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6 Aug 2025

The Worst Investing Mistake

Source: Brian Feroldi

6 Aug 2025

Super Micro shares plunge 15% on weak results, disappointing guidance...

Nothing super about it.... $SMCI 🩸 Here’s how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus: - Earnings per share: 41 cents adjusted vs. 44 cents expected - Revenue: $5.76 billion vs. $5.89 billion expected Source: Trend Spider

6 Aug 2025

The S&P 493 – that’s the S&P 500 excl “Magnificent 7” – is expected to deliver just 2-3% net income growth in Q2, Q3, and Q4.

That’s slower than inflation, meaning most of the market is barely growing in real terms. Measured against this, US equities are quite expensive! Source: Strategas thru HolgerZ

6 Aug 2025

Update on the short squeeze...

The 100 most heavily shorted stocks in the Russell 3,000 are now up 66.5% since the 4/8 low versus 29% for all stocks and 14% for the 100 least shorted. Source: Bespoke

6 Aug 2025

US companies announced share repurchases totaling $166 billion last month, the highest dollar value on record for July ...

For the year, announced buybacks stand at $926 billion, which is $108 billion ahead of the previous year-to-date record set in 2022. Source: Bloomberg, Birinyi Associates, RBC

5 Aug 2025

An interesting view on europe by Gavekal

"The 15% tariff rate on US imports from the European Union will hit the old continent's exporting sector. But the broader economy can count on its domestic segment to mitigate the shock. Notably, the effect of the ECB’s interest rate cuts is becoming visible in a bank lending recovery across the eurozone". Source: Gavekal, Macrobond

5 Aug 2025

Buffett explains how growth impacts valuation

Source: Brian Feroldi

5 Aug 2025

"When to sell" by Peter Lynch

Source: Invest In Assets 📈 @InvestInAssets on X

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