Trading update : 28 February 2025
When the US sneezes, the world catches a cold, and there are worrying signs for the economy and dollar. While the AI chip race is hotting up thanks to DeepSeek’s arrival, tighter margins, rising competition and tariffs are weighing on stocks like Nvidia. Prosus is turning to Europe for growth, hoping to turn its latest acquisition into the iFood of Europe.
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble!
If there is one market phenomenon that investors fear most, it’s a stock market bubble, because when it bursts, stock prices can crash, and investors in those stocks can lose a lot of money.
Bubbles typically develop when stock prices rise rapidly, growing beyond their intrinsic value – the true value of a company based on fundamentals like earnings, assets, and future cash flows.
4 September : Markets Juggle Growth and Inflation as Media Sector Weakens
Global markets are balancing growth and inflation concerns. Mixed US employment data led to sector-specific movements, with energy and materials gaining, while the media sector weakened due to contract disputes.