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The Nvidia share shows very well that analysts usually lag behind the share price with their price targets
Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg
Stock market (sp500) volatility in 2023 has tracked alongside historical seasonality. A continuation of that trend would imply a spike in volatility is coming...
Source: Liz Young, SoFi, Bloomberg
Duration risk in one chart. $1 million invested in this Apple AAPL bond is now worth $600k, duration risk is on stage here.
Now think of all those mortgage-backed securities on bank balance sheets... Source: Lawrence McDonald, Bloomberg
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reported $1 trillion of assets for the first time last quarter
That's roughly triple the assets of Apple, 10 times Tesla's figure, and 20 times Nvidia's total. Berkshire's assets have ballooned 33,000-fold under Buffett, from under $30 million when he started. Source: business insider
A nice tweet by Rich Kleinbauer
In February 2020, 70% of private sector employee schemes were allocated to long-term debt (mostly UK Gilts). This investment is down -53% since then, i.e a MINUS 37% contribution to performance...
Jackson Hole might NOT be the key market driver
Indeed, nvidia ($NVDA) results tonight could be THE main market event this week given the weight of Nvidia in the main #us #equity indices (4.6% of Nasdaq 100 and 3.1% of S&P 500) and the level of market expectations in terms of top-line growth (68% QoQ) and gross margins (+400bps improvement). Moreover, the Street (and algos) will count the number of times that Jensen says "AI" during the conf call this evening... Source: Markets Mayhem
Investing requires patience. Over the past 15 years, investors in these stocks navigated significant drawdowns before reaping substantial gains
The same principle might apply to bitcoin and some cryptocurrencies as well. Source: ycharts, Beth Kindig
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