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🚨IS THIS THE BIGGEST CONCENTRATION BUBBLE IN HISTORY?🚨
Magnificent 7 stocks now account for ~32% of the S&P 500, near the all-time high. This share has increased by 10 percentage points in just 1.5 years. This is even 10 percentage pts HIGHER than in the 2000 DOT-COM BUBBLE. Source: LSEG Datastream, Global Markets Investor
The current drawdowns across the Magnificent Seven:
• $AAPL Apple: 5.0% • $META Meta: 5.2% • $AMZN Amazon: 11.9% • $MSFT Microsoft: 12.3% • $GOOGL Alphabet: 17.7% • $NVDA Nvidia: 20.3% • $TSLA Tesla: 48.6% Source: Koyfin
BREAKING: Magnificent 7 stocks have now erased $550 BILLION of market cap today.
Nvidia, $NVDA, is on track for its largest daily drop since April 2024. As discussed during our H2 outlook, volatility is coming back with a vengeance ahead ahead of US elections. Source: The Kobeissi Letter, Bloomberg
An important observation on the Mag 7 / AI names: Relative EPS hasn't rolled like stock prices have
Bottom-line: Equity portfolios should be more diversified but there is no reason to panic on big Tech at this stage. It is a highly crowded trade and valuations are lofty. But fundamentals stay strong. Source: TME, RBC, GS
Has the Magnificent 7's earnings growth peaked?
In Q2 2024, the Magnificent 7' net income, excluding Nvidia, $NVDA, rose by 30% year-over-year, the slowest growth since Q2 2023. This is down from 51% in Q1 2024 and below the record 57% seen in Q4 2023. It is estimated that the growth rate will decelerate further to ~17% in Q3 2024. Source: The Kobeissi Letter
As the Mag 7 slow the rest of the SP500 is showing signs of improving growth
Source: Bloomberg intelligence, Markets & Mayhem
This chart suggests that liquidity from the yen carrytrade has flowed into the Mag7
Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ
BREAKING: The Magnificent 7 stocks have now erased a combined $2.6 TRILLION of market cap over the last 20 days.
That's an average of $125 billion of market cap PER DAY for 20 days sight. Nvidia, $NVDA, alone has erased over $1 trillion in market cap since its high seen one month ago. In other words, the Magnificent7 have lost as much value as Nvidia's ENTIRE current market cap in 20 days. That's also $200 billion more than every stock in Germany's stock market combined. Source: The Kobeissi Letter
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