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<keyword id="19898109" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Paytm" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Paytm" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Paytm">Paytm</keyword>'s parent company, <keyword id="20253123" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="One97-Communications" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="One97 Communications" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="One97 Communications">One97 Communications</keyword>, declared its Q2FY25 results today, announcing a one-time, exceptional profit of Rs 1,345 crore during the quarter, thanks to the sale of its entertainment ticketing business. The company's PAT (profit after tax) stood at Rs 930 crore. Notably, without this windfall gain, Paytm's finances would still be in red, with the company racking up losses worth Rs 415 crore. Paytm was in red in the year-ago period as well, incurring losses worth Rs 290.5 crore. This windfall profit also improved Paytm's EBITDA by Rs 388 crore on a QoQ basis. The company's revenue also saw a slight uptick of 10.5% quarterly to Rs 1,659 crore, as opposed to Rs 1,501 crore in the previous quarter. But on a year-on-year basis, Paytm's revenue dipped significantly by 34%. The company also announced that it has entered into a DLG (<keyword id="23641220" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Default-Loss-Guarantee" source="keywords">default loss guarantee</keyword>) model for its merchant loans of about Rs 225 crore with SMFG India Credit. Under this arrangement, Paytm will be first in line to take a hit in case of a loss that emerges from borrowers defaulting or skipping their payments. "Following the regulatory framework and the emerging market practice, we see increased willingness from lenders to partner and allocate more capital in the default loss. The DLG model will help to increase disbursements with the existing partners and expand partnerships with new lenders for the loan distribution,” said the company in its earnings release today. The company's revenue from its payment business also inched up 9% on a quarterly basis, along with its revenue from <keyword id="19976433" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="financial-services" source="keywords">financial services</keyword>, which also grew by 34% QoQ. At present, Paytm's total merchant subscriptions stand at 1.12 crore, with the company garnering 3 lakh new merchants during the quarter. During the previous quarter, Paytm's <keyword id="20253122" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="gross-merchandise-value" source="keywords">gross merchandise value</keyword> (GMV) also inched up by 5% on a sequential basis, which experts anticipate will continue in the coming quarters, just as India braces for the festive season. Per its release, Paytm aims to achieve <keyword id="23641219" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="EBITDA-profitability" source="keywords">EBITDA profitability</keyword> (before ESOPs) by the fourth quarter of this financial year. However, investors remained unimpressed with Paytm's performance, with its share slipping by around 3.96% during the day to trade at Rs 697.20. The stock has a YTD (yield-to-date) of 7.91% during the year.

Paytm declares Q2 results, earns Rs 930 crore as windfall gains by way of sale of ticketing business to Zomato

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="19912297" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Nvidia" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Nvidia" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Nvidia">Nvidia</keyword>'s stock fell 9.5% due to concerns about AI and the <keyword id="20335130" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="US-economy" source="keywords">US economy</keyword>.</li><li>Investors are worried about economic indicators and potential recession signals from the Fed.</li></ul><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-earnings-ai-hype-investors-returns-jensen-huang-big-tech-2024-8">Nvidia</a> has taken two major hits in the last four working days. First, investors punished the company for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-q2-earnings-ai-investors-expectations-2024-8" target="_blank">not beating expectations enough</a> when it reported earnings on August 28. And on Tuesday, its stock slid 9.5%, shedding $278.9 billion in valuation — the biggest single-day loss ever recorded by a US company. The wipeout is tied to concerns, including the health of AI and the US economy. A metric for manufacturing jobs, released on Tuesday, shrank for the third consecutive month, and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-today-nasdaq-selloff-nvidia-tech-ism-manufacturing-recession-2024-9">both major indices took a hit</a>. There's also bearish sentiment about a US employment employment report later this week. In just two weeks, analysts expect the Fed to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fed-rate-cuts-corporate-earnings-federal-reserve-slowdown-trivariate-research-2024-9">announce interest rate cuts</a>, which could be larger than they first expected, sending omens about the chances of a recession. At a company level, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/nvidia-stock-prediction-nvda-sell-stock-market-inflation-rates-outlook-2024-9?utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">one strategist flagged </a>that Nvidia is flashing a big "sell" sign to investors. Bill Blain, the founder of Wind Shift Capital and a longtime financial strategist, wrote in a note on Tuesday that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-may-lose-ai-inference-market-groq-cerebras-2024-8">Nvidia's soaring valuation </a>has made many of its employees very wealthy. Citing numbers from a recent poll, Blain said that leaves less than a third of Nvidia's staff with "any real daily financial pressure upon them," which should make investors question their motivation and Nvidia's productivity. There were also renewed warnings about <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-frontier-crowded-winners-losers-2024-8">AI spending</a> and how it will take time to materialize into results for investors. Michael Cembalest, the chairman of market and investment strategy at JPMorgan Asset Management, said investors are looking past GPU sales and focusing on whether the tech giants on Nvidia's customer list can make money from the hundreds of billions they have spent on AI. Blackrock echoed a similar sentiment: Investors are debating whether the dollars in spending will show up in future bottom lines, and how many years it will take. These concerns explain why <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-talks-invests-openai-microsoft-apple-100-billion-valuation-reports-2024-8">Nvidia</a> was not the only chipmaker that took a hit on Tuesday. Intel fell 8.8%, AMD dropped 7.8%, and Qualcomm fell almost 7%. An overall chip index — VanEck Semiconductor — was down 7.5%. Nvidia's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/doj-subpoena-nvidia-antitrust-investigation-heats-up-report-2024-9">stock fell 2.4% after hours</a> after the US Department of Justice subpoenaed the company as part of a probe into whether <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-doj-investigation-runai-big-tech-crackdown-antitrust-acquisition-competition-2024-8">it violated antitrust laws</a>. Nvidia's massive valuation drop comes more than two years after <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-q4-earnings-largest-ever-one-day-wipeout-190-billion-2022-2">Meta lost $237 billion in market value</a> in a single day in February 2022. Apple, which held the record before that, lost $180 billion in one day in September 2020. The 2022 rout was Meta's second time on the chart. In July 2018, the company <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-stock-price-earnings-report-market-value-on-pace-for-record-drop-2018-7">shed $119 billion in market cap</a> in a single day after reporting slowing growth in its second-quarter earnings. It was the largest one-day market cap slump at the time. Correction: September 4, 2024 — Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this story misstated when Nvidia most recently reported its earnings. It was on August 28, not September 28.

Nvidia just recorded the biggest single-day wipeout by a US company

Foreign investors have withdrawn nearly Rs 20,000 crore from Indian stock markets in just five trading days (November 4–8), continuing a trend of large-scale selling that began last month. Experts say investors are now moving their money to China, largely due to the high valuations presently prevailing in Indian markets. In early November, FPIs have offloaded as much as Rs 19,994 crore in Indian markets. The month prior, i.e., October, was one of the worst months in terms of foreign outflows, with FPIs making a net withdrawal of Rs 94,017 crore. Before this, Indian markets faced such a situation during the pandemic, when FPIs withdrew Rs 61,973 crore from equities in March 2020. <h2>Why Are Investors Leaving? </h2>According to Himanshu Srivastava of Morningstar Investment Research India, two main factors are driving this exodus. First is China's renewed appeal due to lower stock valuations and new economic stimulus measures. In a bid to nudge the domestic economy and bail state governments, China recently approved a 10-trillion yuan (US $1.4 trillion) package. Per reports, approximately 60% of this stimulus focuses on allowing local governments to refinance the mountain of debt on them. Srivastava explains foreign investors are also flocking to US dollar and Treasury yields, which have appreciated significantly in the recent past, leading FPIs to anticipate a stronger US economy going ahead. Moreover, high valuations in Indian markets are discouraging foreign investors from putting more money in the economy. As a result, over the past week, the selling pressure eroded Rs 74,563 crore in market value for Reliance Industries, while Bharti Airtel and ICICI Bank lost Rs 26,274 crore and Rs 22,254 crore, respectively. The combined market valuation of six of the top 10 most-valued firms dipped by Rs 1,55,721.12 crore last week. <h2> Silver linings</h2>Despite the ongoing outflux of funds since last month, November also saw unprecedented applications of about 40–50 new FPI registrations, which are eyeing to enter the Indian market. This was due to markets SEBIs recent relaxation to NRIs, permitting them to participate up to 100% and announcing measures for ease of entry and operations in India. On the other hand, FPIs invested Rs 599 crore in the debt general limit and Rs 2,896 crore in the debt voluntary retention route (VRR) during the period under review. So far this year, FPIs have invested Rs 1.06 lakh crore in the debt market. <li class="whitespace-normal break-words"></li>Going ahead, investors will be looking for certain macroeconomic cues, which include corporate earnings reports, India's inflation (CPI) and industrial production (IIP) data on November 12, the US inflation report on November 13, and wholesale price index (WPI) data on November 14.

FPIs withdraw nearly Rs 20,000 crore from equities in the last 5 trading sessions, make a beeline for China and US

The stock of <keyword id="19896380" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Reliance-Industries" source="keywords">Reliance Industries</keyword> Ltd climbed nearly 3 per cent during the late afternoon trade on Thursday following the announcement that the company's board will consider issuing 1:1 bonus shares on September 5. Shares of the firm jumped 2.63 per cent to Rs 3,074.80 on the BSE as soon as the announcement came in. At the NSE, the bellwether stock climbed 2.58 per cent to Rs 3,074. The company's market valuation also surged Rs 42,399.24 crore to Rs 20,60,461.42 crore. <keyword id="10926" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Reliance" source="Orion">Reliance</keyword>, the nation's most valuable company, had last issued bonus shares in September 2017. "A meeting of the Board of Directors of the company is scheduled to be held on Thursday, September 5, 2024, to consider and recommend to the shareholders for their approval, issue of bonus shares in the ratio of 1:1 to the equity shareholders of the company by capitalisation of reserves," the firm said in the stock exchange filing. Prior to the 1:1 bonus issue in 2017, Reliance had in 2009 issued 1:1 bonus share.

Reliance Industries valuation jumps by Rs 42,399 crore following 1:1 bonus shares consideration announcement

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Stocks tumbled sharply on Thursday, dragged down by tech. </li><li>Microsoft and Meta stock dropped on renewed concerns over AI spending. </li></ul>US stocks fell sharply on Thursday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq sliding almost 3% as Meta and Microsoft faced steep losses.The tech sell-off was sparked by the latest earnings from mega-cap firms that mostly exceeded estimates but disappointed investors in other areas and exacerbated concerns about heavy investment in artificial intelligence. The S&amp;P 500 dropped almost 2% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 370 points. Here's where US indexes stood at the 4:00 p.m. closing bell on Thursday:<ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/s&amp;p_500?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest%3Futm_source%3Dmarkets&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">S&amp;P 500</a>: 5,705.37, down 1.86% </li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/dow_jones?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest%3Futm_source%3Dmarkets&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">Dow Jones Industrial Average</a>: 41,763.19, down 0.9% (-378.35 points)</li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/nasdaq_composite?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest%3Futm_source%3Dmarkets&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">Nasdaq composite</a>: 18,095.15, down 2.76%</li></ul>Much of the disappointment came down to the tech giants' guidance. Microsoft said it expects the current quarter's revenue to come in between $68.1 billion and $69.1 billion, while analysts polled by FactSet had expected $69.89 billion. The company attributed the slowdown partially to its investment in cloud computing capacity for AI demand.Microsoft's stock fell 6% to close at $406.35. Meta, meanwhile, said it expects a ramp up in capital expenditures in the next year as it continues to spend on AI, and raised its capex forecast for this year to a range of $38 billion to $40 billion, from $37 billion to $40 billion.Analysts from UBS, though, remain positive that the increased spend will deliver."While Meta continues to signal a significant increase in CapEx for 2025, the results also highlighted multiple offsets to illustrate what the investments will start to bring - as we have been calling out previously, the easiest item to observe is the absolute step up in revenue dollar growth in 2024 which stands at ~$28B currently and nearly matching the Pandemic-driven acceleration from 2021 of ~$29B," the analysts wrote in a Thursday note.Meta's shares lost 4% to close at %567.68. Also on Thursday, investors digested the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge. The personal consumption expenditures index cooled to 2.1% year over year in September from 2.2% in August, but the core index—which excludes volatile food and energy prices—came in higher than forecasts at 2.7%.Jobless claims, meanwhile, fell by more than expected to 216,000 last week, a fall of 12,000 from the week prior. Economists had expected 230,000 claims.Here's what else is going on:<ul><li>3 reasons why surging gold prices will <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/gold-price-record-outlook-3-reasons-continued-rally-goldman-sachs-2024-10">climb another 8%</a> by the end of 2025, according to Goldman Sachs.</li><li>AI hype is a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-crash-prediction-ai-artificial-intelligence-bubble-jeremy-grantham-2024-10?_gl=1*jsb4bv*_ga*MTY3OTgyNjg0MS4xNzIxMDE2MDM2*_ga_E21CV80ZCZ*MTczMDQwMDU1MC4zNDQuMS4xNzMwNDAxMDQ5LjIuMC4w">bubble set to burst</a> as it follows the path of tech manias throughout history, legendary investor Jeremy Grantham says.</li><li>Coinbase CEO says next Congress will be the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/election-crypto-political-funding-pac-coinbase-ceo-trump-harris-congress-2024-10?_gl=1*1rwo0ws*_ga*MTY3OTgyNjg0MS4xNzIxMDE2MDM2*_ga_E21CV80ZCZ*MTczMDQwMDU1MC4zNDQuMS4xNzMwNDAxMDcwLjQzLjAuMA..">"most pro-crypto" ever</a> and pledges another $25 million in political funding.</li><li>Microstrategy is <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/microstrategy-bitcoin-michael-saylor-crypto-btc-record-high-mstr-2024-10?_gl=1*iiycnz*_ga*MTY3OTgyNjg0MS4xNzIxMDE2MDM2*_ga_E21CV80ZCZ*MTczMDQwMDU1MC4zNDQuMS4xNzMwNDAxMDk5LjE0LjAuMA..">raising $42 billion</a> — almost its entire market value — to buy more bitcoin.</li></ul>In commodities, bonds, and crypto:<ul><li>Oil futures were up. <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price?type=wti">West Texas Intermediate crude</a> rose 2.8% to $70.53 a barrel. <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price?utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">Brent crude</a>, the international benchmark, climbed 0.8% to $73.17 a barrel.</li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/gold-price?utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">Gold</a> rose slipped 1.6% to $2,756 an ounce.</li><li>The 10-year Treasury was about flat at 4.278%.</li><li><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/btc-usd">Bitcoin</a> traded around $70,000. </li></ul>

Stock market today: Microsoft, Meta drag tech stocks lower on concerns over AI spending

<ul class="summary-list"><li>US stocks climbed higher as traders took in inflation figures from October that were in-line with estiamtes.</li><li>Consumer prices rose 2.6% on a yearly basis last month and 0.2% for the month. </li></ul>US stocks ticked higher on Wednesday as traders took in fresh <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inflation-october-cpi-consumer-price-index-federal-reserve-interest-rates-2024-11">inflation figures</a>, which were in line with economists' expectations. Major indexes edged up in early-morning trading, while bond yields slumped.Consumer prices grew 0.2% in the month of October and 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. The increase was <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inflation-september-cpi-consumer-price-index-federal-reserve-interest-rates-2024-10">slightly hotter</a> than last month's 2.4% price growth, but in line with expectations, which kept investors hopeful that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at its December meeting. Expectations for another 25 basis point rate cut in December solidified. Markets are pricing in a 82% chance the Fed will trim its target rate by another quarter-point, up from a 59% yesterday, according to the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html">CME FedWatch tool</a>."Given nervousness around the more inflationary aspects of Trump's policy proposals, markets appeared primed for an upside inflation surprise today," Seema Shah, the chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management, said in a note. "A December cut is still in the cards," she added.Still, the rise in the overall inflation rate makes the outlook for future Fed cuts uncertain, according to Skyler Weinand, the chief investment officer of Regan Capital."With Wednesday's CPI in line with expectations, but still stubbornly above the Fed's 2% goal, the Fed may have only one rate cut left in December before taking a pause from their easing path," Weinand said in a note.He continued: "The incredible move in the stock market postelection has effectively eased financial conditions for stock investors. This easing, combined with incoming fiscal stimulus, may warrant a pause on rate cuts by the Fed in the near future to allow the dust to settle and to process more incoming data."Assets that are part of the Trump Trade appeared to remain in-focus on Wednesday, with shares of Tesla rising as much as 3% while Dogecoin climbed 4% after <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-trump-tesla-spacex-x-department-government-efficiency-jobs-2024-11">Elon Musk was appointed</a> to co-head Trump's newly created Department of Government Efficiency, along with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.Here's where US indexes stood shortly after the 9:30 a.m. opening bell on Wednesday:<ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/s&amp;p_500?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest%3Futm_source%3Dmarkets&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">S&amp;P 500</a>: 5,988.06, up 0.07%</li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/dow_jones?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest%3Futm_source%3Dmarkets&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">Dow Jones Industrial Average</a>: 43,988.08, up 0.18% (+77.10 points)</li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/nasdaq_composite?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest%3Futm_source%3Dmarkets&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">Nasdaq composite</a>: 19,285.65, up 0.03% </li></ul>Here's what else is going on:<ul><li><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-outlook-top-performing-asset-2025-bull-rally-trump-2024-11">Stock exposure is at an 11-year high</a> after the election as investors see US stocks as the top-performing asset next year, BofA said. </li><li><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-outlook-biggest-risk-trump-win-china-trade-war-2024-11">The biggest risk to stocks</a> after Trump's election victory is China's reaction to a trade war, according to one research firm.</li><li><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/dogecoin-price-market-value-ford-crypto-boom-trump-elon-musk-2024-11">Dogecoin surpassed Ford in value</a> as Trump's election win propelled the total crypto market cap to $3 trillion.</li><li>Here are <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-rally-trump-trade-outlook-risks-inflation-yields-dollar-2024-11">3 risks that could derail the Trump trade in stocks</a>, according to Morgan Stanley.</li></ul>In commodities, bonds, and crypto:<ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price">West Texas Intermediate</a> crude oil declined 1.07% to $67.39 a barrel. <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price">Brent crude</a>, the international benchmark, was lower by 0.92% to $71.23 a barrel.</li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/gold-price">Gold</a> edged up 0.61% to $2,612.10 an ounce.</li><li>The 10-year Treasury yield dropped six basis points to 4.365%.</li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/btc-usd">Bitcoin</a> climbed 4.29% to $89,642.</li></ul>

Stock market today: Indexes edge higher after tame October inflation report

<ul class="summary-list"><li>MicroStrategy plans to raise $42 billion to buy more bitcoin.</li><li>The company's market value is about $45 billion, highlighting the massive scale of the investment.</li></ul>Microstrategy has been piling into bitcoin for years, but its latest investment is huge even by its standards. The company, led by chairman, founder, and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/btc-usd">bitcoin</a> evangelist Michael Saylor, said it plans to raise $42 billion to buy more bitcoin.That amount is just shy of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/mstr-stock">MicroStrategy's</a> entire market value of about $45 billion."Our focus remains to increase value generated to our shareholders by leveraging the digital transformation of capital," MicroStrategy CEO Phong Le said in a press release.The software company said it plans to raise the $42 billion via an equal-split of stock and debt sales over the next three years.The company filed a $21 billion at-the-market offering with the SEC on Wednesday. This type of offering allows the company to sell stock directly into the market at its discretion and add the proceeds to its balance sheet.With MicroStrategy stock trading near its highest level since the dot-com bubble peak of March 2000, it's a good time for the company to sell more stock, especially considering the struggles facing its underlying software business. MicroStrategy lost about $433 million on revenues of $116 million in the third-quarter. The company's revenue was down 10% year-over-year in the quarter, notching its fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue declines.Whether it's a smart move for MicroStrategy to bet its entire market value on bitcoin rather than invest in its underlying business will hinge on the price of bitcoin.So far, the bitcoin play has worked out. Bitcoin traded above $70,000 on Thursday, just below its all-time high of nearly $74,000.MicroStrategy has been on a bitcoin buying spree since 2020, accumulating about 252,000 bitcoins at an average cost basis of $39,266 per bitcoin.As of September 30, MicroStrategy's bitcoin holdings were worth $16 billion, about one-third of the company's overall market value.

Microstrategy is raising $42 billion — almost its entire market value — to buy more bitcoin 

<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>Value-investing legend Bill Nygren says the S&amp;P 500 lacks the diversification it once had.</li><li>He likes to invest in inexpensive companies with enough capital on hand to consistently buy back shares.</li></ul>The <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/s&amp;p_500?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest%3Futm_source%3Dmarkets&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">S&amp;P 500</a> isn't as risk-free as investors might think, says Oakmark Funds' Bill Nygren, who lamented the S&amp;P 500's growing lack of diversification.Rather than buy the mega-cap tech stocks that dominate major indexes, the value-investing legend <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/23/value-investor-bill-nygren-looking-outside-of-crowded-megacap-tech-adds-cheap-financial-stock.html">told CNBC</a> he's instead focused on inexpensive companies with ample cash on hand to consistently buy back shares."It's become so important to us that we invest with companies that are taking matters into their own hands and using excess capital to repurchase their own stock," Nygren <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5lBc92KIho">told the outlet</a> on Monday.One stock he pinpointed that fits the bill is <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/crbg-stock">Corebridge Financial</a>.While the stock is currently trading around $28 a share, Nygren sees it almost doubling is book value to $50 by the end of 2025, or about four or five times earnings. He also predicts that Corebridge could buy back as much as 20% of its outstanding stock each year, a practice that generally engineers gains by increasing the per-unit value of each remaining share."It's a name not many people know about," Nygren said of the firm. "They don't have to depend on other investors to recognize the value. They just keep reducing the flow."He continued: "I think it just creates a tremendous opportunity for companies that are good businesses, generating a lot of cash flow, and it gives them the opportunity to increase per share value by reinvesting in themselves."

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