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15 Nov 2024

A great visual by Linas Beliūnas on Brazil's FinTech giant Nubank which just reached 100 million customers in Brazil or ~57% of the adult population in the country 😳

Here are the numbers: 👥 >105 million customers globally (+20.8M Year-over-Year) 🌍 It's now the largest digital banking platform outside of Asia 🇧🇷 It's now the 4th largest financial institution in Latin America 💰 $25.2 billion worth of deposits (+64% YoY) 💸 $2.8 billion in revenues (+65% YoY) 🤑 $487 million in profit (+134% YoY) What is truly exceptional for NU is the following: despite serving more than 105 million customers, its monthly average cost per active customer still remains at $0.9 !!!

5 Nov 2024

Ranked: Tech Manufacturers by R&D Investment Change in 2023

Source: Visual Capitalist

4 Nov 2024

Semiconductor Stocks $SOXX have broken below the 200D moving average for only the 3rd time this year - Uh Oh

Source: Barchart

21 Oct 2024

Since the launch of ChatGPT, the 6 biggest tech companies have added $8.2T in market value.

Nvidia added the most, with more than $2.5B! $NVDA $MSFT $META $AAPL $AMZN $GOOGL Source: Bloomberg Opinion, The Future Investors

27 Sep 2024

Mag 7 v. 2000s tech Bubble

Source: Stocktwits

23 Sep 2024

How are the 'Magnificent 7' Tech stocks doing so far this year?

🟢 Nvidia Is Up +134.2% $NVDA 🟢 Meta Is Up +58.6% $META 🟢 Amazon Is Up +26.1% $AMZN 🟢 Apple Is Up +18.5% $AAPL 🟢 Alphabet Is Up +16.8% $GOOGL 🟢 Microsoft Is Up +15.7% $MSFT 🔴 Tesla Is Down -4.1% $TSLA Note that S&P 500 and Nasdaq are both up +19.6% YTD

13 Sep 2024

The old playbook is back thus far this week. Semis and AI leading back bid, growth outperforming.

Source: RBC, Bloomberg

12 Sep 2024

Semiconductors index: Was it a "head & shoulders top" (going to bring down the entire stock market)?

Or is it just a correction in a bull market??? Source: J-C Parets

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