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Market Headlines ๐Ÿ‘€ 

  • US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell speaks at conference today urging economists to remain flexible.

  • US 30y mortgage rate drops 25bps to 7.61%.

  • US weekly jobless claims come in at 217k; est: 218k.

  • Amazon (AMZN) announces they are building their own LLM to compete with OpenAi - called โ€˜Olympusโ€™.

  • Eli Lilly (LILY) receives approval for Zepbound, a weight loss drug similar to Ozempic.

  • Meta Platforms (META) debuts a feature to allow users to purchase Amazon products through ads without leaving the app or website.

  • Walt Disney (DIS) CEO Bob Iger discusses ESPN will partner with a major network soon to turn into streaming.

  • Amazon (AMZN) announces Prime members can sign up for One Medical services for $99 annually.

Earnings ๐Ÿ’ธ

  • The Trade Desk (TTD)

    • EPS: $0.33 beats (exp. $0.29)

    • Revenue: $493m beats (exp. $487.2m)

  • Unity technologies (U)

    • EPS: $-0.32 misses (exp. $0.17)

    • Revenue: $544.2m misses (exp. $554.17m)

  • Fiverr International (FVRR)

    • EPS: $0.55 beats (exp. $0.09)

    • Revenue: $92.5m beats (exp. $91.1m)

  • Wynn Resorts (WYNN)

    • EPS: $0.99 beats (exp. $0.75)

    • Revenue: $1.67b beats (exp. $1.58b)

Recap Around the Street ๐Ÿง 

As long as the nominal economy can grow faster than the growth in debt, then debt servicing should be manageable. What happens with debt servicing if the economy experiences a sharp recession?(Contributed by Benjamin Lavine, CIO at Freedom Investment Management (3D).

Source: Bloomberg

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