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That means Bristol Myers will be rolling in the dough for another five years, at minimum.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/1b152e369d7c967dcbc926192ee888c1\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"531\"><span>Image source: Getty Images.</span></p>\n<h2>Mastercard</h2>\n<p>Everyone seems to be looking for the smartest recovery play from the pandemic. Payment processor <b>Mastercard</b> (NYSE:MA) might well be the safest way to take advantage of a steady uptick in consumer and enterprise spending.</p>\n<p>Mastercard isn't a cheap stock by any means -- at 36 times Wall Street's forward-year earnings consensus -- but it benefits from a simple numbers game. While economic contractions and recessions are inevitable, these periods of turbulence tend to be short-lived. By comparison, economic expansions often last many years. Buying into Mastercard allows investors to take full advantage of these long periods of economic expansion and robust spending. Plus, it doesn't hurt that Mastercard has the second-highest share of credit-card network purchase volume in the U.S., the leading market for consumption.</p>\n<p>Investors can also sleep easy with the understanding that Mastercard strictly sticks to payment facilitation. Even though some of its peers also lend, and are therefore able to generate interest income and fees during bull markets, Mastercard has avoided becoming a lender. It's something you'll truly appreciate when a recession strikes. Whereas most financial stocks will be forced to set aside capital to cover credit or loan delinquencies, Mastercard won't have to. 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There's more work to do to improve Teva's balance sheet, but the company is very clearly on much firmer ground than it was back in 2016-2017.</p>\n<p>Schultz also has the potential to play peacemaker for a number of outstanding lawsuits targeting Teva's role in the opioid crisis. If this litigation can be resolved with minimal cash outlay, Teva's valuation could soar. At just 4 times the company's projected earnings in 2021, Teva is about as cheap as a healthcare stock can get.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/44a30c4dfd6886a29e22d3c6558c3e56\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"466\"><span>Image source: Getty Images.</span></p>\n<h2>Bank of America</h2>\n<p>Lastly, bank stock <b>Bank of America</b> (NYSE:BAC) has the look of a company that can be confidently bought hand over fist for the second half of 2021.</p>\n<p>For much of the past decade, the Federal Reserve has kept interest rates at or near historic lows. That's meant less in the way of interest income for banks. But the latest update from the nation's central bank suggests that interest rates could begin creeping up in 2023, a year earlier than previously forecast. Bank of America is the most interest-sensitive money-center bank. According to its first-quarter investor presentation, BofA would generate $8.3 billion in net interest income on a 100-basis-point shift in the interest rate yield curve. Translation: Bank of America's profits should rocket higher beginning in 2023-2024.</p>\n<p>At the same time, BofA has done an outstanding job of controlling its costs and improving its operating efficiency. Investments in digitization have resulted in higher mobile app and digital banking use, which is allowing the company to consolidate some of its branches. 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That's because the Oracle of Omaha's track record is virtually unsurpassed. Since taking ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/06/26/buffett-stocks-buy-hand-over-fist-second-half-2021/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BAC":"美国银行","TEVA":"梯瓦制药","BMY":"施贵宝","BRK.B":"伯克希尔B","AMZN":"亚马逊","BRK.A":"伯克希尔","MA":"万事达"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/06/26/buffett-stocks-buy-hand-over-fist-second-half-2021/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2146090006","content_text":"When Warren Buffett buys or sells a stock, Wall Street and retail investors tend to pay very close attention. That's because the Oracle of Omaha's track record is virtually unsurpassed. Since taking the reins of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A)(NYSE:BRK.B) in the mid-1960s, Buffett's company has averaged an annual return of 20%. This works out to an aggregate gain of greater than 2,800,000% for its Class A shares.\nAlthough Buffett isn't perfect, he and his investing team have a knack for identifying attractively valued businesses that have clear competitive advantages. As we prepare to move into the second half of 2021, the following five Buffett stocks stand out as those that should be bought hand over fist.\nBerkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Image source: The Motley Fool.\nAmazon\nEven though Buffett's investing lieutenants, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, are the architects behind Berkshire Hathaway's stake in Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), it's arguably the Buffett stock that should be bought most aggressively ahead of the second half of the year.\nAs most folks probably know, Amazon is an e-commerce juggernaut. Based on an April report from eMarketer, the company effectively controls $0.40 of every $1 spent online in the United States. It's also pivoted its online retail popularity into signing up more than 200 million people to its Prime program worldwide. The fees Amazon collects from Prime help it to undercut its competition on price. And it certainly doesn't hurt that Prime members tend to spend many multiples more than non-Prime shoppers during the course of the year.\nBut it's the company's cloud infrastructure service, Amazon Web Services (AWS), that has truly budded into a star. Since the operating margins associated with cloud infrastructure are considerably higher than what Amazon nets from retail and advertising, AWS' growth is leading to a surge in operating cash flow. If investors were to continue to pay the midpoint of Amazon's operating cash flow multiple over the past decade, it could hit $10,000 a share by 2025.\nImage source: Getty Images.\nBristol Myers Squibb\nPharmaceutical stocks are money machines, and none looks to be more attractive on a valuation basis than Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY).\nOne reason to be excited about this drug developer is its organic growth potential. Eliquis, which was co-developed with Pfizer, has blossomed into the world's leading oral anticoagulant, with sales expected to surpass $10 billion in 2021. Meanwhile, dozens of additional clinical trials are underway for cancer immunotherapy Opdivo, which generated $7 billion in sales last year. This offers plenty of opportunity to expand Opdivo's label and pump up its pricing power.\nAnother reason Bristol Myers Squibb is such an intriguing stock is its November 2019 acquisition of cancer and immunology company Celgene. Buying Celgene brought the blockbuster multiple-myeloma drug Revlimid into the fold. Revlimid has sustainably grown its annual sales by a double-digit percentage for more than a decade, with label expansion, longer duration of use, and pricing power all playing a role. This key treatment, which topped $12 billion in sales last year, is protected from a full onslaught of generic competition until early 2026. That means Bristol Myers will be rolling in the dough for another five years, at minimum.\nImage source: Getty Images.\nMastercard\nEveryone seems to be looking for the smartest recovery play from the pandemic. Payment processor Mastercard (NYSE:MA) might well be the safest way to take advantage of a steady uptick in consumer and enterprise spending.\nMastercard isn't a cheap stock by any means -- at 36 times Wall Street's forward-year earnings consensus -- but it benefits from a simple numbers game. While economic contractions and recessions are inevitable, these periods of turbulence tend to be short-lived. By comparison, economic expansions often last many years. Buying into Mastercard allows investors to take full advantage of these long periods of economic expansion and robust spending. Plus, it doesn't hurt that Mastercard has the second-highest share of credit-card network purchase volume in the U.S., the leading market for consumption.\nInvestors can also sleep easy with the understanding that Mastercard strictly sticks to payment facilitation. Even though some of its peers also lend, and are therefore able to generate interest income and fees during bull markets, Mastercard has avoided becoming a lender. It's something you'll truly appreciate when a recession strikes. Whereas most financial stocks will be forced to set aside capital to cover credit or loan delinquencies, Mastercard won't have to. This is a big reason it bounces back from recessions quicker than most financial stocks.\nImage source: Getty Images.\nTeva Pharmaceutical Industries\nIf you have an appetite for turnaround plays, brand-name and generic-drug developer Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE:TEVA) is the stock to buy hand over fist for the second half of 2021. Like Amazon, it's a stock that was added to Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio by either Combs or Weschler and not Buffett.\nWhile there's no denying that Teva has its fair share of hurdles to overcome, the company's turnaround-focused CEO, Kare Schultz, has been a blessing. Since taking the helm less than four years ago, Schultz has helped shave off more than $10 billion in net debt, and he's overseen the reduction of roughly $3 billion in annual operating expenses. There's more work to do to improve Teva's balance sheet, but the company is very clearly on much firmer ground than it was back in 2016-2017.\nSchultz also has the potential to play peacemaker for a number of outstanding lawsuits targeting Teva's role in the opioid crisis. If this litigation can be resolved with minimal cash outlay, Teva's valuation could soar. At just 4 times the company's projected earnings in 2021, Teva is about as cheap as a healthcare stock can get.\nImage source: Getty Images.\nBank of America\nLastly, bank stock Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has the look of a company that can be confidently bought hand over fist for the second half of 2021.\nFor much of the past decade, the Federal Reserve has kept interest rates at or near historic lows. That's meant less in the way of interest income for banks. But the latest update from the nation's central bank suggests that interest rates could begin creeping up in 2023, a year earlier than previously forecast. Bank of America is the most interest-sensitive money-center bank. According to its first-quarter investor presentation, BofA would generate $8.3 billion in net interest income on a 100-basis-point shift in the interest rate yield curve. Translation: Bank of America's profits should rocket higher beginning in 2023-2024.\nAt the same time, BofA has done an outstanding job of controlling its costs and improving its operating efficiency. Investments in digitization have resulted in higher mobile app and digital banking use, which is allowing the company to consolidate some of its branches. Even with its shares at a 13-year high, Bank of America has plenty left in the tank.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":58,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":327732572,"gmtCreate":1616124071896,"gmtModify":1704791254188,"author":{"id":"3556677981116436","authorId":"3556677981116436","name":"Ryukyo","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/424f15d3cdaa3f821e7de5a9730df660","crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3556677981116436","authorIdStr":"3556677981116436"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Help like my comment","listText":"Help like my comment","text":"Help like my comment","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/327732572","repostId":"2120016886","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2120016886","pubTimestamp":1616120483,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2120016886?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-03-19 10:21","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Why Bitcoin Investors Should Consider Buying Square Stock","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2120016886","media":" Motley Fool","summary":"This tech company has two thriving product ecosystems and an interest in cryptocurrency.","content":"<p>It's no secret that <b>Square</b> (NYSE:SQ) CEO Jack Dorsey is a big believer in <b>Bitcoin&nbsp;</b>(CRYPTO:BTC). In the most recent earnings call in late February, he noted his conviction that it would be the currency of the internet. To align the company with that notion, Square has aggressively purchased Bitcoin over the last year.</p>\n<p>That makes Square an interesting stock. For investors who prefer not buy cryptocurrency directly, Square is a great way to gain Bitcoin exposure. And for investors who own Bitcoin, Square's robust business can help diversify a crypto-heavy portfolio. Here's why.</p>\n<h2>Bitcoin drives Cash App engagement</h2>\n<p>Square's Cash App launched as a peer-to-peer (P2P) payments platform in 2013, but it has evolved into a suite of financial tools designed to help consumers manage their money in a variety of ways.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/88c64c6a14289a2df7d4705fb6d66113\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"466\"><span>Image source: Getty Images.</span></p>\n<p>Since 2017, Square has added the ability to buy and sell Bitcoin, launched the Square Cash Card, and enabled direct deposit for Cash App consumers. And in November 2020, Square further enhanced the mobile app's financial tools with its acquisition of Credit Karma Tax, a free tax filling service for consumers.</p>\n<p>All of these products have <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE\">one</a> thing in common: They are meant to deepen consumer engagement by expanding Cash App usage beyond peer-to-peer (P2P) payments. And it's working -- these strategic moves have powered strong growth in both Cash App monthly active users and gross profit.</p>\n<table>\n <thead>\n  <tr>\n   <th><p>Metric</p></th>\n   <th><p>2018</p></th>\n   <th><p>2020</p></th>\n   <th><p>CAGR</p></th>\n  </tr>\n </thead>\n <tbody>\n  <tr>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>Monthly active users</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>15 million</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>36 million</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>55%</p></td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>Gross profit</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>$195 million</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>$1.2 billion</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>151%</p></td>\n  </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\n<p>Data source: Square&nbsp;SEC&nbsp;Filings. CAGR = compound annual growth rate.</p>\n<p>In particular, investors should note that Cash App gross profit has grown more quickly than monthly active users. That means Square is generating more revenue per user, and Bitcoin has played a big role in making that happen.</p>\n<p>In fact, more than 3 million Cash App users bought or sold Bitcoin last year, and consumers who use Cash App to trade Bitcoin also use other products (i.e., Square Cash Card, direct deposit) more frequently than the average consumer. In other words, they are more engaged, and more engaged users generate more profit.</p>\n<p>But there's another side to Square's business. While the Cash App ecosystem is a consumer-facing product, the seller ecosystem allows Square to address the merchant side of the digital payments market.</p>\n<h2>Digitization drives the seller ecosystem</h2>\n<p>Digital forms of payment have become increasingly popular over the last decade, driven by convenience and the uptick in e-commerce. In fact, according to a report published by Square, the number of cashless businesses more than doubled in Australia, Canada, the United States, and the U.K.&nbsp;in the last 12 months alone.<b>&nbsp;</b></p>\n<p>That shift away from cash benefits Square in two ways: First, Square provides the hardware and software merchants need to accept in-store digital payments. Second, the company's developer platform makes it easy to add Square-powered checkout options&nbsp;to digital storefronts and mobile apps. In both cases, Square collects transaction fees based on the gross payment volume (GPV).</p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, the GPV processed on Square's platform has increased steadily in recent years.</p>\n<table>\n <thead>\n  <tr>\n   <th><p>Metric</p></th>\n   <th><p>2017</p></th>\n   <th><p>2020</p></th>\n   <th><p>CAGR</p></th>\n  </tr>\n </thead>\n <tbody>\n  <tr>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>Gross payment volume</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>$65.3 billion</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>$112.3 billion</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>20%</p></td>\n  </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\n<p>Data source: Square SEC Filings.</p>\n<h2>Two big market opportunities</h2>\n<p>In total, management estimates Square's current market opportunity at $160 billion: That's a $60 billion&nbsp;opportunity for the Cash App ecosystem and a $100 billion&nbsp;opportunity for the seller ecosystem. To put that in perspective, Square generated $9.5 billion&nbsp;in revenue last year -- roughly 6% of its total addressable market. That means Square still has plenty of room to grow.</p>\n<p>Moreover, the coexistence of these two businesses -- <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> built for consumers and the other designed for merchants -- allows Square to tap both sides of the digital payments market. In the coming years, as e-commerce and digital payments continue to gain market share, the company should benefit greatly. That's why Square looks like a smart long-term investment whether you own Bitcoin or not.</p>","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Why Bitcoin Investors Should Consider Buying Square Stock</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nWhy Bitcoin Investors Should Consider Buying Square Stock\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-03-19 10:21 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/03/18/why-bitcoin-investors-should-buy-square-stock/><strong> Motley Fool</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>It's no secret that Square (NYSE:SQ) CEO Jack Dorsey is a big believer in Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC). In the most recent earnings call in late February, he noted his conviction that it would be the currency...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/03/18/why-bitcoin-investors-should-buy-square-stock/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"SQ":"Block","GBTC":"Grayscale Bitcoin Trust"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/03/18/why-bitcoin-investors-should-buy-square-stock/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2120016886","content_text":"It's no secret that Square (NYSE:SQ) CEO Jack Dorsey is a big believer in Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC). In the most recent earnings call in late February, he noted his conviction that it would be the currency of the internet. To align the company with that notion, Square has aggressively purchased Bitcoin over the last year.\nThat makes Square an interesting stock. For investors who prefer not buy cryptocurrency directly, Square is a great way to gain Bitcoin exposure. And for investors who own Bitcoin, Square's robust business can help diversify a crypto-heavy portfolio. Here's why.\nBitcoin drives Cash App engagement\nSquare's Cash App launched as a peer-to-peer (P2P) payments platform in 2013, but it has evolved into a suite of financial tools designed to help consumers manage their money in a variety of ways.\nImage source: Getty Images.\nSince 2017, Square has added the ability to buy and sell Bitcoin, launched the Square Cash Card, and enabled direct deposit for Cash App consumers. And in November 2020, Square further enhanced the mobile app's financial tools with its acquisition of Credit Karma Tax, a free tax filling service for consumers.\nAll of these products have one thing in common: They are meant to deepen consumer engagement by expanding Cash App usage beyond peer-to-peer (P2P) payments. And it's working -- these strategic moves have powered strong growth in both Cash App monthly active users and gross profit.\n\n\n\nMetric\n2018\n2020\nCAGR\n\n\n\n\nMonthly active users\n15 million\n36 million\n55%\n\n\nGross profit\n$195 million\n$1.2 billion\n151%\n\n\n\nData source: Square SEC Filings. CAGR = compound annual growth rate.\nIn particular, investors should note that Cash App gross profit has grown more quickly than monthly active users. That means Square is generating more revenue per user, and Bitcoin has played a big role in making that happen.\nIn fact, more than 3 million Cash App users bought or sold Bitcoin last year, and consumers who use Cash App to trade Bitcoin also use other products (i.e., Square Cash Card, direct deposit) more frequently than the average consumer. In other words, they are more engaged, and more engaged users generate more profit.\nBut there's another side to Square's business. While the Cash App ecosystem is a consumer-facing product, the seller ecosystem allows Square to address the merchant side of the digital payments market.\nDigitization drives the seller ecosystem\nDigital forms of payment have become increasingly popular over the last decade, driven by convenience and the uptick in e-commerce. In fact, according to a report published by Square, the number of cashless businesses more than doubled in Australia, Canada, the United States, and the U.K. in the last 12 months alone. \nThat shift away from cash benefits Square in two ways: First, Square provides the hardware and software merchants need to accept in-store digital payments. Second, the company's developer platform makes it easy to add Square-powered checkout options to digital storefronts and mobile apps. In both cases, Square collects transaction fees based on the gross payment volume (GPV).\nNot surprisingly, the GPV processed on Square's platform has increased steadily in recent years.\n\n\n\nMetric\n2017\n2020\nCAGR\n\n\n\n\nGross payment volume\n$65.3 billion\n$112.3 billion\n20%\n\n\n\nData source: Square SEC Filings.\nTwo big market opportunities\nIn total, management estimates Square's current market opportunity at $160 billion: That's a $60 billion opportunity for the Cash App ecosystem and a $100 billion opportunity for the seller ecosystem. To put that in perspective, Square generated $9.5 billion in revenue last year -- roughly 6% of its total addressable market. That means Square still has plenty of room to grow.\nMoreover, the coexistence of these two businesses -- one built for consumers and the other designed for merchants -- allows Square to tap both sides of the digital payments market. In the coming years, as e-commerce and digital payments continue to gain market share, the company should benefit greatly. That's why Square looks like a smart long-term investment whether you own Bitcoin or not.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":16,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":319907477,"gmtCreate":1611459484799,"gmtModify":1704860333728,"author":{"id":"3556677981116436","authorId":"3556677981116436","name":"Ryukyo","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/424f15d3cdaa3f821e7de5a9730df660","crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3556677981116436","authorIdStr":"3556677981116436"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"$1000 eoy","listText":"$1000 eoy","text":"$1000 eoy","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/319907477","repostId":"1192233327","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1192233327","pubTimestamp":1611282607,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1192233327?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-01-22 10:30","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Tesla’s Earnings Report Is Coming. How to Play It With Options.","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1192233327","media":"Barrons","summary":"It’s a sign of these unusual times thatTesla,one of the world’s most controversial stocks, might offer stability to the weary and the wizened.The path forward for the stock market may prove to be heavily dependent on whatever fiscal stimulus plan Congress approves. Janet Yellen, the incoming Treasury secretary, essentially said during her congressional testimony thatthe plan was to “act big.”Yet Tesla’s pathway is likely beyond the influence of politicians and bureaucrats.As my young son recentl","content":"<p>It’s a sign of these unusual times thatTesla,one of the world’s most controversial stocks, might offer stability to the weary and the wizened.</p>\n<p>The electric-vehicle maker’s stock (ticker: TSLA) is a relatively known quantity, and arguably even an aggressively defensive investment, at a time when the old ways of advancing through the stock and option markets on the back of major technology companies may give way to stocks that have been battered bythe Covid-19 pandemic, such as cruise ship operators, airlines, and hotels.</p>\n<p>Tesla largely exists in a world of its own making, complete with critics and short sellers who are regularly humbled and abused by the stock’s incredible advance. One might observe that Tesla is in a secular bull market, but such dry descriptions fail to convey the power of the stock. In the past 52 weeks, Tesla has gained 709% (that is not a typo), and shares are up 21% so far this year.</p>\n<p>The path forward for the stock market may prove to be heavily dependent on whatever fiscal stimulus plan Congress approves. Janet Yellen, the incoming Treasury secretary, essentially said during her congressional testimony thatthe plan was to “act big.”Yet Tesla’s pathway is likely beyond the influence of politicians and bureaucrats.</p>\n<p>As my young son recently observed,Elon Musk, Tesla’s founder and CEO, is creating the future. Many people agree, and that may explain why Tesla seems immune from the ordinary laws of markets and financial analysis—at least for now.</p>\n<p>Thanks tothe flexible qualities of options, it’s possible to calibrate any enthusiasm one might feel toward Tesla to a key event: the release of Tesla’s financial results for the fourth quarter on Jan. 27.</p>\n<p>With Tesla’s stock trading around $850, investors can sell the January $740 put option that expires Jan. 29 for about $22 and buy the January $900 call option that expires Jan. 29 for about $25. This “risk reversal”—that is, selling a put and buying a call with different strike prices and the same expiration date—costs $3. The strategy obligates investors to buy the stock at $740 and enables participation in gains above $900.</p>\n<p>The trade’s upside profitability is predicated on Tesla’s stock moving into a new, higher trading range. During the past 52 weeks, the stock has ranged from $70.10 to $884.49. The difference between Tesla’s high and low price is among the widest, if not wildest, in memory. The gap between the prices is like a graveyard for skeptics and a sea of celebration for true believers.</p>\n<p>The risk is that the stock tumbles, leaving investors on the hook.</p>\n<p>Every earnings report summons a truth-or-consequences moment for a stock. All of the haters and fans will gather around to make concentrated wagers on the post-earnings direction. They will parse management’s language and discount or hype whatever is said and not said.</p>\n<p>All that is certain as far Tesla is concerned is that the stock price tends to exhibit extraordinary swings. The ferocity of the movement is, in many ways, a perfect fit for options trading. As we have noted several times, a little bit of money spent in the options market can become a lot of money if the stock price moves in the anticipated direction. The appeal of that type of potential profit—despite the significant risk of profound loss—is likely why so many people treat Tesla like a messianic lottery ticket.</p>\n<p>We could cite all sorts of analyst commentary to supportthe bullish Tesla thesisinto earnings. We could note that some analysts recently increased their target price. We could cite reams ofnegative commentary, too. Frankly, all of it is probably of minimal utility. Musk’s vision of the future, and his command of Tesla’s ecosystem, exists in what is arguably an alternative universe that children understand, even if many adults do not.</p>","source":"lsy1601382232898","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Tesla’s Earnings Report Is Coming. 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How to Play It With Options.\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-01-22 10:30 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.barrons.com/articles/teslas-earnings-report-is-coming-how-to-play-it-with-options-51611226802?mod=hp_LEADSUPP_3><strong>Barrons</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>It’s a sign of these unusual times thatTesla,one of the world’s most controversial stocks, might offer stability to the weary and the wizened.\nThe electric-vehicle maker’s stock (ticker: TSLA) is a ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.barrons.com/articles/teslas-earnings-report-is-coming-how-to-play-it-with-options-51611226802?mod=hp_LEADSUPP_3\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"TSLA":"特斯拉"},"source_url":"https://www.barrons.com/articles/teslas-earnings-report-is-coming-how-to-play-it-with-options-51611226802?mod=hp_LEADSUPP_3","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1192233327","content_text":"It’s a sign of these unusual times thatTesla,one of the world’s most controversial stocks, might offer stability to the weary and the wizened.\nThe electric-vehicle maker’s stock (ticker: TSLA) is a relatively known quantity, and arguably even an aggressively defensive investment, at a time when the old ways of advancing through the stock and option markets on the back of major technology companies may give way to stocks that have been battered bythe Covid-19 pandemic, such as cruise ship operators, airlines, and hotels.\nTesla largely exists in a world of its own making, complete with critics and short sellers who are regularly humbled and abused by the stock’s incredible advance. One might observe that Tesla is in a secular bull market, but such dry descriptions fail to convey the power of the stock. In the past 52 weeks, Tesla has gained 709% (that is not a typo), and shares are up 21% so far this year.\nThe path forward for the stock market may prove to be heavily dependent on whatever fiscal stimulus plan Congress approves. Janet Yellen, the incoming Treasury secretary, essentially said during her congressional testimony thatthe plan was to “act big.”Yet Tesla’s pathway is likely beyond the influence of politicians and bureaucrats.\nAs my young son recently observed,Elon Musk, Tesla’s founder and CEO, is creating the future. Many people agree, and that may explain why Tesla seems immune from the ordinary laws of markets and financial analysis—at least for now.\nThanks tothe flexible qualities of options, it’s possible to calibrate any enthusiasm one might feel toward Tesla to a key event: the release of Tesla’s financial results for the fourth quarter on Jan. 27.\nWith Tesla’s stock trading around $850, investors can sell the January $740 put option that expires Jan. 29 for about $22 and buy the January $900 call option that expires Jan. 29 for about $25. This “risk reversal”—that is, selling a put and buying a call with different strike prices and the same expiration date—costs $3. The strategy obligates investors to buy the stock at $740 and enables participation in gains above $900.\nThe trade’s upside profitability is predicated on Tesla’s stock moving into a new, higher trading range. During the past 52 weeks, the stock has ranged from $70.10 to $884.49. The difference between Tesla’s high and low price is among the widest, if not wildest, in memory. The gap between the prices is like a graveyard for skeptics and a sea of celebration for true believers.\nThe risk is that the stock tumbles, leaving investors on the hook.\nEvery earnings report summons a truth-or-consequences moment for a stock. All of the haters and fans will gather around to make concentrated wagers on the post-earnings direction. They will parse management’s language and discount or hype whatever is said and not said.\nAll that is certain as far Tesla is concerned is that the stock price tends to exhibit extraordinary swings. The ferocity of the movement is, in many ways, a perfect fit for options trading. As we have noted several times, a little bit of money spent in the options market can become a lot of money if the stock price moves in the anticipated direction. The appeal of that type of potential profit—despite the significant risk of profound loss—is likely why so many people treat Tesla like a messianic lottery ticket.\nWe could cite all sorts of analyst commentary to supportthe bullish Tesla thesisinto earnings. We could note that some analysts recently increased their target price. We could cite reams ofnegative commentary, too. Frankly, all of it is probably of minimal utility. Musk’s vision of the future, and his command of Tesla’s ecosystem, exists in what is arguably an alternative universe that children understand, even if many adults do not.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":9,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":319907881,"gmtCreate":1611459431543,"gmtModify":1704860332270,"author":{"id":"3556677981116436","authorId":"3556677981116436","name":"Ryukyo","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/424f15d3cdaa3f821e7de5a9730df660","crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3556677981116436","authorIdStr":"3556677981116436"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"$1000 eoy","listText":"$1000 eoy","text":"$1000 eoy","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/319907881","repostId":"1192233327","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1192233327","pubTimestamp":1611282607,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1192233327?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-01-22 10:30","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Tesla’s Earnings Report Is Coming. How to Play It With Options.","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1192233327","media":"Barrons","summary":"It’s a sign of these unusual times thatTesla,one of the world’s most controversial stocks, might offer stability to the weary and the wizened.The path forward for the stock market may prove to be heavily dependent on whatever fiscal stimulus plan Congress approves. Janet Yellen, the incoming Treasury secretary, essentially said during her congressional testimony thatthe plan was to “act big.”Yet Tesla’s pathway is likely beyond the influence of politicians and bureaucrats.As my young son recentl","content":"<p>It’s a sign of these unusual times thatTesla,one of the world’s most controversial stocks, might offer stability to the weary and the wizened.</p>\n<p>The electric-vehicle maker’s stock (ticker: TSLA) is a relatively known quantity, and arguably even an aggressively defensive investment, at a time when the old ways of advancing through the stock and option markets on the back of major technology companies may give way to stocks that have been battered bythe Covid-19 pandemic, such as cruise ship operators, airlines, and hotels.</p>\n<p>Tesla largely exists in a world of its own making, complete with critics and short sellers who are regularly humbled and abused by the stock’s incredible advance. One might observe that Tesla is in a secular bull market, but such dry descriptions fail to convey the power of the stock. In the past 52 weeks, Tesla has gained 709% (that is not a typo), and shares are up 21% so far this year.</p>\n<p>The path forward for the stock market may prove to be heavily dependent on whatever fiscal stimulus plan Congress approves. Janet Yellen, the incoming Treasury secretary, essentially said during her congressional testimony thatthe plan was to “act big.”Yet Tesla’s pathway is likely beyond the influence of politicians and bureaucrats.</p>\n<p>As my young son recently observed,Elon Musk, Tesla’s founder and CEO, is creating the future. Many people agree, and that may explain why Tesla seems immune from the ordinary laws of markets and financial analysis—at least for now.</p>\n<p>Thanks tothe flexible qualities of options, it’s possible to calibrate any enthusiasm one might feel toward Tesla to a key event: the release of Tesla’s financial results for the fourth quarter on Jan. 27.</p>\n<p>With Tesla’s stock trading around $850, investors can sell the January $740 put option that expires Jan. 29 for about $22 and buy the January $900 call option that expires Jan. 29 for about $25. This “risk reversal”—that is, selling a put and buying a call with different strike prices and the same expiration date—costs $3. The strategy obligates investors to buy the stock at $740 and enables participation in gains above $900.</p>\n<p>The trade’s upside profitability is predicated on Tesla’s stock moving into a new, higher trading range. During the past 52 weeks, the stock has ranged from $70.10 to $884.49. The difference between Tesla’s high and low price is among the widest, if not wildest, in memory. The gap between the prices is like a graveyard for skeptics and a sea of celebration for true believers.</p>\n<p>The risk is that the stock tumbles, leaving investors on the hook.</p>\n<p>Every earnings report summons a truth-or-consequences moment for a stock. All of the haters and fans will gather around to make concentrated wagers on the post-earnings direction. They will parse management’s language and discount or hype whatever is said and not said.</p>\n<p>All that is certain as far Tesla is concerned is that the stock price tends to exhibit extraordinary swings. The ferocity of the movement is, in many ways, a perfect fit for options trading. As we have noted several times, a little bit of money spent in the options market can become a lot of money if the stock price moves in the anticipated direction. The appeal of that type of potential profit—despite the significant risk of profound loss—is likely why so many people treat Tesla like a messianic lottery ticket.</p>\n<p>We could cite all sorts of analyst commentary to supportthe bullish Tesla thesisinto earnings. We could note that some analysts recently increased their target price. We could cite reams ofnegative commentary, too. Frankly, all of it is probably of minimal utility. Musk’s vision of the future, and his command of Tesla’s ecosystem, exists in what is arguably an alternative universe that children understand, even if many adults do not.</p>","source":"lsy1601382232898","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Tesla’s Earnings Report Is Coming. 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How to Play It With Options.\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-01-22 10:30 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.barrons.com/articles/teslas-earnings-report-is-coming-how-to-play-it-with-options-51611226802?mod=hp_LEADSUPP_3><strong>Barrons</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>It’s a sign of these unusual times thatTesla,one of the world’s most controversial stocks, might offer stability to the weary and the wizened.\nThe electric-vehicle maker’s stock (ticker: TSLA) is a ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.barrons.com/articles/teslas-earnings-report-is-coming-how-to-play-it-with-options-51611226802?mod=hp_LEADSUPP_3\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"TSLA":"特斯拉"},"source_url":"https://www.barrons.com/articles/teslas-earnings-report-is-coming-how-to-play-it-with-options-51611226802?mod=hp_LEADSUPP_3","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1192233327","content_text":"It’s a sign of these unusual times thatTesla,one of the world’s most controversial stocks, might offer stability to the weary and the wizened.\nThe electric-vehicle maker’s stock (ticker: TSLA) is a relatively known quantity, and arguably even an aggressively defensive investment, at a time when the old ways of advancing through the stock and option markets on the back of major technology companies may give way to stocks that have been battered bythe Covid-19 pandemic, such as cruise ship operators, airlines, and hotels.\nTesla largely exists in a world of its own making, complete with critics and short sellers who are regularly humbled and abused by the stock’s incredible advance. One might observe that Tesla is in a secular bull market, but such dry descriptions fail to convey the power of the stock. In the past 52 weeks, Tesla has gained 709% (that is not a typo), and shares are up 21% so far this year.\nThe path forward for the stock market may prove to be heavily dependent on whatever fiscal stimulus plan Congress approves. Janet Yellen, the incoming Treasury secretary, essentially said during her congressional testimony thatthe plan was to “act big.”Yet Tesla’s pathway is likely beyond the influence of politicians and bureaucrats.\nAs my young son recently observed,Elon Musk, Tesla’s founder and CEO, is creating the future. Many people agree, and that may explain why Tesla seems immune from the ordinary laws of markets and financial analysis—at least for now.\nThanks tothe flexible qualities of options, it’s possible to calibrate any enthusiasm one might feel toward Tesla to a key event: the release of Tesla’s financial results for the fourth quarter on Jan. 27.\nWith Tesla’s stock trading around $850, investors can sell the January $740 put option that expires Jan. 29 for about $22 and buy the January $900 call option that expires Jan. 29 for about $25. This “risk reversal”—that is, selling a put and buying a call with different strike prices and the same expiration date—costs $3. The strategy obligates investors to buy the stock at $740 and enables participation in gains above $900.\nThe trade’s upside profitability is predicated on Tesla’s stock moving into a new, higher trading range. During the past 52 weeks, the stock has ranged from $70.10 to $884.49. The difference between Tesla’s high and low price is among the widest, if not wildest, in memory. The gap between the prices is like a graveyard for skeptics and a sea of celebration for true believers.\nThe risk is that the stock tumbles, leaving investors on the hook.\nEvery earnings report summons a truth-or-consequences moment for a stock. All of the haters and fans will gather around to make concentrated wagers on the post-earnings direction. They will parse management’s language and discount or hype whatever is said and not said.\nAll that is certain as far Tesla is concerned is that the stock price tends to exhibit extraordinary swings. The ferocity of the movement is, in many ways, a perfect fit for options trading. As we have noted several times, a little bit of money spent in the options market can become a lot of money if the stock price moves in the anticipated direction. The appeal of that type of potential profit—despite the significant risk of profound loss—is likely why so many people treat Tesla like a messianic lottery ticket.\nWe could cite all sorts of analyst commentary to supportthe bullish Tesla thesisinto earnings. We could note that some analysts recently increased their target price. We could cite reams ofnegative commentary, too. Frankly, all of it is probably of minimal utility. Musk’s vision of the future, and his command of Tesla’s ecosystem, exists in what is arguably an alternative universe that children understand, even if many adults do not.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":25,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":310717381,"gmtCreate":1611371581643,"gmtModify":1704860103487,"author":{"id":"3556677981116436","authorId":"3556677981116436","name":"Ryukyo","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/424f15d3cdaa3f821e7de5a9730df660","crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3556677981116436","authorIdStr":"3556677981116436"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"$1000 EOY","listText":"$1000 EOY","text":"$1000 EOY","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/310717381","repostId":"2105461423","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2105461423","weMediaInfo":{"introduction":"Reuters.com brings you the latest news from around the world, covering breaking news in markets, business, politics, entertainment and technology","home_visible":1,"media_name":"Reuters","id":"1036604489","head_image":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/443ce19704621c837795676028cec868"},"pubTimestamp":1611309047,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2105461423?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-01-22 17:50","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Long road for Tesla in India with infrastructure, supply chain woes","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2105461423","media":"Reuters","summary":"NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc is gearing up for an India launch but the U.S. electric carm","content":"<p>NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc is gearing up for an India launch but the U.S. electric carmaker is likely to remain a niche player for years, catering only to the rich and affluent in the world's second-most populous nation.</p>\n<p>India's fledgling electric vehicle <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EV\">$(EV)$</a> market accounted for only 5,000 out of a total 2.4 million cars sold in the country last year. A lack of local production of components and batteries, negligible charging infrastructure and the high cost of EVs mean there have been few takers in the price-conscious market.</p>\n<p>It's also difficult to see how Tesla's sought-after and expensive autonomous driving features will work on India's congested roads.</p>\n<p>Ammar Master, a forecaster at consultancy LMC Automotive, said he expects Tesla to annually sell only 50-100 of its Model 3 electric sedans in India, at least in the first five years.</p>\n<p>\"As a country, India is still not so environmentally conscious to pay that much of a premium,\" Master said.</p>\n<p>\"It always comes down to the price point. There will be some high net-worth individuals like movie stars and top business executives who will look at it for the brand value. But then, how many buyers are there?\"</p>\n<p>The world's most valuable automobile manufacturer registered a local company in India earlier this month, a step towards its entry in the country, expected to be as early as mid-2021.</p>\n<p>Tesla plans to import and sell the Model 3 in India for around $65,000-$75,000 - roughly double the price in the U.S. market, sources familiar with the plans said.</p>\n<p>This means it will compete in India's even smaller luxury EV segment that has recently started seeing interest from the likes of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Daimler's Mercedes Benz.</p>\n<p>The Mercedes Benz EQC, India's first luxury EV launched in October for $136,000, and has since sold 31 units, according to auto researcher JATO Dynamics. British luxury carmarker JLR, owned by India's Tata Motors , plans to launch its I-PACE EV before March. It sells in the United States for around $70,000.</p>\n<p>Although India's road infrastructure has improved in recent years, traffic discipline - like lane driving - is still rudimentary. Auto analysts say that means many of Tesla's features like the automatic lane changing function will be tough to deploy on crowded Indian streets.</p>\n<p>Stray animals, including cattle, and potholes on the road are a further problem.</p>\n<p>\"Most of Tesla's high technology features will be redundant and users will not get the bang for the buck despite paying premium prices\", said Ravi Bhatia, president for India at JATO Dynamics.</p>\n<p><b>LOCAL PRODUCTION</b></p>\n<p>Rohan Patel, a senior public policy executive at Tesla in the United States, is among those leading efforts around its India launch, the sources familiar with the plans said. The EV giant is looking to hire 15-20 people mainly for sales and marketing, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE\">one</a> source said.</p>\n<p>Tesla and Patel did not respond to a request for comment.</p>\n<p>India has some of the world's most polluted cities and wants more clean cars on its roads, but the federal government still does not have a comprehensive policy like China which mandates carmakers to invest in the segment.</p>\n<p>One reason is that auto manufacturers have pushed back saying there is no demand for EVs in India as costs of components like batteries remain high, and push up prices.</p>\n<p>And Tesla CEO Elon Musk has himself expressed concern about India's high import taxes on cars.</p>\n<p>In contrast to India, China sold 1.25 million new energy passenger vehicles, including EVs, in 2020 out of total sales of 20 million.</p>\n<p>Tesla is a major player in China, which last year accounted for more than a third of the carmaker's global sales, according to JATO Dynamics, and where it also has a factory.</p>\n<p>Daniel Ives of U.S.-based Wedbush Securities said however that within 7-8 years, India could account for 5% of Tesla's total sales. The key to success, however, will be local manufacturing, he said.</p>\n<p>\"It is a matter of when, not if, they build out a factory in India,\" said Ives, adding that building out a local supply chain will be a multi-year effort.</p>\n<p>\"India is a potential sweet spot and Tesla does not want to be late to the game.\"</p>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Long road for Tesla in India with infrastructure, supply chain woes</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nLong road for Tesla in India with infrastructure, supply chain woes\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n<a class=\"head\" href=\"https://laohu8.com/wemedia/1036604489\">\n\n\n<div class=\"h-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url(https://static.tigerbbs.com/443ce19704621c837795676028cec868);background-size:cover;\"></div>\n\n<div class=\"h-content\">\n<p class=\"h-name\">Reuters </p>\n<p class=\"h-time\">2021-01-22 17:50</p>\n</div>\n\n</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<p>NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc is gearing up for an India launch but the U.S. electric carmaker is likely to remain a niche player for years, catering only to the rich and affluent in the world's second-most populous nation.</p>\n<p>India's fledgling electric vehicle <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EV\">$(EV)$</a> market accounted for only 5,000 out of a total 2.4 million cars sold in the country last year. A lack of local production of components and batteries, negligible charging infrastructure and the high cost of EVs mean there have been few takers in the price-conscious market.</p>\n<p>It's also difficult to see how Tesla's sought-after and expensive autonomous driving features will work on India's congested roads.</p>\n<p>Ammar Master, a forecaster at consultancy LMC Automotive, said he expects Tesla to annually sell only 50-100 of its Model 3 electric sedans in India, at least in the first five years.</p>\n<p>\"As a country, India is still not so environmentally conscious to pay that much of a premium,\" Master said.</p>\n<p>\"It always comes down to the price point. There will be some high net-worth individuals like movie stars and top business executives who will look at it for the brand value. But then, how many buyers are there?\"</p>\n<p>The world's most valuable automobile manufacturer registered a local company in India earlier this month, a step towards its entry in the country, expected to be as early as mid-2021.</p>\n<p>Tesla plans to import and sell the Model 3 in India for around $65,000-$75,000 - roughly double the price in the U.S. market, sources familiar with the plans said.</p>\n<p>This means it will compete in India's even smaller luxury EV segment that has recently started seeing interest from the likes of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Daimler's Mercedes Benz.</p>\n<p>The Mercedes Benz EQC, India's first luxury EV launched in October for $136,000, and has since sold 31 units, according to auto researcher JATO Dynamics. British luxury carmarker JLR, owned by India's Tata Motors , plans to launch its I-PACE EV before March. It sells in the United States for around $70,000.</p>\n<p>Although India's road infrastructure has improved in recent years, traffic discipline - like lane driving - is still rudimentary. Auto analysts say that means many of Tesla's features like the automatic lane changing function will be tough to deploy on crowded Indian streets.</p>\n<p>Stray animals, including cattle, and potholes on the road are a further problem.</p>\n<p>\"Most of Tesla's high technology features will be redundant and users will not get the bang for the buck despite paying premium prices\", said Ravi Bhatia, president for India at JATO Dynamics.</p>\n<p><b>LOCAL PRODUCTION</b></p>\n<p>Rohan Patel, a senior public policy executive at Tesla in the United States, is among those leading efforts around its India launch, the sources familiar with the plans said. The EV giant is looking to hire 15-20 people mainly for sales and marketing, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE\">one</a> source said.</p>\n<p>Tesla and Patel did not respond to a request for comment.</p>\n<p>India has some of the world's most polluted cities and wants more clean cars on its roads, but the federal government still does not have a comprehensive policy like China which mandates carmakers to invest in the segment.</p>\n<p>One reason is that auto manufacturers have pushed back saying there is no demand for EVs in India as costs of components like batteries remain high, and push up prices.</p>\n<p>And Tesla CEO Elon Musk has himself expressed concern about India's high import taxes on cars.</p>\n<p>In contrast to India, China sold 1.25 million new energy passenger vehicles, including EVs, in 2020 out of total sales of 20 million.</p>\n<p>Tesla is a major player in China, which last year accounted for more than a third of the carmaker's global sales, according to JATO Dynamics, and where it also has a factory.</p>\n<p>Daniel Ives of U.S.-based Wedbush Securities said however that within 7-8 years, India could account for 5% of Tesla's total sales. The key to success, however, will be local manufacturing, he said.</p>\n<p>\"It is a matter of when, not if, they build out a factory in India,\" said Ives, adding that building out a local supply chain will be a multi-year effort.</p>\n<p>\"India is a potential sweet spot and Tesla does not want to be late to the game.\"</p>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"TSLA":"特斯拉"},"is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2105461423","content_text":"NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc is gearing up for an India launch but the U.S. electric carmaker is likely to remain a niche player for years, catering only to the rich and affluent in the world's second-most populous nation.\nIndia's fledgling electric vehicle $(EV)$ market accounted for only 5,000 out of a total 2.4 million cars sold in the country last year. A lack of local production of components and batteries, negligible charging infrastructure and the high cost of EVs mean there have been few takers in the price-conscious market.\nIt's also difficult to see how Tesla's sought-after and expensive autonomous driving features will work on India's congested roads.\nAmmar Master, a forecaster at consultancy LMC Automotive, said he expects Tesla to annually sell only 50-100 of its Model 3 electric sedans in India, at least in the first five years.\n\"As a country, India is still not so environmentally conscious to pay that much of a premium,\" Master said.\n\"It always comes down to the price point. There will be some high net-worth individuals like movie stars and top business executives who will look at it for the brand value. But then, how many buyers are there?\"\nThe world's most valuable automobile manufacturer registered a local company in India earlier this month, a step towards its entry in the country, expected to be as early as mid-2021.\nTesla plans to import and sell the Model 3 in India for around $65,000-$75,000 - roughly double the price in the U.S. market, sources familiar with the plans said.\nThis means it will compete in India's even smaller luxury EV segment that has recently started seeing interest from the likes of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Daimler's Mercedes Benz.\nThe Mercedes Benz EQC, India's first luxury EV launched in October for $136,000, and has since sold 31 units, according to auto researcher JATO Dynamics. British luxury carmarker JLR, owned by India's Tata Motors , plans to launch its I-PACE EV before March. It sells in the United States for around $70,000.\nAlthough India's road infrastructure has improved in recent years, traffic discipline - like lane driving - is still rudimentary. Auto analysts say that means many of Tesla's features like the automatic lane changing function will be tough to deploy on crowded Indian streets.\nStray animals, including cattle, and potholes on the road are a further problem.\n\"Most of Tesla's high technology features will be redundant and users will not get the bang for the buck despite paying premium prices\", said Ravi Bhatia, president for India at JATO Dynamics.\nLOCAL PRODUCTION\nRohan Patel, a senior public policy executive at Tesla in the United States, is among those leading efforts around its India launch, the sources familiar with the plans said. The EV giant is looking to hire 15-20 people mainly for sales and marketing, one source said.\nTesla and Patel did not respond to a request for comment.\nIndia has some of the world's most polluted cities and wants more clean cars on its roads, but the federal government still does not have a comprehensive policy like China which mandates carmakers to invest in the segment.\nOne reason is that auto manufacturers have pushed back saying there is no demand for EVs in India as costs of components like batteries remain high, and push up prices.\nAnd Tesla CEO Elon Musk has himself expressed concern about India's high import taxes on cars.\nIn contrast to India, China sold 1.25 million new energy passenger vehicles, including EVs, in 2020 out of total sales of 20 million.\nTesla is a major player in China, which last year accounted for more than a third of the carmaker's global sales, according to JATO Dynamics, and where it also has a factory.\nDaniel Ives of U.S.-based Wedbush Securities said however that within 7-8 years, India could account for 5% of Tesla's total sales. The key to success, however, will be local manufacturing, he said.\n\"It is a matter of when, not if, they build out a factory in India,\" said Ives, adding that building out a local supply chain will be a multi-year effort.\n\"India is a potential sweet spot and Tesla does not want to be late to the game.\"","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":15,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":310714555,"gmtCreate":1611371541177,"gmtModify":1704860103162,"author":{"id":"3556677981116436","authorId":"3556677981116436","name":"Ryukyo","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/424f15d3cdaa3f821e7de5a9730df660","crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3556677981116436","authorIdStr":"3556677981116436"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Go go apple ev car","listText":"Go go apple ev car","text":"Go go apple ev car","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/310714555","repostId":"1106179554","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1106179554","pubTimestamp":1611309447,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1106179554?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-01-22 17:57","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple Could Show Dramatic Fall In iPhone 12 Margins","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1106179554","media":"seekingalpha","summary":"Summary\n\nThe bill of materials for the latest iPhones has increased significantly due to 5G feature ","content":"<p><b>Summary</b></p>\n<ul>\n <li>The bill of materials for the latest iPhones has increased significantly due to 5G feature and a better screen.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n <li>Even if there is growth in unit iPhone sales within this cycle, the overall margins for the iPhone segment would be negatively impacted by higher bill of materials.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n <li>Apple needs to show its capacity for EPS growth in order to sustain the current bullish momentum in the stock.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n <li>A significant drop in iPhones margin can bring down the overall operating margin and could also lead to a drop in EPS hurting the stock sentiment.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Apple(NASDAQ:AAPL)will face margin pressures due to the higher production cost of new iPhones. The iPhone bill of material or BoM has increased massively due to the 5G feature and better screens. This would end up hurting the margins. The buyback pacewill also fallas the company reaches a neutral cash position. Together, these two factors can negatively impact EPS in the next few quarters.</p>\n<p>According to Counterpoint Research,the bill of materialsfor iPhone 12 is 21% higher than iPhone 11. A shift from LCD to OLED ended by costing $23 more. 5G modem and RF system led to an increase in the cost by $34. Both these items are intrinsic to the iPhone 12’s attraction but the margins on iPhone 12 will be much lower than iPhone 11 due to these features. The iPhone segment still contributes over 50% of the revenue to Apple and a big drop in margins in this segment will have a negative impact on the overall margins and EPS over the next few quarters. Investors should closely look at the margin trajectory reported by the company over the next few quarters.</p>\n<p><b>Importance of Bill of Materials</b></p>\n<p>The flagship iPhones are not only expensive to buy, but they are also expensive to build. The bill of materials for iPhones has always been quite high due to higher-end components. The BoM does not count the R&amp;D expense and marketing costs that Apple has to bear.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f5eb120e231572c55de63b9fd8f40ce5\" tg-width=\"822\" tg-height=\"404\"><span>Figure 1: Features in iPhone 12 which led to cost increase and savings over iPhone 11. Source. Counterpoint Research</span></p>\n<p>We can clearly see three big red bars in the above chart. They show the reasons for BoM increase in iPhone 12 compared to iPhone 11. The display system, RF components for 5G, and better A14 bionic chip led to a massive BoM increase in iPhone 12. After counting all the cost increases and savings, the BoM of the iPhone 12 increased by $72.5 according to this research note. This is a massive jump of 21% in BoM for iPhone 12 compared to iPhone 11.</p>\n<p><b>Impact on Margins</b></p>\n<p>Apple has moved to a major revision once in three years. After iPhone X made a significant change in design in 2017, Apple was looking forward to a big change in 2020. This has been brought about by 5G features which are available on all flagship iPhones. However, this feature along with OLED screen has led to a big jump in BoM and the retail price increase has not kept up with the BoM growth. Compared to iPhone 11 which had a retail price of $699 with contract, iPhone 12 has a retail price of $799 with contract. This is a price growth of 14.2% which is lower than the growth in BoM.</p>\n<p>In addition to BoM, Apple’s R&amp;D expense has been increasing which is due to higher design costs for the latest chips. Theincreasing competition with other tech giantsis also forcing Apple to invest heavily in R&amp;D compared to a decade back.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/95bcae5f57407febfd836a95f97026bd\" tg-width=\"1073\" tg-height=\"551\"><span>Figure 2: Apple's R&amp;D to Revenue expense has increased continuously over the past few years, squeezing the margins.</span></p>\n<p>This trend will have a significant negative impact on the operating margin for Apple. The company’s operating margin has been declining for the past 20 quarters. With the recent jump in valuation multiple, a big drop in margins and EPS can bring about a correction in the stock.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b5600e70d2db88a215f8932bbbf00fb8\" tg-width=\"1077\" tg-height=\"551\"><span>Figure 3: Price growth in Apple stock has mostly been on the back of higher PE valuation instead of fundamental metrics like EPS.</span></p>\n<p>We can see in the above chart that Apple’s operating margin has been declining over the past three years. The growth in EPS has mostly been supported by a fall in outstanding shares due to massive buybacks. The net cash position of Apple is down to $79 billion. If the company continues to run a buyback program of $20 billion per quarter, the net cash position will fall rapidly in the near term.</p>\n<p>At the same time, Apple’s PE ratio has increased by over 120% compared to three years ago. Currently, Apple’s PE ratio is over 40 which is the highest level it had been since the Great Recession.</p>\n<p>iPhone 12 Pricing and Impact on Unit ShipmentsApple has increased the price of iPhone 12 to $799 with a contract. This is a 14.2% increase from iPhone 11 pricing. On the other hand, the BoM has increased by 21%. Apple has also increased its research expenses for building its own chips. Hence, we should ideally have seen a higher jump in retail price compared to BoM in order to maintain the margins. However, the inverse has happened where BoM has increased at a faster pace compared to the retail price. One of the reasons could be the more aggressive pricing by competitors like Google's Pixel.</p>\n<p>Apple does not provide unit shipment figures and so we have to depend on third-party estimates.According to estimatesby Cinda Securities, the unit shipments for recent iPhones will be in the range of 230 million to 240 million. If this is true, it will be higher than iPhone 6 unit shipments of 222.4 million. According toanother model created by Cowen, iPhone shipments for 2020 stood at 193 million, down by 3% year-on-year while shipments for the calendar year 2021 will be 215 million.</p>\n<p>With the latest pricing, Apple should certainly get a tailwind in terms of higher unit sales. However, the margins on each iPhone could dip significantly because of the rapid jump in BoM. Hence, even a 5-7% jump in unit shipments in 2021 will not be able to make up for the decline in margins due to higher BoM.</p>\n<p><b>Can We See a Correction in the Stock?</b></p>\n<p>This is a trillion-dollar question in front of investors and Wall Street. Will Apple move to a market cap of $3 trillion as predicted byanalysts like Gene Munsteror will we see a correction to $1 trillion. Most of the price growth in Apple stock in 2020 was supported by a PE jump. This is unlike other tech majors like Amazon (AMZN) and Facebook (FB) who have shown a bull run in the stock price but have also delivered good growth in fundamental metrics of revenue and EPS.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f8fe5668a43f7874f4c2a823628a46bd\" tg-width=\"1077\" tg-height=\"559\"><span>Fig: Comparison of Price change, PE ratio, EPS, and revenue between Apple, Amazon, and Facebook in 2020. Apple's stock growth was supported by only a higher PE ratio while Amazon and FB reported trailing twelve-month EPS growth of 48% and 36% respectively.</span></p>\n<p>It is highly unlikely that Apple’s current valuation will be supported even if the EPS starts to fall. We should also see the pandemic being brought under control in the next few months as vaccination levels increase. Apple will not be able to gain a big tailwind due to buybacks as it is nearing the neutral cash position and with the current market cap the buybacks will not have a significant impact on the outstanding shares.</p>\n<p>Given this situation, the massive jump in iPhone BoM becomes very important. A significant negative dip in iPhone margins will pull down the overall margins and EPS for the company. This will certainly hurt the sentiments around Apple stock and make it difficult for the company to sustain the current valuation levels.</p>\n<p><b>Investor Takeaway</b></p>\n<p>The latest iPhone cycle has seen a big jump in the bill of materials. New features like 5G, better chips, and expensive screens have increased the BoM of iPhones by 21% compared to iPhone 11. This increase in bill of materials will be a major headwind for Apple’s margins in the next few quarters. Even if the company is able to improve its unit shipments and revenue, we could see a dip in margins and even EPS.</p>\n<p>Apple stock is trading at over 40 times its PE ratio, which is the highest valuation multiple it has seen in over a decade. Any negative EPS or margin numbers could reduce the bullish sentiment towards the stock and push the stock into correction territory. Investors need to weigh this aspect carefully before jumping into the stock at the current valuation level.</p>","source":"seekingalpha","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple Could Show Dramatic Fall In iPhone 12 Margins</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple Could Show Dramatic Fall In iPhone 12 Margins\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-01-22 17:57 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4400322-apple-show-dramatic-fall-in-iphone-12-margins><strong>seekingalpha</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Summary\n\nThe bill of materials for the latest iPhones has increased significantly due to 5G feature and a better screen.\n\n\nEven if there is growth in unit iPhone sales within this cycle, the overall ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4400322-apple-show-dramatic-fall-in-iphone-12-margins\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4400322-apple-show-dramatic-fall-in-iphone-12-margins","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/5a36db9d73b4222bc376d24ccc48c8a4","article_id":"1106179554","content_text":"Summary\n\nThe bill of materials for the latest iPhones has increased significantly due to 5G feature and a better screen.\n\n\nEven if there is growth in unit iPhone sales within this cycle, the overall margins for the iPhone segment would be negatively impacted by higher bill of materials.\n\n\nApple needs to show its capacity for EPS growth in order to sustain the current bullish momentum in the stock.\n\n\nA significant drop in iPhones margin can bring down the overall operating margin and could also lead to a drop in EPS hurting the stock sentiment.\n\nApple(NASDAQ:AAPL)will face margin pressures due to the higher production cost of new iPhones. The iPhone bill of material or BoM has increased massively due to the 5G feature and better screens. This would end up hurting the margins. The buyback pacewill also fallas the company reaches a neutral cash position. Together, these two factors can negatively impact EPS in the next few quarters.\nAccording to Counterpoint Research,the bill of materialsfor iPhone 12 is 21% higher than iPhone 11. A shift from LCD to OLED ended by costing $23 more. 5G modem and RF system led to an increase in the cost by $34. Both these items are intrinsic to the iPhone 12’s attraction but the margins on iPhone 12 will be much lower than iPhone 11 due to these features. The iPhone segment still contributes over 50% of the revenue to Apple and a big drop in margins in this segment will have a negative impact on the overall margins and EPS over the next few quarters. Investors should closely look at the margin trajectory reported by the company over the next few quarters.\nImportance of Bill of Materials\nThe flagship iPhones are not only expensive to buy, but they are also expensive to build. The bill of materials for iPhones has always been quite high due to higher-end components. The BoM does not count the R&D expense and marketing costs that Apple has to bear.\nFigure 1: Features in iPhone 12 which led to cost increase and savings over iPhone 11. Source. Counterpoint Research\nWe can clearly see three big red bars in the above chart. They show the reasons for BoM increase in iPhone 12 compared to iPhone 11. The display system, RF components for 5G, and better A14 bionic chip led to a massive BoM increase in iPhone 12. After counting all the cost increases and savings, the BoM of the iPhone 12 increased by $72.5 according to this research note. This is a massive jump of 21% in BoM for iPhone 12 compared to iPhone 11.\nImpact on Margins\nApple has moved to a major revision once in three years. After iPhone X made a significant change in design in 2017, Apple was looking forward to a big change in 2020. This has been brought about by 5G features which are available on all flagship iPhones. However, this feature along with OLED screen has led to a big jump in BoM and the retail price increase has not kept up with the BoM growth. Compared to iPhone 11 which had a retail price of $699 with contract, iPhone 12 has a retail price of $799 with contract. This is a price growth of 14.2% which is lower than the growth in BoM.\nIn addition to BoM, Apple’s R&D expense has been increasing which is due to higher design costs for the latest chips. Theincreasing competition with other tech giantsis also forcing Apple to invest heavily in R&D compared to a decade back.\nFigure 2: Apple's R&D to Revenue expense has increased continuously over the past few years, squeezing the margins.\nThis trend will have a significant negative impact on the operating margin for Apple. The company’s operating margin has been declining for the past 20 quarters. With the recent jump in valuation multiple, a big drop in margins and EPS can bring about a correction in the stock.\nFigure 3: Price growth in Apple stock has mostly been on the back of higher PE valuation instead of fundamental metrics like EPS.\nWe can see in the above chart that Apple’s operating margin has been declining over the past three years. The growth in EPS has mostly been supported by a fall in outstanding shares due to massive buybacks. The net cash position of Apple is down to $79 billion. If the company continues to run a buyback program of $20 billion per quarter, the net cash position will fall rapidly in the near term.\nAt the same time, Apple’s PE ratio has increased by over 120% compared to three years ago. Currently, Apple’s PE ratio is over 40 which is the highest level it had been since the Great Recession.\niPhone 12 Pricing and Impact on Unit ShipmentsApple has increased the price of iPhone 12 to $799 with a contract. This is a 14.2% increase from iPhone 11 pricing. On the other hand, the BoM has increased by 21%. Apple has also increased its research expenses for building its own chips. Hence, we should ideally have seen a higher jump in retail price compared to BoM in order to maintain the margins. However, the inverse has happened where BoM has increased at a faster pace compared to the retail price. One of the reasons could be the more aggressive pricing by competitors like Google's Pixel.\nApple does not provide unit shipment figures and so we have to depend on third-party estimates.According to estimatesby Cinda Securities, the unit shipments for recent iPhones will be in the range of 230 million to 240 million. If this is true, it will be higher than iPhone 6 unit shipments of 222.4 million. According toanother model created by Cowen, iPhone shipments for 2020 stood at 193 million, down by 3% year-on-year while shipments for the calendar year 2021 will be 215 million.\nWith the latest pricing, Apple should certainly get a tailwind in terms of higher unit sales. However, the margins on each iPhone could dip significantly because of the rapid jump in BoM. Hence, even a 5-7% jump in unit shipments in 2021 will not be able to make up for the decline in margins due to higher BoM.\nCan We See a Correction in the Stock?\nThis is a trillion-dollar question in front of investors and Wall Street. Will Apple move to a market cap of $3 trillion as predicted byanalysts like Gene Munsteror will we see a correction to $1 trillion. Most of the price growth in Apple stock in 2020 was supported by a PE jump. This is unlike other tech majors like Amazon (AMZN) and Facebook (FB) who have shown a bull run in the stock price but have also delivered good growth in fundamental metrics of revenue and EPS.\nFig: Comparison of Price change, PE ratio, EPS, and revenue between Apple, Amazon, and Facebook in 2020. Apple's stock growth was supported by only a higher PE ratio while Amazon and FB reported trailing twelve-month EPS growth of 48% and 36% respectively.\nIt is highly unlikely that Apple’s current valuation will be supported even if the EPS starts to fall. We should also see the pandemic being brought under control in the next few months as vaccination levels increase. Apple will not be able to gain a big tailwind due to buybacks as it is nearing the neutral cash position and with the current market cap the buybacks will not have a significant impact on the outstanding shares.\nGiven this situation, the massive jump in iPhone BoM becomes very important. A significant negative dip in iPhone margins will pull down the overall margins and EPS for the company. This will certainly hurt the sentiments around Apple stock and make it difficult for the company to sustain the current valuation levels.\nInvestor Takeaway\nThe latest iPhone cycle has seen a big jump in the bill of materials. New features like 5G, better chips, and expensive screens have increased the BoM of iPhones by 21% compared to iPhone 11. This increase in bill of materials will be a major headwind for Apple’s margins in the next few quarters. Even if the company is able to improve its unit shipments and revenue, we could see a dip in margins and even EPS.\nApple stock is trading at over 40 times its PE ratio, which is the highest valuation multiple it has seen in over a decade. Any negative EPS or margin numbers could reduce the bullish sentiment towards the stock and push the stock into correction territory. 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In the most recent earnings call in late February, he noted his conviction that it would be the currency of the internet. To align the company with that notion, Square has aggressively purchased Bitcoin over the last year.</p>\n<p>That makes Square an interesting stock. For investors who prefer not buy cryptocurrency directly, Square is a great way to gain Bitcoin exposure. And for investors who own Bitcoin, Square's robust business can help diversify a crypto-heavy portfolio. Here's why.</p>\n<h2>Bitcoin drives Cash App engagement</h2>\n<p>Square's Cash App launched as a peer-to-peer (P2P) payments platform in 2013, but it has evolved into a suite of financial tools designed to help consumers manage their money in a variety of ways.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/88c64c6a14289a2df7d4705fb6d66113\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"466\"><span>Image source: Getty Images.</span></p>\n<p>Since 2017, Square has added the ability to buy and sell Bitcoin, launched the Square Cash Card, and enabled direct deposit for Cash App consumers. And in November 2020, Square further enhanced the mobile app's financial tools with its acquisition of Credit Karma Tax, a free tax filling service for consumers.</p>\n<p>All of these products have <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE\">one</a> thing in common: They are meant to deepen consumer engagement by expanding Cash App usage beyond peer-to-peer (P2P) payments. And it's working -- these strategic moves have powered strong growth in both Cash App monthly active users and gross profit.</p>\n<table>\n <thead>\n  <tr>\n   <th><p>Metric</p></th>\n   <th><p>2018</p></th>\n   <th><p>2020</p></th>\n   <th><p>CAGR</p></th>\n  </tr>\n </thead>\n <tbody>\n  <tr>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>Monthly active users</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>15 million</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>36 million</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>55%</p></td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>Gross profit</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>$195 million</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>$1.2 billion</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>151%</p></td>\n  </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\n<p>Data source: Square&nbsp;SEC&nbsp;Filings. CAGR = compound annual growth rate.</p>\n<p>In particular, investors should note that Cash App gross profit has grown more quickly than monthly active users. That means Square is generating more revenue per user, and Bitcoin has played a big role in making that happen.</p>\n<p>In fact, more than 3 million Cash App users bought or sold Bitcoin last year, and consumers who use Cash App to trade Bitcoin also use other products (i.e., Square Cash Card, direct deposit) more frequently than the average consumer. In other words, they are more engaged, and more engaged users generate more profit.</p>\n<p>But there's another side to Square's business. While the Cash App ecosystem is a consumer-facing product, the seller ecosystem allows Square to address the merchant side of the digital payments market.</p>\n<h2>Digitization drives the seller ecosystem</h2>\n<p>Digital forms of payment have become increasingly popular over the last decade, driven by convenience and the uptick in e-commerce. In fact, according to a report published by Square, the number of cashless businesses more than doubled in Australia, Canada, the United States, and the U.K.&nbsp;in the last 12 months alone.<b>&nbsp;</b></p>\n<p>That shift away from cash benefits Square in two ways: First, Square provides the hardware and software merchants need to accept in-store digital payments. Second, the company's developer platform makes it easy to add Square-powered checkout options&nbsp;to digital storefronts and mobile apps. In both cases, Square collects transaction fees based on the gross payment volume (GPV).</p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, the GPV processed on Square's platform has increased steadily in recent years.</p>\n<table>\n <thead>\n  <tr>\n   <th><p>Metric</p></th>\n   <th><p>2017</p></th>\n   <th><p>2020</p></th>\n   <th><p>CAGR</p></th>\n  </tr>\n </thead>\n <tbody>\n  <tr>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>Gross payment volume</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>$65.3 billion</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>$112.3 billion</p></td>\n   <td width=\"156\"><p>20%</p></td>\n  </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\n<p>Data source: Square SEC Filings.</p>\n<h2>Two big market opportunities</h2>\n<p>In total, management estimates Square's current market opportunity at $160 billion: That's a $60 billion&nbsp;opportunity for the Cash App ecosystem and a $100 billion&nbsp;opportunity for the seller ecosystem. To put that in perspective, Square generated $9.5 billion&nbsp;in revenue last year -- roughly 6% of its total addressable market. That means Square still has plenty of room to grow.</p>\n<p>Moreover, the coexistence of these two businesses -- <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> built for consumers and the other designed for merchants -- allows Square to tap both sides of the digital payments market. In the coming years, as e-commerce and digital payments continue to gain market share, the company should benefit greatly. That's why Square looks like a smart long-term investment whether you own Bitcoin or not.</p>","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Why Bitcoin Investors Should Consider Buying Square Stock</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nWhy Bitcoin Investors Should Consider Buying Square Stock\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-03-19 10:21 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/03/18/why-bitcoin-investors-should-buy-square-stock/><strong> Motley Fool</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>It's no secret that Square (NYSE:SQ) CEO Jack Dorsey is a big believer in Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC). In the most recent earnings call in late February, he noted his conviction that it would be the currency...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/03/18/why-bitcoin-investors-should-buy-square-stock/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"SQ":"Block","GBTC":"Grayscale Bitcoin Trust"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/03/18/why-bitcoin-investors-should-buy-square-stock/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2120016886","content_text":"It's no secret that Square (NYSE:SQ) CEO Jack Dorsey is a big believer in Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC). In the most recent earnings call in late February, he noted his conviction that it would be the currency of the internet. To align the company with that notion, Square has aggressively purchased Bitcoin over the last year.\nThat makes Square an interesting stock. For investors who prefer not buy cryptocurrency directly, Square is a great way to gain Bitcoin exposure. And for investors who own Bitcoin, Square's robust business can help diversify a crypto-heavy portfolio. Here's why.\nBitcoin drives Cash App engagement\nSquare's Cash App launched as a peer-to-peer (P2P) payments platform in 2013, but it has evolved into a suite of financial tools designed to help consumers manage their money in a variety of ways.\nImage source: Getty Images.\nSince 2017, Square has added the ability to buy and sell Bitcoin, launched the Square Cash Card, and enabled direct deposit for Cash App consumers. And in November 2020, Square further enhanced the mobile app's financial tools with its acquisition of Credit Karma Tax, a free tax filling service for consumers.\nAll of these products have one thing in common: They are meant to deepen consumer engagement by expanding Cash App usage beyond peer-to-peer (P2P) payments. And it's working -- these strategic moves have powered strong growth in both Cash App monthly active users and gross profit.\n\n\n\nMetric\n2018\n2020\nCAGR\n\n\n\n\nMonthly active users\n15 million\n36 million\n55%\n\n\nGross profit\n$195 million\n$1.2 billion\n151%\n\n\n\nData source: Square SEC Filings. CAGR = compound annual growth rate.\nIn particular, investors should note that Cash App gross profit has grown more quickly than monthly active users. That means Square is generating more revenue per user, and Bitcoin has played a big role in making that happen.\nIn fact, more than 3 million Cash App users bought or sold Bitcoin last year, and consumers who use Cash App to trade Bitcoin also use other products (i.e., Square Cash Card, direct deposit) more frequently than the average consumer. In other words, they are more engaged, and more engaged users generate more profit.\nBut there's another side to Square's business. While the Cash App ecosystem is a consumer-facing product, the seller ecosystem allows Square to address the merchant side of the digital payments market.\nDigitization drives the seller ecosystem\nDigital forms of payment have become increasingly popular over the last decade, driven by convenience and the uptick in e-commerce. In fact, according to a report published by Square, the number of cashless businesses more than doubled in Australia, Canada, the United States, and the U.K. in the last 12 months alone. \nThat shift away from cash benefits Square in two ways: First, Square provides the hardware and software merchants need to accept in-store digital payments. Second, the company's developer platform makes it easy to add Square-powered checkout options to digital storefronts and mobile apps. In both cases, Square collects transaction fees based on the gross payment volume (GPV).\nNot surprisingly, the GPV processed on Square's platform has increased steadily in recent years.\n\n\n\nMetric\n2017\n2020\nCAGR\n\n\n\n\nGross payment volume\n$65.3 billion\n$112.3 billion\n20%\n\n\n\nData source: Square SEC Filings.\nTwo big market opportunities\nIn total, management estimates Square's current market opportunity at $160 billion: That's a $60 billion opportunity for the Cash App ecosystem and a $100 billion opportunity for the seller ecosystem. To put that in perspective, Square generated $9.5 billion in revenue last year -- roughly 6% of its total addressable market. That means Square still has plenty of room to grow.\nMoreover, the coexistence of these two businesses -- one built for consumers and the other designed for merchants -- allows Square to tap both sides of the digital payments market. In the coming years, as e-commerce and digital payments continue to gain market share, the company should benefit greatly. 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That's because the Oracle of Omaha's track record is virtually unsurpassed. Since taking the reins of <b>Berkshire Hathaway</b> (NYSE:BRK.A)(NYSE:BRK.B) in the mid-1960s, Buffett's company has averaged an annual return of 20%. This works out to an aggregate gain of greater than 2,800,000% for its Class A shares.</p>\n<p>Although Buffett isn't perfect, he and his investing team have a knack for identifying attractively valued businesses that have clear competitive advantages. As we prepare to move into the second half of 2021, the following five Buffett stocks stand out as those that should be bought hand over fist.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/1077c8372814d2b8150e933b4c608005\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"466\"><span>Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Image source: The Motley Fool.</span></p>\n<h2>Amazon</h2>\n<p>Even though Buffett's investing lieutenants, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, are the architects behind Berkshire Hathaway's stake in <b>Amazon</b> (NASDAQ:AMZN), it's arguably the Buffett stock that should be bought most aggressively ahead of the second half of the year.</p>\n<p>As most folks probably know, Amazon is an e-commerce juggernaut. Based on an April report from eMarketer, the company effectively controls $0.40 of every $1 spent online in the United States. It's also pivoted its online retail popularity into signing up more than 200 million people to its Prime program worldwide. The fees Amazon collects from Prime help it to undercut its competition on price. And it certainly doesn't hurt that Prime members tend to spend many multiples more than non-Prime shoppers during the course of the year.</p>\n<p>But it's the company's cloud infrastructure service, Amazon Web Services (AWS), that has truly budded into a star. Since the operating margins associated with cloud infrastructure are considerably higher than what Amazon nets from retail and advertising, AWS' growth is leading to a surge in operating cash flow. If investors were to continue to pay the midpoint of Amazon's operating cash flow multiple over the past decade, it could hit $10,000 a share by 2025.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b18b49b2b35da2fc49e0a83b883d1c22\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"466\"><span>Image source: Getty Images.</span></p>\n<h2>Bristol Myers Squibb</h2>\n<p>Pharmaceutical stocks are money machines, and none looks to be more attractive on a valuation basis than <b>Bristol Myers Squibb</b> (NYSE:BMY).</p>\n<p>One reason to be excited about this drug developer is its organic growth potential. Eliquis, which was co-developed with <b>Pfizer</b>, has blossomed into the world's leading oral anticoagulant, with sales expected to surpass $10 billion in 2021. Meanwhile, dozens of additional clinical trials are underway for cancer immunotherapy Opdivo, which generated $7 billion in sales last year. This offers plenty of opportunity to expand Opdivo's label and pump up its pricing power.</p>\n<p>Another reason Bristol Myers Squibb is such an intriguing stock is its November 2019 acquisition of cancer and immunology company Celgene. Buying Celgene brought the blockbuster multiple-myeloma drug Revlimid into the fold. Revlimid has sustainably grown its annual sales by a double-digit percentage for more than a decade, with label expansion, longer duration of use, and pricing power all playing a role. This key treatment, which topped $12 billion in sales last year, is protected from a full onslaught of generic competition until early 2026. That means Bristol Myers will be rolling in the dough for another five years, at minimum.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/1b152e369d7c967dcbc926192ee888c1\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"531\"><span>Image source: Getty Images.</span></p>\n<h2>Mastercard</h2>\n<p>Everyone seems to be looking for the smartest recovery play from the pandemic. Payment processor <b>Mastercard</b> (NYSE:MA) might well be the safest way to take advantage of a steady uptick in consumer and enterprise spending.</p>\n<p>Mastercard isn't a cheap stock by any means -- at 36 times Wall Street's forward-year earnings consensus -- but it benefits from a simple numbers game. While economic contractions and recessions are inevitable, these periods of turbulence tend to be short-lived. By comparison, economic expansions often last many years. Buying into Mastercard allows investors to take full advantage of these long periods of economic expansion and robust spending. Plus, it doesn't hurt that Mastercard has the second-highest share of credit-card network purchase volume in the U.S., the leading market for consumption.</p>\n<p>Investors can also sleep easy with the understanding that Mastercard strictly sticks to payment facilitation. Even though some of its peers also lend, and are therefore able to generate interest income and fees during bull markets, Mastercard has avoided becoming a lender. It's something you'll truly appreciate when a recession strikes. Whereas most financial stocks will be forced to set aside capital to cover credit or loan delinquencies, Mastercard won't have to. This is a big reason it bounces back from recessions quicker than most financial stocks.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/e4e1a1fe028efa4c966b66ef2cd466f5\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"466\"><span>Image source: Getty Images.</span></p>\n<h2>Teva Pharmaceutical Industries</h2>\n<p>If you have an appetite for turnaround plays, brand-name and generic-drug developer <b>Teva Pharmaceutical Industries</b> (NYSE:TEVA) is the stock to buy hand over fist for the second half of 2021. Like Amazon, it's a stock that was added to Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio by either Combs or Weschler and not Buffett.</p>\n<p>While there's no denying that Teva has its fair share of hurdles to overcome, the company's turnaround-focused CEO, Kare Schultz, has been a blessing. Since taking the helm less than four years ago, Schultz has helped shave off more than $10 billion in net debt, and he's overseen the reduction of roughly $3 billion in annual operating expenses. There's more work to do to improve Teva's balance sheet, but the company is very clearly on much firmer ground than it was back in 2016-2017.</p>\n<p>Schultz also has the potential to play peacemaker for a number of outstanding lawsuits targeting Teva's role in the opioid crisis. If this litigation can be resolved with minimal cash outlay, Teva's valuation could soar. At just 4 times the company's projected earnings in 2021, Teva is about as cheap as a healthcare stock can get.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/44a30c4dfd6886a29e22d3c6558c3e56\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"466\"><span>Image source: Getty Images.</span></p>\n<h2>Bank of America</h2>\n<p>Lastly, bank stock <b>Bank of America</b> (NYSE:BAC) has the look of a company that can be confidently bought hand over fist for the second half of 2021.</p>\n<p>For much of the past decade, the Federal Reserve has kept interest rates at or near historic lows. That's meant less in the way of interest income for banks. But the latest update from the nation's central bank suggests that interest rates could begin creeping up in 2023, a year earlier than previously forecast. Bank of America is the most interest-sensitive money-center bank. According to its first-quarter investor presentation, BofA would generate $8.3 billion in net interest income on a 100-basis-point shift in the interest rate yield curve. Translation: Bank of America's profits should rocket higher beginning in 2023-2024.</p>\n<p>At the same time, BofA has done an outstanding job of controlling its costs and improving its operating efficiency. Investments in digitization have resulted in higher mobile app and digital banking use, which is allowing the company to consolidate some of its branches. Even with its shares at a 13-year high, Bank of America has plenty left in the tank.</p>","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>5 Buffett Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist for the Second Half of 2021</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\n5 Buffett Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist for the Second Half of 2021\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-06-27 08:55 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/06/26/buffett-stocks-buy-hand-over-fist-second-half-2021/><strong>Motley Fool</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>When Warren Buffett buys or sells a stock, Wall Street and retail investors tend to pay very close attention. That's because the Oracle of Omaha's track record is virtually unsurpassed. Since taking ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/06/26/buffett-stocks-buy-hand-over-fist-second-half-2021/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BAC":"美国银行","TEVA":"梯瓦制药","BMY":"施贵宝","BRK.B":"伯克希尔B","AMZN":"亚马逊","BRK.A":"伯克希尔","MA":"万事达"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/06/26/buffett-stocks-buy-hand-over-fist-second-half-2021/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2146090006","content_text":"When Warren Buffett buys or sells a stock, Wall Street and retail investors tend to pay very close attention. That's because the Oracle of Omaha's track record is virtually unsurpassed. Since taking the reins of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A)(NYSE:BRK.B) in the mid-1960s, Buffett's company has averaged an annual return of 20%. This works out to an aggregate gain of greater than 2,800,000% for its Class A shares.\nAlthough Buffett isn't perfect, he and his investing team have a knack for identifying attractively valued businesses that have clear competitive advantages. As we prepare to move into the second half of 2021, the following five Buffett stocks stand out as those that should be bought hand over fist.\nBerkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Image source: The Motley Fool.\nAmazon\nEven though Buffett's investing lieutenants, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, are the architects behind Berkshire Hathaway's stake in Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), it's arguably the Buffett stock that should be bought most aggressively ahead of the second half of the year.\nAs most folks probably know, Amazon is an e-commerce juggernaut. Based on an April report from eMarketer, the company effectively controls $0.40 of every $1 spent online in the United States. It's also pivoted its online retail popularity into signing up more than 200 million people to its Prime program worldwide. The fees Amazon collects from Prime help it to undercut its competition on price. And it certainly doesn't hurt that Prime members tend to spend many multiples more than non-Prime shoppers during the course of the year.\nBut it's the company's cloud infrastructure service, Amazon Web Services (AWS), that has truly budded into a star. Since the operating margins associated with cloud infrastructure are considerably higher than what Amazon nets from retail and advertising, AWS' growth is leading to a surge in operating cash flow. If investors were to continue to pay the midpoint of Amazon's operating cash flow multiple over the past decade, it could hit $10,000 a share by 2025.\nImage source: Getty Images.\nBristol Myers Squibb\nPharmaceutical stocks are money machines, and none looks to be more attractive on a valuation basis than Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY).\nOne reason to be excited about this drug developer is its organic growth potential. Eliquis, which was co-developed with Pfizer, has blossomed into the world's leading oral anticoagulant, with sales expected to surpass $10 billion in 2021. Meanwhile, dozens of additional clinical trials are underway for cancer immunotherapy Opdivo, which generated $7 billion in sales last year. This offers plenty of opportunity to expand Opdivo's label and pump up its pricing power.\nAnother reason Bristol Myers Squibb is such an intriguing stock is its November 2019 acquisition of cancer and immunology company Celgene. Buying Celgene brought the blockbuster multiple-myeloma drug Revlimid into the fold. Revlimid has sustainably grown its annual sales by a double-digit percentage for more than a decade, with label expansion, longer duration of use, and pricing power all playing a role. This key treatment, which topped $12 billion in sales last year, is protected from a full onslaught of generic competition until early 2026. That means Bristol Myers will be rolling in the dough for another five years, at minimum.\nImage source: Getty Images.\nMastercard\nEveryone seems to be looking for the smartest recovery play from the pandemic. Payment processor Mastercard (NYSE:MA) might well be the safest way to take advantage of a steady uptick in consumer and enterprise spending.\nMastercard isn't a cheap stock by any means -- at 36 times Wall Street's forward-year earnings consensus -- but it benefits from a simple numbers game. While economic contractions and recessions are inevitable, these periods of turbulence tend to be short-lived. By comparison, economic expansions often last many years. Buying into Mastercard allows investors to take full advantage of these long periods of economic expansion and robust spending. Plus, it doesn't hurt that Mastercard has the second-highest share of credit-card network purchase volume in the U.S., the leading market for consumption.\nInvestors can also sleep easy with the understanding that Mastercard strictly sticks to payment facilitation. Even though some of its peers also lend, and are therefore able to generate interest income and fees during bull markets, Mastercard has avoided becoming a lender. It's something you'll truly appreciate when a recession strikes. Whereas most financial stocks will be forced to set aside capital to cover credit or loan delinquencies, Mastercard won't have to. This is a big reason it bounces back from recessions quicker than most financial stocks.\nImage source: Getty Images.\nTeva Pharmaceutical Industries\nIf you have an appetite for turnaround plays, brand-name and generic-drug developer Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE:TEVA) is the stock to buy hand over fist for the second half of 2021. Like Amazon, it's a stock that was added to Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio by either Combs or Weschler and not Buffett.\nWhile there's no denying that Teva has its fair share of hurdles to overcome, the company's turnaround-focused CEO, Kare Schultz, has been a blessing. Since taking the helm less than four years ago, Schultz has helped shave off more than $10 billion in net debt, and he's overseen the reduction of roughly $3 billion in annual operating expenses. There's more work to do to improve Teva's balance sheet, but the company is very clearly on much firmer ground than it was back in 2016-2017.\nSchultz also has the potential to play peacemaker for a number of outstanding lawsuits targeting Teva's role in the opioid crisis. If this litigation can be resolved with minimal cash outlay, Teva's valuation could soar. At just 4 times the company's projected earnings in 2021, Teva is about as cheap as a healthcare stock can get.\nImage source: Getty Images.\nBank of America\nLastly, bank stock Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has the look of a company that can be confidently bought hand over fist for the second half of 2021.\nFor much of the past decade, the Federal Reserve has kept interest rates at or near historic lows. That's meant less in the way of interest income for banks. But the latest update from the nation's central bank suggests that interest rates could begin creeping up in 2023, a year earlier than previously forecast. Bank of America is the most interest-sensitive money-center bank. According to its first-quarter investor presentation, BofA would generate $8.3 billion in net interest income on a 100-basis-point shift in the interest rate yield curve. Translation: Bank of America's profits should rocket higher beginning in 2023-2024.\nAt the same time, BofA has done an outstanding job of controlling its costs and improving its operating efficiency. Investments in digitization have resulted in higher mobile app and digital banking use, which is allowing the company to consolidate some of its branches. Even with its shares at a 13-year high, Bank of America has plenty left in the tank.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":58,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":319907477,"gmtCreate":1611459484799,"gmtModify":1704860333728,"author":{"id":"3556677981116436","authorId":"3556677981116436","name":"Ryukyo","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/424f15d3cdaa3f821e7de5a9730df660","crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"authorIdStr":"3556677981116436","idStr":"3556677981116436"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"$1000 eoy","listText":"$1000 eoy","text":"$1000 eoy","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/319907477","repostId":"1192233327","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1192233327","pubTimestamp":1611282607,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1192233327?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-01-22 10:30","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Tesla’s Earnings Report Is Coming. How to Play It With Options.","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1192233327","media":"Barrons","summary":"It’s a sign of these unusual times thatTesla,one of the world’s most controversial stocks, might offer stability to the weary and the wizened.The path forward for the stock market may prove to be heavily dependent on whatever fiscal stimulus plan Congress approves. Janet Yellen, the incoming Treasury secretary, essentially said during her congressional testimony thatthe plan was to “act big.”Yet Tesla’s pathway is likely beyond the influence of politicians and bureaucrats.As my young son recentl","content":"<p>It’s a sign of these unusual times thatTesla,one of the world’s most controversial stocks, might offer stability to the weary and the wizened.</p>\n<p>The electric-vehicle maker’s stock (ticker: TSLA) is a relatively known quantity, and arguably even an aggressively defensive investment, at a time when the old ways of advancing through the stock and option markets on the back of major technology companies may give way to stocks that have been battered bythe Covid-19 pandemic, such as cruise ship operators, airlines, and hotels.</p>\n<p>Tesla largely exists in a world of its own making, complete with critics and short sellers who are regularly humbled and abused by the stock’s incredible advance. One might observe that Tesla is in a secular bull market, but such dry descriptions fail to convey the power of the stock. In the past 52 weeks, Tesla has gained 709% (that is not a typo), and shares are up 21% so far this year.</p>\n<p>The path forward for the stock market may prove to be heavily dependent on whatever fiscal stimulus plan Congress approves. Janet Yellen, the incoming Treasury secretary, essentially said during her congressional testimony thatthe plan was to “act big.”Yet Tesla’s pathway is likely beyond the influence of politicians and bureaucrats.</p>\n<p>As my young son recently observed,Elon Musk, Tesla’s founder and CEO, is creating the future. Many people agree, and that may explain why Tesla seems immune from the ordinary laws of markets and financial analysis—at least for now.</p>\n<p>Thanks tothe flexible qualities of options, it’s possible to calibrate any enthusiasm one might feel toward Tesla to a key event: the release of Tesla’s financial results for the fourth quarter on Jan. 27.</p>\n<p>With Tesla’s stock trading around $850, investors can sell the January $740 put option that expires Jan. 29 for about $22 and buy the January $900 call option that expires Jan. 29 for about $25. This “risk reversal”—that is, selling a put and buying a call with different strike prices and the same expiration date—costs $3. The strategy obligates investors to buy the stock at $740 and enables participation in gains above $900.</p>\n<p>The trade’s upside profitability is predicated on Tesla’s stock moving into a new, higher trading range. During the past 52 weeks, the stock has ranged from $70.10 to $884.49. The difference between Tesla’s high and low price is among the widest, if not wildest, in memory. The gap between the prices is like a graveyard for skeptics and a sea of celebration for true believers.</p>\n<p>The risk is that the stock tumbles, leaving investors on the hook.</p>\n<p>Every earnings report summons a truth-or-consequences moment for a stock. All of the haters and fans will gather around to make concentrated wagers on the post-earnings direction. They will parse management’s language and discount or hype whatever is said and not said.</p>\n<p>All that is certain as far Tesla is concerned is that the stock price tends to exhibit extraordinary swings. The ferocity of the movement is, in many ways, a perfect fit for options trading. As we have noted several times, a little bit of money spent in the options market can become a lot of money if the stock price moves in the anticipated direction. The appeal of that type of potential profit—despite the significant risk of profound loss—is likely why so many people treat Tesla like a messianic lottery ticket.</p>\n<p>We could cite all sorts of analyst commentary to supportthe bullish Tesla thesisinto earnings. We could note that some analysts recently increased their target price. We could cite reams ofnegative commentary, too. Frankly, all of it is probably of minimal utility. Musk’s vision of the future, and his command of Tesla’s ecosystem, exists in what is arguably an alternative universe that children understand, even if many adults do not.</p>","source":"lsy1601382232898","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Tesla’s Earnings Report Is Coming. 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One might observe that Tesla is in a secular bull market, but such dry descriptions fail to convey the power of the stock. In the past 52 weeks, Tesla has gained 709% (that is not a typo), and shares are up 21% so far this year.\nThe path forward for the stock market may prove to be heavily dependent on whatever fiscal stimulus plan Congress approves. Janet Yellen, the incoming Treasury secretary, essentially said during her congressional testimony thatthe plan was to “act big.”Yet Tesla’s pathway is likely beyond the influence of politicians and bureaucrats.\nAs my young son recently observed,Elon Musk, Tesla’s founder and CEO, is creating the future. Many people agree, and that may explain why Tesla seems immune from the ordinary laws of markets and financial analysis—at least for now.\nThanks tothe flexible qualities of options, it’s possible to calibrate any enthusiasm one might feel toward Tesla to a key event: the release of Tesla’s financial results for the fourth quarter on Jan. 27.\nWith Tesla’s stock trading around $850, investors can sell the January $740 put option that expires Jan. 29 for about $22 and buy the January $900 call option that expires Jan. 29 for about $25. This “risk reversal”—that is, selling a put and buying a call with different strike prices and the same expiration date—costs $3. The strategy obligates investors to buy the stock at $740 and enables participation in gains above $900.\nThe trade’s upside profitability is predicated on Tesla’s stock moving into a new, higher trading range. During the past 52 weeks, the stock has ranged from $70.10 to $884.49. The difference between Tesla’s high and low price is among the widest, if not wildest, in memory. The gap between the prices is like a graveyard for skeptics and a sea of celebration for true believers.\nThe risk is that the stock tumbles, leaving investors on the hook.\nEvery earnings report summons a truth-or-consequences moment for a stock. All of the haters and fans will gather around to make concentrated wagers on the post-earnings direction. They will parse management’s language and discount or hype whatever is said and not said.\nAll that is certain as far Tesla is concerned is that the stock price tends to exhibit extraordinary swings. The ferocity of the movement is, in many ways, a perfect fit for options trading. As we have noted several times, a little bit of money spent in the options market can become a lot of money if the stock price moves in the anticipated direction. The appeal of that type of potential profit—despite the significant risk of profound loss—is likely why so many people treat Tesla like a messianic lottery ticket.\nWe could cite all sorts of analyst commentary to supportthe bullish Tesla thesisinto earnings. We could note that some analysts recently increased their target price. We could cite reams ofnegative commentary, too. Frankly, all of it is probably of minimal utility. Musk’s vision of the future, and his command of Tesla’s ecosystem, exists in what is arguably an alternative universe that children understand, even if many adults do not.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":9,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":319907881,"gmtCreate":1611459431543,"gmtModify":1704860332270,"author":{"id":"3556677981116436","authorId":"3556677981116436","name":"Ryukyo","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/424f15d3cdaa3f821e7de5a9730df660","crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"authorIdStr":"3556677981116436","idStr":"3556677981116436"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"$1000 eoy","listText":"$1000 eoy","text":"$1000 eoy","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/319907881","repostId":"1192233327","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1192233327","pubTimestamp":1611282607,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1192233327?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-01-22 10:30","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Tesla’s Earnings Report Is Coming. How to Play It With Options.","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1192233327","media":"Barrons","summary":"It’s a sign of these unusual times thatTesla,one of the world’s most controversial stocks, might offer stability to the weary and the wizened.The path forward for the stock market may prove to be heavily dependent on whatever fiscal stimulus plan Congress approves. Janet Yellen, the incoming Treasury secretary, essentially said during her congressional testimony thatthe plan was to “act big.”Yet Tesla’s pathway is likely beyond the influence of politicians and bureaucrats.As my young son recentl","content":"<p>It’s a sign of these unusual times thatTesla,one of the world’s most controversial stocks, might offer stability to the weary and the wizened.</p>\n<p>The electric-vehicle maker’s stock (ticker: TSLA) is a relatively known quantity, and arguably even an aggressively defensive investment, at a time when the old ways of advancing through the stock and option markets on the back of major technology companies may give way to stocks that have been battered bythe Covid-19 pandemic, such as cruise ship operators, airlines, and hotels.</p>\n<p>Tesla largely exists in a world of its own making, complete with critics and short sellers who are regularly humbled and abused by the stock’s incredible advance. One might observe that Tesla is in a secular bull market, but such dry descriptions fail to convey the power of the stock. In the past 52 weeks, Tesla has gained 709% (that is not a typo), and shares are up 21% so far this year.</p>\n<p>The path forward for the stock market may prove to be heavily dependent on whatever fiscal stimulus plan Congress approves. Janet Yellen, the incoming Treasury secretary, essentially said during her congressional testimony thatthe plan was to “act big.”Yet Tesla’s pathway is likely beyond the influence of politicians and bureaucrats.</p>\n<p>As my young son recently observed,Elon Musk, Tesla’s founder and CEO, is creating the future. Many people agree, and that may explain why Tesla seems immune from the ordinary laws of markets and financial analysis—at least for now.</p>\n<p>Thanks tothe flexible qualities of options, it’s possible to calibrate any enthusiasm one might feel toward Tesla to a key event: the release of Tesla’s financial results for the fourth quarter on Jan. 27.</p>\n<p>With Tesla’s stock trading around $850, investors can sell the January $740 put option that expires Jan. 29 for about $22 and buy the January $900 call option that expires Jan. 29 for about $25. This “risk reversal”—that is, selling a put and buying a call with different strike prices and the same expiration date—costs $3. The strategy obligates investors to buy the stock at $740 and enables participation in gains above $900.</p>\n<p>The trade’s upside profitability is predicated on Tesla’s stock moving into a new, higher trading range. During the past 52 weeks, the stock has ranged from $70.10 to $884.49. The difference between Tesla’s high and low price is among the widest, if not wildest, in memory. The gap between the prices is like a graveyard for skeptics and a sea of celebration for true believers.</p>\n<p>The risk is that the stock tumbles, leaving investors on the hook.</p>\n<p>Every earnings report summons a truth-or-consequences moment for a stock. All of the haters and fans will gather around to make concentrated wagers on the post-earnings direction. They will parse management’s language and discount or hype whatever is said and not said.</p>\n<p>All that is certain as far Tesla is concerned is that the stock price tends to exhibit extraordinary swings. The ferocity of the movement is, in many ways, a perfect fit for options trading. As we have noted several times, a little bit of money spent in the options market can become a lot of money if the stock price moves in the anticipated direction. The appeal of that type of potential profit—despite the significant risk of profound loss—is likely why so many people treat Tesla like a messianic lottery ticket.</p>\n<p>We could cite all sorts of analyst commentary to supportthe bullish Tesla thesisinto earnings. We could note that some analysts recently increased their target price. We could cite reams ofnegative commentary, too. Frankly, all of it is probably of minimal utility. Musk’s vision of the future, and his command of Tesla’s ecosystem, exists in what is arguably an alternative universe that children understand, even if many adults do not.</p>","source":"lsy1601382232898","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Tesla’s Earnings Report Is Coming. 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How to Play It With Options.\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-01-22 10:30 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.barrons.com/articles/teslas-earnings-report-is-coming-how-to-play-it-with-options-51611226802?mod=hp_LEADSUPP_3><strong>Barrons</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>It’s a sign of these unusual times thatTesla,one of the world’s most controversial stocks, might offer stability to the weary and the wizened.\nThe electric-vehicle maker’s stock (ticker: TSLA) is a ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.barrons.com/articles/teslas-earnings-report-is-coming-how-to-play-it-with-options-51611226802?mod=hp_LEADSUPP_3\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"TSLA":"特斯拉"},"source_url":"https://www.barrons.com/articles/teslas-earnings-report-is-coming-how-to-play-it-with-options-51611226802?mod=hp_LEADSUPP_3","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1192233327","content_text":"It’s a sign of these unusual times thatTesla,one of the world’s most controversial stocks, might offer stability to the weary and the wizened.\nThe electric-vehicle maker’s stock (ticker: TSLA) is a relatively known quantity, and arguably even an aggressively defensive investment, at a time when the old ways of advancing through the stock and option markets on the back of major technology companies may give way to stocks that have been battered bythe Covid-19 pandemic, such as cruise ship operators, airlines, and hotels.\nTesla largely exists in a world of its own making, complete with critics and short sellers who are regularly humbled and abused by the stock’s incredible advance. One might observe that Tesla is in a secular bull market, but such dry descriptions fail to convey the power of the stock. In the past 52 weeks, Tesla has gained 709% (that is not a typo), and shares are up 21% so far this year.\nThe path forward for the stock market may prove to be heavily dependent on whatever fiscal stimulus plan Congress approves. Janet Yellen, the incoming Treasury secretary, essentially said during her congressional testimony thatthe plan was to “act big.”Yet Tesla’s pathway is likely beyond the influence of politicians and bureaucrats.\nAs my young son recently observed,Elon Musk, Tesla’s founder and CEO, is creating the future. Many people agree, and that may explain why Tesla seems immune from the ordinary laws of markets and financial analysis—at least for now.\nThanks tothe flexible qualities of options, it’s possible to calibrate any enthusiasm one might feel toward Tesla to a key event: the release of Tesla’s financial results for the fourth quarter on Jan. 27.\nWith Tesla’s stock trading around $850, investors can sell the January $740 put option that expires Jan. 29 for about $22 and buy the January $900 call option that expires Jan. 29 for about $25. This “risk reversal”—that is, selling a put and buying a call with different strike prices and the same expiration date—costs $3. The strategy obligates investors to buy the stock at $740 and enables participation in gains above $900.\nThe trade’s upside profitability is predicated on Tesla’s stock moving into a new, higher trading range. During the past 52 weeks, the stock has ranged from $70.10 to $884.49. The difference between Tesla’s high and low price is among the widest, if not wildest, in memory. The gap between the prices is like a graveyard for skeptics and a sea of celebration for true believers.\nThe risk is that the stock tumbles, leaving investors on the hook.\nEvery earnings report summons a truth-or-consequences moment for a stock. All of the haters and fans will gather around to make concentrated wagers on the post-earnings direction. They will parse management’s language and discount or hype whatever is said and not said.\nAll that is certain as far Tesla is concerned is that the stock price tends to exhibit extraordinary swings. The ferocity of the movement is, in many ways, a perfect fit for options trading. As we have noted several times, a little bit of money spent in the options market can become a lot of money if the stock price moves in the anticipated direction. The appeal of that type of potential profit—despite the significant risk of profound loss—is likely why so many people treat Tesla like a messianic lottery ticket.\nWe could cite all sorts of analyst commentary to supportthe bullish Tesla thesisinto earnings. We could note that some analysts recently increased their target price. We could cite reams ofnegative commentary, too. Frankly, all of it is probably of minimal utility. Musk’s vision of the future, and his command of Tesla’s ecosystem, exists in what is arguably an alternative universe that children understand, even if many adults do not.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":25,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":310717381,"gmtCreate":1611371581643,"gmtModify":1704860103487,"author":{"id":"3556677981116436","authorId":"3556677981116436","name":"Ryukyo","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/424f15d3cdaa3f821e7de5a9730df660","crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"authorIdStr":"3556677981116436","idStr":"3556677981116436"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"$1000 EOY","listText":"$1000 EOY","text":"$1000 EOY","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/310717381","repostId":"2105461423","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2105461423","weMediaInfo":{"introduction":"Reuters.com brings you the latest news from around the world, covering breaking news in markets, business, politics, entertainment and technology","home_visible":1,"media_name":"Reuters","id":"1036604489","head_image":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/443ce19704621c837795676028cec868"},"pubTimestamp":1611309047,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2105461423?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-01-22 17:50","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Long road for Tesla in India with infrastructure, supply chain woes","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2105461423","media":"Reuters","summary":"NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc is gearing up for an India launch but the U.S. electric carm","content":"<p>NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc is gearing up for an India launch but the U.S. electric carmaker is likely to remain a niche player for years, catering only to the rich and affluent in the world's second-most populous nation.</p>\n<p>India's fledgling electric vehicle <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EV\">$(EV)$</a> market accounted for only 5,000 out of a total 2.4 million cars sold in the country last year. A lack of local production of components and batteries, negligible charging infrastructure and the high cost of EVs mean there have been few takers in the price-conscious market.</p>\n<p>It's also difficult to see how Tesla's sought-after and expensive autonomous driving features will work on India's congested roads.</p>\n<p>Ammar Master, a forecaster at consultancy LMC Automotive, said he expects Tesla to annually sell only 50-100 of its Model 3 electric sedans in India, at least in the first five years.</p>\n<p>\"As a country, India is still not so environmentally conscious to pay that much of a premium,\" Master said.</p>\n<p>\"It always comes down to the price point. There will be some high net-worth individuals like movie stars and top business executives who will look at it for the brand value. But then, how many buyers are there?\"</p>\n<p>The world's most valuable automobile manufacturer registered a local company in India earlier this month, a step towards its entry in the country, expected to be as early as mid-2021.</p>\n<p>Tesla plans to import and sell the Model 3 in India for around $65,000-$75,000 - roughly double the price in the U.S. market, sources familiar with the plans said.</p>\n<p>This means it will compete in India's even smaller luxury EV segment that has recently started seeing interest from the likes of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Daimler's Mercedes Benz.</p>\n<p>The Mercedes Benz EQC, India's first luxury EV launched in October for $136,000, and has since sold 31 units, according to auto researcher JATO Dynamics. British luxury carmarker JLR, owned by India's Tata Motors , plans to launch its I-PACE EV before March. It sells in the United States for around $70,000.</p>\n<p>Although India's road infrastructure has improved in recent years, traffic discipline - like lane driving - is still rudimentary. Auto analysts say that means many of Tesla's features like the automatic lane changing function will be tough to deploy on crowded Indian streets.</p>\n<p>Stray animals, including cattle, and potholes on the road are a further problem.</p>\n<p>\"Most of Tesla's high technology features will be redundant and users will not get the bang for the buck despite paying premium prices\", said Ravi Bhatia, president for India at JATO Dynamics.</p>\n<p><b>LOCAL PRODUCTION</b></p>\n<p>Rohan Patel, a senior public policy executive at Tesla in the United States, is among those leading efforts around its India launch, the sources familiar with the plans said. The EV giant is looking to hire 15-20 people mainly for sales and marketing, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE\">one</a> source said.</p>\n<p>Tesla and Patel did not respond to a request for comment.</p>\n<p>India has some of the world's most polluted cities and wants more clean cars on its roads, but the federal government still does not have a comprehensive policy like China which mandates carmakers to invest in the segment.</p>\n<p>One reason is that auto manufacturers have pushed back saying there is no demand for EVs in India as costs of components like batteries remain high, and push up prices.</p>\n<p>And Tesla CEO Elon Musk has himself expressed concern about India's high import taxes on cars.</p>\n<p>In contrast to India, China sold 1.25 million new energy passenger vehicles, including EVs, in 2020 out of total sales of 20 million.</p>\n<p>Tesla is a major player in China, which last year accounted for more than a third of the carmaker's global sales, according to JATO Dynamics, and where it also has a factory.</p>\n<p>Daniel Ives of U.S.-based Wedbush Securities said however that within 7-8 years, India could account for 5% of Tesla's total sales. The key to success, however, will be local manufacturing, he said.</p>\n<p>\"It is a matter of when, not if, they build out a factory in India,\" said Ives, adding that building out a local supply chain will be a multi-year effort.</p>\n<p>\"India is a potential sweet spot and Tesla does not want to be late to the game.\"</p>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Long road for Tesla in India with infrastructure, supply chain woes</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nLong road for Tesla in India with infrastructure, supply chain woes\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n<a class=\"head\" href=\"https://laohu8.com/wemedia/1036604489\">\n\n\n<div class=\"h-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url(https://static.tigerbbs.com/443ce19704621c837795676028cec868);background-size:cover;\"></div>\n\n<div class=\"h-content\">\n<p class=\"h-name\">Reuters </p>\n<p class=\"h-time\">2021-01-22 17:50</p>\n</div>\n\n</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<p>NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc is gearing up for an India launch but the U.S. electric carmaker is likely to remain a niche player for years, catering only to the rich and affluent in the world's second-most populous nation.</p>\n<p>India's fledgling electric vehicle <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EV\">$(EV)$</a> market accounted for only 5,000 out of a total 2.4 million cars sold in the country last year. A lack of local production of components and batteries, negligible charging infrastructure and the high cost of EVs mean there have been few takers in the price-conscious market.</p>\n<p>It's also difficult to see how Tesla's sought-after and expensive autonomous driving features will work on India's congested roads.</p>\n<p>Ammar Master, a forecaster at consultancy LMC Automotive, said he expects Tesla to annually sell only 50-100 of its Model 3 electric sedans in India, at least in the first five years.</p>\n<p>\"As a country, India is still not so environmentally conscious to pay that much of a premium,\" Master said.</p>\n<p>\"It always comes down to the price point. There will be some high net-worth individuals like movie stars and top business executives who will look at it for the brand value. But then, how many buyers are there?\"</p>\n<p>The world's most valuable automobile manufacturer registered a local company in India earlier this month, a step towards its entry in the country, expected to be as early as mid-2021.</p>\n<p>Tesla plans to import and sell the Model 3 in India for around $65,000-$75,000 - roughly double the price in the U.S. market, sources familiar with the plans said.</p>\n<p>This means it will compete in India's even smaller luxury EV segment that has recently started seeing interest from the likes of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Daimler's Mercedes Benz.</p>\n<p>The Mercedes Benz EQC, India's first luxury EV launched in October for $136,000, and has since sold 31 units, according to auto researcher JATO Dynamics. British luxury carmarker JLR, owned by India's Tata Motors , plans to launch its I-PACE EV before March. It sells in the United States for around $70,000.</p>\n<p>Although India's road infrastructure has improved in recent years, traffic discipline - like lane driving - is still rudimentary. Auto analysts say that means many of Tesla's features like the automatic lane changing function will be tough to deploy on crowded Indian streets.</p>\n<p>Stray animals, including cattle, and potholes on the road are a further problem.</p>\n<p>\"Most of Tesla's high technology features will be redundant and users will not get the bang for the buck despite paying premium prices\", said Ravi Bhatia, president for India at JATO Dynamics.</p>\n<p><b>LOCAL PRODUCTION</b></p>\n<p>Rohan Patel, a senior public policy executive at Tesla in the United States, is among those leading efforts around its India launch, the sources familiar with the plans said. The EV giant is looking to hire 15-20 people mainly for sales and marketing, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE\">one</a> source said.</p>\n<p>Tesla and Patel did not respond to a request for comment.</p>\n<p>India has some of the world's most polluted cities and wants more clean cars on its roads, but the federal government still does not have a comprehensive policy like China which mandates carmakers to invest in the segment.</p>\n<p>One reason is that auto manufacturers have pushed back saying there is no demand for EVs in India as costs of components like batteries remain high, and push up prices.</p>\n<p>And Tesla CEO Elon Musk has himself expressed concern about India's high import taxes on cars.</p>\n<p>In contrast to India, China sold 1.25 million new energy passenger vehicles, including EVs, in 2020 out of total sales of 20 million.</p>\n<p>Tesla is a major player in China, which last year accounted for more than a third of the carmaker's global sales, according to JATO Dynamics, and where it also has a factory.</p>\n<p>Daniel Ives of U.S.-based Wedbush Securities said however that within 7-8 years, India could account for 5% of Tesla's total sales. The key to success, however, will be local manufacturing, he said.</p>\n<p>\"It is a matter of when, not if, they build out a factory in India,\" said Ives, adding that building out a local supply chain will be a multi-year effort.</p>\n<p>\"India is a potential sweet spot and Tesla does not want to be late to the game.\"</p>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"TSLA":"特斯拉"},"is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2105461423","content_text":"NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc is gearing up for an India launch but the U.S. electric carmaker is likely to remain a niche player for years, catering only to the rich and affluent in the world's second-most populous nation.\nIndia's fledgling electric vehicle $(EV)$ market accounted for only 5,000 out of a total 2.4 million cars sold in the country last year. A lack of local production of components and batteries, negligible charging infrastructure and the high cost of EVs mean there have been few takers in the price-conscious market.\nIt's also difficult to see how Tesla's sought-after and expensive autonomous driving features will work on India's congested roads.\nAmmar Master, a forecaster at consultancy LMC Automotive, said he expects Tesla to annually sell only 50-100 of its Model 3 electric sedans in India, at least in the first five years.\n\"As a country, India is still not so environmentally conscious to pay that much of a premium,\" Master said.\n\"It always comes down to the price point. There will be some high net-worth individuals like movie stars and top business executives who will look at it for the brand value. But then, how many buyers are there?\"\nThe world's most valuable automobile manufacturer registered a local company in India earlier this month, a step towards its entry in the country, expected to be as early as mid-2021.\nTesla plans to import and sell the Model 3 in India for around $65,000-$75,000 - roughly double the price in the U.S. market, sources familiar with the plans said.\nThis means it will compete in India's even smaller luxury EV segment that has recently started seeing interest from the likes of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Daimler's Mercedes Benz.\nThe Mercedes Benz EQC, India's first luxury EV launched in October for $136,000, and has since sold 31 units, according to auto researcher JATO Dynamics. British luxury carmarker JLR, owned by India's Tata Motors , plans to launch its I-PACE EV before March. It sells in the United States for around $70,000.\nAlthough India's road infrastructure has improved in recent years, traffic discipline - like lane driving - is still rudimentary. Auto analysts say that means many of Tesla's features like the automatic lane changing function will be tough to deploy on crowded Indian streets.\nStray animals, including cattle, and potholes on the road are a further problem.\n\"Most of Tesla's high technology features will be redundant and users will not get the bang for the buck despite paying premium prices\", said Ravi Bhatia, president for India at JATO Dynamics.\nLOCAL PRODUCTION\nRohan Patel, a senior public policy executive at Tesla in the United States, is among those leading efforts around its India launch, the sources familiar with the plans said. The EV giant is looking to hire 15-20 people mainly for sales and marketing, one source said.\nTesla and Patel did not respond to a request for comment.\nIndia has some of the world's most polluted cities and wants more clean cars on its roads, but the federal government still does not have a comprehensive policy like China which mandates carmakers to invest in the segment.\nOne reason is that auto manufacturers have pushed back saying there is no demand for EVs in India as costs of components like batteries remain high, and push up prices.\nAnd Tesla CEO Elon Musk has himself expressed concern about India's high import taxes on cars.\nIn contrast to India, China sold 1.25 million new energy passenger vehicles, including EVs, in 2020 out of total sales of 20 million.\nTesla is a major player in China, which last year accounted for more than a third of the carmaker's global sales, according to JATO Dynamics, and where it also has a factory.\nDaniel Ives of U.S.-based Wedbush Securities said however that within 7-8 years, India could account for 5% of Tesla's total sales. The key to success, however, will be local manufacturing, he said.\n\"It is a matter of when, not if, they build out a factory in India,\" said Ives, adding that building out a local supply chain will be a multi-year effort.\n\"India is a potential sweet spot and Tesla does not want to be late to the game.\"","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":15,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":310714555,"gmtCreate":1611371541177,"gmtModify":1704860103162,"author":{"id":"3556677981116436","authorId":"3556677981116436","name":"Ryukyo","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/424f15d3cdaa3f821e7de5a9730df660","crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"authorIdStr":"3556677981116436","idStr":"3556677981116436"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Go go apple ev car","listText":"Go go apple ev car","text":"Go go apple ev car","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/310714555","repostId":"1106179554","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1106179554","pubTimestamp":1611309447,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1106179554?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-01-22 17:57","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple Could Show Dramatic Fall In iPhone 12 Margins","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1106179554","media":"seekingalpha","summary":"Summary\n\nThe bill of materials for the latest iPhones has increased significantly due to 5G feature ","content":"<p><b>Summary</b></p>\n<ul>\n <li>The bill of materials for the latest iPhones has increased significantly due to 5G feature and a better screen.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n <li>Even if there is growth in unit iPhone sales within this cycle, the overall margins for the iPhone segment would be negatively impacted by higher bill of materials.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n <li>Apple needs to show its capacity for EPS growth in order to sustain the current bullish momentum in the stock.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n <li>A significant drop in iPhones margin can bring down the overall operating margin and could also lead to a drop in EPS hurting the stock sentiment.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Apple(NASDAQ:AAPL)will face margin pressures due to the higher production cost of new iPhones. The iPhone bill of material or BoM has increased massively due to the 5G feature and better screens. This would end up hurting the margins. The buyback pacewill also fallas the company reaches a neutral cash position. Together, these two factors can negatively impact EPS in the next few quarters.</p>\n<p>According to Counterpoint Research,the bill of materialsfor iPhone 12 is 21% higher than iPhone 11. A shift from LCD to OLED ended by costing $23 more. 5G modem and RF system led to an increase in the cost by $34. Both these items are intrinsic to the iPhone 12’s attraction but the margins on iPhone 12 will be much lower than iPhone 11 due to these features. The iPhone segment still contributes over 50% of the revenue to Apple and a big drop in margins in this segment will have a negative impact on the overall margins and EPS over the next few quarters. Investors should closely look at the margin trajectory reported by the company over the next few quarters.</p>\n<p><b>Importance of Bill of Materials</b></p>\n<p>The flagship iPhones are not only expensive to buy, but they are also expensive to build. The bill of materials for iPhones has always been quite high due to higher-end components. The BoM does not count the R&amp;D expense and marketing costs that Apple has to bear.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f5eb120e231572c55de63b9fd8f40ce5\" tg-width=\"822\" tg-height=\"404\"><span>Figure 1: Features in iPhone 12 which led to cost increase and savings over iPhone 11. Source. Counterpoint Research</span></p>\n<p>We can clearly see three big red bars in the above chart. They show the reasons for BoM increase in iPhone 12 compared to iPhone 11. The display system, RF components for 5G, and better A14 bionic chip led to a massive BoM increase in iPhone 12. After counting all the cost increases and savings, the BoM of the iPhone 12 increased by $72.5 according to this research note. This is a massive jump of 21% in BoM for iPhone 12 compared to iPhone 11.</p>\n<p><b>Impact on Margins</b></p>\n<p>Apple has moved to a major revision once in three years. After iPhone X made a significant change in design in 2017, Apple was looking forward to a big change in 2020. This has been brought about by 5G features which are available on all flagship iPhones. However, this feature along with OLED screen has led to a big jump in BoM and the retail price increase has not kept up with the BoM growth. Compared to iPhone 11 which had a retail price of $699 with contract, iPhone 12 has a retail price of $799 with contract. This is a price growth of 14.2% which is lower than the growth in BoM.</p>\n<p>In addition to BoM, Apple’s R&amp;D expense has been increasing which is due to higher design costs for the latest chips. Theincreasing competition with other tech giantsis also forcing Apple to invest heavily in R&amp;D compared to a decade back.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/95bcae5f57407febfd836a95f97026bd\" tg-width=\"1073\" tg-height=\"551\"><span>Figure 2: Apple's R&amp;D to Revenue expense has increased continuously over the past few years, squeezing the margins.</span></p>\n<p>This trend will have a significant negative impact on the operating margin for Apple. The company’s operating margin has been declining for the past 20 quarters. With the recent jump in valuation multiple, a big drop in margins and EPS can bring about a correction in the stock.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b5600e70d2db88a215f8932bbbf00fb8\" tg-width=\"1077\" tg-height=\"551\"><span>Figure 3: Price growth in Apple stock has mostly been on the back of higher PE valuation instead of fundamental metrics like EPS.</span></p>\n<p>We can see in the above chart that Apple’s operating margin has been declining over the past three years. The growth in EPS has mostly been supported by a fall in outstanding shares due to massive buybacks. The net cash position of Apple is down to $79 billion. If the company continues to run a buyback program of $20 billion per quarter, the net cash position will fall rapidly in the near term.</p>\n<p>At the same time, Apple’s PE ratio has increased by over 120% compared to three years ago. Currently, Apple’s PE ratio is over 40 which is the highest level it had been since the Great Recession.</p>\n<p>iPhone 12 Pricing and Impact on Unit ShipmentsApple has increased the price of iPhone 12 to $799 with a contract. This is a 14.2% increase from iPhone 11 pricing. On the other hand, the BoM has increased by 21%. Apple has also increased its research expenses for building its own chips. Hence, we should ideally have seen a higher jump in retail price compared to BoM in order to maintain the margins. However, the inverse has happened where BoM has increased at a faster pace compared to the retail price. One of the reasons could be the more aggressive pricing by competitors like Google's Pixel.</p>\n<p>Apple does not provide unit shipment figures and so we have to depend on third-party estimates.According to estimatesby Cinda Securities, the unit shipments for recent iPhones will be in the range of 230 million to 240 million. If this is true, it will be higher than iPhone 6 unit shipments of 222.4 million. According toanother model created by Cowen, iPhone shipments for 2020 stood at 193 million, down by 3% year-on-year while shipments for the calendar year 2021 will be 215 million.</p>\n<p>With the latest pricing, Apple should certainly get a tailwind in terms of higher unit sales. However, the margins on each iPhone could dip significantly because of the rapid jump in BoM. Hence, even a 5-7% jump in unit shipments in 2021 will not be able to make up for the decline in margins due to higher BoM.</p>\n<p><b>Can We See a Correction in the Stock?</b></p>\n<p>This is a trillion-dollar question in front of investors and Wall Street. Will Apple move to a market cap of $3 trillion as predicted byanalysts like Gene Munsteror will we see a correction to $1 trillion. Most of the price growth in Apple stock in 2020 was supported by a PE jump. This is unlike other tech majors like Amazon (AMZN) and Facebook (FB) who have shown a bull run in the stock price but have also delivered good growth in fundamental metrics of revenue and EPS.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f8fe5668a43f7874f4c2a823628a46bd\" tg-width=\"1077\" tg-height=\"559\"><span>Fig: Comparison of Price change, PE ratio, EPS, and revenue between Apple, Amazon, and Facebook in 2020. Apple's stock growth was supported by only a higher PE ratio while Amazon and FB reported trailing twelve-month EPS growth of 48% and 36% respectively.</span></p>\n<p>It is highly unlikely that Apple’s current valuation will be supported even if the EPS starts to fall. We should also see the pandemic being brought under control in the next few months as vaccination levels increase. Apple will not be able to gain a big tailwind due to buybacks as it is nearing the neutral cash position and with the current market cap the buybacks will not have a significant impact on the outstanding shares.</p>\n<p>Given this situation, the massive jump in iPhone BoM becomes very important. A significant negative dip in iPhone margins will pull down the overall margins and EPS for the company. This will certainly hurt the sentiments around Apple stock and make it difficult for the company to sustain the current valuation levels.</p>\n<p><b>Investor Takeaway</b></p>\n<p>The latest iPhone cycle has seen a big jump in the bill of materials. New features like 5G, better chips, and expensive screens have increased the BoM of iPhones by 21% compared to iPhone 11. This increase in bill of materials will be a major headwind for Apple’s margins in the next few quarters. Even if the company is able to improve its unit shipments and revenue, we could see a dip in margins and even EPS.</p>\n<p>Apple stock is trading at over 40 times its PE ratio, which is the highest valuation multiple it has seen in over a decade. Any negative EPS or margin numbers could reduce the bullish sentiment towards the stock and push the stock into correction territory. Investors need to weigh this aspect carefully before jumping into the stock at the current valuation level.</p>","source":"seekingalpha","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple Could Show Dramatic Fall In iPhone 12 Margins</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple Could Show Dramatic Fall In iPhone 12 Margins\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-01-22 17:57 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4400322-apple-show-dramatic-fall-in-iphone-12-margins><strong>seekingalpha</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Summary\n\nThe bill of materials for the latest iPhones has increased significantly due to 5G feature and a better screen.\n\n\nEven if there is growth in unit iPhone sales within this cycle, the overall ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4400322-apple-show-dramatic-fall-in-iphone-12-margins\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4400322-apple-show-dramatic-fall-in-iphone-12-margins","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/5a36db9d73b4222bc376d24ccc48c8a4","article_id":"1106179554","content_text":"Summary\n\nThe bill of materials for the latest iPhones has increased significantly due to 5G feature and a better screen.\n\n\nEven if there is growth in unit iPhone sales within this cycle, the overall margins for the iPhone segment would be negatively impacted by higher bill of materials.\n\n\nApple needs to show its capacity for EPS growth in order to sustain the current bullish momentum in the stock.\n\n\nA significant drop in iPhones margin can bring down the overall operating margin and could also lead to a drop in EPS hurting the stock sentiment.\n\nApple(NASDAQ:AAPL)will face margin pressures due to the higher production cost of new iPhones. The iPhone bill of material or BoM has increased massively due to the 5G feature and better screens. This would end up hurting the margins. The buyback pacewill also fallas the company reaches a neutral cash position. Together, these two factors can negatively impact EPS in the next few quarters.\nAccording to Counterpoint Research,the bill of materialsfor iPhone 12 is 21% higher than iPhone 11. A shift from LCD to OLED ended by costing $23 more. 5G modem and RF system led to an increase in the cost by $34. Both these items are intrinsic to the iPhone 12’s attraction but the margins on iPhone 12 will be much lower than iPhone 11 due to these features. The iPhone segment still contributes over 50% of the revenue to Apple and a big drop in margins in this segment will have a negative impact on the overall margins and EPS over the next few quarters. Investors should closely look at the margin trajectory reported by the company over the next few quarters.\nImportance of Bill of Materials\nThe flagship iPhones are not only expensive to buy, but they are also expensive to build. The bill of materials for iPhones has always been quite high due to higher-end components. The BoM does not count the R&D expense and marketing costs that Apple has to bear.\nFigure 1: Features in iPhone 12 which led to cost increase and savings over iPhone 11. Source. Counterpoint Research\nWe can clearly see three big red bars in the above chart. They show the reasons for BoM increase in iPhone 12 compared to iPhone 11. The display system, RF components for 5G, and better A14 bionic chip led to a massive BoM increase in iPhone 12. After counting all the cost increases and savings, the BoM of the iPhone 12 increased by $72.5 according to this research note. This is a massive jump of 21% in BoM for iPhone 12 compared to iPhone 11.\nImpact on Margins\nApple has moved to a major revision once in three years. After iPhone X made a significant change in design in 2017, Apple was looking forward to a big change in 2020. This has been brought about by 5G features which are available on all flagship iPhones. However, this feature along with OLED screen has led to a big jump in BoM and the retail price increase has not kept up with the BoM growth. Compared to iPhone 11 which had a retail price of $699 with contract, iPhone 12 has a retail price of $799 with contract. This is a price growth of 14.2% which is lower than the growth in BoM.\nIn addition to BoM, Apple’s R&D expense has been increasing which is due to higher design costs for the latest chips. Theincreasing competition with other tech giantsis also forcing Apple to invest heavily in R&D compared to a decade back.\nFigure 2: Apple's R&D to Revenue expense has increased continuously over the past few years, squeezing the margins.\nThis trend will have a significant negative impact on the operating margin for Apple. The company’s operating margin has been declining for the past 20 quarters. With the recent jump in valuation multiple, a big drop in margins and EPS can bring about a correction in the stock.\nFigure 3: Price growth in Apple stock has mostly been on the back of higher PE valuation instead of fundamental metrics like EPS.\nWe can see in the above chart that Apple’s operating margin has been declining over the past three years. The growth in EPS has mostly been supported by a fall in outstanding shares due to massive buybacks. The net cash position of Apple is down to $79 billion. If the company continues to run a buyback program of $20 billion per quarter, the net cash position will fall rapidly in the near term.\nAt the same time, Apple’s PE ratio has increased by over 120% compared to three years ago. Currently, Apple’s PE ratio is over 40 which is the highest level it had been since the Great Recession.\niPhone 12 Pricing and Impact on Unit ShipmentsApple has increased the price of iPhone 12 to $799 with a contract. This is a 14.2% increase from iPhone 11 pricing. On the other hand, the BoM has increased by 21%. Apple has also increased its research expenses for building its own chips. Hence, we should ideally have seen a higher jump in retail price compared to BoM in order to maintain the margins. However, the inverse has happened where BoM has increased at a faster pace compared to the retail price. One of the reasons could be the more aggressive pricing by competitors like Google's Pixel.\nApple does not provide unit shipment figures and so we have to depend on third-party estimates.According to estimatesby Cinda Securities, the unit shipments for recent iPhones will be in the range of 230 million to 240 million. If this is true, it will be higher than iPhone 6 unit shipments of 222.4 million. According toanother model created by Cowen, iPhone shipments for 2020 stood at 193 million, down by 3% year-on-year while shipments for the calendar year 2021 will be 215 million.\nWith the latest pricing, Apple should certainly get a tailwind in terms of higher unit sales. However, the margins on each iPhone could dip significantly because of the rapid jump in BoM. Hence, even a 5-7% jump in unit shipments in 2021 will not be able to make up for the decline in margins due to higher BoM.\nCan We See a Correction in the Stock?\nThis is a trillion-dollar question in front of investors and Wall Street. Will Apple move to a market cap of $3 trillion as predicted byanalysts like Gene Munsteror will we see a correction to $1 trillion. Most of the price growth in Apple stock in 2020 was supported by a PE jump. This is unlike other tech majors like Amazon (AMZN) and Facebook (FB) who have shown a bull run in the stock price but have also delivered good growth in fundamental metrics of revenue and EPS.\nFig: Comparison of Price change, PE ratio, EPS, and revenue between Apple, Amazon, and Facebook in 2020. Apple's stock growth was supported by only a higher PE ratio while Amazon and FB reported trailing twelve-month EPS growth of 48% and 36% respectively.\nIt is highly unlikely that Apple’s current valuation will be supported even if the EPS starts to fall. We should also see the pandemic being brought under control in the next few months as vaccination levels increase. Apple will not be able to gain a big tailwind due to buybacks as it is nearing the neutral cash position and with the current market cap the buybacks will not have a significant impact on the outstanding shares.\nGiven this situation, the massive jump in iPhone BoM becomes very important. A significant negative dip in iPhone margins will pull down the overall margins and EPS for the company. This will certainly hurt the sentiments around Apple stock and make it difficult for the company to sustain the current valuation levels.\nInvestor Takeaway\nThe latest iPhone cycle has seen a big jump in the bill of materials. New features like 5G, better chips, and expensive screens have increased the BoM of iPhones by 21% compared to iPhone 11. This increase in bill of materials will be a major headwind for Apple’s margins in the next few quarters. Even if the company is able to improve its unit shipments and revenue, we could see a dip in margins and even EPS.\nApple stock is trading at over 40 times its PE ratio, which is the highest valuation multiple it has seen in over a decade. Any negative EPS or margin numbers could reduce the bullish sentiment towards the stock and push the stock into correction territory. Investors need to weigh this aspect carefully before jumping into the stock at the current valuation level.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":3,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":310649554,"gmtCreate":1611326779578,"gmtModify":1704859625316,"author":{"id":"3556677981116436","authorId":"3556677981116436","name":"Ryukyo","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/424f15d3cdaa3f821e7de5a9730df660","crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"authorIdStr":"3556677981116436","idStr":"3556677981116436"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Huat","listText":"Huat","text":"Huat","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/310649554","repostId":"2105593894","repostType":4,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":21,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"lives":[]}