10 top-traded securities by Aussies: is it still a good time to invest?

NVIDIA's Q3 earnings showed a 94% year-over-year revenue increase to $35 billion, with net profit soaring 109% to $19.3 billion, both exceeding market expectations. However, the gross margin dropped slightly to 74.6%, and analysts interpret this decline as a potential sign of rising costs or intensifying market competition. Looking ahead to Q4 FY2025, the company forecasts revenue of $37.5 billion, with a 2% margin of error, slightly above the market consensus of $37.08 billion but falling short of the highest estimate of $41 billion. Following the earnings announcement, NVIDIA's stock price dropped by about 5% in after-hours trading.

This earnings report itself is solid, but it seems that the market's expectations were overly high. As production capacity and yield rates for Blackwell ramp up, gross margins are expected to stabilize once Blackwell reaches full production. In terms of AI chip competitiveness, NVIDIA's dominant position remains unchallenged. Following this earnings release, Wall Street analysts generally raised their target prices for NVIDIA. According to Moomoo data, the current average target price forecast by Wall Street is $177.83, implying approximately 28% upside from the latestclosing price.

Next focus: Nvidia's Q4 earnings early next year will provide a checkpoint for the company's performance； NVIDIA's 2025 GTC conference (March 17-20, 2025).

Recently, with the release of FSD V13, Tesla gets new street-high target. Investors have been closely monitoring the progress of Tesla's FSD, especially given its potential impact on the future launch of RoboTaxi. During Tesla's Q3 earnings call, Elon Musk stated that he aims to achieve fully autonomous, unsupervised FSD for the Model 3 and Model Y in California and Texas next year. The upgraded FSD V13 is said to reduce the need for driver intervention by six times. This major improvement is seen as a key development that could accelerate the deployment of Tesla's RoboTaxi service. In response to these developments, Stifel raised Tesla's target price from $287 to $411, citing the significant value creation potential of Tesla's AI-powered full autonomy and Cybercab RoboTaxi as the basis for its optimistic outlook.

MicroStrategy is the world's largest corporate holder of bitcoin, with public data showing that MSTR currently holds 402,100 bitcoins. Due to its massive holdings of bitcoin, it is widely considered to be a bitcoin proxy. So far this year, the price of Bitcoin has surged by over 130%. Undoubtedly, the biggest driver behind this cryptocurrency rally has been Trump's election victory. According to media reports, President-elect Trump's team is in discussions with the digital asset industry about creating a new position in the White House specifically responsible for cryptocurrency policy. This would be the first-ever position dedicated to the crypto industry within the White House, highlighting the growing prominence of the sector in the Trump administration. Additionally, the announcement that SEC Chairman Gary Gensler plans to step down on January 20, 2025 has sent cryptocurrency bulls into a frenzy, further driving Bitcoin closer to the $100,000 mark. With a string of positive developments in the crypto space, Wall Street generally expects Bitcoin to reach $200,000 by the end of 2025.

Next focus: The annual adjustment of the Nasdaq-100 Index constituents, which will be announced next Friday (December 13). Based on market capitalization, MicroStrategy is likely to be among the new additions.

Next focus: The Central Economic Work Conference is scheduled to take place on December 11-12. Institutions expect that the conference will maintain an optimistic stance on macroeconomic policies for next year and is likely to introduce new requirements and deployments in areas such as debt reduction, real estate, and consumption.

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