DavidBeeby
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Hey there, finance warriors! 💼📈 It's time to showcase our "2025: Financial Goals!"
🎯 Here's my strategic blueprint:
Tap into AI & Energy Opportunities: Focus on stocks like $Tesla (TSLA.US)$, $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ for AI leadership and $Exxon Mobil (XOM.US)$ for energy resilience. 🛠️⚡
Embrace Trump 2.0: Expect regulatory ease & tax cuts to boost finances. 🏛️💰 $Goldman Sachs (GS.US)$ $JPMorgan (JPM.US)$
Small-Caps Strategy:
Buy $AST SpaceMobile (ASTS.US)$ , $Jumia Technologies (JMIA.US)$ , $indie Semiconductor (INDI.US)$ , ...
🎯 Here's my strategic blueprint:
Tap into AI & Energy Opportunities: Focus on stocks like $Tesla (TSLA.US)$, $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ for AI leadership and $Exxon Mobil (XOM.US)$ for energy resilience. 🛠️⚡
Embrace Trump 2.0: Expect regulatory ease & tax cuts to boost finances. 🏛️💰 $Goldman Sachs (GS.US)$ $JPMorgan (JPM.US)$
Small-Caps Strategy:
Buy $AST SpaceMobile (ASTS.US)$ , $Jumia Technologies (JMIA.US)$ , $indie Semiconductor (INDI.US)$ , ...
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$SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ Federal Reserve officials are widely expected to cut the central bank's key interest rate next week even as some measures of inflation are still well above the Fed's goal of a 2% annual rate.
However, stubborn inflation could make rate cuts fewer and farther between next year.
Fed officials are trying to balance the need to cool inflation against the risk of sparking a wave of layoffs, a...
However, stubborn inflation could make rate cuts fewer and farther between next year.
Fed officials are trying to balance the need to cool inflation against the risk of sparking a wave of layoffs, a...
A record $140 billion pumped into US equities since the election, dwarfing any other time (Source: FT).
Huge incremental demand (this money must be used to buy stocks) + Limited supply (few are selling) = Stock prices go up. Ceteris paribus, it’s just how it works.
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Huge incremental demand (this money must be used to buy stocks) + Limited supply (few are selling) = Stock prices go up. Ceteris paribus, it’s just how it works.
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$S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ buybacks jumped 35% in Q2 2024 to $236 billion, near the all-time record.
Furthermore, a massive 52% of stock repurchases were conducted by the index's top 20 firms.
This compares to a long-term average of 48% and pre-pandemic average of 45%.
Apple, $Apple (AAPL.US)$ , Alphabet, $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ , Meta, $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ , and Nvidia, $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ ALONE back $63 billion of stock.
The Information Technology sector saw $68 billion of repurchases while...
Furthermore, a massive 52% of stock repurchases were conducted by the index's top 20 firms.
This compares to a long-term average of 48% and pre-pandemic average of 45%.
Apple, $Apple (AAPL.US)$ , Alphabet, $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ , Meta, $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ , and Nvidia, $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ ALONE back $63 billion of stock.
The Information Technology sector saw $68 billion of repurchases while...
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The Magnificent 7 stocks have added $2.1 TRILLION of market cap since August and are now worth $16.2 trillion.
The group is trading ~$800 billion below its all-time high posted July 10th.
Year-to-date, the Magnificent 7 stocks added a whopping $4.4 trillion in market value.
These 7 stocks alone current account for ~35% of the S&P 500, near the most on record.
Meanwhile, Nvidia stock, $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ , hit a new all-time high and is just ~$100 billion away from surpassing Apple, $Apple (AAPL.US)$ , as the ...
The group is trading ~$800 billion below its all-time high posted July 10th.
Year-to-date, the Magnificent 7 stocks added a whopping $4.4 trillion in market value.
These 7 stocks alone current account for ~35% of the S&P 500, near the most on record.
Meanwhile, Nvidia stock, $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ , hit a new all-time high and is just ~$100 billion away from surpassing Apple, $Apple (AAPL.US)$ , as the ...
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Among the tech giants, I think $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ might be most at risk of seeing pushback over its AI capex. Unlike $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ , $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ and $Alphabet-C (GOOG.US)$ , they don't have an IaaS/PaaS business to help monetize their AI spend, and they're far from the only tech firm with an interest in seeing Llama succeed.
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Same story on CPI as previous month: Total is “ok” at +2.4% because energy is collapsing, but core is still +3.3% and Services remain HOT & STICKY at +4.7%. Transport +8.5% 🥵.
Sticky services is how inflation has always worked. It’s settled science.
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Sticky services is how inflation has always worked. It’s settled science.
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Attention, everyone. This is a crucial data point and development worth noting.
The ETF market has played a vital role in the success of the US equity markets, holding approximately 13% of US equity assets—the largest share among mature markets. In particular, passive ETFs significantly influence the demand for shares of the largest listed companies, known as the Mag 7.
Currently, ETFs in China, valued at RMB 3 trillion ($428 billion), represent only 3% to 4% of the country's total equity ass...
The ETF market has played a vital role in the success of the US equity markets, holding approximately 13% of US equity assets—the largest share among mature markets. In particular, passive ETFs significantly influence the demand for shares of the largest listed companies, known as the Mag 7.
Currently, ETFs in China, valued at RMB 3 trillion ($428 billion), represent only 3% to 4% of the country's total equity ass...
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The mortgage demand index reached 142 this month, recording the worst September since 1994.
Since 2020, mortgage applications declined 55% and sit 44% below pre-pandemic levels.
This is despite mortgage rates falling by 1.1 percentage points since May, to 6.1%, the lowest level since September 2022.
Meanwhile, pending home sales have declined for a third consecutive year and hit another record low in August.
Lower rates are not helping in housing.
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Since 2020, mortgage applications declined 55% and sit 44% below pre-pandemic levels.
This is despite mortgage rates falling by 1.1 percentage points since May, to 6.1%, the lowest level since September 2022.
Meanwhile, pending home sales have declined for a third consecutive year and hit another record low in August.
Lower rates are not helping in housing.
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A record 87% of Americans now believe it is a bad time to buy a home, more than DOUBLE the 2008 peak.
At the peak of the 2008 Financial Crisis, just 40% of Americans said it was a bad time to buy a home, according to Reventure.
In fact, even when mortgage rates hit a whopping 18% in the 1980s, sentiment was not as bad as it is now.
In the 1980s, this metric peaked at 79%, 8 percentage points BELOW current levels.
This is by far the most pessimistic housing market sentiment in history.
How is thi...
At the peak of the 2008 Financial Crisis, just 40% of Americans said it was a bad time to buy a home, according to Reventure.
In fact, even when mortgage rates hit a whopping 18% in the 1980s, sentiment was not as bad as it is now.
In the 1980s, this metric peaked at 79%, 8 percentage points BELOW current levels.
This is by far the most pessimistic housing market sentiment in history.
How is thi...
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