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<ul class="summary-list"><li>BlackRock's Rick Rieder says there are "no sellers" in the equity market.</li><li>Stocks will keep rising despite soaring market valuations, he told Yahoo Finance.</li></ul>Even with stock-market valuations hovering <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-outlook-crazy-town-valuation-mania-sp500-barry-bannister-2024-11">near generational highs</a>, BlackRock's bond chief highlighted one key reason why stocks can continue higher."There's no sellers," Rick Rieder — the firm's global CIO of fixed income — said at a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjz_kTaO5pA">Yahoo Finance conference</a>.On the buying side, momentum is abundant, even as the prospect of persistently high interest rates boosts the appeal of the money-market funds."You think about the amount of money that comes into 401(k)s, wealth, salary — X percent goes into equities, and there's no sellers," he said.Rieder added that corporate buybacks are also backstopping stock market prices. Big companies have bought a trillion dollars worth of their own shares, he noted, shrinking the equity supply and pushing per-share values higher."So you shrink the denominator because they're buying back a bunch of their stock, and there's no sellers," Rieder said.He sees this more than offsetting any valuation pressures, even with one S&amp;P 500 adjusted-earnings ratio close to the highest it's been in the last century, according to new research from Deutsche Bank.And although Rieder sees current valuations as stretched, he added that market multiples could return to reasonable levels if earnings rise significantly higher."People want — myself included — want the multiple lower. But boy, it's pretty hard," he said. "If there's no egregious piece of news, geopolitical, et cetera, the natural migration is to higher prices."To be sure, Rieder himself has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-us-debt-levels-government-borrowing-treasury-blackrock-rick-rieder-2024-11">previously noted impending risks</a>, previously forecasting that US debt could lead to a market shakeup. But this won't be an immediate threat."I think markets tend to react to the shark closest to the boat," Rieder said last week. "The shark on the debt dynamic is not going to be next to the boat in January or February, but it is going to get next to the boat sometime. I don't know if it's the latter part of 2025 or the beginning of 2026 unless they address the size of the spending dynamics, the amount of debt we're issuing, and, then obviously, inflation relative to that."

BlackRock's bond chief explains why stocks will keep charging higher despite stretched valuations

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Stock market valuations are near generational highs, Stifel's Barry Bannister says.</li><li>Bannister predicts the S&amp;P 500 could rise to the low-6,000s before plummeting back down.</li></ul>The stock market is "entering Crazy Town" as valuations creep toward generational highs, Stifel's chief equity strategist Barry Bannister said on Thursday.His comments come a day after the stock market soared to record highs <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/trump-election-win-stock-market-today-record-high-sp500-dow-2024-11">following Donald Trump's election win,</a> with the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/dow_jones">Dow Jones</a> surging more than 1,500 points and the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/nasdaq_100">Nasdaq</a> gaining nearly 3%.Bannister said current market valuations are pricing in an incredibly optimistic scenario that could lead to disappointment for investors."Even allowing for the best-case scenario of a U.S. soft landing, and despite a potential ramp higher for U.S. fiscal spending, as well as China global cyclical stimulus and lastly a geopolitical 'reckoning', the S&amp;P 500 is a mania, nearing a 3-generation valuation high," Bannister said.Bannister added that while he expects the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/s&amp;p_500">S&amp;P 500</a> to reach "the low-6,000s" in the short term, such a move higher would result in valuations hitting 80-year highs, as measured by the cyclically adjusted S&amp;P 500 CAPE earnings yield."The Earnings Yield (EPS/Price) is near the 3% low for the entire post-WW2 (since 1945) 3-generation period," Bannister said.According to Bannister, the extreme overvaluation suggests that even if the S&amp;P 500 continues to rise a few percentage points to the low 6,000s in the short term, it is ripe for a 1,000-point decline, or about 13%, within a year or so."If S&amp;P 500 tracks a century of manias it pops to low-6,000s in 4Q24 then round-trips to ~5,250 fair value" by early 2026, Bannister said.The S&amp;P 500 traded at 5,965 Thursday afternoon.Ultimately, Bannister believes that current stock market sentiment is nearing the point that typically marks the end of a bull expansion. Quoting the famed British investor Sir John Templeton, he added:"Bull markets are born on pessimism, grown on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria."

The stock market is entering 'Crazy Town' as valuations reach generational high, Stifel says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US housing market is on track to hit a record $50 trillion in value, Redfin said.</li><li>US homes gained $3 trillion in value last year, thanks to supply and demand imbalances.</li></ul>The US housing market has never been worth more, and it's on track to cross a record $50 trillion valuation, according to Redfin.Home prices have been on a rapid climb amid ongoing supply an-demand imbalances in the market. A dearth of supply of homes for sale has led the value of all US homes to climb to a record $49.6 trillion as of June of this year, the real estate listings site estimated in a new <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.redfin.com/news/housing-market-value-june-2024/">report</a>.After a $3.1 trillion rise in just the last year, the US housing market is on track to cross the $50 trillion mark by next June, the real estate listings site said. "The value of America's housing market will likely cross the $50 trillion threshold in the next 12 months as there are not enough homes being listed to push prices down," Chen Zhao, the head of Redfin Economics Research, said in a statement. "Mortgage rates have started falling, but many potential sellers and buyers are waiting to make a move, meaning we are likely to continue seeing a pattern where prices slowly tick up."High mortgage rates have kept existing homeowners locked in to their properties, fueling a supply-demand mismatch in recent years. And while mortgage rates have eased, borrowing costs remain elevated, with the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.freddiemac.com/pmms">30-year fixed mortgage rate</a> clocking in at 6.47% the last week, according to Freddie Mac.Existing home sales dropped 5.4% year-over-year in June, the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nar.realtor/newsroom/existing-home-sales-slipped-5-4-in-june-median-sales-price-jumps-to-record-high-of-426900">National Association of Realtors</a> said.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.corelogic.com/intelligence/us-home-price-insights-august-2024/">Home prices</a>, meanwhile, grew 4.7% that month, per an estimate from CoreLogic.Some areas in the housing market, though, are seeing a slower pace of price growth or <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/falling-home-price-locations-us-housing-market-supply-florida-texas-2024-4">outright price declines</a> as demand cools off from its pandemic highs. Cities in the Sun Belt, where Americans flocked to during the pandemic, are seeing the steepest declines in the country, with <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-cities-where-home-prices-are-falling-the-most-2024-6">home prices dropping as much as 11% in some areas</a>, Redfin said in a separate report.

The US housing market is on the verge of hitting a record $50 trillion valuation as prices keep rising     

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Trump Media's market value has eclipsed the latest valuation of Elon Musk's X.</li><li>X's valuation is hard to assess as it is a private company, but Fidelity's updates provide a clue. </li></ul>Truth Social parent company <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/djt-stock?utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">Trump Media and Technology Group</a> could now be worth more than Elon Musk's X, the biggest competitor of the former president's social media site. Shares of Trump Media have soared 333% since its late-September low, catapulting its valuation to $10.6 billion on Tuesday, according to data from YCharts.That's higher than Fidelity Investment's most recent estimated valuation of X at $9.4 billion. Fidelity, which owns a stake in X, updates its valuation estimate of the social media platform periodically.As of August 31, the investment giant valued its stake in the social media platform at $4.2 million, down 79% from when its stake was worth $19.7 million in 2022 when Musk took the company private at a $44 billion valuation.Trump Media's $10.6 billion valuation also makes it more valuable than <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/nyt-stock?utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">The New York Times</a>, which is worth about $9.2 billion.Trump Media's soaring valuation is less based on fundamentals and instead <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/donald-trump-trade-rally-betting-markets-kamala-harris-bitcoin-djt-2024-10">related to Donald Trump's odds of winning</a> the Presidential election on November 5. The stock embarked on a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/trump-media-djt-truth-social-election-madison-square-garden-rally-2024-10">meme-like rally</a> following the president's event at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Trading in the shares was halted several times for volatility on Tuesday. According to its 10-Q filings with the SEC, in the first half of 2024, Trump Media generated $344 million in losses on $1.6 million in revenue.But investors are buying the stock regardless, and Trump is benefiting.According to Bloomberg data, his net worth nearly doubled in the past few months to more than $8 billion, mostly driven by the rise in Trump Media stock.Trump owns nearly 115 million shares of the company worth about $6.2 billion on Tuesday.

Truth Social has eclipsed the latest valuation of Elon Musk's X after Trump Media stock surges

<ul class="summary-list"><li>OpenAI is now worth $157 billion, but it can't rest easy yet.</li><li>High costs, competition, and a lack of profitability remain challenges as it seeks to build more powerful AI models.</li></ul><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/where-openai-cofounders-are-now-sam-altman-2024-10">OpenAI</a> just closed the most lucrative funding round in Silicon Valley history. Now comes the hard part: emerging victorious in a fiercely competitive AI industry.Though Sam Altman's company cemented its status as a frontrunner in the generative AI boom this week, securing a new $157 billion valuation after raising <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-investors-latest-funding-round-2024-10">$6.6 billion of fresh capital from marquee investors</a>, its leading position is hardly guaranteed. Since OpenAI launched <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-chat-gpt-2023-1">ChatGPT</a> in late 2022, it has become clear that its mission to build large language models that rival human intelligence will involve exorbitant costs that require vast resources. Sure, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-openai-raising-money-strawberry-after-rough-start-year-2024-9">Altman's company</a> now casts a massive shadow over the industry with its fresh $157 billion valuation. That said, plenty of rivals are chasing him in an effort to compete for capital and resources, complicating the startup's path to profitability.So, while OpenAI has a moment to celebrate, we're about to discover how deep its moat is and whether a brutal wave of consolidation is coming for <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/companies-using-ai-bain-survey-roi-2024-6">Silicon Valley's hottest industry.</a><h2 id="0306e0b1-bc4b-4999-8da3-b6a62f21a99a">An expensive race begins</h2><div type="image" title="OpenAI CEO Sam Altman." height="2392" width="3600" msid="113915965" hostid="261" sizebytes="163328"></div>While OpenAI's new valuation and its fresh injection of capital represent huge sums that would be the envy of any founder in Silicon Valley, there are signs that Altman remains on edge.According to a Financial Times<a target="_blank" href="https://www.ft.com/content/66e0653e-c446-47b2-8a7f-baa54ccbfb9a?accessToken=zwAAAZJOTf4Kkc9m4GU-xEZHstOKf7qlTMv7mg.MEUCIEJBi-VbRpNb9MIo2y24cDg8XwZ1lH2wIV_Kc-UGHtCBAiEA8JUYYonEqynzl_Wyz-3pPnT4q23D5MCTtg0M0CZ25ak&amp;segmentId=e95a9ae7-622c-6235-5f87-51e412b47e97&amp;shareType=enterprise&amp;shareId=b484077e-9f3e-4aef-a08b-93a56609306a"> report</a> on the fundraising, Altman's almost nine-year-old business asked its new backers — a lineup led by Thrive Capital and includes the likes of Nvidia, SoftBank, and Microsoft — to avoid investing in rival firms, of which there are plenty.Anthropic and Mistral, both worth billions of dollars, are looking to take on OpenAI. So, too, are <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-mad-openai-asking-investors-not-to-fund-xai-2024-10">Elon Musk's xAI</a> and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/man-who-revolted-against-sam-altman-just-started-research-lab-2024-6">Safe Superintelligence (SSI)</a>, the startup launched in June by Ilya Sutskever, the former chief scientist at OpenAI who led a failed coup against his former boss."For the biggest model builders, these mega-rounds are the new normal, as the cost of training runs for the biggest models are climbing into the hundreds of millions of dollars," said Nathan Benaich, founder and partner at Air Street Capital, an investment firm. There are a few good reasons why OpenAI can't rest easy.For one, the costs of delivering game-changing generative AI advancements look set to spiral. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, said earlier this year that he <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-ceo-cost-10-billion-train-ai-years-language-model-2024-4">expected training runs for AI models to top $10 billion by 2026</a> and rocket to $100 billion after that.OpenAI's own training costs could hit north of $3 billion a year, <a target="_blank" href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=5224dd1203055c905e83c9375c09087db09f238e0d53c9185b4ac4fa5f3c5a5d&amp;postID=66fe95cae5b540830043b738&amp;postSlug=openai-valuation-funding-ai-race-competition-2024-10&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theinformation.com%2Farticles%2Fwhy-openai-could-lose-5-billion-this-year%3Fref%3Dwheresyoured.at">The Information previously estimated</a>. GPT-4o costs around <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-models-that-cost-dollar1-billion-to-train-are-in-development-dollar100-billion-models-coming-soon-largest-current-models-take-only-dollar100-million-to-train-anthropic-ceo?ref=wheresyoured.at">$100 million</a> to train, but the cost will likely rise, depending on the complexity of future AI models.In part, the costs are driven by purchases of powerful chips — known as GPUs — bought primarily from <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-product-shortages-making-customers-emotional-tense-2024-9">Jensen Huang's Nvidia</a> to build clusters in data centers. These are essential for providing the computing power needed to run LLMs. The battle to retain talent has also been vicious in the current frenzy, with AI labs vying for an edge over competitors being pushed to offer increasingly eye-watering compensation packages.<div type="image" title="Jensen Huang in a leather jacket in front of a large window." height="2399" width="3599" msid="113915961" hostid="261" sizebytes="586534"></div>"These costs will only grow as companies invest more and more to battle for often marginal performance advantages over their competitors. This race is without obvious historic parallels, thanks to the eye-watering capex demands and the lack of a clear path to profitability," Benaich told BI.Though OpenAI's new arsenal of capital will help it fund some of the more expensive elements of its business, it's not exactly operating from a position of strength just yet. Last week, a report from <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/technology/openai-chatgpt-investors-funding.html">The New York Times revealed</a> that the hottest AI lab on the planet was on track to end the year with a $5 billion loss.And OpenAI's rumored attempt to insist on exclusivity among investors could have drawbacks. Benaich described the move as "unusual" — but also a "perception of how it perceives its own market power.""It's also a bold move that risks drawing unwelcome attention from competition authorities," he added.For industry experts, it raises questions about how sustainable this is for the industry in the long run.<h2 id="8cde6f78-44e0-4d67-897e-1199d3e507b1">Investors see consolidation on the horizon</h2>As OpenAI moves to cement its position as the industry kingpin, investors anticipate some degree of consolidation among startups in the foundational model layer in the coming year.LLM startups need constant access to a bevy of capital, but not everyone can tap into the same influx of cash as OpenAI. With Microsoft's acquihire of <a target="_blank" href="http://Inflection.ai">Inflection.ai</a>, and Google similarly absorbing <a target="_blank" href="http://Character.ai">Character.ai</a>'s founding team, investors expect more of these types of acquisitions in the near future."This is a capital race as well, and only investors such as sovereign wealth funds will ultimately be able to provide the types of capital needed for these LLM startups," a European growth-stage VC told BI.Once funding dries up, existing juggernauts, including the Big Tech giants, may scoop up smaller upstarts with a vertical focus. These companies have access to a wealth of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/copyright-laws-affect-generative-ai-startups-investors-warn-2023-10">proprietary data</a> on which to train their models.VCs also see a more sobering approach to backing LLM giants at lofty valuations. "A lot of other companies are raising capital on vision and hope, and I think that you're going to start to see some rationalization around that," another growth-stage VC told BI, adding that there would be "a level of cooling down of the froth around AI next year.""You don't need 50 foundational model companies — you end up with two or four, maybe," he said.He added that those companies that do survive will be the ones that tangibly serve consumers. "You might have Amazon, Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, and Google, but I can't imagine there will be many others."

OpenAI has secured a $157 billion valuation. Now comes the hard part.

Shares of <keyword id="19950203" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="TCS" source="keywords">TCS</keyword> on Friday climbed over 3 per cent after the country's largest <keyword id="20069374" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="IT-services" source="keywords">IT services</keyword> player reported 8.7 per cent growth in the June quarter net profit at Rs 12,040 crore. The stock went up by 3.10 per cent to Rs 4,044.35 on the BSE. At the NSE, it rallied 3 per cent to Rs 4,044.90. The company's <keyword id="20097096" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="market-valuation" source="keywords">market valuation</keyword> jumped Rs 40,359.77 crore to Rs 14,59,626.96 crore in morning deals. The stock emerged as the biggest gainer among the Sensex pack. "The positive domestic cue is the better-than-expected numbers from TCS and positive management commentary which can lift most IT stocks," said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services. In the equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 226.11 points to 80,123.45 in early trade. The <keyword id="19950205" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="nse-nifty" source="keywords">NSE Nifty</keyword> went up by 82.1 points to 24,398.05. <keyword id="19950119" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tata-Consultancy-Services" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Tata Consultancy Services" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Tata Consultancy Services">Tata Consultancy Services</keyword> (TCS) on Thursday posted an 8.7 per cent year-on-year rise in its consolidated net profit at Rs 12,040 crore for the first quarter ended June 2024. Net profit for the year-ago period stood at Rs 11,074 crore. The company - which competes in the IT services market with the likes of Infosys, Wipro and HCLTech - reported 5.4 per cent increase in revenue at Rs 62,613 crore for the quarter just ended. "I am pleased to report a strong start to the new fiscal year with all-round growth across industries and markets," K Krithivasan, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of TCS, said in a release. TCS has declared an interim dividend of Rs 10 per equity share of Re 1 each. Meanwhile, other IT stocks -- Infosys, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies and Wipro -- were also in demand.

TCS shares climb over 3% after earnings announcement; Market valuation jumps Rs 40,360 crore

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And this trend is being fuelled by an influx of domestic funds and micro venture capital (VC) firms dedicated to nurturing early-stage startups. <h2>Changing Mindsets: Why Micro-Acquisitions?</h2>Entrepreneurs are turning to micro-acquisitions for the flexibility, speed and cost-efficiency that they offer. By targeting smaller, less capital intensive deals, they are able to side step the complexities of a traditional M&amp;A, making it a viable pathway for expansion and growth. Besides these can also help entrepreneurs diversify their holdings and adapt to market demands without overcommitting resources. Flippa allows Indian entrepreneurs to access a global marketplace where they can identify businesses aligned with their objectives. <h2>The M&amp;A Landscape in India</h2>While the US mergers and acquisitions market has seen slower growth, private capital inflows in India are on the rise, according to <a href="https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/services/deals/trends/private-capital.html">PwC</a>. The second quarter of 2024 proved to be a landmark period for Indian startups, with a 57% year-on-year surge in megadeals driving fundraising to an eight-quarter high of $5.2 billion, as reported by <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/reports/india-deal-review-q2-2024">Deal Street Asia</a>. Flippa has capitalised on this trend. A marketplace founded in 2009 for buying and selling online businesses, it has amassed over 3 million users worldwide. As of <a href="https://flippa.com/data-insights?buy_sell=PR_DataInsights_EmbedGraphs">October 2024</a>, Flippa had 396,000 active buyers on its platform with a combined wallet of $75 billion, an increase of 15,000 active buyers month-on-month. This broad, engaged user base gives Indian entrepreneurs a diverse pool of acquisition targets, from digital properties to app-based ventures. Notably, data-driven app acquisition companies like KalaGato leverage Flippa to identify the right opportunities. “If you’re trying to get into the market, a platform like Flippa is a great place to start,” said Aman Kumar, Founder of KalaGato. <h2>Cutting Edge Technology At Work</h2>Flippa’s technology sets it apart, using a proprietary <a href="https://flippa.com/product/recommender-engine">matching algorithm</a> powered by an AI-driven graph neural network that assesses over 100 factors to match buyers and sellers. This technology streamlines the acquisition process, helping entrepreneurs find suitable opportunities more efficiently, especially in a crowded market like India, where navigating business brokers or directly approaching potential sellers can be time-consuming and fraught with challenges. “Flippa as a platform is continuously evolving. Once you start looking at exits or the potential to exit a business, then a platform like Flippa is super useful,” Kumar adds, emphasising the platform's adaptability to the needs of modern entrepreneurs. Another standout feature is its <a href="https://flippa.com/product/deal-room">multi-user Deal Room</a>. This comprehensive digital sales hub allows users to manage the entire sales process for online businesses and digital assets in one place. Sellers can communicate with buyers in real time, filter messages, and review offers and Letters of Intent (LOIs) within the Deal Room itself. This organisation is particularly helpful for entrepreneurs who may be overwhelmed by the volume of inquiries when trying to sell their business. The Deal Room provides real-time notifications about buyer engagement, ensuring that users can respond promptly and keep negotiations moving forward. Buyers are invited to the Deal Room on a scheduled basis, creating a structured interaction environment. <h2>Prioritising Security and Trust</h2>A secure transaction environment is crucial, especially for entrepreneurs new to acquisitions. Flippa’s <a href="https://flippa.com/product/insurance">insurance</a> policies offer this layer of security for both buyers and sellers. The Buyer Protect policy safeguards buyers against financial losses resulting from seller misrepresentation or breaches of warranty, covering up to 100% of the enterprise value of the business. 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Flippa’s expert vetting team reviews the stated financial performance of every asset priced above USD $50,000, providing an additional layer of credibility to the listings. <h2>A Bright Future for Micro-Acquisitions in India</h2>With the Indian startup ecosystem thriving and the appetite for micro-acquisitions only expected to grow, Flippa stands at the forefront by connecting ambitious entrepreneurs with the resources they need to succeed. Whether you’re an established business owner looking to expand your portfolio or a newcomer eager to dip your toes into entrepreneurship, Flippa offers a wealth of opportunities in this exciting landscape. So, if you are interested in starting your exit journey, get a free valuation for your business here - <a href="https://flippa.com/free-valuation">get a FREE valuation</a>. Disclaimer: This article is generated and published by the Insider Studios team. 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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Nvidia stock surged over 3% to near-record highs on Monday as excitement builds for its Blackwell GPU.</li><li>The Blackwell GPU's pricing of about $500,000 has eased concerns about Nvidia's margins.</li></ul><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/nvda-stock">Nvidia</a> stock jumped more than 3% on Monday to near-record highs as investor excitement around the chipmaker's upcoming Blackwell GPU product cycle grows.Shares of Nvidia hit an intra-day high of $139.41, less than 1% below the all-time high price of $140.76, which was reached in mid-June.The stock is trading at a forward price-to-earnings multiple of about 35x, which is below its three-year and five-year averages, suggesting that the stock isn't grossly overvalued, according to Citi.Monday's gain came amid a wave of Wall Street research reports on Nvidia, along with pricing details for Nvidia's next-generation GPU chip.The <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://wccftech.com/nvidia-blackwell-dgx-b200-price-half-a-million-dollars-top-of-the-line-ai-hardware/#:~:text=NVIDIA's%20DGX%20B200%20%22Blackwell%22%20AI,a%20rather%20astonishing%20price%20tag.">initial list prices</a> for Nvidia's Blackwell GPU chip were around $500,000, which <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/wfc-stock">Wells Fargo</a> called an "incremental positive" in a note on Monday."We do think the 40%+ higher pricing of the DGX B200 vs DGX H100 systems could be considered higher than expectations," Wells Fargo analyst Aaron Rakers said, adding that the pricing should ease investor concerns about Nvidia's gross margin dynamics.The release of Nvidia's next-generation AI-enabling GPU chip comes at a time when cloud hyperscalers, including <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/msft-stock">Microsoft</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/amzn-stock">Amazon</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/googl-stock">Alphabet</a>, are in an "AI arms race," according to Bank of America."Capex estimates continued to rise: since March, for every $1 of upward revision in 2024 sales estimates for hyperscalers, there was $19 of upward revision in capex estimates," <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/bac-stock">Bank of America</a> said in a Monday note.In a note on Friday, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/gs-stock">Goldman Sachs</a> increased its Nvidia price target to $150 from $135, arguing that the company's competitive moat is only getting stronger.Nvidia's competitive moat is centered on its large installed base, "which, in turn, fuels the virtuous positive cycle that entails more developers," Goldman Sachs said.Additionally, Nvidia's "ability to innovate not just at the chip level but at the data center level" is a competitive advantage for the company, along with its "robust and growing software offerings," Goldman Sachs said.And as for the potential looming competition from custom silicon chips being developed internally by Nvidia's largest customers, known as ASICS, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/c-stock">Citi</a> isn't too worried about them."Nvidia still king," Citi said in its note on Monday."Due to the limitations in the hardware use cases, building custom silicon may be only suited for large hyperscalers. That nevertheless does not take away from the need for GPUs in both training and inference as GPUs remain at the forefront of performance benchmarks and offer the ability to grow one's AI infrastructure at scale," Citi said.Investors will be closely watching Nvidia's upcoming third-quarter earnings release in late November for clues about the progress of its Blackwell chip launch.

Nvidia stock tests record highs as Wall Street defends chipmaker's valuation amid 'AI arms race'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Warren Buffett's company is closing in on a record $1 trillion market value.</li><li>Berkshire Hathaway's B shares have soared 29% this year, boosting its market cap to $993 billion.</li></ul><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-warren-buffett-spends-money-net-worth">Warren Buffett</a>'s conglomerate is on the verge of surpassing $1 trillion in market value for the first time, spotlighting the investor's extraordinary success over nearly six decades.Berkshire Hathaway's Class B shares have surged 29% this year, far outpacing the S&amp;P 500 index's 18% gain. The company was worth a record $993 billion at Tuesday's close, meaning it only has to rise another 0.8% to hit the $1 trillion mark.That's a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-berkshire-hathway-turnaround-story-mcdonough-pilot-real-estate-2024-1">remarkable feat</a>, given Berkshire comprised two textile mills and about 2,300 employees when Buffett first acquired control in early 1965. The business posted after-tax earnings of less than $5 million in 1968, Buffett's partnership letters show.Almost six decades later, Berkshire <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-economy-consumer-spending-demand-recession-homes-2024-8">owns scores of businesses</a> including Geico, the BNSF Railway, and Sqishmallows-maker Jazwares, and holds multibillion-dollar stakes in public companies such as Apple and Coca-Cola. It posted operating earnings in excess of $37 billion last year and employed nearly 400,000 people at the end of December.<div type="image" title="train bnsf" height="730" width="1024" msid="112869619" hostid="261" sizebytes="90006"></div>Berkshire's sustained growth has made it the seventh-most valuable US public company. It's worth more than Eli Lilly ($859 billion), Broadcom ($751 billion), and Tesla ($665 billion), but less than Meta Platforms ($1.3 trillion).Buffett's net worth has risen $25 billion this year, putting him in eighth spot on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, worth $145 billion.<h2 id="d9ee35a6-28c2-405f-836f-594dc325e34d">Headache</h2>A $1 trillion Berkshire has seemed inevitable for a while, given it had <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-trillion-assets-big-tech-tesla-nvidia-2023-8">assets worth $1.1 trillion</a> at the end of June. That included <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/berkshire-hathaway-apple-stake-second-quarter-earnings-report-2024-8">$277 billion</a> in cash, Treasurys and other liquid assets and short-term investments.Buffett, who turns 94 on Friday, might get a kick out of a $1 trillion market cap, but he may also have some misgivings. He's frequently framed Berkshire's mushrooming size as a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-80-billion-headache-dilemma-expensive-stocks-businesses-deals-2021-5">headache</a>, as it's become harder for him to find high-quality investments large enough to move the dial.One shareholder asked Buffett during Berkshire's 2014 annual meeting what a $1.2 trillion Berkshire would look like. The "Oracle of Omaha" seemed concerned about what compelling purchases he could make at that gigantic scale."There's no question that at some point we will have more cash than we can intelligently deploy," Buffett said, suggesting Berkshire stock might still be attractive to repurchase. That challenge may be on his mind as his company flirts with another milestone valuation.

Warren Buffett's company is on the verge of a $1 trillion valuation — but he may not be celebrating

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The hype for tech stocks could be approaching an end, according to Albert Edwards.</li><li>The SocGen strategist has been warning of a recession and coming stock crash for months.</li></ul>The stock market is flashing warning signs that the tech stock frenzy is about to end, according to one of Wall Street's most bearish analysts. Albert Edwards, the chief global strategist for Societe Generale, issued another warning about the blistering 2024 stock rally in a note on Thursday. He's been on high alert for a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/recession-outlook-economy-hard-landing-jobs-market-growth-2024-3">recession</a> and coming <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-crash-recession-sp500-gdp-inflation-unemployment-societe-generale-2024-6">stock market crash</a> for months, previously predicting that investors could soon face losses that mirror the dot-com crash in the early 2000s."As time marches on, there are few of us left who were in the industry during the 2000 Nasdaq crash let alone the 1987 crash. I was there, and the one thing I have learnt is not to be complacent. Bad stuff happens and the warning signs are there if you look for them," Edwards said in a note on Thursday.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-crash-magnificent-seven-tech-stocks-dotcom-bubble-edwards-2024-2">Tech valuations</a> are the big signal that something has to give. The sector has swelled to 35% of the total S&amp;P 500. That's the highest portion tech stocks have accounted for in the benchmark index since the early 2000s, right before the enthusiasm for internet stocks gave way to a massive wipeout in the Nasdaq Composite that took a decade to recover from.<div type="image" title="A graph showing tech valuations accounting for 35% of the S&amp;P 500" height="694" width="893" msid="111842057" hostid="261" sizebytes="21140"></div>Wall Street still has lofty expectations for tech earnings. Analysts are expecting tech stocks to post forward earnings growth of around 30% year-over-year, Edwards noted, though tech stocks have actually been posting around 20% yearly earnings growth.<div type="image" title="A graph showing technology earnings expectations growing faster than actual earnings growth" height="605" width="1257" msid="111842059" hostid="261" sizebytes="35116"></div>The earnings gap is quickly becoming apparent to analysts. Earnings-per-share upgrades have fallen sharply for the Nasdaq 100, while upgrades for the S&amp;P 500 and Russell 2000 are on the rise.<div type="image" title="A graph showing earnings upgrades for the Nasdaq 100 falling while upgrades for other indexes are rising." height="610" width="1274" msid="111842054" hostid="261" sizebytes="47670"></div>The forward price-to-earnings ratio of the tech sector also looks "stretched," with the sector being priced around 32 times forward earnings estimates. That compares to the S&amp;P 500, where the price-to-earnings ratio is hovering just above 20 — something that points to a "ticking IT valuation timebomb," Edwards said."And to what extent is this EPS growth enthusiasm similar to the overinvestment in cabling by the Telecoms industry in the late 1990s, fuelled by 'free' money? We could be about to find out," Edwards wrote. "What might pop this Tech bubble? A simple decline in EPS optimism might do the trick," he later added.Most <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-crash-bubble-correction-dot-com-tech-overvalued-ai-2024-6">forecasters</a> aren't expecting a dramatic <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-crash-bubble-charts-valuations-breadth-sp500-outlook-hussman-2024-6">stock market crash</a>, but others on Wall Street have aired concerns that the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/truist-downgrade-tech-sector-overweight-neutral-overvalued-communication-services-utilites-2024-7">tech sector could be overvalued</a> and headed for a correction.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-outlook-correction-fed-rate-cuts-corporate-earnings-election-2024-7">Corporate </a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-outlook-correction-fed-rate-cuts-corporate-earnings-election-2024-7">earnings</a> also look poised to weaken later this year, Morgan Stanley's chief stock strategist said, predicting that stocks could soon see as much as a 10% pullback.

The stock market is flashing warning signs as tech shares are a 'valuation timebomb,' SocGen says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Tesla investors reapproving Musk's pay package puts the company on back on track, Wedbush said.</li><li>The firm reiterated its $275 price target and suggested Tesla was set to hit a $1 trillion valuation.</li></ul>Tesla is on track to notch a $1 trillion valuation, and a big surge in the <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/tsla-stock">electric car maker's stock</a> could be coming as soon as it unveils key artificial intelligence and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-robots-ai-automation">robotics</a> initiatives this year, according to Wedbush Securities.The financial services firm reiterated its "outperform" rating and its $275 price target for the stock, implying another 50% upside for Tesla shares. Analysts said that's largely due to Tesla shareholders recently re-approving Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package, which has opened the door for Musk to recommit to the company's AI and robotics projects."Now with this comp package done we would expect the Tesla Board to get Musk to an incentive of driven 25% ownership of Tesla that should resolve this AI threat saga the last few months," analysts said in a note on Friday, referring to Musk's suggestion that he could take AI projects outside of Tesla unless he had at least <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/elon-musk-tesla-ai-robotics-25-stake-investor-ross-gerber-2024-1">25% ownership of the company.</a>"We would expect once Tesla officially gets through the final steps in this Twilight Zone Delaware legal spider web that the Board will have a new incentive-driven AI comp package for Musk that gets him to 25% ownership while keeping all AI initiatives under the hood of Tesla," the note added.Tesla looks poised to unveil some of its key AI and robotics projects soon, such as its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-fsd">full self-driving software</a> and its Model 2.5. The company's robotaxi day — where it is anticipated to roll its its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-robotaxi-ride-hailing-app-video-2024-6">full self-driving taxi</a> — could be a "key historical moment" and a huge bullish catalyst for a stock, Wedbush said.Importantly, key headwinds for the stock look to be subsiding. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-china-tesla-robotaxis-autonomous-driving-electric-vehicles-uncertainty-2024-5">Demand for Teslas is starting to heat back up in China</a>, despite rising competition from rival EV makers."The Street is not expecting any major fireworks for the June quarter but the seeds for a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-rough-year-sales-slump-layoffs-china-ev-competition-2024-4#:~:text=Tesla%20is%20having%20a%20rough,is%20in%20a%20tough%20spot.">demand turnaround</a> are starting to take place in our view and now it's about execution for Musk and Tesla heading into 2H and 2025. The stock has been through a <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/tesla-stock-price-target-wedbush-elon-musk-china-outlook-deliveries-2024-3">nightmare</a> after a Cinderella ride these last few years, and now it's time for Musk to turn this around," analysts said, adding that they saw a potential rebound for the stock in the second half of the year.Tesla stock is down 27% this year. The company is still battling sagging demand for its EVs, which led <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-sales-deliveries-q1-elon-musk-disappoint-fsd-2024-4">to deliveries coming in far below expectations</a> in the first quarter.

AI and robotics are the keys that will drive Tesla to a $1 trillion valuation, Wedbush says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Wall Street has set a low bar for Q3 earnings, Bank of America says.</li></ul>Earnings season is <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-q3-earnings-preview-investors-themes-ai-interest-rates-2024-10?_gl=1*1a7yk92*_ga*MTY3OTgyNjg0MS4xNzIxMDE2MDM2*_ga_E21CV80ZCZ*MTcyODQwODEzOC4yNDAuMS4xNzI4NDA4MjA1LjYwLjAuMA..">kicking off</a> this week and companies should expect to be rewarded as long as they express optimism about lower interest rates. That's according to Bank of America, which notes that apart from that dynamic, the bar for third-quarter earnings set by Wall Street is pretty low. The analysts expect 2% earnings growth, below consensus estimates of 4% and second-quarter earnings growth of 11%. The second quarter's mild beat, coupled with a slowing macro environment, has lowered investors' expectations going into this earnings season, the analysts say."The bar isn't high. As long as companies have managed through macro headwinds and see early signs of improvement from lower rates, stocks should get rewarded," the analysts said in a Tuesday note.They say consensus estimates have already priced in weakness, with earnings-per-share estimates cut by 4% for the quarter, which makes an earnings beat more likely amid lower rates.The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fed-cuts-interest-rates-how-much-september-fomc-powell-inflation-2024-9"> 50 basis points</a> at the end of the third quarter, sending the S&amp;P 500 to record highs as markets began pricing in the coming interest-rate easing cycle. Lower rates will spark a rebound for the most rate-sensitive sectors, like manufacturing and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mortgage-rate-increase-since-federal-reserve-cut-interest-rates-housing-2024-10">housing</a>, which were most impacted by the Fed's previous hiking cycle, the analysts said. The ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index posted its second-longest downturn in history in the last two years, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/home-sales-buyers-rate-cuts-federal-reserve-mortgage-redfin-interest-2024-9">existing home sales</a> fell almost 40% from a year ago, showing clear signs of a downturn amid high rates.The analysts recommend watching those sectors for early signs of improvement from lower rates ahead of earnings."Many say the hiking cycle didn't have much impact on the economy, which is 70% services/consumption. However, rate-sensitive sectors (e.g. manufacturing and housing) have certainly been hurt by the Fed's actions," the analysts said."But now that an easing cycle has officially started, we expect a healthy recovery in manufacturing and housing activity, boosting earnings growth for the S&amp;P 500 into 2025," they added.So far, 62% of the 21 companies that have already reported third-quarter earnings topped both earnings-per-share and sales estimates, compared to 49% historically and 47% last quarter, the analysts say.While stocks are set to continue posting mild earnings beats this quarter, the analysts say the focus isn't on the present quarter — it's on the outlook for future quarters amid Fed easing.They expect the market rally to <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-outlook-rally-fed-rate-cuts-inflation-housing-fundstrat-2024-1">broaden out</a> into the next year, with the Magnificent Seven set for slower earnings growth in the third quarter. Growth in the other 493 stocks in the benchmark index should accelerate to double-digit growth beginning in the fourth quarter."Although Mag. 7 earnings are still expected to outpace Other 493 earnings, we expect the narrowing growth differential should be a big driver of the market broadening out, given the extreme valuation and positioning gap," the analysts said.

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