Nestlé CEO departure *not such a bad thing"
Source: CNBC
The sp500 is up 18.1% in the first 163 trading days of 2024, the 18th best start to a year going back to 1928 and 2nd best start to a presidential election year ever. $SPX
Source: Charlie Bilello
Will the share buyback effect soon fade?
Since 2000, Share Buybacks have comprised ~100% of net equity purchases. Such has been a huge support for higher asset prices. That is all fine until you run out of cash to execute buybacks. Source: h/t @ISABELNET_SA, BofA, Lance Roberts
What are the most under-owned and over-owned large-caps stocks in portfolios?
"Of the large cap stocks we evaluate, MSFT, NVDA, AAPL, AMZN, and GOOGL are currently the most under owned in actively managed portfolios vs. the S&P 500, while INTU, CRM, ADBE and QCOM are the most over-owned." - MS Woodring. Source: Daily Chartbook, MS
TGI Thursdays
The S&P 500 is up an annualized +46.0% on Thursday so far in 2024. This would be the best return for Thursday since '21 (+51.5%) and best for any day since Friday last year (+53.0%). Bottom line, in bull markets you tend to see strength ahead of the weekend. ✔☑✅ Source: Ryan Detrick, CMT @RyanDetrick on X, Carson research
China names healthcare, education, tech as likely venues for more foreign investment
Source: South China Morning Post
Goldman Sach's Head of Global Markets Scott Rubner believes the "pain trade" for US stocks is higher
Source: Bloomberg
Stock buyback tax would quadruple under Democrats' plan
Source: MarketWatch
