Apple has bought back $625 billion in stock over the past 10 years, which is greater than the market cap of 492 companies in the S&P 500.
$AAPL Source: Charlie Bilello
Stocks, bonds and cryptos rally following soft US jobs data.
Hiring slows to 175,000 jobs in April way below the forecasted 240k. This is the lowest figure since Oct 2023’s +165k. Household survey came in below forecasts as well with unemployment rate rising to 3.9% from March's 3.8%. Wage growth slows to 0.2% MoM vs 0.3% expected. Note that 0.2% is consistent with 2% inflation. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ
The SP500 in gold terms has gone nowhere since 2017 + it’s hard to ignore this massive head and shoulders taking shape.
Source: Tavi Costa, Bloomberg
If you had invested $10,000 into Peloton $PTON at its peak in January 2021 and held to today you'd currently have ... $174
Source: Evan, Ycharts
BREAKING: Apple $AAPL climbed 7% in extended trading after the company announces a $110 BILLION share buyback.
Apple reported quarterly revenue of $90.8 billion and EPS of $1.53, both of which were above expectations. However, revenue in Greater China was down by 8.1% and iPhone sales fell 10%. Apple did not provide formal guidance, but Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC’s Steve Kovach that overall sales would “grow low single digits” during the June quarter. Apple announced that its board had authorized $110 billion in share repurchases, a 22% increase over last year’s $90 billion authorization. It’s the largest in history, ahead of Apple’s previous repurchases, according to data from Birinyi Associates. Apple is the latest tech giant to announce a massive share buyback after $META and $GOOGL. We are on track to see over $1 trillion in share buybacks this year for the first time in history. Mixed earnings but buybacks are all the market wants. Source: The Kobeissi Letter
The gains in equities & bonds during the Fed meeting were completely wiped out by the market by the end.
Nasdaq 100 closed 0.7% lower, and US 10y yields pared most of their drop. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg
16 years of Mastercard vs Visa.
Both $MA (21.6%) and $V (20.9%) have remarkable CAGRs over that period. They have been pretty correlated throughout the period, taking over the world in unison. Source: Bloomberg, KoyfinCharts
Bespoke about yesterday's last hour of trading =>
"Based on the history, with the index up 113 bps at 3:00pm, the SP500 had a 99% chance of closing green. Its failure to do so is a remarkable stumble, to say the least." Source: Bespoke
