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6 May 2025

According to Goldman Sachs, CTAs are projected to buy US stocks in EVERY SINGLE SCENARIO over the next week and month.

Source: Barchart

5 May 2025

The bigger the base... 🚀

Uber remains a play an the Autonomous vehicle investment theme Source: Trend Spider NB: This is NOT an investment recommendation

5 May 2025

European equity markets are still doing well

Source: J-C Parets

2 May 2025

Nasdaq $QQQ has now fully recovered from the losses sustained after Liberation Day

Source: Barchart

2 May 2025

Retail Traders bought Stocks and ETFs last month at the fastest pace in history, to the tune of $40 Billion 🚨🚨🚨

Source: Barchart, Bloomberg

2 May 2025

Amazon (AMZN) reported its first quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday beating on the top and bottom lines but offered lighter than anticipated guidance for its Q2 operating income.

The stock is down -4% after-hours ➡️ For the quarter, Amazon saw earnings per share (EPS) of $1.59 on revenue of $155.7 billion. Wall Street was anticipating EPS of $1.36 and revenue of $155.1 billion, according to Bloomberg consensus estimates. The company reported EPS of $0.98 and revenue of $143.3 billion in Q1 last year. AWS revenue came in at $29.2 billion versus expectations of $29.3 billion. ➡️ For the second quarter, Amazon said it anticipates operating income of between $13 billion and $17.5 billion. Analysts were expecting $17.8 billion. The company saw operating income of $14.7 billion in Q2 2024. ➡️ The company also said it anticipates a 10-basis point impact to its Q2 sales. ➡️ Amazon shares fell more than 4% following the report. ➡️ $AMZN Amazon Q1 FY25: • Revenue +9% Y/Y to $155.7B ($0.6B beat). • Operating margin 12% (+1pp Y/Y). • EPS $1.59 ($0.23 beat). • Q2 Guidance: ~$161.5B ($0.4B beat). ☁️ AWS: • Revenue +17% Y/Y to $29.3B. • Operating margin 39% (+2pp Y/Y). Source: App Economy Insights, Yahoo Finance

2 May 2025

Apple reported second fiscal-quarter earnings Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations, but the company’s closely-watched Services division came up light versus estimates.

➡️ $AAPL Apple Q2 FY25 (March quarter): Services +12% Y/Y to $26.6B. Products +3% Y/Y to $68.7B. • Revenue +5% Y/Y to $95.4B ($0.8B beat). • Operating margin 31% (+0pp Y/Y). • EPS $1.65 ($0.03 beat). Source: App Economy Insights

2 May 2025

Apple $AAPL approves $100 BILLION share buyback 💰

Source: Trend Spider

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