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9 Nov 2023

Walt Disney breaking out ?

Walt Disney (DIS US) has consolidated 60% since March 2021 ! Has tested the last two months the 79 support represented by March 2020 low. Now the stock is showing signs of breakout August 2022 downtrend. Keep an eye. Source : Bloomberg

8 Nov 2023

The growth rate of capital being poured into retail money market funds (MMFs) is at its highest level in several decades

Retail MMFs recently surpassed $1.6 trillion; a record high. Source: Koyfin @KoyfinCharts

8 Nov 2023

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, has announced plans for a challenge focused on generative artificial intelligence

The winners is set to receive a total of Dh1 million ($272,290) amid the emirate's shift towards the future economy. The Global Prompt Engineering Championship will be held in May next year at Dubai’s Museum of the Future. In the context of AI, a prompt refers to a specific request made to a language model such as ChatGPT, which can in turn provide a response or solution for a user. Source: The National News

8 Nov 2023

200+ years of US interest rates…

The Long View @HayekAndKeynes

8 Nov 2023

This is how Waren Buffet manages risk

Instead of over-diversifying, he takes big bets on companies / stocks on which he has super-strong conviction and knowledge. Almost half of Warren Buffett’s portfolio is made up of Apple at 48%, and valued at $163.7B. The top 5 holdings account for over 75% of the total portfolio... Source: Genuine Impact

8 Nov 2023

Walmart vs Amazon

25 yrs ago: Walmart revenue 305x larger than Amazon. 20 yrs ago: Walmart revenue 51x larger than Amazon. 10 yrs ago: Walmart revenue 7x larger than Amazon. 5 yrs ago: Walmart revenue 2x larger than Amazon. Today: Walmart revenue 1.1x larger than Amazon. Source: Charlie Bilello

8 Nov 2023

Did you know that the biggest e-Commerce app in Asia AND EUROPE trades at 10X earnings?!

$BABA Source: A.J. Button

8 Nov 2023

From The Kobeissi Letter -> Bankruptcy documents show that WeWork, $WE, will immediately break 40 office leases in New York City

Documents also show that WeWork plans to break leases on 70 properties in New York City. Note that 40 of these locations are completely empty. Once a $47 billion company, WeWork still has 700 locations world wide. Could this bankruptcy worsen the commercial real estate crisis?

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