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8 Nov 2023

This is how Waren Buffet manages risk

Instead of over-diversifying, he takes big bets on companies / stocks on which he has super-strong conviction and knowledge. Almost half of Warren Buffett’s portfolio is made up of Apple at 48%, and valued at $163.7B. The top 5 holdings account for over 75% of the total portfolio... Source: Genuine Impact

8 Nov 2023

Walmart vs Amazon

25 yrs ago: Walmart revenue 305x larger than Amazon. 20 yrs ago: Walmart revenue 51x larger than Amazon. 10 yrs ago: Walmart revenue 7x larger than Amazon. 5 yrs ago: Walmart revenue 2x larger than Amazon. Today: Walmart revenue 1.1x larger than Amazon. Source: Charlie Bilello

8 Nov 2023

Did you know that the biggest e-Commerce app in Asia AND EUROPE trades at 10X earnings?!

$BABA Source: A.J. Button

8 Nov 2023

Retail Investors own 9.4% of the NSE-listed companies

Source: investywise

8 Nov 2023

Apple has bought back $604 billion in stock over the past 10 years, which is greater than the market cap of 492 companies in the S&P 500. $AAPL

Source: Charlie Bilello

7 Nov 2023

The ENORMOUS EIGHT 2022-2023 Combined Total Returns...

Nvidia $NVDA: +56% Microsoft $MSFT: +8% Apple $AAPL: +2% S&P 500 $SPY: -6% Meta $META: -6% Nasdaq 100 $QQQ: -6% Google $GOOGL: -10% Amazon $AMZN: -16% Netflix $NFLX: -28% Tesla $TSLA: -38%

7 Nov 2023

CTAs are currently short $52 billion in U.S. equities, the largest short position in AT LEAST 5 years

Source: barchart

7 Nov 2023

Total Returns since inception of the S&P 500 ETF in January 1993...

S&P 500 ETF $SPY: +1,640% Berkshire Hathaway $BRK.A: +4,100% Apple $AAPL: +40,580% Source: Charlie Bilello

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