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14 Feb 2025

The success of Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek is prompting investors to reassess the nation’s technology companies.

The Hang Seng Tech Index, whose biggest members include Tencent Holdings, Alibaba Group Holding and Xiaomi, approached a four-month high on Thursday, after rallying more than 10 per cent over the past two weeks, while the broader Hang Seng Index climbed about 6 per cent. As shown on the chart below, the valuation gap between Chinese stocks and the Mag7 remains massive. Source: Compounding Quality @finvibe

11 Feb 2025

Israel continues to be a leader this bull market.

That's another new all-time weekly closing high for the Tel Aviv 125 Index. Source: J.C. Parets @allstarcharts

10 Feb 2025

Not an AI or Tech Company 🐣

Egg prices are outperforming a lots of stocks including technology stocks, now up +700% since January 2024.

6 Feb 2025

Stock Market Sentiment: Fear Amidst Gains?

Despite trading in the green for two consecutive days and sitting just 1.1% away from all-time highs, market sentiment remains cautious. Fear still lingers. source : cnnsentiment

31 Jan 2025

Apple Slides After iPhone Sales Miss, China Revenues Unexpectedly Tumble

The one - very big - fly in the ointment was the usual suspect: China, where revenues unexpectedly tumbled, sliding a whopping 11%, and badly missing estimates of a $21.57BN print Greater China rev. $18.51 billion, -11% y/y, estimate $21.57 billion Source: zerohedge.com

30 Jan 2025

Why does a strong January matter?

Here's a chart shared last year (so it isn't updated for 2024 yet), but it shows a clear trend starts early in the year. Source: Carson, Ryan Detrick

29 Jan 2025

Magnificent 7 stocks have underperformed the market in 2025:

The Magnificent 7 stocks are down -1.4% while the S&P 500 itself is up ~2.9%. Meanwhile, the remaining 493 stocks in the S&P 500 have gained +6.6%. To put this into perspective, in 2024, the Magnificent 7 stocks returned +67.4% while the remaining 493 firms gained just +5.0%.

29 Jan 2025

Why "cheap" AI will benefit the overall ecosystem explained in one chart

As the cost of AI comes down, what are the sectors that benefit from cheap intelligence? 1. Cybersecurity (e.g $CRWD) 2. Data Storage/Analytics (e.g $NOW) 3. Robotics (e.g $AMZN) 4. AI Agents (e.g $MSFT $CRM) 5. Advertising (e.g $META, $GOOGL) 6. Ecosystems (e.g $AAPL) NB: These are not investment recommendations Source: Lin@Speculator_io

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