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14 May 2024

Meme Stocks' Performance on Monday:

1. Gamestop, $GME: +110% 2. AMC Entertainment, $AMC: +25% 3. Reddit, $RDDT: +15% 4. Spirit Airlines, $SAVE: +15% 5. Lucid Motors, $LCID: +13% 6. Rivian, $RIVN: +10% 7. Nio, $NIO: +10% 8. ContextLogic, $WISH: +9% Monday alone, meme stocks have officially added over $10 BILLION in market cap. Over the last 3 weeks, these stocks have added nearly $25 billion in market cap. Most meme stocks all hit multi-year highs on the return of "Roaring Kitty" on Monday... How high can this go? Source: The Kobeissi Letter

14 May 2024

BREAKING 🚨: GameStop Short Sellers

Short Sellers in $GME have reportedly lost more than $1 billion from Monday's huge move according to S3 partners Gamestop, $GME, is now a $10 BILLION company for the first time since October 2022. The stock was up 91% on Monday and has been halted FOUR times. Since April 23rd, $GME has now added $6 BILLION in market cap. The return of "Roaring Kitty" to X has sparked a return of the 2021 meme stock rally. As a result, $GME is now one of the 600 largest public companies in the US.,, Source: Barchart, The Kobeissi Letter

14 May 2024

Buybacks are Back

Sources: The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg

13 May 2024

S&P 500 companies continue to outpace earnings expectations, but not quite as much on the sales side.

But now we are seeing these expectations rise, so the quarters ahead may become a bit more challenging as we may see earnings growth slowing at the same time. Source: Bloomberg, Markets & Mayhem

13 May 2024

In most cases, market breadth leads price. NYSE, S&P 500, and Midcap advance/decline lines all made new all-time highs last week.

Small caps are on the verge of new 52-wk highs. Some support for a potential summer rally? Source: Ryan Detrick

13 May 2024

"Power Up America" theme is Goldman's top performing basket year-to-date w/+37.5% driven by global data centers' eye-popping demand for power.

17 of the 22 companies from the basket that have reported earnings have beat estimates by an average of +29%. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

10 May 2024

Retail investors have bought over $5 billion of leveraged equity ETFs in the last 12 months, the most since 2022.

This marks a $3 billion increase on a 1-month rolling sum basis in just a few months. Since the October 2023 low, retail investors have been piling into leveraged ETFs. However, a similar pattern was seen in 2021 and early 2022 after which retail experienced significant losses. The average retail investor portfolio drawdown from the 2022 peak was 35% and took 1.5 years to recover. Retail risk appetite is near record highs. Source: FT, The Kobeissi Letter

10 May 2024

Who needs Mag 7 if one can buy utilities stocks?

Source: Michel A.Arouet

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