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26 Aug 2024

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

26 Aug 2024

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

23 Aug 2024

China names healthcare, education, tech as likely venues for more foreign investment

Source: South China Morning Post

22 Aug 2024

Goldman Sach's Head of Global Markets Scott Rubner believes the "pain trade" for US stocks is higher

Source: Bloomberg

22 Aug 2024

Stock buyback tax would quadruple under Democrats' plan

Source: MarketWatch

21 Aug 2024

A shocking chart...

'In gold terms, the SP500 is exactly where it was in August 1971. The significance of that date is that it was the moment when President Richard Nixon severed the dollar's link to gold". Source: Bloomberg, Jesse Felder @jessefelder on X

21 Aug 2024

Here's a look at the 30 best performing S&P 500 stocks over the last 20 years since Alphabet $GOOGL IPO'd

NVIDIA $NVDA is on top followed by Apple $AAPL, Netflix $NFLX and then Monster Beverage $MNST. Alphabet ranks 11th just behind Salesforce $CRM. Source: Bespoke

21 Aug 2024

Why you need to invest, in one chart

Over the last 30 years, the purchasing power of the US consumer dollar has been cut in half due to inflation. At the same time, the SP500 has gained 962% (8% per year) after adjusting for inflation. Source: Charlie Bilello

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