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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

26 Jun 2025

Remember IBM?

Over the past 5 years, it has outperformed: • Microsoft • Apple • Google Source: Brew markets

26 Jun 2025

The last two golden crosses on $QQQ did not disappoint...

What do we have in store this time around? Source: Trend Spider

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