Germany’s manufacturing downturn unexpectedly deepens amid falling demand at home and abroad.
S&P Global’s PMI for the country’s industrial sector dropped to 42.3 from 45.5 the previous month – well below any economist estimate in a Bloomberg survey. The picture was brighter in France, where the contraction eased much more than analysts had predicted. Companies reported improving demand while expanding their workforce. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ
In less than a decade, Uber and Lyft destroyed NYC Taxis
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To put things into perspective. As Nvidia's profits have risen faster than its share price in recent years, share is trading at a P/E ratio of ~30.
But of course, this is also due to the high margins. If they were to be disrupted at some point due to increasing competition, the low valuations would be over. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ
In case you missed it. Chinese stocks have now fully recovered from all year-to-date losses and are now green on the year.
Source: Barchart
Nikkei Parties Like It's 1989
A lot of attention has been focused on the Nikkei 225 index, which topped its all-time high, surpassing 39,000 and breaking the previous record of 38,957 set on the final trading day of 1989. The 34 years it has taken to regain its footing is also a record for a major market, and it's a decade longer than Wall Street took to recoup its losses from the 1929 crash and the Great Depression. source : bloomberg, reuters
Nvidia Had Only Seen a Downside Surprise in Earnings vs. Expectations Three Times in the Last Ten Years
NVDA, Earnings Call : Nvidia says demand still far exceeds supply for its products. Conditions are "excellent" for continued growth into 2025. Nvidia spent $9.2 billion in cash on share buybacks. Data Center revenue of $18.4 billion is a new record and above expectations. Nvidia has not received licenses to ship restricted chips to China. -) Nvidia stock surged 8% in after-hours trading source : koyfin
Four Years Since COVID
Sunday, 2/19/24 marked the four-year anniversary of the US stock market's peak closing level just before COVID hit in 2020. February 19th, 2020 was an unremarkable trading day that saw the S&P 500 rally about 0.5% and gold hit its highest level since 2013. At that point, the novel coronavirus was taking a serious toll on China, but there was still only slight anxiety and nervousness about it having a major impact on US shores. Below is a list of the best performing stocks in the Russell 1,000 since then. At the top of the list is energy-drink maker Celsius (CELH), which is far ahead of the pack with a gain of 3,030%. source : bespoke
