Less and less listed companies; but big companies are getting bigger...
The number of publicly listed companies in the US has declined by 50% since 1995. Currently, there are just over 4200 public companies in the US. The same trend has been seen in the number of banks in the US which was at 31,000 in 1920 but just 4,000 today. Meanwhile, the top 10% of stocks in the US now reflect ~75% of the entire market. This is, by far, the most concentrated 🇺🇸 stock market since the Great Depression in 1931. Even in the Dot-com bubble of 2001, concentration of the top 10% of stocks peaked at ~72% before the 2008 Financial Crisis, it peaked at nearly 66%. Big companies are indeed getting bigger! Source: The Kobeissi Letter, Wall Street Engine
There are no longer any companies in the $3 trillion market cap club.
source : bespoke
Global Equity Funds have seen inflows $84 billion over the last 6 weeks, the highest amount in 2 years
source : deutsche bank, barchart
The stock market rally continues in Germany.
The Dax is heading for its 9th daily gain in a row. The rally is being driven by the Dax "Glory 5" stocks - an index consisting of SAP, Siemens, Allianz, Munich Re, and Deutsche Telekom. These 5 stocks have outperformed the Dax Price Index by almost 100%-pts over a 10 year period. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg
Not all Tech stocks are magnificent...
$AAPL and $TSLA the main downside outliers...
High global cost of capital hurts weak global balance sheets
Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, DRC, Iran, Türkiye, Argentina account for 12% of world population (>1bn people) and they are all hit by inflation rates >30% (Argentina 250%, Türkiye 60%, DRC 50%), interest rates >20% & pressure of currencies. Source: BofA
Long large cap-growth relative to small cap value 12-month relative performance hit extreme level
Source: BofA
🚨 February numbers are in and the Mag 7 are now the 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝟰 year to date
Nvidia , Meta , Microsoft and Amazon driving all the gains while Apple , Google and Tesla fall out of the 7. Source: John Haslett, CA(SA), FRM
