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23 Feb 2024

S&P, NASDAQ 100 & DJIA closed at RECORD HIGH

Source: Bloomberg

23 Feb 2024

Are Mag7 stocks in a bubble?

No doubt, in some ways they are really pricey BUT as shown by this work from Sonus Varghese on this important question, fundamentals justify to some extent their dominance. Since 2021, NVDA stock is up 130%, yet earnings are up 231%. And other Mag 7 names are similar... Source: Carson, Ryan Detrick

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

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