186.010High183.400Low1.76MVolume183.870Open184.370Pre Close324.85MTurnover1.11%Turnover Ratio--P/E (Static)158.60MShares207.24052wk High--P/B29.39BFloat Cap140.01752wk Low1.29Dividend TTM158.60MShs Float207.240Historical High0.70%Div YieldTTM1.42%Amplitude103.233Historical Low184.704Avg Price1Lot Size
Investor confidence, a strong U.S. economy, and superior historical performance over the last several decades is driving allocations to equities. In 2024, 41.6% of U.S. households’ financial assets are tied to the stock market.
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• Revenue +36% Y/Y to $11.3B ($1.3B beat).
• EPS $3.92 ($1.16 beat).
FY24 guidance (high end):
• Revenue +$3.0B to $46.6B.
• EPS +$0.29 to $14.00.
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It’s all about the Yen carry trade.
In short:
1. Asset management firms were borrowing Japanese yen for super cheap and investing the borrowed money in money markets or global stocks.
2. Japanese central bank rates have remained low for almost 20 years, and even negative for much of the last 10. So basically you borrow money for free, invest it for a 5%+ profit elsewhere and pocket the difference. Amazing
3. But last ...
This is down 12% from last month.
The decline suggests widespread layoffs & hiring freezes across manufacturing - a.k.a. ongoing economic challenges.
The only times it's been lower?
1) The dot-com bubble
2) ‘08 financial crisis
3) covid-19
We do need a rate cut soon
The Fear index also hit record high of 29 in 2 years
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The Committee is attentive to the risks to both sides of its dual mandate…does not expect it will be appropriate to reduce the target range until it has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2 percent.
Takeaway: More hawkish than expected - 25bps September cut still on the table.
Hold.
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The market wasn’t thrilled, with the stock initially taking an 8% dip.
In the current AI arms race, investors have narrowly focused on a specific performance indicator from Microsoft: Azure and other cloud services.
So what’s going on?
Azure decelerated: Azure grew 30% in constant currency. While that’s nothing to scoff at, it came on the low end of the 30%-31% guidance. It was a slight slow down from ...
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