⁠The Investing for Beginners Podcast
As investors, we HAVE to understand the business.

But how do we do this?

Answer these questions:

1. What are main costs?
2. Who are main customers?
3. Who are main competitors?
4. How do they make money?
5. What problem does their product/service solve?

You're well on the way https://t.co/DLzcDXmBfb
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⁠The Kobeissi Letter
BREAKING: X has been valued at $44 billion in a deal where investors sold existing stakes in the business, per FT.

X is also raising $2 billion in a primary round to pay off debt taken during @ElonMusk's acquisition of Twitter.

X's valuation is now up over +400% from its low. https://t.co/A8XZId89FA
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⁠The Kobeissi Letter
BREAKING: Nvidia, $NVDA, CEO Jensen Huang says the market's understanding of DeepSeek R1 is "completely wrong."

Huang says demand for computing remains "extremely high" and reasoning AI is increasing computing demand. https://t.co/eX60ODi3NH
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⁠The Investing for Beginners Podcast
4 Profitability Ratios All Investors Need to Know

Let's dig in. https://t.co/SGfGBxoVts
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⁠The Kobeissi Letter
Rate cut expectations are DROPPING again:

Heading into this week, prediction markets saw a base case of 3 interest rate cuts in 2025.

Now, the base case is falling sharply with a median forecast of just 2.6 cuts, per @Kalshi.

Odds of a rate cut before June 2025 are now back below 20%.

All eyes are on the Fed today.
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⁠Stock Analysis Compilation
Highwood Value Partners on Protector Forsikring $PROT NO

Thesis: Protector Forsikring is a mid-cap Norwegian P&C insurer with strong growth, a valuable float from profitable earnings, and successful expansion into the UK and upcoming entry into France.

(Extract from their Q4 letter)
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⁠Dimitry Nakhla | Babylon Capital®
Novo Nordisk stock trades near its lowest valuation in the last 5 years, almost hitting its bottom at the peak of pessimism during the 2020 stock market crash

This is despite strong double-digit EPS growth estimates through 2027

$NVO https://t.co/wGdJpfsVO3
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⁠Investing visuals
$NVDA GTC keynote highlights:

🔹Blackwell Ultra chip set for H2 2025
🔹3.6M Blackwell units ordered by cloud giants in 2025
🔹$1T data center capEx by 2028 expected
🔹GROOT N1 model leads robotics, diversifies revenue
🔹GM partnership cements $NVDA's role in autonomy https://t.co/jUXczA6BoP
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⁠Quiver Quantitative
JUST IN: Senator Tina Smith sold her full $250K position in Pepsi stock on February 11th.

This was just two days before RFK Jr. was confirmed to the cabinet.

Smith sits on the Senate Committee on Health.
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⁠App Economy Insights
📺 US TV Time February 2025:

Streaming 43.5% (+5.8pp Y/Y).

• YouTube 11.6% (+2.3pp Y/Y).
• Netflix 8.2% (+0.4pp Y/Y).
• Disney apps 4.8% (+0.1pp Y/Y).
• Prime Video 3.5% (+0.7pp Y/Y).
• Roku Channel 2.1% (+0.9pp Y/Y).
$GOOG $NFLX $AMZN $DIS $ROKU
Source: Nielsen. https://t.co/GoFxk89jod
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