From JPM Market Intel: "We flipped to Tactically Bullish from the previous cautious stance because a potential US–Iran agreement could catalyze a broad risk-on impulse across equities, supported by strong fundamentals. That said, the historical pattern suggests that “everything rally” can fade into concentrated leadership following the initial impulse"
FactSet has the 12m forward P/E of S&P500 to be at 21x. Not cheap. Above the 5-year average. But not at the extreme highs we have seen in the not-so distant past.
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*BROADCOM: WORK WITH APOLLO, BLACKSTONE SERVES OPENAI, ANTHROPIC
Translation: Broadcom is backstopping a massive $36 billion private credit SPV with Apollo and Blackstone which will help Anthropic buy Google chips... made by Broadcom.
US TO GRANT $2B TO 9 QUANTUM COMPUTING FIRMS, TAKE STAKES: WSJ
Among companies receiving funds:
IBM: $1BN
GFS: $375MM
QBTS: $100MM
RGTI: $100MM
INFQ: $100MM
You know what soaring Treasury yields will really help with? The $1.3 trillion in annual US interest expense.
For context, the largest US government outlay is Social Security. It is $1.6 trillion.
Jeff Bezos: "If we ran Amazon the way New York City runs their school system, the packages would take 6 weeks to arrive, we would charge you a $100 delivery fee and when the package did finally arrive, it would have the wrong item in it anyway."