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Nov 2024
24m 6s

Markets Love Certainty

The Motley Fool
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Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory gave investors a swift and decisive read on America’s next president. We sort through the reaction and everything else going on in the market this week.  


(00:20) Asit Sharma and Dylan Lewis discuss:

- The reactions to Donald’s Trump’s 2024 Presidential victory across the crypto, currency, and stock markets. And a reminder as you see Trump Trade headlines for specific sectors and companies.

- Super Micro’s woes, and the outlook for a company with no auditor, no annual report and perhaps soon, no listing exchange.

- Nvidia topping Apple as the most valuable company in the world and heading into the Dow Jones Industrial Average soon. 

- Why Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are giving totally different reads on the markets for GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound. 


Companies discussed: BTC, SMCI, NVDA, AAPL, INTC, NVO


Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Asit Sharma

Producer: Mary Long

Engineers: Rick Engdahl

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