US equities are shrugging off higher rates.
The chart below shows the level of the S&P 500 Index and the 2-year U.S. Treasury yield. Yields have risen in 2024 but unlike prior episodes of rising yields last year, the S&P 500 has moved higher as well. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Source: Edward Jones
.. here’s the incredible part .. when the market bottomed in Oct of 2022, $NVDA had a market cap of $280bn and a 12-month forward P/E of 32x.
“.. on Thursday, it added $276bn of market cap in one day alone, rounding up to $2tr, and the P/E is now ... 33x.” Source: Carl Quintanilla
While markets are hitting all-time-highs, some insiders are off-loading their stocks
Source: Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA
The Nikkei has just surpassed its highest level in 35 years.
Japan being the birthplace of one of the oldest forms of technical analysis (Heikin-Ashi candlesticks), will this new-high signal reignite domestic investors’ long lost interest in their market?
Should Nvidia have a higher market cap than Google and Amazon?
$NVDA $GOOGL $AMZN Source: Charlie Bilello
House prices adjusted for inflation since 1975.
The charts for Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK look like a s**tcoin during a pump. The Japanese real estate bubble of the 1990s is barely visible as a comparison... Source: Bloomberg, MacroAlf
Yesterday was one of the most distorted markets we've seen yet. Just 2% of the index contributed over 60% of the bullish momentum.
That means ONLY TEN companies were the cause of well over half of the move in $SPX yesterday. $NVDA single handedly contributed an additional 50bps to the return in $SPX. Source: Hedgeye
Nvidia has now surpassed Germany's DAX in market capitalization.
Valued at just under $2 trillion, the chip company, established in 1993, now exceeds the total value of the DAX, which includes 40 companies, some over 130 years old. Source : HolgerZ
