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Meta: Which Is More Attractive?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1121656018","media":"Seeking Alpha","summary":"SummaryBoth Alphabet and Meta currently have an attractive valuation: while Alphabet has a P/E [FWD]","content":"<html><head></head><body><h2>Summary</h2><ul><li>Both Alphabet and Meta currently have an attractive valuation: while Alphabet has a P/E [FWD] Ratio of 19.05, Meta’s is even lower at 14.30.</li><li>Alphabet has a higher brand value, a higher cash position and a stronger credit rating than Meta.</li><li>However, Meta has a higher EBIT margin and shows a higher free cash flow yield.</li><li>In this comparative analysis, I will show you which of the two companies I would pick if I could only choose one.</li></ul><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/83986253810705267bbca929658b8dce\" tg-width=\"750\" tg-height=\"500\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>JHVEPhoto</p><h2><b>Investment Thesis</b></h2><ul><li>In this comparative analysis on Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Meta (NASDAQ:META), I come to the conclusion that I would select Alphabet over Meta if I could only invest in one of the two companies.</li><li>Alphabet has ahigher brand value than Meta ($263,425M compared to Facebook&#39;s brand value of $101,201M as according to Brand Finance), a higher cash position ($124,997M in Total Cash &amp; ST Investments compared to $40,489M) and a stronger credit rating by Moody&#39;s (Aa2 compared to A1).</li><li>I see an investment in Alphabet as being less risky, particularly due to the fact its business is less dependent on advertising than Meta&#39;s.</li><li>I currently rate Meta as a buy and Alphabet as a strong buy. I consider Alphabet to be even more attractive when it comes to risk and reward.</li><li>My investment thesis is underlined by the results of theHQC Scorecardin which Alphabet scores 91/100 while Meta scores 80/100. Furthermore, it is supported by the results of the Seeking Alpha Quant Ranking, in which Alphabet is ranked 2nd within the Interactive Media and Services Industry while Meta is ranked 14th (both out of 61).</li><li>At the current stock prices, I expect a compound annual rate of return of about 18% for Alphabet and one of 16% for Meta. Both are based on the calculations of my DCF Models.</li></ul><h2><b>The Competitive Positions of Alphabet and Meta</b></h2><p>For both Alphabet and Meta I see the enormous amount of data and their ability to analyse and use this data as strong competitive advantages over their rivals in the Interactive Media and Services Industry. In addition to that, both companies are among the top 10 of the world&#39;s most valuable brands: according toBrand Finance, Google is ranked 3rd with a brand value of $263,425M and Facebook is ranked 7th with a brand value of $101,201M.</p><p>Both Alphabet and Meta have a proven ability of successfully integrating new businesses into their companies. One of Alphabet&#39;s most successful acquisitions was YouTube, for which the company paid $1.65 billion back in 2006. Meta acquired Instagram for$1.0 billionin 2012 and WhatsApp for$19 billionin 2014.</p><p>The enormous financial strength of Alphabet and Meta provide them with another significant competitive advantage: while Alphabet has $124,997M in Total Cash &amp; ST Investments at this moment in time, Meta currently disposes of $40,489M. Having a high amount of cash puts both companies in a position to make large acquisitions in order to ensure further future growth. This financial strength is also backed up by a Moody&#39;s credit rating of Aa2 for Alphabet and A1 for Meta.</p><p>Both Alphabet and Meta have strong competitive advantages. However, I would like to summarize that Alphabet is slightly ahead of Meta when it comes to brand value (Alphabet has a brand value of $263,425M while the one of Facebook is $101,201M) and when considering financial strength (Alphabet has a higher cash position and a stronger credit rating by Moody&#39;s). This supports my investment thesis to prefer Alphabet over Meta.</p><h2><b>The Valuation of Alphabet and Meta</b></h2><p><b>Discounted Cash Flow [DCF]-Model</b></p><p>In terms of valuation, I have used the DCF Model to determine the intrinsic value of Alphabet and Meta. The method calculates a fair value of $141.71 for Alphabet and $190.02 for Meta. At the current stock prices, this gives Alphabet an upside of 42.90% and Meta an upside of 35.30%.</p><p>My calculations are based on the following assumptions as presented below (in $ millions except per share items):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Alphabet</b></p></td><td><p><b>Meta</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Company Ticker</p></td><td><p>GOOG</p></td><td><p>META</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Revenue Growth Rate for the next 5 years</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EBIT Growth Rate for the next 5 years</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Rate</p></td><td><p>15.7%</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Discount Rate [WACC]</p></td><td><p>7.75%</p></td><td><p>7.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perpetual Growth Rate</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EV/EBITDA Multiple</p></td><td><p>12x</p></td><td><p>7.2x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Current Price/Share</p></td><td><p>$99.17</p></td><td><p>$140.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shares Outstanding</p></td><td><p>13,044</p></td><td><p>2,688</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Debt</p></td><td><p>$28,810</p></td><td><p>$16,679</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cash</p></td><td><p>$17,936</p></td><td><p>$12,681</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capex</p></td><td><p>$29,816</p></td><td><p>$32,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: The Author</p><p>Based on the above, I calculated the following results:</p><p><b>Market Value vs. Intrinsic Value</b></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Alphabet</b></p></td><td><p><b>Meta</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Market Value</p></td><td><p>$99.17</p></td><td><p>$140.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Upside</p></td><td><p>42.90%</p></td><td><p>35.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intrinsic Value</p></td><td><p>$141.71</p></td><td><p>$190.02</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: The Author</p><p><b>Internal Rate of Return for Alphabet</b></p><p>TheInternal Rate of Return[IRR] is defined as the expected compound annual rate of return earned on an investment. Below you can find the Internal Rate of Return as according to my DCF Model (when assuming different purchase prices for the Alphabet stock).</p><p>At Alphabet&#39;s current stock price of $99.17, my DCF Model indicates an Internal Rate of Return of approximately 18% for the company (while assuming a Revenue and EBIT Growth Rate of 8% for the next 5 years and a Perpetual Growth Rate of 4% afterwards). (In bold you can see the Internal Rate of Return for Alphabet&#39;s current stock price of $99.17.) Please note that the Internal Rates of Return below are a result of the calculations of my DCF Model and changing its assumptions could result in different results.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Purchase Price</b></p><p><b>of the Alphabet Stock</b></p></td><td><p><b>Internal Rate of Return</b></p><p><b>as according to my DCF Model</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$75.00</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$80.00</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$85.00</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$90.00</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$95.00</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>$99.17</b></p></td><td><p><b>18%</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$100.00</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$105.00</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$110.00</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$115.00</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$120.00</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$125.00</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: The Author</p><p><b>Internal Rate of Return for Meta</b></p><p>At Meta&#39;s current stock price of $140.41, my DCF Model indicates an Internal Rate of Return of approximately 16% for the company (while assuming a Revenue and EBIT Growth Rate of 5% for the next 5 years and a Perpetual Growth Rate of 3% afterwards). (In bold you can see the Internal Rate of Return for Meta&#39;s current stock price of $140.41.)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Purchase Price</b></p><p><b>of the Meta Stock</b></p></td><td><p><b>Internal Rate of Return</b></p><p><b>as according to my DCF Model</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$120.00</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$125.00</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$130.00</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$135.00</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$140.00</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>$140.41</b></p></td><td><p><b>16%</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$145.00</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$150.00</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$155.00</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$160.00</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$165.00</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$170.00</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: The Author</p><p><b>Relative Valuation ModelsTheP/E [FWD] Ratio for Alphabet and Meta</b></p><p>Alphabet&#39;s P/E [FWD] Ratio is currently 19.05, which is 31.55% below its 5 Year Average (27.84), providing us with an indicator that the company is currently undervalued.</p><p>Meta&#39;s current P/E [FWD] Ratio is 14.30, which is 42.78% below its 5 Year Average of 24.99, indicating that Meta is also currently undervalued.</p><h2><b>Fundamentals: Alphabet vs. Meta</b></h2><p>Alphabet&#39;s market capitalization is currently $1.29T, more than three times higher than the one of its competitor Meta ($377.36B). Meta currently has a slightly lower P/E [FWD] Ratio of 14.30 when compared to Alphabet (19.05).</p><p>Although Meta&#39;s EBIT Margin (33.41% compared to Alphabet&#39;s 29.65%) and Free Cash Flow Yield [TTM] (9.27% compared to 4.97%) are higher, the following contributes to the fact that I would select Alphabet if I had to choose one of the two companies from the Interactive Media and Services Industry:</p><p>Alphabet&#39;s ROE of 29.22% is higher than Meta&#39;s (25.48%), which implies that Alphabet is even more efficient in converting its equity financing into profits.</p><p>Alphabet&#39;s Average EBIT Growth Rate [CAGR] over the last three years of 33.92% is also higher than that of Meta (with an EBIT Growth Rate [CAGR] of 22.80% in the same period of time).</p><p>In addition to that, Alphabet&#39;s EPS Growth Rate Diluted [FWD] of 27.01% is higher than the one of Meta (3.12%), indicating that Alphabet is growing its profitability with a higher rate.</p><p>Additionally, Alphabet&#39;s Free Cash Flow Per Share Growth Rate [FWD] of 24.39% is significantly superior to Meta&#39;s (4.23%), demonstrating that Alphabet&#39;s potential to produce cash and profits is growing faster than its rival&#39;s.</p><p>This analysis of the companies&#39; fundamentals strengthens my investment thesis that Alphabet is currently the more attractive of the two. Below you can find an overview of selected financial data for both Alphabet and Meta.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Alphabet</b></p></td><td><p><b>Meta</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>General Information</b></p></td><td><p>Ticker</p></td><td><p>GOOG</p></td><td><p>META</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sector</p></td><td><p>Communication Services</p></td><td><p>Communication Services</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Industry</p></td><td><p>Interactive Media and Services</p></td><td><p>Interactive Media and Services</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Market Cap</p></td><td><p>1.29T</p></td><td><p>377.36B</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Profitability</b></p></td><td><p>EBIT Margin</p></td><td><p>29.65%</p></td><td><p>33.41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROE</p></td><td><p>29.22%</p></td><td><p>25.48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Valuation</b></p></td><td><p>P/E GAAP [FWD]</p></td><td><p>19.05</p></td><td><p>14.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>P/E GAAP [TTM]</p></td><td><p>18.36</p></td><td><p>11.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Growth</b></p></td><td><p>Revenue Growth 3 Year [CAGR]</p></td><td><p>23.32%</p></td><td><p>24.02%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Revenue Growth 5 Year [CAGR]</p></td><td><p>22.88%</p></td><td><p>29.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EBIT Growth 3 Year [CAGR]</p></td><td><p>33.92%</p></td><td><p>22.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EPS Growth Diluted [FWD]</p></td><td><p>27.01%</p></td><td><p>3.12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Free Cash Flow</b></p></td><td><p>Free Cash Flow Yield [TTM]</p></td><td><p>4.97%</p></td><td><p>9.27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free Cash Flow Per Share Growth Rate [FWD]</p></td><td><p>24.39%</p></td><td><p>4.23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Dividends</b></p></td><td><p>Dividend Yield [FWD]</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dividend Growth 3 Yr [CAGR]</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dividend Growth 5 Yr [CAGR]</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consecutive Years of Dividend Growth</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dividend Frequency</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Income Statement</b></p></td><td><p>Revenue</p></td><td><p>278.14B</p></td><td><p>119.41B</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EBITDA</p></td><td><p>96.89B</p></td><td><p>48.03B</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Balance Sheet</b></p></td><td><p>Total Debt to Equity Ratio</p></td><td><p>11.28%</p></td><td><p>13.26%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Seeking Alpha</p><h2><b>The High-Quality Company [HQC] Scorecard</b></h2><p>&#34;The aim of the HQC Scorecard that I have developed is to help investors identify companies which are attractive long-term investments in terms of risk and reward.&#34; Here you can find adetailed descriptionof how the HQC Scorecard works.</p><p><b>Overview of the Items on the HQC Scorecard</b></p><p>&#34;In the graphic below, you can find the individual items and weighting for each category of theHQC Scorecard. A score between 0 and 5 is given (with 0 being the lowest rating and 5 the highest) for each item on the Scorecard. Furthermore, you can see the conditions that must be met for each point of every rated item.&#34;</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/faeb3c51917ef152ddf3a5712155e673\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"402\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>Source: The Author</p><p><b>Alphabet and Meta According to the HQC Scorecard</b><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/af2bd93cd88da9505eea2a2524677ae1\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"366\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>Source: The Author</p><p>Although both companies are rated as very attractive as according to the HQC Scorecard, Alphabet&#39;s overall score (91/100) is slightly higher than the one of Meta (80/100).</p><p>In the category of Economic Moat, Alphabet scores 93/100 points while Meta only reaches 57/100.</p><p>In terms of Financial Strength, both are rated as very attractive. These strong results are a consequence of both companies having a low Total Debt to Equity Ratio, as well as a high Current Ratio (Alphabet&#39;s is 2.81 and Meta&#39;s is 2.52), Quick Ratio (2.62 and 2.34) and Cash Ratio (2.0 and 1.8).</p><p>In the category of Profitability, both companies are rated with 100/100 points, a result of having high EBIT Margins (Alphabet&#39;s is 29.65% and Meta&#39;s is 33.41%) and high ROE&#39;s (29.22% and 25.48%).</p><p>For Valuation, Alphabet receives 80/100 while Meta gets 92/100. Meta&#39;s higher scoring in this category is a consequence of its even lower P/E [FWD] Ratio of 14.30 as compared to Alphabet&#39;s 19.05.</p><p>For Growth, Alphabet receives 88/100 and Meta gets 76/100.</p><p>For Expected Return, both receive 100/100 points, this is mostly due to the high Expected Internal Rate of Return for the companies as according to my DCF Model.</p><p>Alphabet&#39;s higher overall rating (91/100) as according to the HQC Scorecard, strengthens my opinion of choosing the company over Meta at this moment in time.</p><p><b>Alphabet and Meta According to the Seeking Alpha Quant Factor Grades</b></p><p>When taking into consideration the Seeking Alpha Quant Factor Grades, we can see that Meta is rated slightly better in terms of Valuation (with a C-) as compared to Alphabet (D rating). In terms of Growth, however, Alphabet (C- rating) is better rated than Meta (D- rating). For Profitability, both companies receive an A+ rating. For Momentum, Alphabet is more appealing (C+) than Meta (C rating).</p><p>Alphabet&#39;s better rating in terms of Growth and Momentum once again underlines my investment thesis.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/78786f44287999703b96d424cf579307\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"266\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>Source: Seeking Alpha</p><h2><b>Alphabet and Meta According to the Seeking Alpha Quant Ranking</b></h2><p>My investment thesis is also underlined by the results of the Seeking Alpha Quant Ranking where Alphabet is ranked significantly better than Meta: while Alphabet is 2nd in the Interactive Media and Services Industry, Meta is ranked 14th (both out of 61). Within the Communication Services Sector, Alphabet is currently ranked 7th and Meta is in 52nd place (both out of 247). The Seeking Alpha Quant Ranking reinforces my opinion to select Alphabet over Meta.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/dc9089ef15c1e03dcf81b8420660782c\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"181\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>Source: Seeking Alpha</p><h2><b>Alphabet and Meta According to the Seeking Alpha Authors Rating and Wall Street Analysts Rating</b></h2><p>As according to the Seeking Alpha Quant Rating, Alphabet is currently a strong buy and Meta a hold. The Seeking Alpha Authors rate both companies as a buy while the Wall Street Analysts rate Alphabet as a strong buy and Meta as a buy.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0183857b361e5803d79ef3e2d9f66812\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"175\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/></p><p>Source: Seeking Alpha</p><h2><b>Risks</b></h2><p>One of the main risk factors I see for both Alphabet and Meta is the fact that the largest portion of the companies&#39; business results depend on advertising.</p><p>When taking a closer look at Alphabet, it can be highlighted that80%of the company&#39;s revenue is generated by its business unit Google Advertising. However, Alphabet&#39;s other business units are becoming more and more important (in 2Q22, Google Cloud accounted for 9% of Alphabet&#39;s total revenue while it was only 7.5% in the same quarter of the year before).</p><p>While having a deeper look into Meta&#39;s business, we find that its dependency on advertising is even higher than that of its competitor:98%of the company&#39;s revenue is generated by advertising from Facebook and Instagram.</p><p>This comparison of the companies&#39; advertising dependency indicates that a reduction in customer spending on marketing would impact Meta&#39;s business to a higher amount than it would affect Alphabet. Meta&#39;s significantly higher dependence on advertising contributes to the fact that I see an investment in Alphabet as being less risky.</p><p>Another additional risk factor when investing in Meta is the company&#39;s high spending to build the metaverse. In 2021 alone, the company spent about$10 billionthrough its Reality Labs division in order to build the metaverse. This amount is five times higher than what the company paid to buyOculus VR business in 2014and 10 times higher than the amountit paid to buy Instagramback in 2012. Although the investments could pay off in the future, they currently represent a risk for the shareholders due to the fact that the success of this project is not yet foreseeable.</p><p>Additionally, I see the effect that data privacy will continue to have on the operating results of Meta as an additional risk factor for the company. At the beginning of this year, Alphabet announced new privacy restrictions which cut tracking across apps on its Android devices, following a similar move to Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). This resulted in a decrease of Meta&#39;s revenue by about$10 billion.</p><p>Summarizing, I see Alphabet as the lower-risk investment when compared with Meta, which once again underlines my thoughts on picking Alphabet out of the two. This lower risk also contributes to the fact that I would overweight the Alphabet position in an investment portfolio. On the other hand, the higher risk factors concerning Meta, contribute to my opinion of giving the company a small position in a long-term investment portfolio.</p><h2><b>The Bottom Line</b></h2><p>I consider the valuation of both Alphabet and Meta to currently be very appealing. However, when considering risk and reward, I came to the conclusion of selecting Alphabet over Meta. My opinion is based on the following facts and thoughts:</p><p>Alphabet&#39;s ROE of 29.22% is higher than the one of Meta (25.48%), implying that Alphabet is even more efficient in converting its equity financing into profits. Furthermore, Alphabet&#39;s Average EBIT Growth Rate [CAGR] over the last three years of 33.92% is also higher than the one of Meta (which has an EBIT Growth Rate [CAGR] of 22.80% over the same period).</p><p>Alphabet&#39;s higher brand value ($263,425M as compared to Meta&#39;s $101,201M), as well as its higher cash position ($124,997M in Total Cash &amp; ST Investments vs. $40,489M) and higher credit rating (Aa2 credit rating by Moody&#39;s compared to A1) additionally support my investment thesis to select the company over Meta.</p><p>My opinion is further underlined by the rating of the HQC Scorecard in which Alphabet scores 91/100 points while Meta scores 80/100. Additionally, the theory is strengthened by the results of the Seeking Alpha Quant Ranking, where Alphabet is ranked 2nd in the Interactive Media and Services Industry while Meta is 14th (both out of 61).</p><p>When it comes to risk, I also see Alphabet as being ahead of Meta. Alphabet is less dependent on its advertising business: while 98% of Meta&#39;s revenue is from Facebook and Instagram advertising, Alphabet generates about 80% of its revenue from advertising. Furthermore, Alphabet is becoming more independent from its advertising business through the increasing revenue of its cloud business. In addition to that, Meta&#39;s high spending in the metaverse implies an additional risk factor for the Meta shareholder.</p><p>The investment thesis of selecting Alphabet over Meta is also reflected in my own personal long-term investment portfolio, in which Alphabet holds one of my largest positions, while Meta only has a small position. My investment decision has been based on the fact that I consider Alphabet to be significantly more attractive than Meta in terms of risk and reward.</p><p>Which is your favorite out of Alphabet and Meta?</p></body></html>","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>Google Vs. 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Meta: Which Is More Attractive?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-09-30 10:20 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4543761-google-vs-meta-more-attractive><strong>Seeking Alpha</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>SummaryBoth Alphabet and Meta currently have an attractive valuation: while Alphabet has a P/E [FWD] Ratio of 19.05, Meta’s is even lower at 14.30.Alphabet has a higher brand value, a higher cash ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4543761-google-vs-meta-more-attractive\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","META":"Meta Platforms, Inc.","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4543761-google-vs-meta-more-attractive","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1121656018","content_text":"SummaryBoth Alphabet and Meta currently have an attractive valuation: while Alphabet has a P/E [FWD] Ratio of 19.05, Meta’s is even lower at 14.30.Alphabet has a higher brand value, a higher cash position and a stronger credit rating than Meta.However, Meta has a higher EBIT margin and shows a higher free cash flow yield.In this comparative analysis, I will show you which of the two companies I would pick if I could only choose one.JHVEPhotoInvestment ThesisIn this comparative analysis on Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Meta (NASDAQ:META), I come to the conclusion that I would select Alphabet over Meta if I could only invest in one of the two companies.Alphabet has ahigher brand value than Meta ($263,425M compared to Facebook's brand value of $101,201M as according to Brand Finance), a higher cash position ($124,997M in Total Cash & ST Investments compared to $40,489M) and a stronger credit rating by Moody's (Aa2 compared to A1).I see an investment in Alphabet as being less risky, particularly due to the fact its business is less dependent on advertising than Meta's.I currently rate Meta as a buy and Alphabet as a strong buy. I consider Alphabet to be even more attractive when it comes to risk and reward.My investment thesis is underlined by the results of theHQC Scorecardin which Alphabet scores 91/100 while Meta scores 80/100. Furthermore, it is supported by the results of the Seeking Alpha Quant Ranking, in which Alphabet is ranked 2nd within the Interactive Media and Services Industry while Meta is ranked 14th (both out of 61).At the current stock prices, I expect a compound annual rate of return of about 18% for Alphabet and one of 16% for Meta. Both are based on the calculations of my DCF Models.The Competitive Positions of Alphabet and MetaFor both Alphabet and Meta I see the enormous amount of data and their ability to analyse and use this data as strong competitive advantages over their rivals in the Interactive Media and Services Industry. In addition to that, both companies are among the top 10 of the world's most valuable brands: according toBrand Finance, Google is ranked 3rd with a brand value of $263,425M and Facebook is ranked 7th with a brand value of $101,201M.Both Alphabet and Meta have a proven ability of successfully integrating new businesses into their companies. One of Alphabet's most successful acquisitions was YouTube, for which the company paid $1.65 billion back in 2006. Meta acquired Instagram for$1.0 billionin 2012 and WhatsApp for$19 billionin 2014.The enormous financial strength of Alphabet and Meta provide them with another significant competitive advantage: while Alphabet has $124,997M in Total Cash & ST Investments at this moment in time, Meta currently disposes of $40,489M. Having a high amount of cash puts both companies in a position to make large acquisitions in order to ensure further future growth. This financial strength is also backed up by a Moody's credit rating of Aa2 for Alphabet and A1 for Meta.Both Alphabet and Meta have strong competitive advantages. However, I would like to summarize that Alphabet is slightly ahead of Meta when it comes to brand value (Alphabet has a brand value of $263,425M while the one of Facebook is $101,201M) and when considering financial strength (Alphabet has a higher cash position and a stronger credit rating by Moody's). This supports my investment thesis to prefer Alphabet over Meta.The Valuation of Alphabet and MetaDiscounted Cash Flow [DCF]-ModelIn terms of valuation, I have used the DCF Model to determine the intrinsic value of Alphabet and Meta. The method calculates a fair value of $141.71 for Alphabet and $190.02 for Meta. At the current stock prices, this gives Alphabet an upside of 42.90% and Meta an upside of 35.30%.My calculations are based on the following assumptions as presented below (in $ millions except per share items):AlphabetMetaCompany TickerGOOGMETARevenue Growth Rate for the next 5 years8%5%EBIT Growth Rate for the next 5 years8%5%Tax Rate15.7%16.7Discount Rate [WACC]7.75%7.75%Perpetual Growth Rate4%3%EV/EBITDA Multiple12x7.2xCurrent Price/Share$99.17$140.41Shares Outstanding13,0442,688Debt$28,810$16,679Cash$17,936$12,681Capex$29,816$32,000Source: The AuthorBased on the above, I calculated the following results:Market Value vs. Intrinsic ValueAlphabetMetaMarket Value$99.17$140.41Upside42.90%35.30%Intrinsic Value$141.71$190.02Source: The AuthorInternal Rate of Return for AlphabetTheInternal Rate of Return[IRR] is defined as the expected compound annual rate of return earned on an investment. Below you can find the Internal Rate of Return as according to my DCF Model (when assuming different purchase prices for the Alphabet stock).At Alphabet's current stock price of $99.17, my DCF Model indicates an Internal Rate of Return of approximately 18% for the company (while assuming a Revenue and EBIT Growth Rate of 8% for the next 5 years and a Perpetual Growth Rate of 4% afterwards). (In bold you can see the Internal Rate of Return for Alphabet's current stock price of $99.17.) Please note that the Internal Rates of Return below are a result of the calculations of my DCF Model and changing its assumptions could result in different results.Purchase Priceof the Alphabet StockInternal Rate of Returnas according to my DCF Model$75.0026%$80.0024%$85.0022%$90.0021%$95.0019%$99.1718%$100.0018%$105.0016%$110.0015%$115.0013%$120.0012%$125.0011%Source: The AuthorInternal Rate of Return for MetaAt Meta's current stock price of $140.41, my DCF Model indicates an Internal Rate of Return of approximately 16% for the company (while assuming a Revenue and EBIT Growth Rate of 5% for the next 5 years and a Perpetual Growth Rate of 3% afterwards). (In bold you can see the Internal Rate of Return for Meta's current stock price of $140.41.)Purchase Priceof the Meta StockInternal Rate of Returnas according to my DCF Model$120.0021%$125.0020%$130.0019%$135.0017%$140.0016%$140.4116%$145.0015%$150.0014%$155.0013%$160.0012%$165.0012%$170.0011%Source: The AuthorRelative Valuation ModelsTheP/E [FWD] Ratio for Alphabet and MetaAlphabet's P/E [FWD] Ratio is currently 19.05, which is 31.55% below its 5 Year Average (27.84), providing us with an indicator that the company is currently undervalued.Meta's current P/E [FWD] Ratio is 14.30, which is 42.78% below its 5 Year Average of 24.99, indicating that Meta is also currently undervalued.Fundamentals: Alphabet vs. MetaAlphabet's market capitalization is currently $1.29T, more than three times higher than the one of its competitor Meta ($377.36B). Meta currently has a slightly lower P/E [FWD] Ratio of 14.30 when compared to Alphabet (19.05).Although Meta's EBIT Margin (33.41% compared to Alphabet's 29.65%) and Free Cash Flow Yield [TTM] (9.27% compared to 4.97%) are higher, the following contributes to the fact that I would select Alphabet if I had to choose one of the two companies from the Interactive Media and Services Industry:Alphabet's ROE of 29.22% is higher than Meta's (25.48%), which implies that Alphabet is even more efficient in converting its equity financing into profits.Alphabet's Average EBIT Growth Rate [CAGR] over the last three years of 33.92% is also higher than that of Meta (with an EBIT Growth Rate [CAGR] of 22.80% in the same period of time).In addition to that, Alphabet's EPS Growth Rate Diluted [FWD] of 27.01% is higher than the one of Meta (3.12%), indicating that Alphabet is growing its profitability with a higher rate.Additionally, Alphabet's Free Cash Flow Per Share Growth Rate [FWD] of 24.39% is significantly superior to Meta's (4.23%), demonstrating that Alphabet's potential to produce cash and profits is growing faster than its rival's.This analysis of the companies' fundamentals strengthens my investment thesis that Alphabet is currently the more attractive of the two. Below you can find an overview of selected financial data for both Alphabet and Meta.AlphabetMetaGeneral InformationTickerGOOGMETASectorCommunication ServicesCommunication ServicesIndustryInteractive Media and ServicesInteractive Media and ServicesMarket Cap1.29T377.36BProfitabilityEBIT Margin29.65%33.41%ROE29.22%25.48%ValuationP/E GAAP [FWD]19.0514.30P/E GAAP [TTM]18.3611.61GrowthRevenue Growth 3 Year [CAGR]23.32%24.02%Revenue Growth 5 Year [CAGR]22.88%29.20%EBIT Growth 3 Year [CAGR]33.92%22.80%EPS Growth Diluted [FWD]27.01%3.12%Free Cash FlowFree Cash Flow Yield [TTM]4.97%9.27%Free Cash Flow Per Share Growth Rate [FWD]24.39%4.23%DividendsDividend Yield [FWD]--Dividend Growth 3 Yr [CAGR]--Dividend Growth 5 Yr [CAGR]--Consecutive Years of Dividend Growth--Dividend Frequency--Income StatementRevenue278.14B119.41BEBITDA96.89B48.03BBalance SheetTotal Debt to Equity Ratio11.28%13.26%Source: Seeking AlphaThe High-Quality Company [HQC] Scorecard\"The aim of the HQC Scorecard that I have developed is to help investors identify companies which are attractive long-term investments in terms of risk and reward.\" Here you can find adetailed descriptionof how the HQC Scorecard works.Overview of the Items on the HQC Scorecard\"In the graphic below, you can find the individual items and weighting for each category of theHQC Scorecard. A score between 0 and 5 is given (with 0 being the lowest rating and 5 the highest) for each item on the Scorecard. Furthermore, you can see the conditions that must be met for each point of every rated item.\"Source: The AuthorAlphabet and Meta According to the HQC ScorecardSource: The AuthorAlthough both companies are rated as very attractive as according to the HQC Scorecard, Alphabet's overall score (91/100) is slightly higher than the one of Meta (80/100).In the category of Economic Moat, Alphabet scores 93/100 points while Meta only reaches 57/100.In terms of Financial Strength, both are rated as very attractive. These strong results are a consequence of both companies having a low Total Debt to Equity Ratio, as well as a high Current Ratio (Alphabet's is 2.81 and Meta's is 2.52), Quick Ratio (2.62 and 2.34) and Cash Ratio (2.0 and 1.8).In the category of Profitability, both companies are rated with 100/100 points, a result of having high EBIT Margins (Alphabet's is 29.65% and Meta's is 33.41%) and high ROE's (29.22% and 25.48%).For Valuation, Alphabet receives 80/100 while Meta gets 92/100. Meta's higher scoring in this category is a consequence of its even lower P/E [FWD] Ratio of 14.30 as compared to Alphabet's 19.05.For Growth, Alphabet receives 88/100 and Meta gets 76/100.For Expected Return, both receive 100/100 points, this is mostly due to the high Expected Internal Rate of Return for the companies as according to my DCF Model.Alphabet's higher overall rating (91/100) as according to the HQC Scorecard, strengthens my opinion of choosing the company over Meta at this moment in time.Alphabet and Meta According to the Seeking Alpha Quant Factor GradesWhen taking into consideration the Seeking Alpha Quant Factor Grades, we can see that Meta is rated slightly better in terms of Valuation (with a C-) as compared to Alphabet (D rating). In terms of Growth, however, Alphabet (C- rating) is better rated than Meta (D- rating). For Profitability, both companies receive an A+ rating. For Momentum, Alphabet is more appealing (C+) than Meta (C rating).Alphabet's better rating in terms of Growth and Momentum once again underlines my investment thesis.Source: Seeking AlphaAlphabet and Meta According to the Seeking Alpha Quant RankingMy investment thesis is also underlined by the results of the Seeking Alpha Quant Ranking where Alphabet is ranked significantly better than Meta: while Alphabet is 2nd in the Interactive Media and Services Industry, Meta is ranked 14th (both out of 61). Within the Communication Services Sector, Alphabet is currently ranked 7th and Meta is in 52nd place (both out of 247). The Seeking Alpha Quant Ranking reinforces my opinion to select Alphabet over Meta.Source: Seeking AlphaAlphabet and Meta According to the Seeking Alpha Authors Rating and Wall Street Analysts RatingAs according to the Seeking Alpha Quant Rating, Alphabet is currently a strong buy and Meta a hold. The Seeking Alpha Authors rate both companies as a buy while the Wall Street Analysts rate Alphabet as a strong buy and Meta as a buy.Source: Seeking AlphaRisksOne of the main risk factors I see for both Alphabet and Meta is the fact that the largest portion of the companies' business results depend on advertising.When taking a closer look at Alphabet, it can be highlighted that80%of the company's revenue is generated by its business unit Google Advertising. However, Alphabet's other business units are becoming more and more important (in 2Q22, Google Cloud accounted for 9% of Alphabet's total revenue while it was only 7.5% in the same quarter of the year before).While having a deeper look into Meta's business, we find that its dependency on advertising is even higher than that of its competitor:98%of the company's revenue is generated by advertising from Facebook and Instagram.This comparison of the companies' advertising dependency indicates that a reduction in customer spending on marketing would impact Meta's business to a higher amount than it would affect Alphabet. Meta's significantly higher dependence on advertising contributes to the fact that I see an investment in Alphabet as being less risky.Another additional risk factor when investing in Meta is the company's high spending to build the metaverse. In 2021 alone, the company spent about$10 billionthrough its Reality Labs division in order to build the metaverse. This amount is five times higher than what the company paid to buyOculus VR business in 2014and 10 times higher than the amountit paid to buy Instagramback in 2012. Although the investments could pay off in the future, they currently represent a risk for the shareholders due to the fact that the success of this project is not yet foreseeable.Additionally, I see the effect that data privacy will continue to have on the operating results of Meta as an additional risk factor for the company. At the beginning of this year, Alphabet announced new privacy restrictions which cut tracking across apps on its Android devices, following a similar move to Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). This resulted in a decrease of Meta's revenue by about$10 billion.Summarizing, I see Alphabet as the lower-risk investment when compared with Meta, which once again underlines my thoughts on picking Alphabet out of the two. This lower risk also contributes to the fact that I would overweight the Alphabet position in an investment portfolio. On the other hand, the higher risk factors concerning Meta, contribute to my opinion of giving the company a small position in a long-term investment portfolio.The Bottom LineI consider the valuation of both Alphabet and Meta to currently be very appealing. However, when considering risk and reward, I came to the conclusion of selecting Alphabet over Meta. My opinion is based on the following facts and thoughts:Alphabet's ROE of 29.22% is higher than the one of Meta (25.48%), implying that Alphabet is even more efficient in converting its equity financing into profits. Furthermore, Alphabet's Average EBIT Growth Rate [CAGR] over the last three years of 33.92% is also higher than the one of Meta (which has an EBIT Growth Rate [CAGR] of 22.80% over the same period).Alphabet's higher brand value ($263,425M as compared to Meta's $101,201M), as well as its higher cash position ($124,997M in Total Cash & ST Investments vs. $40,489M) and higher credit rating (Aa2 credit rating by Moody's compared to A1) additionally support my investment thesis to select the company over Meta.My opinion is further underlined by the rating of the HQC Scorecard in which Alphabet scores 91/100 points while Meta scores 80/100. Additionally, the theory is strengthened by the results of the Seeking Alpha Quant Ranking, where Alphabet is ranked 2nd in the Interactive Media and Services Industry while Meta is 14th (both out of 61).When it comes to risk, I also see Alphabet as being ahead of Meta. Alphabet is less dependent on its advertising business: while 98% of Meta's revenue is from Facebook and Instagram advertising, Alphabet generates about 80% of its revenue from advertising. Furthermore, Alphabet is becoming more independent from its advertising business through the increasing revenue of its cloud business. In addition to that, Meta's high spending in the metaverse implies an additional risk factor for the Meta shareholder.The investment thesis of selecting Alphabet over Meta is also reflected in my own personal long-term investment portfolio, in which Alphabet holds one of my largest positions, while Meta only has a small position. My investment decision has been based on the fact that I consider Alphabet to be significantly more attractive than Meta in terms of risk and reward.Which is your favorite out of Alphabet and Meta?","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":408,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9910585064,"gmtCreate":1663642952558,"gmtModify":1676537307602,"author":{"id":"3567409676969355","authorId":"3567409676969355","name":"mwlim1992","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3567409676969355","authorIdStr":"3567409676969355"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"good","listText":"good","text":"good","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9910585064","repostId":"2268324149","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"2268324149","pubTimestamp":1663577680,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2268324149?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2022-09-19 16:54","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Why Stock-Market Bears Are Eying June Lows After S&P 500 Falls Back Below 3,900","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2268324149","media":"MarketWatch","summary":"Heaviest volume over last 3 years seen at the 3,900 level: BTIG’s KrinskyJune lows in sight? GETTY I","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>Heaviest volume over last 3 years seen at the 3,900 level: BTIG’s Krinsky</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d69a05b86d8b8f0c12bcdc372aade879\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"455\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/><span>June lows in sight? GETTY IMAGES</span></p><p>Goodbye, summer bounce.</p><p>The S&amp;P 500 finished Friday below a crucial chart support level that’s served as a battleground in recent years, leading technical analysts to warn of a potential test of the stock market’s June lows.</p><p>“Over the last three years, the level on the [S&amp;P 500] with the most amount of volume traded has been 3,900. It closed below that on Friday for the first time since July 18 which, in our view, opens the door down to the June lows” near 3,640, said Jonathan Krinsky, chief market technician at BTIG, in a Sunday note (see chart below).</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/6db840937a8c5114afecba959059d216\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"431\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/><span>BTIG</span></p><p>The S&amp;P 500 ended Friday at 3,873.33 — falling 0.7% in the session and 4.8% for the week for its lowest close since July 18. That left the index up 5.7% from its June 16 closing low of 3,666.77. The S&amp;P 500 logged an intraday low for the selloff at 3,636.87 on June 17, according to FactSet.</p><p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4.1% last week to end Friday at 30,822.42, while the Nasdaq Composite saw a 5.5% weekly drop to 11,448.40. Stock-index futures were trading flat to slightly late Sunday.</p><p>A move back to the June lows likely won’t be a straight line, Krinsky wrote, but the lack so far of discernible “panic” in the Cboe Volatility Index futures curve and the lack of a drop to more extreme oversold conditions as measured by monthly relative strength index don’t bode well, he said.</p><p>Other analysts have noted the lack of a sharper rise in the spot VIX, often referred to as Wall Street’s “fear gauge.” The options-based VIX ended Friday at 26.30 after trading as high as 28.42, above its long-term average near 20 but well below panic levels often seen near market bottoms above 40.</p><p>Stocks had bounced back sharply from the June lows, which had seen the S&amp;P 500 down 23.6% from its Jan. 3 record finish at 4,796.56. Krinsky and other chart watchers had noted the S&amp;P 500 in August completed a more-than-50% retracement of its fall from the January high to the June low — a move that in the past had not been followed by a new low.</p><p>Krinsky at the time had warned, however, against chasing the bounce, writing on Aug. 11 that the “tactical risk/reward looks poor to us here.”</p><p>Michael Kramer, founder of Mott Capital Management, had warned in a note last week that a close below 3,900 would set up a test of support at 3,835, “where the next big gap to fill in the market rests.”</p><p>Stocks fell sharply last week after a Tuesday reading on the August consumer-price index showed inflation running hotter than expected. The data cemented expectations for the Federal Reserve to deliver another supersize 75-basis-point, or 0.75-percentage-point, rise in the fed-funds rate, with some traders and analysts penciling in a 100-basis-point hike when policy makers complete a two-day meeting on Wednesday.</p><p>The market’s bounce off its June lows came as some investors had grown more confident in a Goldilocks scenario in which the Fed’s policy tightening would wring out inflation in relatively short order. For bulls, the hope was that the Fed would be able to “pivot” away from rate increases, averting a recession.</p><p>Stubborn inflation readings have left investors to raise expectations for where they think rates will top out, heightening fears of a recession or sharp slowdown. Aggressive tightening by other major central banks has stoked fears of a broad global slowdown.</p></body></html>","source":"lsy1603348471595","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 Stock-Market Bears Are Eying June Lows After S&P 500 Falls Back Below 3,900</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 Stock-Market Bears Are Eying June Lows After S&P 500 Falls Back Below 3,900\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-09-19 16:54 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stock-markets-june-lows-are-back-in-sight-after-s-p-500-loses-grip-on-3-900-11663531210?mod=home-page><strong>MarketWatch</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Heaviest volume over last 3 years seen at the 3,900 level: BTIG’s KrinskyJune lows in sight? GETTY IMAGESGoodbye, summer bounce.The S&P 500 finished Friday below a crucial chart support level that’s ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stock-markets-june-lows-are-back-in-sight-after-s-p-500-loses-grip-on-3-900-11663531210?mod=home-page\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{".SPX":"S&P 500 Index",".IXIC":"NASDAQ Composite",".DJI":"道琼斯"},"source_url":"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stock-markets-june-lows-are-back-in-sight-after-s-p-500-loses-grip-on-3-900-11663531210?mod=home-page","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2268324149","content_text":"Heaviest volume over last 3 years seen at the 3,900 level: BTIG’s KrinskyJune lows in sight? GETTY IMAGESGoodbye, summer bounce.The S&P 500 finished Friday below a crucial chart support level that’s served as a battleground in recent years, leading technical analysts to warn of a potential test of the stock market’s June lows.“Over the last three years, the level on the [S&P 500] with the most amount of volume traded has been 3,900. It closed below that on Friday for the first time since July 18 which, in our view, opens the door down to the June lows” near 3,640, said Jonathan Krinsky, chief market technician at BTIG, in a Sunday note (see chart below).BTIGThe S&P 500 ended Friday at 3,873.33 — falling 0.7% in the session and 4.8% for the week for its lowest close since July 18. That left the index up 5.7% from its June 16 closing low of 3,666.77. The S&P 500 logged an intraday low for the selloff at 3,636.87 on June 17, according to FactSet.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4.1% last week to end Friday at 30,822.42, while the Nasdaq Composite saw a 5.5% weekly drop to 11,448.40. Stock-index futures were trading flat to slightly late Sunday.A move back to the June lows likely won’t be a straight line, Krinsky wrote, but the lack so far of discernible “panic” in the Cboe Volatility Index futures curve and the lack of a drop to more extreme oversold conditions as measured by monthly relative strength index don’t bode well, he said.Other analysts have noted the lack of a sharper rise in the spot VIX, often referred to as Wall Street’s “fear gauge.” The options-based VIX ended Friday at 26.30 after trading as high as 28.42, above its long-term average near 20 but well below panic levels often seen near market bottoms above 40.Stocks had bounced back sharply from the June lows, which had seen the S&P 500 down 23.6% from its Jan. 3 record finish at 4,796.56. Krinsky and other chart watchers had noted the S&P 500 in August completed a more-than-50% retracement of its fall from the January high to the June low — a move that in the past had not been followed by a new low.Krinsky at the time had warned, however, against chasing the bounce, writing on Aug. 11 that the “tactical risk/reward looks poor to us here.”Michael Kramer, founder of Mott Capital Management, had warned in a note last week that a close below 3,900 would set up a test of support at 3,835, “where the next big gap to fill in the market rests.”Stocks fell sharply last week after a Tuesday reading on the August consumer-price index showed inflation running hotter than expected. The data cemented expectations for the Federal Reserve to deliver another supersize 75-basis-point, or 0.75-percentage-point, rise in the fed-funds rate, with some traders and analysts penciling in a 100-basis-point hike when policy makers complete a two-day meeting on Wednesday.The market’s bounce off its June lows came as some investors had grown more confident in a Goldilocks scenario in which the Fed’s policy tightening would wring out inflation in relatively short order. For bulls, the hope was that the Fed would be able to “pivot” away from rate increases, averting a recession.Stubborn inflation readings have left investors to raise expectations for where they think rates will top out, heightening fears of a recession or sharp slowdown. Aggressive tightening by other major central banks has stoked fears of a broad global slowdown.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":499,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9910582225,"gmtCreate":1663642892967,"gmtModify":1676537307587,"author":{"id":"3567409676969355","authorId":"3567409676969355","name":"mwlim1992","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3567409676969355","authorIdStr":"3567409676969355"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"good","listText":"good","text":"good","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9910582225","repostId":"1176688692","repostType":2,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":369,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9910582390,"gmtCreate":1663642832210,"gmtModify":1676537307571,"author":{"id":"3567409676969355","authorId":"3567409676969355","name":"mwlim1992","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3567409676969355","authorIdStr":"3567409676969355"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Good read","listText":"Good read","text":"Good read","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9910582390","repostId":"2267651314","repostType":2,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":584,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9999299156,"gmtCreate":1660530457477,"gmtModify":1676533487461,"author":{"id":"3567409676969355","authorId":"3567409676969355","name":"mwlim1992","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3567409676969355","authorIdStr":"3567409676969355"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Good","listText":"Good","text":"Good","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9999299156","repostId":"2259664055","repostType":4,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":602,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9999290822,"gmtCreate":1660530358868,"gmtModify":1676533487438,"author":{"id":"3567409676969355","authorId":"3567409676969355","name":"mwlim1992","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3567409676969355","authorIdStr":"3567409676969355"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Good","listText":"Good","text":"Good","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9999290822","repostId":"2259270513","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2259270513","pubTimestamp":1660550047,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2259270513?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2022-08-15 15:54","market":"us","language":"en","title":"4 Top Bargain Stocks Ready for a Bull Run","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2259270513","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"With these stocks well off their highs, it may be the perfect time to open a position.","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>Even with the economy in a precarious position and the stock market off its highs, plenty of businesses are still executing at a high level. Despite this, they remain well off their all-time highs and are primed to provide investors solid returns over a long-term holding period (three to five years).</p><p>Here are some stocks I believe are primed to have a strong run.</p><h2>Alphabet</h2><p>Even though <b>Alphabet</b> is the third-largest stock on the U.S. exchange, I believe it is a great bargain. The stock has experienced a sell-off due to its heavy exposure to the advertisement industry, which is notoriously weak during recessions. However, this pessimism is a great opportunity to get into a stock that owns dominant brands like the Google search engine, the Android operating system, and YouTube.</p><p>Despite a challenging environment, Alphabet still managed to grow its revenue by 13% year over year (YOY), although its operating margin slipped from 31% last year to 28%. Alphabet still produced $12.6 billion in free cash flow, giving it plenty of resources to execute its ambitious buyback plan (Alphabet repurchased $15.2 billion in shares during the second quarter).</p><p>Alphabet trades at just under 22 times earnings, but keep in mind this is with reduced profitability. When the economy recovers, Alphabet&#39;s revenue will rise rapidly due to the advertisement spending influx, which will cause profits to soar. This profit rise will trigger a stock run-up, and investors will be glad they purchased the stock now when the outlook wasn&#39;t so bright.</p><h2><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/PYPL\">PayPal</a></h2><p><b>PayPal</b> (PYPL) has had a rough year. Since peaking in July 2021, the stock has lost 65% of its value. While part of this sell-off was deserved due to over-projecting user growth and mediocre financial results, it&#39;s been well overdone.</p><p>In Q2, PayPal&#39;s total payment volume (TPV) rose 9% YOY to $340 billion, and its free cash flow rose 22% YOY. While this isn&#39;t &#34;knock your socks off&#34; growth, it&#39;s still impressive for consumers attempting to control spending during a difficult inflationary environment.</p><p>Furthermore, its payment transactions per active account rose 16% YOY to 48.7, meaning customers are using its products more often. PayPal was left for dead by many investors, but its recent results show it&#39;s still a fintech force to be reckoned with. With a reasonable valuation of 21 times free cash flow, I wouldn&#39;t be surprised if PayPal&#39;s stock sees a nice boost when the economy recovers.</p><h2><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/PUBM\">PubMatic</a></h2><p>As mentioned earlier with Alphabet, advertising revenue wasn&#39;t easy to come by. However, businesses involved with ad tech excelled. This dichotomy makes sense as advertisers want to ensure that their ads reach their intended audiences. <b>PubMatic </b>(PUBM) operates in this space and works with ad suppliers to get their inventory to ad buyers.</p><p>PubMatic delivered great Q2 results, with revenue rising 27% YOY to $63 million. Additionally, it posted a 12% net income margin, but this number was down from last year&#39;s Q2. Still, PubMatic trades at a relatively cheap 20.4 times earnings despite its small size and huge runway.</p><p>With its connected TV division growing 150% YOY in Q2 and PubMatic only owning about 3% to 4% of the industry market share, PubMatic has a substantial upside and will see its business boom when advertising spending ramps up.</p><h2><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/DDOG\">Datadog</a></h2><p><b>Datadog</b>&#39;s (DDOG) software helps IT teams monitor how their cloud computing operations are functioning. With companies becoming more integrated with the cloud, Datadog&#39;s software has become indispensable.</p><p>This necessity drove Q2 results, with revenue growing 74% YOY and third-quarter revenue projected to grow 34%. However, analysts wanted stronger guidance, which caused the stock to fall on the news.</p><p>What was overlooked was the tremendous customer growth (54% growth in customers spending $100,000 or more) and the free cash flow ($60.2 million) Datadog produced. These results show a strong future for Datadog, even though analysts focused more on the short term. 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Despite this, they remain well off their all-time highs and...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/08/13/4-top-bargain-stocks-ready-for-a-bull-run/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BK4527":"明星科技股","BK4535":"淡马锡持仓","BK4077":"互动媒体与服务","BK4538":"云计算","BK4579":"人工智能","BK4550":"红杉资本持仓","BK4503":"景林资产持仓","BK4574":"无人驾驶","BK4551":"寇图资本持仓","BK4561":"索罗斯持仓","BK4573":"虚拟现实","BK4581":"高盛持仓","BK4548":"巴美列捷福持仓","PUBM":"PubMatic, Inc.","BK4514":"搜索引擎","GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A","BK4528":"SaaS概念","BK4023":"应用软件","BK4532":"文艺复兴科技持仓","BK4554":"元宇宙及AR概念","BK4553":"喜马拉雅资本持仓","DDOG":"Datadog","BK4534":"瑞士信贷持仓","BK4507":"流媒体概念","BK4533":"AQR资本管理(全球第二大对冲基金)","BK4576":"AR","BK4566":"资本集团","BK4525":"远程办公概念","PYPL":"PayPal"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/08/13/4-top-bargain-stocks-ready-for-a-bull-run/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2259270513","content_text":"Even with the economy in a precarious position and the stock market off its highs, plenty of businesses are still executing at a high level. Despite this, they remain well off their all-time highs and are primed to provide investors solid returns over a long-term holding period (three to five years).Here are some stocks I believe are primed to have a strong run.AlphabetEven though Alphabet is the third-largest stock on the U.S. exchange, I believe it is a great bargain. The stock has experienced a sell-off due to its heavy exposure to the advertisement industry, which is notoriously weak during recessions. However, this pessimism is a great opportunity to get into a stock that owns dominant brands like the Google search engine, the Android operating system, and YouTube.Despite a challenging environment, Alphabet still managed to grow its revenue by 13% year over year (YOY), although its operating margin slipped from 31% last year to 28%. Alphabet still produced $12.6 billion in free cash flow, giving it plenty of resources to execute its ambitious buyback plan (Alphabet repurchased $15.2 billion in shares during the second quarter).Alphabet trades at just under 22 times earnings, but keep in mind this is with reduced profitability. When the economy recovers, Alphabet's revenue will rise rapidly due to the advertisement spending influx, which will cause profits to soar. This profit rise will trigger a stock run-up, and investors will be glad they purchased the stock now when the outlook wasn't so bright.PayPalPayPal (PYPL) has had a rough year. Since peaking in July 2021, the stock has lost 65% of its value. While part of this sell-off was deserved due to over-projecting user growth and mediocre financial results, it's been well overdone.In Q2, PayPal's total payment volume (TPV) rose 9% YOY to $340 billion, and its free cash flow rose 22% YOY. While this isn't \"knock your socks off\" growth, it's still impressive for consumers attempting to control spending during a difficult inflationary environment.Furthermore, its payment transactions per active account rose 16% YOY to 48.7, meaning customers are using its products more often. PayPal was left for dead by many investors, but its recent results show it's still a fintech force to be reckoned with. With a reasonable valuation of 21 times free cash flow, I wouldn't be surprised if PayPal's stock sees a nice boost when the economy recovers.PubMaticAs mentioned earlier with Alphabet, advertising revenue wasn't easy to come by. However, businesses involved with ad tech excelled. This dichotomy makes sense as advertisers want to ensure that their ads reach their intended audiences. PubMatic (PUBM) operates in this space and works with ad suppliers to get their inventory to ad buyers.PubMatic delivered great Q2 results, with revenue rising 27% YOY to $63 million. Additionally, it posted a 12% net income margin, but this number was down from last year's Q2. Still, PubMatic trades at a relatively cheap 20.4 times earnings despite its small size and huge runway.With its connected TV division growing 150% YOY in Q2 and PubMatic only owning about 3% to 4% of the industry market share, PubMatic has a substantial upside and will see its business boom when advertising spending ramps up.DatadogDatadog's (DDOG) software helps IT teams monitor how their cloud computing operations are functioning. With companies becoming more integrated with the cloud, Datadog's software has become indispensable.This necessity drove Q2 results, with revenue growing 74% YOY and third-quarter revenue projected to grow 34%. However, analysts wanted stronger guidance, which caused the stock to fall on the news.What was overlooked was the tremendous customer growth (54% growth in customers spending $100,000 or more) and the free cash flow ($60.2 million) Datadog produced. These results show a strong future for Datadog, even though analysts focused more on the short term. 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At times, great companies may lose a significant portion of their value, and not-so-great companies may achieve absurd valuations, but time is the great equalizer. As years pass, the great companies will outperform their peers.</p><p>Given the recent market volatility, I think that quote is particularly timely. It serves as a reminder to look beyond the here and now, and invest your money in high-quality stocks that you plan to hold for years or even decades. Doing so helps eliminate the impact of short-term volatility, and it gives your investment thesis plenty of time to play out.</p><p>Building on that idea, I think <b>DigitalOcean</b>(NYSE:DOCN)and <b>MongoDB</b>(NASDAQ:MDB)could grow fourfold in the next decade, a pace that would turn$250,000 into $1 million. Here&#39;s what you should know.</p><p><b>1. DigitalOcean</b></p><p>DigitalOcean specializes in cloud computing. Whereas tech titans like <b>Microsoft</b> and <b>Amazon</b> tailor their products to the needs of large enterprises, DigitalOcean focuses on small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and individual developers. More specifically, the company focuses on simplicity. Its click-and-go interface makes it possible to provision cloud services within minutes, without any specialized training.</p><p>The company also provides 24/7 technical support, an extensive library of tutorials, and performance monitoring tools free of charge. Collectively, its cloud platform helps clients build and scale applications quickly, while eliminating the need to invest in costly on-site hardware. And that value proposition has translated into strong demand.</p><p>In the third quarter, DigitalOcean grew its customer base 7% to 598,000, and the average customer spent 16% more with the company. That compounding dynamic helped DigitalOcean report revenue of $111.4 million in the quarter, up 37% year over year. And cash from operations surged 73% to $40.3 million, meaning DigitalOcean is making enough money to pay the bills.</p><p>Currently, there are 100 million SMBs in the world, and 14 million new businesses are started each year. To that end, management estimates its addressable market will reach $116 billion by 2024. More importantly, DigitalOcean&#39;s developer-first business model is a big selling point, and it should bring more clients to the platform in the years ahead.</p><p>For that reason, I think this $7.5 billion company can grow fourfold (or more) in the next decade.</p><p><b>2. MongoDB</b></p><p>A database is at the heart of every application. This is where data is stored, organized, and accessed when it&#39;s needed. Legacy platforms relied on a relational model, requiring developers to format data into structured rows and columns. But 80% to 90% of data generated by modern applications is unstructured, such as videos posted to YouTube, photos shared on social media, and comments left on websites.</p><p>This type of data doesn&#39;t fit neatly into rows and columns, meaning it would be tedious for developers to maintain such a system. That&#39;s why MongoDB built a modern, general purpose database. Its platform uses a document model, allowing developers to store huge amounts of unstructured data. That flexibility drives productivity and efficiency, meaning clients can build and scale products more quickly. Compared to legacy solutions, MongoDB believes its software makes development three to five times faster and 70% less expensive.</p><p>Not surprisingly, the company has garnered a following in the developer community. In fact, it&#39;s the most popular non-relational database and the fifth most popular database of any kind, according to DB-Engines. Not surprisingly, that edge has translated into rapid growth.</p><p>In its fiscal third quarter, MongoDB&#39;s customer count grew 37% to over 31,000, and 1,201 of those customers now spend over $100,000 on an annualized basis. Additionally, the company&#39;s revenue expansion rate came in above 120%, meaning the average customer spent at least 20% more over the past year. In turn, revenue rose 50% to $226.9 million. And while MongoDB posted negative cash from operations of $5.8 million during the period, that figure marks an improvement over the prior year. More importantly, with $1.8 billion in cash and short-term investments on its balance sheet and just $1.1 billion in long-term debt, MongoDB can afford to continue investing in its growth.</p><p>Looking ahead, the company has plenty of room to grow. According to the International Data Corp., the data management software market will reach $121 billion by 2025. 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At times, great companies may lose a significant portion of their value, and not-so-great companies may achieve absurd valuations, but time is the great equalizer. As years pass, the great companies will outperform their peers.Given the recent market volatility, I think that quote is particularly timely. It serves as a reminder to look beyond the here and now, and invest your money in high-quality stocks that you plan to hold for years or even decades. Doing so helps eliminate the impact of short-term volatility, and it gives your investment thesis plenty of time to play out.Building on that idea, I think DigitalOcean(NYSE:DOCN)and MongoDB(NASDAQ:MDB)could grow fourfold in the next decade, a pace that would turn$250,000 into $1 million. Here's what you should know.1. DigitalOceanDigitalOcean specializes in cloud computing. Whereas tech titans like Microsoft and Amazon tailor their products to the needs of large enterprises, DigitalOcean focuses on small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and individual developers. More specifically, the company focuses on simplicity. Its click-and-go interface makes it possible to provision cloud services within minutes, without any specialized training.The company also provides 24/7 technical support, an extensive library of tutorials, and performance monitoring tools free of charge. Collectively, its cloud platform helps clients build and scale applications quickly, while eliminating the need to invest in costly on-site hardware. And that value proposition has translated into strong demand.In the third quarter, DigitalOcean grew its customer base 7% to 598,000, and the average customer spent 16% more with the company. That compounding dynamic helped DigitalOcean report revenue of $111.4 million in the quarter, up 37% year over year. And cash from operations surged 73% to $40.3 million, meaning DigitalOcean is making enough money to pay the bills.Currently, there are 100 million SMBs in the world, and 14 million new businesses are started each year. To that end, management estimates its addressable market will reach $116 billion by 2024. More importantly, DigitalOcean's developer-first business model is a big selling point, and it should bring more clients to the platform in the years ahead.For that reason, I think this $7.5 billion company can grow fourfold (or more) in the next decade.2. MongoDBA database is at the heart of every application. This is where data is stored, organized, and accessed when it's needed. Legacy platforms relied on a relational model, requiring developers to format data into structured rows and columns. But 80% to 90% of data generated by modern applications is unstructured, such as videos posted to YouTube, photos shared on social media, and comments left on websites.This type of data doesn't fit neatly into rows and columns, meaning it would be tedious for developers to maintain such a system. That's why MongoDB built a modern, general purpose database. Its platform uses a document model, allowing developers to store huge amounts of unstructured data. That flexibility drives productivity and efficiency, meaning clients can build and scale products more quickly. Compared to legacy solutions, MongoDB believes its software makes development three to five times faster and 70% less expensive.Not surprisingly, the company has garnered a following in the developer community. In fact, it's the most popular non-relational database and the fifth most popular database of any kind, according to DB-Engines. Not surprisingly, that edge has translated into rapid growth.In its fiscal third quarter, MongoDB's customer count grew 37% to over 31,000, and 1,201 of those customers now spend over $100,000 on an annualized basis. Additionally, the company's revenue expansion rate came in above 120%, meaning the average customer spent at least 20% more over the past year. In turn, revenue rose 50% to $226.9 million. And while MongoDB posted negative cash from operations of $5.8 million during the period, that figure marks an improvement over the prior year. More importantly, with $1.8 billion in cash and short-term investments on its balance sheet and just $1.1 billion in long-term debt, MongoDB can afford to continue investing in its growth.Looking ahead, the company has plenty of room to grow. According to the International Data Corp., the data management software market will reach $121 billion by 2025. 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At times, great companies may lose a significant portion of their value, and not-so-great companies may achieve absurd valuations, but time is the great equalizer. As years pass, the great companies will outperform their peers.</p><p>Given the recent market volatility, I think that quote is particularly timely. It serves as a reminder to look beyond the here and now, and invest your money in high-quality stocks that you plan to hold for years or even decades. Doing so helps eliminate the impact of short-term volatility, and it gives your investment thesis plenty of time to play out.</p><p>Building on that idea, I think <b>DigitalOcean</b>(NYSE:DOCN)and <b>MongoDB</b>(NASDAQ:MDB)could grow fourfold in the next decade, a pace that would turn$250,000 into $1 million. Here&#39;s what you should know.</p><p><b>1. DigitalOcean</b></p><p>DigitalOcean specializes in cloud computing. Whereas tech titans like <b>Microsoft</b> and <b>Amazon</b> tailor their products to the needs of large enterprises, DigitalOcean focuses on small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and individual developers. More specifically, the company focuses on simplicity. Its click-and-go interface makes it possible to provision cloud services within minutes, without any specialized training.</p><p>The company also provides 24/7 technical support, an extensive library of tutorials, and performance monitoring tools free of charge. Collectively, its cloud platform helps clients build and scale applications quickly, while eliminating the need to invest in costly on-site hardware. And that value proposition has translated into strong demand.</p><p>In the third quarter, DigitalOcean grew its customer base 7% to 598,000, and the average customer spent 16% more with the company. That compounding dynamic helped DigitalOcean report revenue of $111.4 million in the quarter, up 37% year over year. And cash from operations surged 73% to $40.3 million, meaning DigitalOcean is making enough money to pay the bills.</p><p>Currently, there are 100 million SMBs in the world, and 14 million new businesses are started each year. To that end, management estimates its addressable market will reach $116 billion by 2024. More importantly, DigitalOcean&#39;s developer-first business model is a big selling point, and it should bring more clients to the platform in the years ahead.</p><p>For that reason, I think this $7.5 billion company can grow fourfold (or more) in the next decade.</p><p><b>2. MongoDB</b></p><p>A database is at the heart of every application. This is where data is stored, organized, and accessed when it&#39;s needed. Legacy platforms relied on a relational model, requiring developers to format data into structured rows and columns. But 80% to 90% of data generated by modern applications is unstructured, such as videos posted to YouTube, photos shared on social media, and comments left on websites.</p><p>This type of data doesn&#39;t fit neatly into rows and columns, meaning it would be tedious for developers to maintain such a system. That&#39;s why MongoDB built a modern, general purpose database. Its platform uses a document model, allowing developers to store huge amounts of unstructured data. That flexibility drives productivity and efficiency, meaning clients can build and scale products more quickly. Compared to legacy solutions, MongoDB believes its software makes development three to five times faster and 70% less expensive.</p><p>Not surprisingly, the company has garnered a following in the developer community. In fact, it&#39;s the most popular non-relational database and the fifth most popular database of any kind, according to DB-Engines. Not surprisingly, that edge has translated into rapid growth.</p><p>In its fiscal third quarter, MongoDB&#39;s customer count grew 37% to over 31,000, and 1,201 of those customers now spend over $100,000 on an annualized basis. Additionally, the company&#39;s revenue expansion rate came in above 120%, meaning the average customer spent at least 20% more over the past year. In turn, revenue rose 50% to $226.9 million. And while MongoDB posted negative cash from operations of $5.8 million during the period, that figure marks an improvement over the prior year. More importantly, with $1.8 billion in cash and short-term investments on its balance sheet and just $1.1 billion in long-term debt, MongoDB can afford to continue investing in its growth.</p><p>Looking ahead, the company has plenty of room to grow. According to the International Data Corp., the data management software market will reach $121 billion by 2025. 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At times, great companies may lose a significant portion of their value, and not-so-great companies may achieve absurd valuations, but time is the great equalizer. As years pass, the great companies will outperform their peers.Given the recent market volatility, I think that quote is particularly timely. It serves as a reminder to look beyond the here and now, and invest your money in high-quality stocks that you plan to hold for years or even decades. Doing so helps eliminate the impact of short-term volatility, and it gives your investment thesis plenty of time to play out.Building on that idea, I think DigitalOcean(NYSE:DOCN)and MongoDB(NASDAQ:MDB)could grow fourfold in the next decade, a pace that would turn$250,000 into $1 million. Here's what you should know.1. DigitalOceanDigitalOcean specializes in cloud computing. Whereas tech titans like Microsoft and Amazon tailor their products to the needs of large enterprises, DigitalOcean focuses on small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and individual developers. More specifically, the company focuses on simplicity. Its click-and-go interface makes it possible to provision cloud services within minutes, without any specialized training.The company also provides 24/7 technical support, an extensive library of tutorials, and performance monitoring tools free of charge. Collectively, its cloud platform helps clients build and scale applications quickly, while eliminating the need to invest in costly on-site hardware. And that value proposition has translated into strong demand.In the third quarter, DigitalOcean grew its customer base 7% to 598,000, and the average customer spent 16% more with the company. That compounding dynamic helped DigitalOcean report revenue of $111.4 million in the quarter, up 37% year over year. And cash from operations surged 73% to $40.3 million, meaning DigitalOcean is making enough money to pay the bills.Currently, there are 100 million SMBs in the world, and 14 million new businesses are started each year. To that end, management estimates its addressable market will reach $116 billion by 2024. More importantly, DigitalOcean's developer-first business model is a big selling point, and it should bring more clients to the platform in the years ahead.For that reason, I think this $7.5 billion company can grow fourfold (or more) in the next decade.2. MongoDBA database is at the heart of every application. This is where data is stored, organized, and accessed when it's needed. Legacy platforms relied on a relational model, requiring developers to format data into structured rows and columns. But 80% to 90% of data generated by modern applications is unstructured, such as videos posted to YouTube, photos shared on social media, and comments left on websites.This type of data doesn't fit neatly into rows and columns, meaning it would be tedious for developers to maintain such a system. That's why MongoDB built a modern, general purpose database. Its platform uses a document model, allowing developers to store huge amounts of unstructured data. That flexibility drives productivity and efficiency, meaning clients can build and scale products more quickly. Compared to legacy solutions, MongoDB believes its software makes development three to five times faster and 70% less expensive.Not surprisingly, the company has garnered a following in the developer community. In fact, it's the most popular non-relational database and the fifth most popular database of any kind, according to DB-Engines. Not surprisingly, that edge has translated into rapid growth.In its fiscal third quarter, MongoDB's customer count grew 37% to over 31,000, and 1,201 of those customers now spend over $100,000 on an annualized basis. Additionally, the company's revenue expansion rate came in above 120%, meaning the average customer spent at least 20% more over the past year. In turn, revenue rose 50% to $226.9 million. And while MongoDB posted negative cash from operations of $5.8 million during the period, that figure marks an improvement over the prior year. More importantly, with $1.8 billion in cash and short-term investments on its balance sheet and just $1.1 billion in long-term debt, MongoDB can afford to continue investing in its growth.Looking ahead, the company has plenty of room to grow. According to the International Data Corp., the data management software market will reach $121 billion by 2025. 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prices touching a year low, there could be bargains that are ripe for the picking.Here are five reliable blue-chip stocks that may end up on your buy watchlist.Singapore Exchange LimitedSingapore Exchange Limited, or SGX, is Singapore’s sole stock exchange operator.The bourse operator has seen its shares slide by close to 13% in one year to hit a 52-week low of S$8.32.Despite the fall, SGX reported a decent set of earnings for its fiscal 2022 (FY2022) ending 30 June 2022.Revenue inched up 4% year on year to S$1.1 billion, a new record since the group’s IPO, while net profit edged up 1% year on year to S$451 million.A dividend of S$0.32 was paid for FY2022, similar to a year ago.SGX enjoys a natural monopoly and its multi-asset platform continues to attract investors who are looking for different ways to invest and hedge their investment portfolios.CapitaLand Investment LimitedCapitaLand Investment Limited, or CLI, is a real estate investment manager (REIM) with S$125 billion of property assets under management (AUM) and S$86 billion of funds under management as of 30 June 2022.CLI has seen its share price slide to a year-low of S$3.24, down 4.1%.The property giant has reported a robust set of earnings for its fiscal 2022’s first half (1H2022).Revenue jumped 29.1% year on year to S$1.35 billion while operating profit after tax (excluding one-off effects) rose 31.1% year on year to S$346 million.CLI also reported higher fee-related earnings and added more lodging units under its lodging management arm.The group targets to grow its funds under management to S$100 billion by 2024 and expand its lodging units to 160,000 (current: 139,000) by 2023.Frasers Logistics & Commercial TrustFrasers Logistics & Commercial Trust, or FLCT, owns a portfolio of 105 properties with an AUM of S$6.5 billion as of 30 June 2022.FLCT’s properties are spread out across the UK, Germany, Singapore, Australia and the Netherlands and enjoy a high occupancy rate of 96.5%.In the past year, 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Shares dropped as much as 9% and remained down 8.1% as of 11 a.m. ET. Two news items out of China have investors in the electric vehicle (EV) company selling today.</p><h2>So what</h2><p>First, Nio and its EV peers in China have been negatively impacted by lockdowns driven by China&#39;s &#34;zero-COVID&#34; policy. The company seemed to imply that headwind was behind it now, as it estimated deliveries for the fourth quarter would increase between 36% and 52% over the third quarter.</p><p>Those lockdowns haven&#39;t just impacted production. Consumer demand has also taken a hit, and another report today implies that automakers in China are still struggling to bring customers back into the market.</p><p><img src=\"https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F709660%2Fnio-et5-at-battery-swap.png&amp;op=resize&amp;w=700\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"390\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/></p><p>Image source: Nio.</p><p>Second, as <b>Mercedes-Benz Group</b> works to expand its EV lineup in China, it has now lowered prices as much as the equivalent of almost $34,000 for its high-end model, reports <i>Barron&#39;s</i>. The automaker is reportedly dropping the price of its EQS to about $136,000 from $170,000. But even the lower-priced EQE model is being reduced by more than 9% to $68,000.</p><h2>Now what</h2><p>Nio has reported expanding losses, and it needs to boost production to move closer to profitability. If new restrictions related to COVID-19 affect production and delivery once again in the fourth quarter, it will undoubtedly cause the company to reduce its guidance.</p><p>Whether that&#39;s what is prompting Mercedes-Benz to lower prices or not, that is still competition at the luxury end of the market for Nio. 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The company seemed to imply that headwind was behind it now, as it estimated deliveries for the fourth quarter would increase between 36% and 52% over the third quarter.Those lockdowns haven't just impacted production. Consumer demand has also taken a hit, and another report today implies that automakers in China are still struggling to bring customers back into the market.Image source: Nio.Second, as Mercedes-Benz Group works to expand its EV lineup in China, it has now lowered prices as much as the equivalent of almost $34,000 for its high-end model, reports Barron's. The automaker is reportedly dropping the price of its EQS to about $136,000 from $170,000. But even the lower-priced EQE model is being reduced by more than 9% to $68,000.Now whatNio has reported expanding losses, and it needs to boost production to move closer to profitability. 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Bristol Myers Squibb shares slipped 0.15% to $71.63 in premarket trading.</li></ul><ul><li><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NBHC\">National Bank Holdings Corporation</a> reported regulatory approvals for the acquisition of Bancshares of Jackson Hole Incorporated, the holding company for Bank of Jackson Hole.</li></ul></body></html>","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>U.S. Stocks To Watch: Sea, Take-Two, bluebird And More</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; 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1%. Bristol Myers Squibb shares slipped 0.15% to $71.63 in premarket trading.</li></ul><ul><li><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NBHC\">National Bank Holdings Corporation</a> reported regulatory approvals for the acquisition of Bancshares of Jackson Hole Incorporated, the holding company for Bank of Jackson Hole.</li></ul></body></html>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"SE":"Sea Ltd","BLUE":"bluebird bio Inc.","TTWO":"Take-Two Interactive Software"},"source_url":"","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1176688692","content_text":"With US stock futures trading lower this morning on Monday, some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are as follows:Sea Ltd. is preparing to fire 3% of Shopee employees in Indonesia, part of a broader wave of regional job cuts intended to curb ballooning losses and win back investors. Shares of Sea fall 2.88% in premarket trading.A hacker released gameplay from Take-Two Interactive Software Inc's Grand Theft Auto VI in one of the biggest leaks in gaming history. Dozens of authentic, pre-release videos from GTA VI - of robberies, gunplay and open-world driving - were posted on an online message board over the weekend. Take-Two stock slid 5.39% in premarket trading.bluebird bio, Inc. disclosed that the Food and Drug Administration approved its gene therapy for a rare neurodegenerative disease. bluebird bio shares gained 17.51% to $7.45 in premarket trading session.Bristol Myers Squibb said it received the European Commission approval for the fixed-dose combination of Opdualag for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanoma with tumor cell PD-L1 expression < 1%. Bristol Myers Squibb shares slipped 0.15% to $71.63 in premarket trading.National Bank Holdings Corporation reported regulatory approvals for the acquisition of Bancshares of Jackson Hole Incorporated, the holding company for Bank of Jackson Hole.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":369,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9910582390,"gmtCreate":1663642832210,"gmtModify":1676537307571,"author":{"id":"3567409676969355","authorId":"3567409676969355","name":"mwlim1992","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3567409676969355","authorIdStr":"3567409676969355"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Good read","listText":"Good read","text":"Good read","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9910582390","repostId":"2267651314","repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"2267651314","pubTimestamp":1663581480,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2267651314?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2022-09-19 17:58","market":"us","language":"en","title":"What to Expect From the Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decision","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2267651314","media":"NerdWallet","summary":"The Fed's next rate decision is due by Sept. 21. Here’s what financial experts say it could mean for","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>The Fed&#39;s next rate decision is due by Sept. 21. Here’s what financial experts say it could mean for markets and investors.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d599bbb5d3059e0a59aa316765eaad6f\" tg-width=\"1920\" tg-height=\"1152\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/></p><p>The Federal Reserve’s job hasn’t been easy amid this year’s economic volatility.</p><p>The Consumer Price Index, a key inflation gauge, rose 8.3% year over year in August — well over the Fed’s 2% target. The stock market hasn’t been well-behaved either: The S&amp;P 500 index is down by more than 10% so far this year.</p><p>The Federal Open Market Committee is due to meet Sept. 20-21, when it will decide whether to raise interest rates for the fifth time this year — and by how much.</p><p>Here’s what economists and a financial planner have to say about what’s going into the decision, how the stock market might react, and what it means for long-term investors.</p><h2>Why is the Federal Reserve raising interest rates?</h2><p>In short, the Fed is considering raising interest rates again to reduce inflation. But it’s trying to do so in a way that doesn’t burden consumers and businesses.</p><p>According to Terrance Grieb, a professor of finance at the University of Idaho, the Federal Reserve’s operations follow a dual mandate. Its two responsibilities are “to provide price stability within the economy, and also to provide a healthy job market.”</p><p>“What they’re trying to do is set interest rates — which are a key component of monetary policy — in order to balance those two things against each other,” he says.</p><p>The federal funds rate, which is guided by the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee, is the interest rate at which banks can borrow money from each other.</p><p>Banks earn profits by borrowing money at a low interest rate and then lending it out to customers at a higher rate. Changes to the federal funds rate trickle down through the banking system, influencing interest rates on a variety of things, including mortgages and bonds.</p><p>Higher interest rates decrease spending by making it more expensive to borrow money. That decreases demand for goods and services throughout the economy, then slows down the price increases that we call inflation.</p><p>But when the Fed raises interest rates, it also runs the risk of hurting the economy — and the stock market in particular — by slowing down spending too much.</p><p>“Corporations borrow a lot of money every day to run their businesses, and when it costs them more money to borrow, it means their profits go down. And if their profits go down, then their stock is not as attractive,” says Delia Fernandez, a Los Alamitos, California-based certified financial planner with Fernandez Financial Advisory.</p><h2>What are markets expecting from the next meeting?</h2><p>“The markets are clearly expecting a 0.75% increase in [the Fed’s] target for the federal funds rate,” says Grieb. He explains that stock market valuations can act as a predictor of future rates and that the current level of the S&amp;P 500 and similar indexes points toward a 0.75% increase.</p><p>“If we saw a 1% rise or 1.25%, I think the markets would react very badly to that. We would see stock prices decrease. And vice versa — if it were only 0.5%, the markets would react very strongly,” he says.</p><p>Grieb says that any decision other than a 0.75% rate increase would be a surprise — but that a higher increase might be slightly less of a shock than a lower one.</p><p>“Chairman [Jerome] Powell has been pretty clear that they feel the need to be aggressive about this,” Grieb says of the Federal Reserve chair.</p><p>Keith Jakob, a professor of finance at the University of Montana, says that if rates go up by the expected 0.75%, the market reaction may be driven by what the Fed says about expectations for the next FOMC meeting in early November.</p><p>If the Fed hints that more increases are ahead, that could push markets down. But if it doesn&#39;t, markets could rise.</p><p>“If they say, ‘Yeah, we’re doing 0.75% but we think that’s enough,’ that maybe would lead to the market saying, ‘OK, let’s have a relief rally because we think they’re finished raising rates,’” Jakob says.</p><h2>How do the August inflation numbers affect the decision?</h2><p>On Sept. 13, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported inflation numbers for the month of August that were higher than economists’ expectations. In response, the S&amp;P 500 and other major stock indexes fell by several percentage points.</p><p>“There was a grain of hope in the markets that inflation was going to start cooling more quickly,” Grieb says. That might have given the Fed the opportunity to be more gentle with its interest rate increases.</p><p>But Grieb says that the higher-than-anticipated inflation numbers show that “the Fed will have to stick to its guns,” with an aggressive course of interest rate increases in the near future — hence the negative stock market reaction.</p><p>“The markets are realizing that the aggressive path the Fed has laid out — they don’t have much room to adjust that,” he says.</p><h2>Should long-term investors pay attention to Fed interest rate policy?</h2><p>Fernandez says no.</p><p>“They should ignore the news, they should ignore the ups and downs, they should know that they’re in it for the long term,” she says.</p><p>Ideally, Fernandez says, investors should be making small, but frequent contributions to their investment accounts over time (for example, a set amount from each paycheck).</p><p>This approach, which is called dollar-cost averaging, can help them buy into investments at lower prices during periods of turmoil.</p></body></html>","source":"lsy1663581368258","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>What to Expect From the Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decision</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\">\nWhat to Expect From the Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decision\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-09-19 17:58 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/what-to-expect-federal-reserve-interest-rate-decision><strong>NerdWallet</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>The Fed's next rate decision is due by Sept. 21. Here’s what financial experts say it could mean for markets and investors.The Federal Reserve’s job hasn’t been easy amid this year’s economic ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/what-to-expect-federal-reserve-interest-rate-decision\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{".IXIC":"NASDAQ Composite",".SPX":"S&P 500 Index",".DJI":"道琼斯"},"source_url":"https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/what-to-expect-federal-reserve-interest-rate-decision","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2267651314","content_text":"The Fed's next rate decision is due by Sept. 21. Here’s what financial experts say it could mean for markets and investors.The Federal Reserve’s job hasn’t been easy amid this year’s economic volatility.The Consumer Price Index, a key inflation gauge, rose 8.3% year over year in August — well over the Fed’s 2% target. The stock market hasn’t been well-behaved either: The S&P 500 index is down by more than 10% so far this year.The Federal Open Market Committee is due to meet Sept. 20-21, when it will decide whether to raise interest rates for the fifth time this year — and by how much.Here’s what economists and a financial planner have to say about what’s going into the decision, how the stock market might react, and what it means for long-term investors.Why is the Federal Reserve raising interest rates?In short, the Fed is considering raising interest rates again to reduce inflation. But it’s trying to do so in a way that doesn’t burden consumers and businesses.According to Terrance Grieb, a professor of finance at the University of Idaho, the Federal Reserve’s operations follow a dual mandate. Its two responsibilities are “to provide price stability within the economy, and also to provide a healthy job market.”“What they’re trying to do is set interest rates — which are a key component of monetary policy — in order to balance those two things against each other,” he says.The federal funds rate, which is guided by the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee, is the interest rate at which banks can borrow money from each other.Banks earn profits by borrowing money at a low interest rate and then lending it out to customers at a higher rate. Changes to the federal funds rate trickle down through the banking system, influencing interest rates on a variety of things, including mortgages and bonds.Higher interest rates decrease spending by making it more expensive to borrow money. That decreases demand for goods and services throughout the economy, then slows down the price increases that we call inflation.But when the Fed raises interest rates, it also runs the risk of hurting the economy — and the stock market in particular — by slowing down spending too much.“Corporations borrow a lot of money every day to run their businesses, and when it costs them more money to borrow, it means their profits go down. And if their profits go down, then their stock is not as attractive,” says Delia Fernandez, a Los Alamitos, California-based certified financial planner with Fernandez Financial Advisory.What are markets expecting from the next meeting?“The markets are clearly expecting a 0.75% increase in [the Fed’s] target for the federal funds rate,” says Grieb. He explains that stock market valuations can act as a predictor of future rates and that the current level of the S&P 500 and similar indexes points toward a 0.75% increase.“If we saw a 1% rise or 1.25%, I think the markets would react very badly to that. We would see stock prices decrease. And vice versa — if it were only 0.5%, the markets would react very strongly,” he says.Grieb says that any decision other than a 0.75% rate increase would be a surprise — but that a higher increase might be slightly less of a shock than a lower one.“Chairman [Jerome] Powell has been pretty clear that they feel the need to be aggressive about this,” Grieb says of the Federal Reserve chair.Keith Jakob, a professor of finance at the University of Montana, says that if rates go up by the expected 0.75%, the market reaction may be driven by what the Fed says about expectations for the next FOMC meeting in early November.If the Fed hints that more increases are ahead, that could push markets down. But if it doesn't, markets could rise.“If they say, ‘Yeah, we’re doing 0.75% but we think that’s enough,’ that maybe would lead to the market saying, ‘OK, let’s have a relief rally because we think they’re finished raising rates,’” Jakob says.How do the August inflation numbers affect the decision?On Sept. 13, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported inflation numbers for the month of August that were higher than economists’ expectations. In response, the S&P 500 and other major stock indexes fell by several percentage points.“There was a grain of hope in the markets that inflation was going to start cooling more quickly,” Grieb says. That might have given the Fed the opportunity to be more gentle with its interest rate increases.But Grieb says that the higher-than-anticipated inflation numbers show that “the Fed will have to stick to its guns,” with an aggressive course of interest rate increases in the near future — hence the negative stock market reaction.“The markets are realizing that the aggressive path the Fed has laid out — they don’t have much room to adjust that,” he says.Should long-term investors pay attention to Fed interest rate policy?Fernandez says no.“They should ignore the news, they should ignore the ups and downs, they should know that they’re in it for the long term,” she says.Ideally, Fernandez says, investors should be making small, but frequent contributions to their investment accounts over time (for example, a set amount from each paycheck).This approach, which is called dollar-cost averaging, can help them buy into investments at lower prices during periods of turmoil.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":584,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9999299156,"gmtCreate":1660530457477,"gmtModify":1676533487461,"author":{"id":"3567409676969355","authorId":"3567409676969355","name":"mwlim1992","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3567409676969355","authorIdStr":"3567409676969355"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Good","listText":"Good","text":"Good","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9999299156","repostId":"2259664055","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2259664055","pubTimestamp":1660529485,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2259664055?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2022-08-15 10:11","market":"fut","language":"en","title":"How the US Toppled the World’s Most Powerful Gold Trader","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2259664055","media":"Bloomberg","summary":"In December 2018, a man in his early 30s was intercepted on arrival at Fort Lauderdale airport and t","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>In December 2018, a man in his early 30s was intercepted on arrival at Fort Lauderdale airport and taken to a room where two FBI agents sat waiting.</p><p>The target was scared and already on high alert — one of his associates had recently admitted to crimes he knew he&#39;d also committed. Christian Trunz wasn’t a terrorist or a drug trafficker, but a mid-level trader of precious metals returning from his honeymoon. Crucially: he was also a longstanding employee of JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co., the biggest bullion bank.</p><p>The FBI’s airport ambush described by Trunz was a crucial step in the pursuit by US prosecutors of JPMorgan’s precious metals desk, leading up to last week’s climax — the conviction on 13 counts of the man who was once the most powerful figure in the gold market, the desk’s former global head Michael Nowak.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/ebbadecc1f5c7943a399026a1c4b692e\" tg-width=\"1000\" tg-height=\"666\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/><span>Michael Nowak departs from federal court in Chicago, Illinois, US, on July 8.Photographer: Cheney Orr/Bloomberg</span></p><p>Watched with a mixture of fascination and horror by precious metals traders around the world, the case has shone a light on how JPMorgan’s traders — including Nowak and the bank’s long-time lead gold trader Gregg Smith — for years allegedly manipulated markets by placing bogus orders designed to wrongfoot other market participants, principally algorithmic traders whose high-speed activity became a major source of frustration.</p><p>Nowak has become one of the most senior bankers to be convicted in the US since the financial crisis, and faces the prospect of decades in prison, although it could be far less.</p><p>Nowak’s lawyers contend Nowak wasn’t a “criminal mastermind” and said they will “continue to vindicate his rights in court.” A lawyer for Smith said during closing arguments last month that his client’s orders were legitimate, and there are other explanations to buy and sell futures contracts at the same time on behalf of customers.</p><p>It took three weeks in court for the government to persuade a jury of Nowak and Smith’s guilt. (Jeffrey Ruffo, a salesman who was tried with them, was acquitted.)</p><p>But whispers of spoofing had hung over JPMorgan’s trading desk for at least a decade — many years before the FBI first approached Trunz in 2018.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/48b77891e950996fa6e33cdf27373856\" tg-width=\"1000\" tg-height=\"666\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/><span>Gregg Smith, center, departs from federal court in Chicago.Photographer: Cheney Orr/Bloomberg</span></p><p>Alex Gerko, the head of an algorithmic trading firm, complained about Smith’s activity in the gold market as early as 2012 to CME Group Inc., which owns the futures exchanges where the US alleged thousands of spoof trades took place. But Smith and Nowak continued working at the bank until 2019, when the US unsealed charges against them.</p><p>“The wheels of justice are moving, slowly,” Gerko tweeted last month.</p><p>At the Justice Department, the road to JPMorgan began with a decision to begin hunting down traders who made bogus offers to buy and sell commodities that they never intended to execute. The criminal fraud unit hired data consultants to go through billions of lines of trades to spot patterns of market manipulators.</p><p>As the vast quantities of data was scrutinized, there were certain traders that stood out. And they worked at JPMorgan.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a0bd52c3148093101f269bba08842701\" tg-width=\"1000\" tg-height=\"666\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/><span>JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. headquarters in New York.Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg</span></p><p>With the data in hand, investigators went looking for cooperators, which they found in Trunz and his former colleague John Edmonds. Both relatively junior traders pleaded guilty to their own misconduct and agreed to testify against the desk’s boss.</p><p>Nowak was arrested in September 2019, sending a shock wave through the metals world, but the Covid pandemic meant it would be another three years until the trial finally took place.</p><p>In his testimony, Edmonds, who’d started in an operations role at JPMorgan, described spoofing on the desk as a daily phenomenon and felt obliged to take part because it was part of the normal strategy.</p><p>The Justice Department’s move against JPMorgan’s most senior bullion bankers was celebrated in some corners of the gold and silver markets, where investors and bloggers have long accused the bank of a large-scale scheme to manipulate prices lower. Those allegations prompted multiple investigations by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the most recent of which was closed in 2013 after finding no evidence of wrongdoing.</p><p>The case against Nowak and Smith made no allegations of a systematic plot to suppress prices, instead arguing that they spoofed markets over very short periods of time, and in both directions, to benefit JPMorgan&#39;s most important hedge fund clients.</p><p>And while the convictions are a victory for the prosecutors, the jury rejected the government’s most sweeping charges — brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO — that the men were part of a conspiracy and that JPMorgan’s precious metals desk was a criminal enterprise.</p><p>At JPMorgan, Edmonds said the practice was referred to as “clicking” rather than spoofing, and the traders never discussed it as being illegal despite the firm’s own compliance policies making it plain. Trunz even spoke of a running joke involving Smith, who would click his mouse so fast to place and cancel orders that his colleagues would urge him to put ice on his fingers.</p><p>In 2012, Gerko, who is the founder of quantitative trading firm XTX Markets Ltd., complained to the CME about Smith’s trading in gold futures by rapidly entering and canceling orders. The CME began an investigation, which dragged on for three years before concluding he’d likely been spoofing.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/49cfd54d19cd90838798de601eaa2eea\" tg-width=\"1000\" tg-height=\"667\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"/><span>Alex GerkoPhotographer: Rahul Singh/XTX Markets Ltd.</span></p><p>“It took a long time after 2010 to get consistent enforcement,” Gerko said in a tweet, referring to the Dodd-Frank act in which spoofing was defined and made illegal.</p><p>After another JPMorgan trader, Michel Simonian, was fired in 2014 for spoofing, Nowak called his traders into his office to ask if they&#39;d been doing the same, according to Edmonds. No one said anything. The incident shocked Edmonds, he said, as Nowak knew it had been going on for years.</p><p>During the trial, Nowak appeared largely impassive, his face hidden behind a Covid mask. Industry insiders described him in 2020 as introverted and brainy, and testimony during the trial painted him as a well-liked manager, who became friendly with Trunz while the two did a stint working out of JPMorgan’s London office.</p><p>During trial, Trunz was asked whether he liked Nowak, the former trader responded: &#34;I loved him.&#34;</p><p>However, the relationship became more complicated after Trunz was approached by authorities. When he contemplated making a deal with the government, Nowak told him not to, according to Trunz, who became audibly choked up as he gave the testimony.</p><p>Defense lawyers painted Trunz and Edmonds as unreliable — proven liars who were testifying against their clients in order to avoid lengthy prison sentences.</p><p>Nowak and Smith won’t be sentenced until next year. For comparison, two Deutsche Bank AG traders convicted of spoofing in 2020 were each sentenced to about a year in prison.</p><p>Last week’s conviction represents the pinnacle of the US Justice Department’s crackdown on the illegal trading practice known as spoofing. So far, prosecutors have managed to convict ten traders at five different banks.</p><p>JPMorgan has already paid $920 million to settle spoofing allegations against it.</p><p>“Even though the jury rejected the conspiracy and RICO charges, they will consider this a win,” said Matthew Mazur, an attorney at Dechert LLP who defended one of the Deutsche Bank traders. “This is probably the end of the precious metals sweep that was done, but I do think there will continue to be cases.”</p><p>Even after the crackdown, some market participants say spoofing still takes place. Back when commodity futures traded in the pits, brokers had to trade face-to-face. Hiding behind a screen makes it much easier to place and pull orders at will.</p><p>“We still see spoofing on a regular basis,” said Eric Zuccarelli, an independent commodities trader who began working on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange in 1986. “But back then if a person spoofed everybody would come over and punch you in the face and the floor committee would come over and fine you for being an asshole.”</p></body></html>","source":"lsy1584095487587","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>How the US Toppled the World’s Most Powerful Gold Trader</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\">\nHow the US Toppled the World’s Most Powerful Gold Trader\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-08-15 10:11 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-14/how-the-us-toppled-the-world-s-most-powerful-gold-trader?srnd=markets-vp><strong>Bloomberg</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>In December 2018, a man in his early 30s was intercepted on arrival at Fort Lauderdale airport and taken to a room where two FBI agents sat waiting.The target was scared and already on high alert — ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-14/how-the-us-toppled-the-world-s-most-powerful-gold-trader?srnd=markets-vp\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"JPM":"摩根大通"},"source_url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-14/how-the-us-toppled-the-world-s-most-powerful-gold-trader?srnd=markets-vp","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2259664055","content_text":"In December 2018, a man in his early 30s was intercepted on arrival at Fort Lauderdale airport and taken to a room where two FBI agents sat waiting.The target was scared and already on high alert — one of his associates had recently admitted to crimes he knew he'd also committed. Christian Trunz wasn’t a terrorist or a drug trafficker, but a mid-level trader of precious metals returning from his honeymoon. Crucially: he was also a longstanding employee of JPMorgan Chase & Co., the biggest bullion bank.The FBI’s airport ambush described by Trunz was a crucial step in the pursuit by US prosecutors of JPMorgan’s precious metals desk, leading up to last week’s climax — the conviction on 13 counts of the man who was once the most powerful figure in the gold market, the desk’s former global head Michael Nowak.Michael Nowak departs from federal court in Chicago, Illinois, US, on July 8.Photographer: Cheney Orr/BloombergWatched with a mixture of fascination and horror by precious metals traders around the world, the case has shone a light on how JPMorgan’s traders — including Nowak and the bank’s long-time lead gold trader Gregg Smith — for years allegedly manipulated markets by placing bogus orders designed to wrongfoot other market participants, principally algorithmic traders whose high-speed activity became a major source of frustration.Nowak has become one of the most senior bankers to be convicted in the US since the financial crisis, and faces the prospect of decades in prison, although it could be far less.Nowak’s lawyers contend Nowak wasn’t a “criminal mastermind” and said they will “continue to vindicate his rights in court.” A lawyer for Smith said during closing arguments last month that his client’s orders were legitimate, and there are other explanations to buy and sell futures contracts at the same time on behalf of customers.It took three weeks in court for the government to persuade a jury of Nowak and Smith’s guilt. (Jeffrey Ruffo, a salesman who was tried with them, was acquitted.)But whispers of spoofing had hung over JPMorgan’s trading desk for at least a decade — many years before the FBI first approached Trunz in 2018.Gregg Smith, center, departs from federal court in Chicago.Photographer: Cheney Orr/BloombergAlex Gerko, the head of an algorithmic trading firm, complained about Smith’s activity in the gold market as early as 2012 to CME Group Inc., which owns the futures exchanges where the US alleged thousands of spoof trades took place. But Smith and Nowak continued working at the bank until 2019, when the US unsealed charges against them.“The wheels of justice are moving, slowly,” Gerko tweeted last month.At the Justice Department, the road to JPMorgan began with a decision to begin hunting down traders who made bogus offers to buy and sell commodities that they never intended to execute. The criminal fraud unit hired data consultants to go through billions of lines of trades to spot patterns of market manipulators.As the vast quantities of data was scrutinized, there were certain traders that stood out. And they worked at JPMorgan.JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquarters in New York.Photographer: Michael Nagle/BloombergWith the data in hand, investigators went looking for cooperators, which they found in Trunz and his former colleague John Edmonds. Both relatively junior traders pleaded guilty to their own misconduct and agreed to testify against the desk’s boss.Nowak was arrested in September 2019, sending a shock wave through the metals world, but the Covid pandemic meant it would be another three years until the trial finally took place.In his testimony, Edmonds, who’d started in an operations role at JPMorgan, described spoofing on the desk as a daily phenomenon and felt obliged to take part because it was part of the normal strategy.The Justice Department’s move against JPMorgan’s most senior bullion bankers was celebrated in some corners of the gold and silver markets, where investors and bloggers have long accused the bank of a large-scale scheme to manipulate prices lower. Those allegations prompted multiple investigations by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the most recent of which was closed in 2013 after finding no evidence of wrongdoing.The case against Nowak and Smith made no allegations of a systematic plot to suppress prices, instead arguing that they spoofed markets over very short periods of time, and in both directions, to benefit JPMorgan's most important hedge fund clients.And while the convictions are a victory for the prosecutors, the jury rejected the government’s most sweeping charges — brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO — that the men were part of a conspiracy and that JPMorgan’s precious metals desk was a criminal enterprise.At JPMorgan, Edmonds said the practice was referred to as “clicking” rather than spoofing, and the traders never discussed it as being illegal despite the firm’s own compliance policies making it plain. Trunz even spoke of a running joke involving Smith, who would click his mouse so fast to place and cancel orders that his colleagues would urge him to put ice on his fingers.In 2012, Gerko, who is the founder of quantitative trading firm XTX Markets Ltd., complained to the CME about Smith’s trading in gold futures by rapidly entering and canceling orders. The CME began an investigation, which dragged on for three years before concluding he’d likely been spoofing.Alex GerkoPhotographer: Rahul Singh/XTX Markets Ltd.“It took a long time after 2010 to get consistent enforcement,” Gerko said in a tweet, referring to the Dodd-Frank act in which spoofing was defined and made illegal.After another JPMorgan trader, Michel Simonian, was fired in 2014 for spoofing, Nowak called his traders into his office to ask if they'd been doing the same, according to Edmonds. No one said anything. The incident shocked Edmonds, he said, as Nowak knew it had been going on for years.During the trial, Nowak appeared largely impassive, his face hidden behind a Covid mask. Industry insiders described him in 2020 as introverted and brainy, and testimony during the trial painted him as a well-liked manager, who became friendly with Trunz while the two did a stint working out of JPMorgan’s London office.During trial, Trunz was asked whether he liked Nowak, the former trader responded: \"I loved him.\"However, the relationship became more complicated after Trunz was approached by authorities. When he contemplated making a deal with the government, Nowak told him not to, according to Trunz, who became audibly choked up as he gave the testimony.Defense lawyers painted Trunz and Edmonds as unreliable — proven liars who were testifying against their clients in order to avoid lengthy prison sentences.Nowak and Smith won’t be sentenced until next year. For comparison, two Deutsche Bank AG traders convicted of spoofing in 2020 were each sentenced to about a year in prison.Last week’s conviction represents the pinnacle of the US Justice Department’s crackdown on the illegal trading practice known as spoofing. So far, prosecutors have managed to convict ten traders at five different banks.JPMorgan has already paid $920 million to settle spoofing allegations against it.“Even though the jury rejected the conspiracy and RICO charges, they will consider this a win,” said Matthew Mazur, an attorney at Dechert LLP who defended one of the Deutsche Bank traders. “This is probably the end of the precious metals sweep that was done, but I do think there will continue to be cases.”Even after the crackdown, some market participants say spoofing still takes place. Back when commodity futures traded in the pits, brokers had to trade face-to-face. Hiding behind a screen makes it much easier to place and pull orders at will.“We still see spoofing on a regular basis,” said Eric Zuccarelli, an independent commodities trader who began working on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange in 1986. “But back then if a person spoofed everybody would come over and punch you in the face and the floor committee would come over and fine you for being an asshole.”","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":602,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"lives":[]}