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16 Nov 2023

Nvidia indicated that the latest round of China restrictions will not have a meaningful impact on its business

It’s possible that this is because China frontloaded its GPU orders earlier this year in anticipation of these restrictions. It’s also possible that any lost revenue from China will be made up for by tremendous revenue growth in developed markets. Guidance for the January quarter might be indicative here. Source: Morningstar

16 Nov 2023

The FT has tracked all of Softbank's IPO returns. And guess what... they are terrible

source: Evan Tindell

16 Nov 2023

Let's hope the US economy is truly slowing down -- particularly manufacturing --, and that the winter is mild

US stocks of distillate fuel (diesel and heating oil) are ending the fall season at their lowest **seasonal** level in data since 1982 | Source: Javier Blas, Bloomberg

16 Nov 2023

[Tweet by Bob Eliott] china faces the most classic dilemma in macro with an economy that is too weak and in need of additional easing and at the same time a desire for exchange rate stability

After months of keeping money too tight to stabilize the FX, at the first sign of FX strength they eased... Source chart: The Daily Shot

16 Nov 2023

Since the end of 2012, the S&P 500 has more than tripled, rising by 216.2%

Of that increase, eight megacap stocks have accounted for just under half of the total gain. Source: Bespoke

16 Nov 2023

NEW: Cathie Wood says $600,000 Bitcoin is the base case but could go higher because of scarcity, institutional adoption and a spot bitcoin ETF

Source: Bitcoin archive

16 Nov 2023

Microsoft announces custom AI chip that could compete with Nvidia

- Microsoft is introducing its first chip for AI, along with an Arm-based chip for general-purpose computing jobs. - Both will come to Microsoft’s Azure cloud, Microsoft said at its Ignite conference in Seattle. -mThe Graviton Arm chip that cloud leader Amazon Web Services introduced five years ago has gained broad adoption. Source: CNBC, Stocktwits

16 Nov 2023

Pershing Square (Bill Ackman) discloses updated portfolio positions in 13F filing

Increased positions $GOOGL (to ~4.35 mln shares from ~2.19 mln shares), $HLT (to ~10.31 mln from ~9.33 mln), $HHH (~16.8 mln shares, from ~16.6 mln) Maintained positions in: $QSR (~23.35 mln shares), $CP (~15.1 mln shares), $GOOG (~9.38 mln shares), $CMG (~0.95 mln shares) Decreased positions in: $LOW (to ~7.07 mln shares from ~7.47 mln shares) Source: Ripster

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