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19 Sep 2024

The bulls are running WILD pre-market. Thank you Mr Powell...

$DIA +1.18% $SPY +1.61% $QQQ +2.18%

18 Sep 2024

FED cuts rates by 50bp to 4.75%-5% range

The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a half percentage point Wednesday, in an aggressive start to a policy shift aimed at bolstering the US labor market.Committee sees another half-point of cuts in rest of 2024Policymakers penciled in an additional percentage point of cuts in 2025, according to their median forecast.

18 Sep 2024

Regardless of what is happening in the world, or who happens to be President, the market finds a way forward.

Source: Peter Mallouk

18 Sep 2024

Utilities Destroying Mag 7 in 2024?

Utilities $XLU +27% Amazon $AMZN +21% QQQ +16% Microsoft $MSFT +15% Apple $AAPL +13% Google $GOOGL +13% Tesla $TSLA -9% Source: Lawrence McDonald @Convertbond, Bloomberg

18 Sep 2024

BlackRock is preparing to launch a more than $30bn artificial intelligence investment fund

With technology giant Microsoft to build data centres and energy projects to meet growing demands stemming from AI, people briefed about the matter said https://on.ft.com/3Bh2aGG Source: FT

18 Sep 2024

The power of tiny gains

Source: Invest in Assets

18 Sep 2024

Visa, Mastercard, and American Express' FCF per share and share price over the last decade.

10Y Total Return CAGR: $V Visa: 19.1% $MA Mastercard: 21.4% $AXP American Express: 13.1% Source: @KoyfinCharts

18 Sep 2024

Soft landing? Hard landing? Or no landing?

Atlanta Fed Q3 Real GDP growth Nowcast model just hit 3%...

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