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2 Jul 2025

Who remembers the stock market "crash" of 2025?

Source: @brewmarkets

1 Jul 2025

The first half year asset classes returns in one chart

Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, MBA

30 Jun 2025

Here’s how the Nasdaq is tracking at 645 days since the release of ChatGPT versus the release of Netscape in December 1994.

Source: Bespoke @bespokeinvest

30 Jun 2025

10 year returns of more than 2,000%

Bitcoin: +44,369% Nvidia: +31,323% AMD: +5,722% Shopify: +3,680% Broadcom: +2,478% Comfort Systems: +2,365% Axon Enterprise: 2,339% Texas Pacific Land: +2,310% MicroStrategy: +2,108%

27 Jun 2025

Nvidia $NVDA earns $2.22 million in profit per employee, nearly 4x more than $GOOG and $AAPL and 5.5x more than $MSFT.

Source: Beth Kindig

27 Jun 2025

Top 10 Profitable Companies in 2024

1. Saudi Aramco: $120.7B 2. Apple: $97.0B 3. Berkshire Hathaway: $96.2B 4. Alphabet (Google): $73.8B 5. Microsoft: $72.4B 6. ICBC: $51.4B 7. JP Morgan Chase: $49.6B 8. China Construction Bank: $47.0B 9. Meta (Facebook): $39.1B 10. Agricultural Bank of China: $38.0B Source: Statista

27 Jun 2025

Party like it's 2021?

Goldman Non-Profitable hashtag#Tech Index has gained 50% since the April low. Source: Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs

26 Jun 2025

Emerging markets $EEM are breaking out to 3-year highs.

Source: Ross J Brown RJB Financial Direction Limited

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