Johann-Nepomuk Ernst Josef Hoffer von Ankershoffen
๐Ÿ“ˆ ๐˜ž๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜’๐˜“๐˜Œ๐˜  ๐˜œ๐˜—๐˜‹๐˜ˆ๐˜›๐˜Œ | Week 46 |Good Start โ— Hello everyone, Welcome to Week 46, and I hope youโ€™re all off to a great start! Global markets opened this week with a ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, following news from the U.S. that lawmakers have ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป. On top of that, Donald Trump announced a kind of โ€œ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜€โ€ of $๐Ÿฎ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ for every U.S. citizen (except the ultra-rich) โ€” a move thatโ€™s likely to boost consumption and lift market sentiment. Whatever one thinks of him personally, itโ€™s fair to say: thatโ€™s a smart market move. ๐Ÿ“Š ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ Fridayโ€™s price action once again showed how quickly things can turn around. Despite an intraday drop of more than 2% in the $NSDQ100 the index managed to recover nearly all losses โ€” triggered merely by early headlines hinting that the shutdown might soon be over. Now itโ€™s official: ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ Still, on a weekly basis, markets closed clearly in the red, with the $NSDQ100 ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฏ%. Reasons include: โžก $PLTR (Palantir Technologies Inc.) earnings were solid, but expectations were sky-high (a forward P/E of nearly 200 doesnโ€™t leave much room for surprises). โžกAfter a strong rally since โ€œLiberation Day,โ€ we finally saw some profit-taking. โžกComments from OpenAIโ€™s CFO, Sam Altman, and even the GPU man himself (Jensen Huang) suggesting possible U.S. government support for AI infrastructure also added a touch of uncertainty. โ†’ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜†๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ: ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ? That said, all this post-hoc analysis is a bit overdone. Weโ€™re still ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น-๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜€, and after months of strong performance, this is just a ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ. ๐Ÿ™Œ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€: The๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ remains strong: โ–ช Roughly 90% of the S&P 500โ€™s market cap has reported Q3 results. โ–ช 77% beat revenue and 82% beat earnings expectations. โ–ช Earnings growth currently stands around +13% year-over-year, well above the initial +6โ€“8% forecasts. ๐Ÿ’ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ Our portfolio has also seen some volatility recently, but we closed last Friday in the green. Year-to-date, we remain clearly ahead of the $SPX500 and even slightly ahead of the $NSDQ100 . As I always say โ€” volatility is part of the game. You canโ€™t outperform the market every single week, and thatโ€™s perfectly fine. What matters most is sticking to the strategy and keeping a steady hand. We havenโ€™t made any ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†, and Iโ€™m very satisfied with the current setup. Several of our positions are already showing strong upward momentum today. Fluctuations of ยฑ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ% are completely normal. For new investors or copiers, that can feel uncomfortable at first, but over time you learn to ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ โ€” and thatโ€™s the real key to long-term success. ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ This week looks to be fairly quiet overall. Because of the shutdown, thereโ€™s still a lack of macro data, and the earnings season is gradually winding down. What could change quickly starting today โžก ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜: $NVDA (NVIDIA Corporation) reports next week From our own portfolio, only $MNDY (Monday.com) is still scheduled to report this week Bottom line: After last weekโ€™s pullback, markets are already showing signs of strength again. Fundamentals remain solid, sentiment is improving, and those with a long-term mindset are still in a great position. Wishing everyone a successful week and strong trades! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ“ˆ all the best JvA ๐Ÿ™Œ
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