MORGAN STANLEY: in a 90-page report, says, “The workforce is about to meaningfully change. ..
..”Pre-COVID, about ~5% of [office] employees worked from home [3 or more days per week], whereas our survey suggests this number could grow 4-5x.”
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Big implications for IT budgets, as companies reconfigure their networks. Nearly 1/4 say they’ll boost spending by 10%+.
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“.. we come away from this survey even more bullish on the PC market as we now see a reopening/return to the office as a clear tailwind to commercial PC demand. As a result, we.. significantly raise our PC market forecast and now estimate PC shipments grow 16.5% Y/Y in 2021”
“.. We will be monitoring the weekly data on commercial bank deposits and money market mutual funds .. currently available through the week of March 1 ..”
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“.. We obviously are more convinced that the 10-year bond yield peaked at 4.25% .. We are less certain that the S&P 500 made a bear-market bottom on October 12, but that’s still our position. As for our economic outlook, we remain in the soft-landing camp.”
MORGAN STANLEY: “.. we see the situation at #Twitter potentially exposing $TSLA to risk along a number of areas including: (a) consumer sentiment/demand, (b) commercial partnerships, (c) government relations/support; and (d) capital markets support.” [Jonas]
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“.. $RIVN could emerge as a short-term beneficiary of any potential commercial disruption/eroding customer loyalty at Tesla. .. Even if 10% of the unwinding of the ‘Tesla trade’ was re-allocated into other auto stocks... this could have material sector ‘flow’ implications.”
MORGAN STANLEY: “Layoffs in the tech sector are making headlines. But while we expect a substantial labor market slowdown in the coming months, the tech sector likely reflects more idiosyncratic than macro factors. Overall, staffing remains lean ..”
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“.. The information sector accounts for only 3 million workers, less than 1.5% of total payrolls... More precisely, total tech layoffs since December of last year only sum 187,000 .. barely more than 0.1% of total US payrolls, which stood at more than 153 million in October.”
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“.. Tech and tech-adjacent businesses have also followed a very different path on hiring and staffing than the rest of the economy. .. Hiring freezes and layoffs are therefore more indicative of increasing discipline ..!and an adjustment to a weaker growth environment ..”
A great appearance on @Letterman, where she said her parents — worried about her acid problem — needed someone to talk some sense into her, so they called Cary Grant.
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Still one of the best GIFs of all time, @MarkHamill 💕
MORGAN STANLEY: has a 56-page report on inventory:
“.. We believe many will turn to aggressive discounting .. which is likely to spark a ‘race to the bottom’ as companies attempt to cut prices faster than peers and move out as much inventory as possible ..”
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“Based on a macro analysis of different industries, Consumer Retail, and IT Hardware appear most at risk while Machinery appears least at risk.”