Stock Market Jitters

In this video, Sasha discusses the recent stock market trends and how investors are reacting to them. She questions the panic mantra that is being spread around and suggests following the numbers instead.

Recent Stock Market Trends

• Amazon's Q1 results show revenue growth of 9% YoY and a profit of $4.1 billion compared to a loss of $5.3 billion last year.

• Pinterest's earnings beat expectations but guidance for Q2 was weak, resulting in a 21% drop in stock value.

• Tesla is dropping prices due to low consumer confidence, resulting in a 23% drop in stock value in April.

Panic Mantra vs Following the Numbers

• Sasha questions why everyone is panicking about an impending recession when major companies like Amazon are still expected to grow by 5-10% this year.

• Legendary investor Peter Lynch advises disregarding market fluctuations and buying stocks based on company performance instead.

• It is virtually impossible to predict future market movements accurately, so it's best to follow the numbers rather than panic.

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Growth Despite Financial Uncertainty

• Despite financial uncertainty, Amazon is still expected to grow by 5-10% in Q2 and throughout the year.

• Tesla's revenue grew 24%, despite having to drop prices to boost sales.

Overall, Sasha suggests that investors should not panic about the stock market trends and instead focus on following the numbers and company performance. She recommends Short Form for those who want to learn more about investing strategies.

Q2 Earnings Report

The biggest companies in the United States are growing and expecting to continue to grow in Q2 and for the rest of 2023. Preliminary numbers just came in for Q1, and the US economy grew by 1.1 percent on an annualized basis.

Companies' Growth Expectations

• Facebook's revenues grew by three percent, but they spent four billion dollars on their less good version of Nintendo Wii.

• The market is looking at earnings, and it seems that companies should be growing more than they currently are.

• Banks are raking it in with higher interest rates, so their earnings are looking spectacular.

• Energy companies have seen a decline in revenue due to commodity prices collapsing.

Lapping Effect

• Year-on-year numbers suffer from the lapping effect when comparing them to last year's numbers.

• Even if performance dips, there may still be growth compared to previous years due to this effect.

Google's Revenue Growth

• Google had a bad time during COVID as everyone panicked; however, fast forward to 2021, and we see a huge rebound in search ads revenue growth.

• In reality, the Plus 68 percent is just following on from the minus 22 percent in the previous year.

Q1 & Q2 Performance

• In q1 and q2 this year, we are lapping a sort of decent start right at the beginning of 2022 and a really good 2021 beforehand, so it's not surprising that numbers are down.

The Lapping Effect

In this section, the speaker discusses how companies' performance in 2021 will be judged in 2022 and how the lapping effect can impact year-on-year numbers.

Companies' Performance Comparison

• Companies were being judged on their 2021 performance in 2022.

• Q3 and Q4 of this year will be compared to Q3 and Q4 last year.

• Year-on-year numbers might not look quite so ugly due to the lapping effect.

Impact of Lapping Effect

• The lapping effect can cause sentiment to shift even though the numbers are showing much the same story as before.

• The oscillations of the lapping effect tend to die down with time.

• The initial wave that we saw from COVID becomes smaller and smaller, causing a reverse wave.

Market Bottom Plateau

In this section, the speaker talks about how some companies are hitting a bottom plateau in their growth, which could indicate a good sign for investors.

Low Plateau Growth

• Many companies that the speaker follows and analyzes look like they're hitting a bottom plateau in their growth.

• Consistent low single digits for two quarters in a row across the board.

• Forecasting similar results for the third quarter next quarter.

Significance of Bottom Plateau

• A plateau only really tends to happen at the market Peak or market bottom.

• Seeing this very low plateau is kind of like a good sign because we're definitely not at the market peak.

• Panic selling due to slightly missed earnings or weaker guidance for Q2 presents an opportunity for investors.

Conclusion

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Final Thoughts

• The speaker advises viewers not to panic sell and sees a massive opportunity for investors.

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