Software stocks got hammered yesterday.
iShares Tech Software Sector ETF finished -5.8% (biggest daily drop since the pandemic w/Salesforce DOWN 20% (worst session in ~20 years), UiPath -35%, Okta -6%, Mongo DB -24%. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ
Chinese BYD launches plug-in hybrids with a 2100 km driving range
Source: WSJ
The cost of training the ChatGPT-5 model could range from $1.7 to $2.5 billion, according to HSBC.
This is 17.5 times more expensive than ChatGPT-4 and nearly 400 times more expensive than ChatGPT-3. Only a few can afford such a race in expenses, so the leadership in AI technologies will remain with the current market technology leaders. Source: Vlad Bastion Research, HSBC
Is this sustainable? Nvidia results tonight might give us a clue...
Source: Mac10
Meanwhile in China...
What if China starts doing to US "tech champions" what China did to US Rust Belt "industrial champions", US unions, & the US working class 2001-10? Source: Bloomberg / Luke Gromen
The number of public companies has fallen fast
https://lnkd.in/d3w7QajA Source: Barry Ritholtz, Chartr
Fund flows: there is tech and the beaten rest...
Source: Michel A.Arouet
The correlation between tech stocks and treasuries is now as positive as it was during the peak of the tech bubble in early 2000.
This issue strikes at the heart of conventional 60/40 portfolios, as the risk of overweighting these two asset classes has significantly increased. Source: Tavi Costa, Bloomberg, Crescat Capital
