Daily Note | February 5, 2025 | Some Taxable CEF Sells, Added To Bonds, MHF Sell.

Markets are lower on earnings and an Apple report that China is weighing a probe into Apple's app store fee practices. This is not a surprise and a typical Chinese tactic when negotiating higher level talks on tariffs. We saw this last go-around as well.

Google and AMD also are dragging the markets with weaker than expected earnings. Alphabet shares are …