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Returns on different types of luxury goods have ranged from 8% to 280% over the last 10 years, compared to 158.1% for the S&P 500.
However , only one has outperformed the S&P 500 in terms of 10-year returns: Rare whiskey🥃, boasting an impressive 280% return. Source: Genuine Impact
Small speculators in stock indexes have reached their most bullish net position ever.
Source: WinSmart
Great visual by Quartr ->
Agriculture equipment giant $DE may appear boring at first glance. Under the hood lies a complex and fascinating entity with a rich 187-year history, leveraging cutting-edge chips, sensors, and autonomy technology. $DE has grown its EPS at a 11.7% CAGR, or 38x, since 1990
Here's the S&P 500 stocks that bought back the most shares in Q4 2023
1 Apple $AAPL: $22.7B 2 Google $GOOGL: $16.2B 3 Raytheon $RTX: $10.3B 4 General Motors $GM: $10B 5 Broadcom $AVGO: $8.3B 6 Facebook $META: $8.2B 7 Exxon Mobil $XOM: $4.7B 8 Microsoft $MSFT: $4b 9 Visa $V: $3.8B 10 Comcast $CMCSA $3.5B source : StockMKTNewz
Remember when unprofitable tech was all the rage in 2021?
It never really recovered. All the money went into the Mag7 stocks instead, and to a lesser extent profitable NASDAQ companies. Chart: TS Lombard thru Markets & Mayhem
Brilliant chart by the wonderful folks at Longview Economics showing the Top 10 stocks as a share of global market cap (%).
Source: Longview Economics
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