😶‍🌫️ Where'd the EV Hype Go?

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It was a rough week for the world’s largest sportswear company, Nike.

On Friday, Nike saw its biggest stock drop in 23 years. This comes after the company announced it expects revenue to decline this year, while analysts had expected an increase.

To make matters worse, competitors like On, Hoka, and Adidas are snapping up a greater and greater share of the sportswear market.

Last week, some experts were saying Nike’s stock is a buy, citing the fast-approaching Olympics as a marketing opportunity and potential turning point for the company. However, to say investor sentiment has soured since then would be an understatement…

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MARKET REVIEW

TL;DR: The Nasdaq and S&P 500 hit record highs while the Dow dipped. The Fed’s Core PCE inflation measure increased as expected, boosting rate cut hopes, with personal income up and spending lagging. Fed Governor Bowman indicated possible future rate hikes if inflation persists.

Unemployment claims dropped slightly, consumer confidence fell, and housing prices hit a record high despite declining home sales. Tech stocks rebounded, with gains for software companies and mixed results for chipmakers. Retailers and healthcare stocks struggled, while FedEx exceeded earnings expectations, and Volkswagen announced a major investment in Rivian.

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MARKET PREVIEW

TL;DR: The first week of July will be slow on economic data and earnings, with a focus on the ISM Manufacturing PMI on July 1st and Services PMI on July 3rd.

Manufacturing shows contraction amid stable output, while Services rebounded strongly in May. Despite challenges like inflation and high interest rates, U.S. businesses remain cautiously optimistic. Key events include job openings on July 2nd, Constellation Brands earnings on July 3rd, initial jobless claims on July 4th, and the unemployment rate update on July 5th. These indicators will influence market sentiment and Fed policy on inflation and interest rates.

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Don’t be like Ronald Wayne.

While it may no longer be 1976, plenty of investors see more growth ahead for Apple.

We’ve all heard about Apple’s new partnership with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT and help create Apple Intelligence. However, the tech giant has a unique approach to AI that could win over consumers: privacy.

Apple has always taken its users’ right to privacy to the extreme — exemplified when the company refused the FBI access to an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernadino shooters.

Rosenblatt Securities conducted a survey showing that consumers’ #1 concern surrounding smartphone-based AI is privacy, meaning Apple already has a massive reputational advantage over the competition.

Where’d the hype go?

According to the 2024 Electric Vehicle Consideration Study, consumers are souring on EVs.

24% said they are “very likely” to consider purchasing an EV, down from 26% in 2023, marking the first drop in EV enthusiasm since the poll was created in 2021.

In addition to the decline in consumer sentiment, America’s biggest automakers are struggling with the transition, too. Last month, Bloomberg reported that Ford cut orders from battery suppliers after losing $100,000 per EV sold in the first quarter.

You can read Bloomberg’s full article on Ford’s shifting EV strategy here.

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Market oversaturation? Maybe not

Weed stores are popping up like… well, weeds.

So far, the markets seem to be matching the vibe. Take a look at the performance of the marijuana stocks with the largest market caps:

• Innovative Industrial (IIPR) +8% YTD

• Curaleaf (CURLF) +1% YTD

• Green Thumb (GTBIF) +15% YTD

• Trulieve Cannabis (TCNNF) +95% YTD

However, these stocks are still highly speculative, with much of the recent stock gains resulting from the Biden administration's announcement of plans to relax weed restrictions.

SpaceX made some pretty big headlines this week.

• SpaceX will sell insider shares at $112 apiece, valuing the company at $210 billion.

• SpaceX secured a NASA contract to destroy the International Space Station when it is retired after 2030.

What about headlines for Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin this week? Crickets… aside from the company’s attempts to derail SpaceX.

Blue Origin filed a complaint to the FAA about SpaceX’s rocket launches, requesting limitations on SpaceX operations due to “environmental impact concerns.”

Musk called out Blue Origin in a tweet, stating, “An obviously disingenuous response. Not cool of them to try (for the third time) to impede SpaceX’s progress by lawfare. “

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In Tokyo, 57% of travelers use public transit, and private railways account for over 80% of that public transit usage.

For Americans, only one in ten say they use public transportation regularly. Why? Well, American public transportation, for lack of a better word, sucks.

However, Brightline, the first private US passenger rail line in 100 years, is looking to change that with its high-speed trains.

Brightline is already generating revenue from its 170-mile route from Orlando to South Florida, and it’s now constructing a 218-mile route from Las Vegas to Rancho Cucamonga, a project with a $12 billion price tag.

While $12 billion might seem like a lot, it’s peanuts compared to California’s high-speed rail project — which began in 2015, has made no real progress, and is now projected to cost $135 billion.

In other words, private companies simply do it better than government initiatives ever could. Oh, the wonders of capitalism.

TRIVIA

Last week, we asked: Which US financial institution is known for issuing the first-ever credit card in 1958?

The correct answer was Bank of America.

This week’s question…