trader at the investment bank Goldman Sachs and with other major institutions, including Chase Manhattan and Yamaichi (then known as the "Goldman Sachs of Japan"). I was able to learn from some of the best and smartest investors in the world, including Fischer Black... one half of the famous "Black-Scholes" formula for pricing options.
Some folks might think that this access to knowledge and technology gives me an upper hand in investing. This is a common excuse people give for not investing: They don't think there's any way to do as well as the "experts" on Wall Street.
But I don't want my readers spending their days in front of a screen sifting through data...
As I've always said, you don't need investing to be your full-time job.
That's why, nearly two decades ago, I decided to start sharing everything I learned with people around the world. In my newsletters, we break down what's going on in the markets to help you make good decisions as you grow and protect your wealth.
I haven't stopped learning, either. The basics of long-term investing have remained constant throughout my 30-plus-year career... But an unlikely trading breakthrough is helping me pin down the best entry points and refine my short-term trading skills.
It's a new system that predicts the path of stocks like Nvidia, AMD, and Zillow... This technology uses the same mathematical formula that lets SpaceX predict the path of 10,600 Starlink satellites – with near-perfect results.
It lets you type in the name of any stock or sector ETF and get an instant prediction for where it's likely headed over the next seven days... the next month... even the next year.
I'll launch this breakthrough tech to the public this Wednesday, July 15.
But you can claim early access to a trial version of the software now... for free.
Simply click here to add your name to the guest list for Wednesday's big reveal.
By signing up, you'll get instant access to the trial of my new prediction tool. And you'll hear from me live on Wednesday morning as I explain this technology and walk you through how I use it in my trading recommendations.
(Again, existing Retirement Trader subscribers and Stansberry Alliance members were sent a link to access this "lite" tool already, and you'll get another e-mail with further information this week. But feel free to tune into the free webinar if you want to hear more as well.)
As for today...
Scratch... another broken record.
Oil futures jumped about 9% following continued back-and-forth attacks between the U.S. and Iran in the Persian Gulf over the weekend.
Then this afternoon, President Donald Trump threw some new but also familiar sound into the fray... Trump said the U.S. would restart a blockade of Iranian oil tankers while also proposing a future 20% toll on Strait of Hormuz cargo, paid to the U.S. government.
Energy stocks were about 3% higher. Long-term bond yields moved up, too, with the 10-year near 4.62%.
The stock market reaction could have been a lot worse. The tech sector of the S&P 500 Index was down more than 2%, which doesn't startle us given "overbought" conditions. But almost 280 stocks in the U.S. benchmark index were higher, and it finished only down 0.8%.
As Ten Stock Trader editor Greg Diamond wrote in his Weekly Market Outlook this morning...
Mr. Market seems to be looking past the Iran war. He's indicating that the worst-case scenario (e.g., a full-fledged ground invasion) probably won't happen.
Greg said the indicators in his "time and price" trading strategy show that many sectors are syncing up, which is a bullish sign.
Existing Ten Stock Trader subscribers and Alliance members can find his full analysis, including breakdowns of the charts of Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL), Apple (AAPL), and Nvidia (NVDA), right here.
What else to watch this week...
We don't take summers off in this business. It'll be a busy rest of the week. The latest read on inflation via the June consumer price index ("CPI") will be published tomorrow morning, followed by the producer price index ("PPI") on Wednesday.
At the same time, new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh will be sitting in front of a congressional committee for his first round of semiannual testimony.
Expect some headlines and sound bites to come out of that. But we'll still be watching what the "new" Fed eventually does with policy and projections rather than what Warsh merely says.
Earnings season is also upon us again. Big banks JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Bank of America (BAC) will set the tone tomorrow, and their commentary will include color about the economy in general.
Elsewhere, chipmaking-infrastructure supplier ASML (ASML) and chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) report earnings on Wednesday and Thursday morning, respectively.
Their results will provide another glimpse into the state of the AI boom... Expect the results to shape investors' reaction to stocks across the AI field.
An Invitation From Stansberry Asset Management
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As investors navigate everything from AI and shifting market leadership to the next generation of innovative companies, it's easy to get caught up in the excitement or the uncertainty.
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New 52-week highs (as of 7/10/26): Arista Networks (ANET), Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box Fund (BOXX), Canadian National Railway (CNI), W.W. Grainger (GWW), ChipMOS Technologies (IMOS), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), and Union Pacific (UNP).
In the mailbag today, feedback on Dan Ferris' latest Friday essay about a birthday, a wedding, and a funeral – and what they all mean for the market... Do you have a comment or question? As always, e-mail us at feedback@stansberryresearch.com.
"Greetings, Thank you Dan for another excellent entertaining and well thought Friday missive. I truly appreciate your work." – Subscriber Warren F.
All the best,
Corey McLaughlin
Baltimore, Maryland
July 13, 2026
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