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13 Feb 2024

Meme Stock Anniversary

Three years ago today, the "meme-stock mania" that saw hundreds of profitless stocks surge hundreds of percent in a matter of months hit its ultimate peak. In the three months leading up to February 12th, 2021, the average stock in the Russell 3,000 (current members) rallied 40%, but there were 178 stocks that saw three-month rallies of more than 100%, 35 stocks that rallied 300%+, and four stocks that rallied over 1,000%. Below is a table of the 35 stocks currently in the Russell 3,000 that rallied 300%+ in the three months leading up to 2/12/21( include also how each of these stocks has performed since 2/12/21) source : bespoke

13 Feb 2024

THE SILENT BULL MARKET...

Japanese stocks index Nikkei 225 closes up 1066.55 points and within striking distance of all time high 38957! It briefly crossed the 38,000 mark for the first time since the asset bubble burst in 1990 as it rallied about 3% and pushed 34-year highs. In times of financial repression aka negative real rates, real assets go up. January PPI came weaker than expected (+0.0% m/m vs. 0.1% expected) Futures going higher still: Nikkei 38110 Source chart: IG

13 Feb 2024

Did you know that there's another group of stocks that has kept pace with the Mag 7?

The largest companies in Europe have staged a rather impressive rally over the last three years as well! Source: Markets & Mayhem

12 Feb 2024

2024 YTD S&P 500 Returns by Sector

source : pauldejong

12 Feb 2024

The 100 Most Valuable Brands in the World are Worth more than $5 Trillion

source : visualcapitalist

12 Feb 2024

Record inflow to EM equities

Emerging Market Stocks see a weekly inflow of $20.8 billion, the most in history source : BofA, barchart

12 Feb 2024

Bezos Sells $2 Billion of Amazon Shares in First Major Stock Sale Since 2021

Jeff Bezos unloaded 12 million shares of Amazon.com Inc. this week, the first time the billionaire has sold the company’s stock since 2021. The Amazon founder has sold over $30 billion in shares since records going back to 2002, including about $20 billion combined in 2020 and 2021. He has primarily been gifting stock, including shares worth roughly $230 million that were given to nonprofit organizations in November. source : yahoo!finance, bloomberg

12 Feb 2024

The rally on Wall Street has meant that US equities now have a weighting of ~70% in the popular MSCI World index.

That is a record. The risk is correspondingly high if US equities go out of fashion. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

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