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18 Apr 2025

Hermes $RMS Q1 2025

"Despite a high comparison basis in the first quarter, the group achieved solid growth in sales, thanks to the trust of its customers and the commitment of the teams, whom I thank warmly." – Axel Dumas, CEO Revenue growth by business line: Source: Quartr

18 Apr 2025

$ASML CFO on the potential impact of tariffs:

—Tariffs could impact ASML across 4 critical supply chain categories —Actively working to mitigate tariff-related risks across its ecosystem —Timing & magnitude of Tariff-induced demand shocks are still too early to quantify Source: The Transcript @TheTranscript

18 Apr 2025

Trump’s handling of the economy is not very popular

Source: @jason on X

18 Apr 2025

It took 38 years for gold to rise from $35/oz to $1,000/oz. Then it took 12 years to rise from $1,000/oz to $2,000/oz in 2020.

It only took 4 years to go from $2,000 ~~~> $3,000 Source: CEO Technician, Bloomberg

18 Apr 2025

Absolutely brutal chart for Alphabet $GOOGL MAU = Monthly Active Users

Source: Pythia Capital, No Brainer @PythiaR

18 Apr 2025

Remarkable how little overlap there is between the main categories of 🇺🇸 imports from 🇪🇺 (pharma, cars, chemicals) & 🇨🇳 (phones, computers, semi-durable consumer goods).

This means limited scope for 🇪🇺 to supplant China imports, which face prohibitive tariffs (main beneficiary is Vietnam). Source: Daniel Kral @DanielKral1

18 Apr 2025

Santander has overtaken UBS as continental Europe’s most valuable bank after Donald Trump’s tariff-induced market rout hit the Swiss lender harder than peers.

Santander Executive Chair is Ana Botín is with no doubt one of the greatest visionaries of our industry. Source: FT, Bloomberg

18 Apr 2025

Why does Citadel's Ken Griffin keep selling his properties at massive losses (in this case $24,000,000)?

Source: Reese Politics

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