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The Magnificent 7 versus the other 493 S&P 500 companies: What’s the better investment? + MORE Oct 1st
The tech sector, driven by some of the world’s largest companies—Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla, also known as the Magnificent 7—has fuelled the markets for about two years now. And this isn’t likely to change any time soon, even if those companies (and the sector.... More »
S&P 500 Has Best Week in 2023 as Bond Yields Slide: Markets Wrap - Yahoo Finance + MORE Nov 3rd
S&P 500 Has Best Week in 2023 as Bond Yields Slide: Markets Wrap Yahoo FinanceS&P 500 notches best week in 2023 as yields tumble BNN BloombergWall Street indexes rally on bets of peak US interest rates, strong earnings Inquirer.netWhy Are Stocks Up Today?&nbs.... More »
Making sense of the markets this week: September 10, 2023 + MORE Sep 8th
Kyle Prevost, editor of Million Dollar Journey and founder of the Canadian Financial Summit, shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors.
Borrowers relieved as interest rates stays at 5%
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Should I use money from my TFSA to contribute to my RRSP? It depends … Feb 6th
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Home Capital bleeds another $290-million of withdrawals
– theglobeandmail.com
The company sees a further dwindling in on-demand deposits, giving it less of a financial buffer
Ecosystem Plays Continue To Dominate ($GOOG, $AMZN, $AAPL, $FB, $MSFT)
– IntelligentSpeculator.net
For years I feel like I’ve been discussing the “ecosystem play” and I certainly wish I had been able to buy an ETF that held all those plays. In this 2013 post, I didn’t include Microsoft but started including it in 2014 as it became clear it would successfully adapt to this new digital world:Making The Case For An Ecosystem Play
I’ve also argued that very few other players will manage to thrive in an environment where the ecosystem players are able to leverage their power and users and that theme clearly remains relevant. Yesterday, Google and Amazon both reported earnings and both crushed it. They are all fighting their own battles but each have their own clear strengths.
How are these 5 ecosystem plays doing now? Take a look at the largest companies by market cap as of April 26th:
Of course, once that data incorporates Amazon (AMZN) and Google (GOOG) market gains at the end of the day, the picture will be even more clear. Even Alibaba (BABA) which stands at #10 could also be included in the “ecosystem” play although it would be the Chinese one…
