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<ul><li>The start of the second half of the year so far has seen a change in the market themes versus the first half of the year.</li><li>Microsoft’s declaration in January 2023 that AI would emerge as the next computing platform coupled with Nvidia’s shocking earnings guide up last quarter, coupled with a weaker dollar and decline in bond yields, provided fuel in the first half of the year for the technology sector and garnered investor eyeballs to anything closely associated with AI.</li><li>However, on Microsoft’s most recent earnings call on July 25th, CFO Amy Hood stated “Even with strong demand and a leadership position, growth from our AI services will be gradual as Azure AI scales and our copilots reach general availability dates. So for FY '24, the impact will be weighted towards H2.”</li></ul>

The start of the second half of the year so far has seen a change in the market themes versus the first half of the year.Microsoft’s declaration in January 2023 that AI would emerge as the next computing platform coupled with Nvidia’s shocking earnings guide up last quarter, coupled with a weaker dollar and decline in bond yields, provided fuel in the first half of the year for the technology sector and garnered investor eyeballs to anything closely associated with AI.However, on Microsoft’s most recent earnings call on July 25th, CFO Amy Hood stated “Even with strong demand and a leadership position, growth from our AI services will be gradual as Azure AI scales and our copilots reach general availability dates. So for FY '24, the impact will be weighted towards H2.”

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<li>Unlike many suggest, the downgrade of the US credit rating by Fitch, resulting in the US losing its Triple-A status, will have significant impact on markets.</li>
<li>The disappointing ISM Manufacturing Index comes with massive downside for Equities in all regions.</li>
<li>While the Big Tech earnings dream get to live another day, the risks of a further and more significant slowdown in company earnings remain abundant.</li>
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Unlike many suggest, the downgrade of the US credit rating by Fitch, resulting in the US losing its Triple-A status, will have significant impact on markets.
The disappointing ISM Manufacturing Index comes with massive downside for Equities in all regions.
While the Big Tech earnings dream get to live another day, the risks of a further and more significant slowdown in company earnings remain abundant.


The Weekly Market Monitor (31) – Bye, Bye, Triple-A

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<li>Elon Musk has killed Twitter's last and greatest value by renaming it X. As in, fill in whatever the heck it is now. </li>
<li>Twitter's strong, globally recognized brand worth had been worth much as $20 billion—its last and only valuable asset.</li>
<li>Incredibly, it gets worse. Hundreds of other companies already own rights to the X name and logo—including META and Microsoft. </li>
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Elon Musk has killed Twitter's last and greatest value by renaming it X. As in, fill in whatever the heck it is now. 
Twitter's strong, globally recognized brand worth had been worth much as $20 billion—its last and only valuable asset.
Incredibly, it gets worse. Hundreds of other companies already own rights to the X name and logo—including META and Microsoft. 


Elon Musk's Latest X-Ceptionally Bad Idea

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<li>The surprisingly dovish tone of Federal Reserve Chairman Powell and ECB President Lagarde suggests the end of the tightening cycle is in, boding well for Equities and Treasuries.</li>
<li>After quarters of declining or negative earnings and revenue growth, Big Tech companies are finally showing improvement. </li>
<li>After being in Frenzy for three weeks, our Fear &amp; Frenzy Sentiment Index has slipped back to Neutral. </li>
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The surprisingly dovish tone of Federal Reserve Chairman Powell and ECB President Lagarde suggests the end of the tightening cycle is in, boding well for Equities and Treasuries.
After quarters of declining or negative earnings and revenue growth, Big Tech companies are finally showing improvement. 
After being in Frenzy for three weeks, our Fear &amp; Frenzy Sentiment Index has slipped back to Neutral. 


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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Microsoft delivered an all-around beat in the most recent quarterly result.</li><li>Microsoft Cloud reached $110 billion in yearly revenue, with Azure accounting for more than 50% of the total.</li><li>Customers are moving their current workloads to Azure and investing in new workloads, causing Azure to gain market share.</li></ul>

Microsoft delivered an all-around beat in the most recent quarterly result.Microsoft Cloud reached $110 billion in yearly revenue, with Azure accounting for more than 50% of the total.Customers are moving their current workloads to Azure and investing in new workloads, causing Azure to gain market share.

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Elon Musk's latest boneheaded move is to dump the Twitter brand, worth as much as $20 billion, to name it "X" after his his longtime vanity...

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The Weekly Market Monitor (30) – Behold the Dovish Shift!

A surprisingly hawkish tone of central bankers suggests the end of the tightening cycle is near, with positive implications for Equities and...

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Microsoft Corporation: Azure's Cloud Domination Continues! – Key Drivers

Microsoft delivered an all-around beat in the most recent quarterly result. Microsoft Cloud reached $110 billion in yearly revenue, with Azure...

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