Snapshots that wow!

The buyback juggernaut funded by GenZ’s parents!

Apple is the undisputed king of buybacks. Over the past decade, it has bought back $625 billion in stock. That’s greater than the market cap of 492 companies in the S&P 500.

Source : Charlie Bilello

‘Coup-ed’ up in a corner of the world!

Every single Latin American country had at least one coup over the course of the 20th century. Some have even seen back-to-back ones as different political and military factions fought for control.

Source: Wikipedia

In the long run, it is all about earnings!

Ever wondered why China delivered negative returns for four consecutive years? The answer is in earnings, silly!

From 2011-2022, the earnings growth cumulatively was half of that of the country’s real GDP growth.

Source: DSP Netra

Ferrari is not an auto company!

In a year where we are hearing about only falling prices of cars (hint: Tesla!) Ferrari has reported a 11% increase in revenues and 20% in EPS despite selling 7 cars lesser than the same quarter in the previous year.

Hence proven, this is a luxury co. not an auto co.!

Source: Ferrari Investor Presentation May 2024

When the companies and its investors are underinvested!

Gold miners, arguably the most hated industry in today's markets, are also at their most undervalued state in 40 years based on their price-to-net-asset-value ratio.

Source: Financial Times

Moh Maya trumps Meta!

A quarter of what we see on Meta’s social media networks is just ads.

Source: boredpanda