📢 The return of capital is back in focus
➡️ The Cap return story is more impressive now than ever. Companies managing to invest in growth AND return capital. Some even protecting the margin by lowering OPEX. Best of 2 worlds or even triple positive whammy. 1. Microsoft remained steady at $3.5 billion. 2. Meta ramped up to $13.4 billion (from $0 last quarter). 3. Google executed $15.1 billion in buybacks and raised its program to $70 billion. 4. And the standout: Apple repurchased $25 billion and authorized an additional $100 billion. Source: The Market Ear, Bloomberg
Nasdaq $QQQ has now fully recovered from the losses sustained after Liberation Day
Source: Barchart
🔴 BREAKING >>>
According to Reuters, the Trump administration is working on changes to a Biden-era rule that would limit global access to AI chips, including possibly doing away with its splitting the world into tiers that help determine how many advanced semiconductors a country can obtain, three sources familiar with the matter said. The sources said the plans were still under discussion and warned they could change. But if enacted, removing the tiers could open the door to using U.S. chips as an even more powerful negotiating tool in trade talks.
Are big Tech's earnings estimates too high ???
Source: Bloomberg
Tech smash
Source: Sven Henrich @NorthmanTrader
Here are the current largest holdings in the NASDAQ 100 $QQQ
source : evan, finchat
European tech
Source: The Economist
🚨 GOOGLE SAYS QUANTUM TECH IS JUST 5 YEARS AWAY FROM REAL-WORLD IMPACT
Julian Kelly, Director of Hardware at Google Quantum AI: "We think we're about five years out from a real breakout... a practical application that you can only solve on a quantum computer." Following Google’s December breakthrough in quantum error correction, momentum is building fast. These supercomputers could soon tackle physics problems and generate data beyond the reach of today’s machines. Quantum computing is no longer a far-off dream — it’s becoming a near-term reality. Source: CNBC thru Mario Nawfal
