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Corporate cash playbooks are changing fast. Tech giants are dialing back share buybacks to fund immediate cash demands for massive AI capex. Meanwhile, a surge in secondary offerings from $GOOGL and highly anticipated tech IPOs are shaking up equity supply. Is the historic buyback bid in jeopardy for upcoming quarters? Dive into the forward-looking insights from @ChristineLShort in her latest: https://t.co/JlUuizSawr $NVDA #stockmarket #investing #buybacks #ipos #tech #spacex
Software stocks finally closed above their 200-day moving average for the first time since January ๐๐ Guess Anthropic didn't kill them after all ๐
AI is about to shake up the global job market:
~838 million jobs, or 24% of all positions worldwide, could be affected by generative AI.
High-income countries are most at risk (33% of jobs), with ~6% facing the highest exposure. Roles with repetitive, predictable tasks are
$AMBA is looking way more bullish than what the stock price is showing. ๐จ๐
They just posted Q1 revenue of $100.4M, up 16.9% from last year, and non-GAAP EPS came in at $0.11.
It was a clean beat.
But the bigger picture goes beyond just this quarter.
Automotive revenue hit an all-time high as AI keeps moving into commercial vehicles.
Pretty much every new vehicle program being developed right now is getting more AI-powered, and $AMBA is right in the middle of that shift.
They've also got $277M in cash, zero debt, and a fresh $50M buyback kicking off July 1.
And after the close, $AMBA announced a massive $800M+ long-term deal with Hanwha in robotics, industrial automation, life sciences, and security.
Record automotive revenue.
Rising ASPs.
Accelerating guidance.
Clean balance sheet.
New buyback.
Decade-long $800M partnership.
Everything is pointing the same way. ๐
Big news - S&P 500 is getting a new member! FedEx Freight ($FDXF) joins the index on June 1st, taking the spot of EPAM Systems ($EPAM). ๐๐ Check it out!