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Senator Josh Hawley just grilled the Chief Labor Counsel at Boeing, $BA.

"Your CEO got $32.8M of compensation in a year...at that point in time your planes were literally falling out of the sky in pieces and you weren't paying your workers"

- @HawleyMO https://t.co/LifR57Ckmr
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RT @LudovicCreator: ๐ŸŽฌ From Storyboards to Motion: Testing Video Models

What happens after youโ€™ve built your storyboard and locked in your visual style?
For me, the answer was simple: take the leap into motion.

In the first part of my workflow, I tested six different image models to see which one matched my creative vision. I chose Flux 1.1 Ultra โ€” not as a universal winner, but as the model most aligned with the atmosphere and tone I wanted for this project.

With that choice made, I moved forward:

Picked one key image per storyboard section with Flux 1.1 Ultra.

Built a consistent visual anchor for the narrative.

Then tested four different video models to explore how these visuals could be translated into motion.

I tested Luma RAY , Adobe Firefly Video, Marey Moonvalley ; Runway GEN 4.

๐Ÿ‘‰ The goal wasnโ€™t to rank models. It was to find the right one for this story โ€” the one capable of carrying its mood, pacing, and emotion into video.

This creates a natural progression in the workflow:

Adobe Firefly Boards โ†’ structure & storytelling foundation

Flux 1.1 Ultra โ†’ cohesive cinematic imagery

Video model tests โ†’ translating stills into animated sequences

โœจ Next step: refining the workflow and moving toward the first animated cut, where my storyboard finally comes alive and you will know my choice.

๐Ÿ‘‡ What will you find in the thread :

- First comment the full storyboard with the first part
- The Video models comparison for each image and prompt used
- The link of first part article

๐Ÿ’ก What would be your model picked here and why ? Would love to know in comments

๐Ÿ‘‡ Check the thread โ€” This article is sponsored by Adobe Firefly through a paid partnership, but all opinions and experiments are my own.

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RT @DimitryNakhla: A quality valuation analysis on $ASML ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ

โ€ขNTM P/E Ratio: 29.88x
โ€ข10-Year Mean: 31.10x

โ€ขNTM FCF Yield: 2.90%
โ€ข10-Year Mean: 3.05%

As you can see, $ASML appears to be trading near fair value

Going forward, investors can receive ~4% MORE in earnings per share & ~5% LESS in FCF per share๐Ÿง ***

Before we get into valuation, letโ€™s take a look at why $ASML is an excellent business (*Financials in USD*)

BALANCE SHEETโœ…
โ€ขCash & Short Term Inv: $8.49B
โ€ขLong-Term Debt: $4.33B

$ASML has a strong balance sheet & 68x FFO Interest Coverage

RETURN ON CAPITALโœ…
โ€ข2021: 43.8%
โ€ข2022: 48.0%
โ€ข2023: 48.7%
โ€ข2024: 38.3%
โ€ขLTM: 51.8%

RETURN ON EQUITYโœ…
โ€ข2021: 49.0%
โ€ข2022: 59.4%
โ€ข2023: 70.4%
โ€ข2024: 47.4%
โ€ขLTM: 58.2%

$ASML has excellent return metrics, highlighting the financial efficiency of the business

REVENUESโœ…
โ€ข2014: $7.09B
โ€ข2024: $29.28B
โ€ขCAGR: 15.23%

FREE CASH FLOW*
โ€ข $ASML FCF is very sporadic due to heavy capital expenditures & isnโ€™t necessarily the most reliable way to analyze the companyโ€™s value
โ€ข2014: $1.23B
โ€ข2024: $9.43B
โ€ขCAGR: 22.59%

NORMALIZED EPSโœ…
โ€ข2014: $3.15
โ€ข2024: $20.03
โ€ขCAGR: 20.31%

SHARE BUYBACKSโœ…
โ€ข2018 Shares Outstanding: 426.40M
โ€ขLTM Shares Outstanding: 392.00M

By reducing its shares outstanding ~8.0%, $ASML increased its EPS by ~8.7% (assuming 0 growth)

MARGINSโœ…
โ€ขLTM Gross Margins: 52.5%
โ€ขLTM Operating Margins: 34.8%
โ€ขLTM Net Income Margins: 29.3%

***NOW TO VALUATION ๐Ÿง 

As stated above, investors can expect to receive ~4% MORE in EPS & 5% LESS in FCF per share

Using Benjamin Grahamโ€™s 2G rule of thumb, $ASML has to grow earnings at a 14.94% CAGR over the next several years to justify its valuation

Today, analysts anticipate 2025 - 2028 EPS growth over the next few years to be more than the (14.94%) required growth rate:

2025E: $28.07 (22.0% YoY) *FY Dec

2026E: $29.84 (13.8% YoY)
2027E: $35.83 (21.3% YoY)
2028E: $40.00 (21.3% YoY)

$ASML has a decent track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out so letโ€™s assume $ASML ends 2028 with $40.00 in EPS & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples:

31x P/E: $1240๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~14.5% CAGR

30x P/E: $1200๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~13.4% CAGR

29x P/E: $1160๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~12.2% CAGR

28x P/E: $1120๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~11.0% CAGR

27x P/E: $1080๐Ÿ’ต โ€ฆ ~9.8% CAGR

As you can see, $ASML appears to have attractive return potential if we assume greater or equal to 29x EPS (below its 10-year mean, current multiple, & justified given its quality, moat & growth rate if we consider its 15.77% EPS CAGR Estimates 2026-2028)

Today at $813๐Ÿ’ต $ASML appears to be a good consideration for investment, albeit with extreme volatility & a smaller margin of safety than when it traded for ~26x in May 2025 (when I considered it a โ€œstrong consideration for investmentโ€)

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๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐‚๐‹๐Ž๐’๐”๐‘๐„โ€ผ๏ธ: ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž. ๐๐š๐›๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅยฎ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ.

๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐›๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ.
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X would be so much more valuable if we shared more about our investment mistakes. Those are the most valuable lessons.

Whatโ€™s been your biggest mistake so far?

3 investment mistakes that cost me a lot of money, involving:
ยท $UPST
ยท $BABA
ยท $TSLA

I figured itโ€™s time to share more about my personal investment journey. So letโ€™s start with my biggest mistakes.

Letโ€™s dive in!๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/9OVJ7vkkA3
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Added 46 new stock write-ups to the site (pt 1):
@alc2022 - $PATH
@DavidDiranko (Monday Monitor) - $ZIM, $CNA.L, $QFIN, $IPX.L, $EQNR
@acidinvestments - $3393.HK
@FuzzyPandaShort - $RZLV (short)
@_HoopClub - $FILA.MI https://t.co/Kpbl9V7PxF
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RT @hume_ai: Introducing Octave 2: our next-generation multilingual text-to-speech model

Whatโ€™s new:
- Fluent in 11+ languages
- 40% faster (<200ms latencyโ โ ) & 50% cheaper than octave 1
- multi-speaker conversation
- more reliable pronunciation
- new voice conversion & phoneme editing capabilities

for the month of october, weโ€™re offering 50% off our creator plan - use code octave2 at checkout!
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RT @DimitryNakhla: Here are five quality stocks that faced multiple compression due to short-term growth concerns, creating buying opportunities for those looking beyond temporary challenges

Multiple compression doesnโ€™t always signal a broken thesisโ€”it can be an opportunity ๐Ÿงต https://t.co/K2rpHr3c2Q

Many investors seek quality & are willing to pay a premium multiple, but when short-term growth concerns trigger multiple compression, they mistakenly rationalize:

โ€œLowered growth justifies this, I should look elsewhere nowโ€
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This is often a misstep. Will share a ๐Ÿงต soon
- Dimitry Nakhla | Babylon Capitalยฎ
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This is big!

Hume AI just released Octave 2, a powerful new voice model with multilingual and multi-speaker capabilities and wow.

The generations sound incredibly smooth and natural. I even tried a couple of lip-sync tests. โคต๏ธ https://t.co/Bk2CXupMks
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