Here's the periodic table of asset classes👇
The darker the color - the higher the risk 🚨 The more on the right the asset is - the less liquid it is Source: Linas Beliunas h/t John Kador & Kathleen Kowal
The World’s Biggest Fashion Companies by Market Cap 👔
Source: Visual Capitalist
Did you see that Crypto Markets are now worth over $2 Trillion again?
These were the magazine covers as Crypto was bottoming in November and December of 2022. Keep in mind, this asset class was down towards just $730 Billion TOTAL in the fall of 2022. Source: Allcharts, J-C Parets
Four companies have accounted for over 90% of the market cap gains in the Nasdaq 100 this year.
Source: Bloomberg, Tavi Costa
U.S. equity risk premium has fallen to its lowest level since the aftermath of the Dot Com Bubble.
This is the premium that investors receive to compensate them for taking on additional risk in the stock market instead of treasuries. Source: Barchart, BofA
Four Years Since COVID
Sunday, 2/19/24 marked the four-year anniversary of the US stock market's peak closing level just before COVID hit in 2020. February 19th, 2020 was an unremarkable trading day that saw the S&P 500 rally about 0.5% and gold hit its highest level since 2013. At that point, the novel coronavirus was taking a serious toll on China, but there was still only slight anxiety and nervousness about it having a major impact on US shores. Below is a list of the best performing stocks in the Russell 1,000 since then. At the top of the list is energy-drink maker Celsius (CELH), which is far ahead of the pack with a gain of 3,030%. source : bespoke
Warren Buffett loves share cannibals.
"The math isn't complicated. When the share count goes down, your interest in the businesses goes up. Every small bit helps if repurchases are made at value-accretive prices". Source: Koyfin Charts
Reminder
U.S. markets are closed Tomorrow, Monday, Feb. 19, in observance of Presidents Day. The NYSE, Nasdaq and bond markets will be closed. The next market holidays will be Friday, March 29, for Good Friday, followed by Memorial Day on Monday, May 27.
