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7 Nov 2024

JUST IN: MicroStrategy breaks $50 BILLION market cap and is now worth more than Ford Motor Company.

Ford has lost ~60% of its market cap since 2022 and holds $26 BILLION in cash, about 65% of its total market cap! The "melting ice cube" of cash holdings, eroded by inflation year after year. This is what Michael Saylor feared for his company when he decided to buy Bitcoin in 2020. MicroStrategy's market cap is UP ~45x since then. Source:

7 Nov 2024

Nvidia is once again the most valuable company in the world.

Surpassing Apple and underscoring just how dominant AI has become on Wall Street. Nvidia's largest customers reported last week and explicitly stated that supply, not demand, remains a constraining factor. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

6 Nov 2024

A Split Congress Tends To Be The Best For Stocks

This year will be the 13th year in a row stocks didn't fall when there was a split Congress. Source: Carson, Ryan Detrick, CMT

6 Nov 2024

New York Post Cover

Pretty well overall, but also up the past five elections. Source: Carson, Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, MBA

6 Nov 2024

Some Trump trades really going for the extreme...

Russell futures vs the 10 year trading with a gap not seen in ages. Source: The Market Ear

5 Nov 2024

Goldman has some potential reaction functions:

* Trump w/ Republican Sweep = 25% probability; S&P +3% * Trump w/ Divided Government = 30% probability; S&P +1.5% " Harris w/ Democratic Sweep = 5% probability; S&P -3% * Harris w/ Divided Government = 40% probability; S&P -1.5% Source: Carl Quintanilla on X, Goldman Sachs

5 Nov 2024

$SPY Price Action Around Elections

In the last three election cycles, we've seen risk-off behaviour before the vote, followed by a strong rally in the weeks that follow. This year’s pattern is shaping up similarly, will history repeat? Source: TrendSpider @TrendSpider

5 Nov 2024

Traders have built the largest long US Equity Futures position in history, now worth more than $300 Billion

Source: Stocktwits

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