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23 Feb 2024

The chart is a log graph of $1 invested in the S&P 500 in the year 1950 by Personal Finance Club.

They listed all of the market crashes that were 15% or more. They removed the Y-axis, but it shows $1 growing to over $1,000! Note that there were many -10% corrections over the period but that only -15% and worse are listed below

23 Feb 2024

Nvidia, $NVDA, has added nearly $250 billion in market cap so far today.

This puts the stock on track to post the biggest single-day market cap gain in stock market history. The previous record? It was Meta, $META, just 20 days ago after reporting their quarterly earnings. Nvidia is now just 5% away from being the third US company with a $2 trillion+ market cap. Big tech stocks are getting bigger. Source: The Kobeissi Letter, Bloomberg

23 Feb 2024

Top 11 Countries by Gold Reserves

By Visual Capitalist, Win Smart

23 Feb 2024

Nestle Chief Executive Officer Mark Schneider said GLP-1 obesity drugs like Wegovy will probably increase demand for a range of food products that can help avoid nutrient deficiencies...

Source : Bloomberg

22 Feb 2024

European stocks are hitting all-time highs, following Japan!

source : bloomberg

22 Feb 2024

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

22 Feb 2024

In less than a decade, Uber and Lyft destroyed NYC Taxis

Source: Markets & Mayhem

22 Feb 2024

10 things learned from principles by raydalio

Source: Compounding Quality

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