Notizie e analisi
Avalanche
is ranked by Coinmarketcap at the 12th position by market cap with
$7.8 billion, which is 4% less than Ethereum’s market cap. AVAX prices dropped
by 82% of its peak values, allowing investors to buy it at early 2021 prices.
Avalanche’s infrastructure consists of three logically isolated networks, each
of these with their own processing, validators, and own set of rules.
This
platform is often compared to the existing internet web infrastructure with
core connection protocols like HTTP, surrounded by a huge number of networks to
their apps. Avalanche allow for the creation of public and private systems as a
blockchain or DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) and for the use of different virtual
machines for apps, including EVM engine (Ethereum Virtual Machine) that allows
Enthereum network programs to be developed.
Avalanche
includes C-chain to create smart contracts that are processed on an advanced
EVM engine, P-Chain that coordinates validators that process transactions and also
allows for the creation and management of new subnetworks, and X-Chain which is
a directed acyclic graph regulating issuance and trade of cryptoassets. DAG
systems record new transactions on top of the old ones, allowing for processing
speed to be increased and for capacity substantially. It is quite different to
other blockchains, where transactions are compiled in blocks in order to be
processed.
The
advantage of Avalanche is that it provides anyone with the opportunity to
create his or her own isolated blockchain with its own set of parameters,
including access to apps and the programming language with which it will work.
Every subnetwork can process around 4,500 transactions per second compared to
14 processed by the Ethereum network.
Capital One Financial corporation shares are trading at 50% off their peak prices. This has inspired the management of the company to deliver a massive buyback program bringing the buyback yield to 19.3%. Together with 2.7% dividend yield, this has made the company one of the most generous in the market. COF shares are in great demand among investors that are focused on value stocks, such as Oakmark Fund with more than $45 billion in assets under management.
The specialisation of Capital One is mostly credit cards, auto loans provided to substandard borrowers, or in other words, people with high credit risk profiles. This business is highly profitable, although it does bear high risks too. The company says it has a reliable risk assessment model in place to run the business. The lender generates not only higher margins compared to its peers, but overruns regulators’ requirements of capital adequacy with 13.6% vs required 6%. Considering these criteria, the company is in line with some of the largest banking institutions in the world, like JP Morgan with 14.1% and the Bank of America with 12.8%.
The company’s capital base, which is built on clients’ deposits, is enough to conduct high-margin lending. Such a model of cheap resources is not only profitable but it is also stable. Capital One has a margin of 10-15% on its tangible equity. The interest for the company’s services is unlikely to decline in the foreseeable future considering the current economic environment. So, COF shares could be selected for long term investments with the upside potential of 30-40% once the market starts recovering.
CME Group is
the largest market place for derivatives. CME stocks dropped by 25% from the
beginning of 2022. The only reason for such a decline is the overall market
correction and not any business issues. High volatility is a benefit for the
company as it offers the most important derivatives to mitigate financial
risks. Among those are the most popular S&P 500 index futures and other
indexes linked to derivatives, agricultural products, gold, silver, and crude
derivatives. So, the company continues to receive decent profit that allows for
the payment of high dividends to its investors.
Free Cash
Flow (FCF) of the company in 2022 is expected to hit $2.8 billion. CME is
improving its efficiency as every Dollar received in 2021 was converted into
$0.48 of FCF, while this year this figure is expected to rise to $0.55, and in
2023 to $0.57. Regular annual dividends is at $4 or 2.3% of share value. CME is
also paying interim dividends. By doing so, it paid $3.6 regular dividend and
$3.25 interim dividends in 2021, or $6.85 per share, slightly above FCF per
share at $6.77.
CME has a
solid business model and sound financials without substantial debt. These facts
allow the management to take more care of the company’s shareholders. The current
overall downside configuration offers great opportunities for investors to add
CME stocks to their long-term investment portfolios.
DYDX tokens suffered a lot during the ongoing market correction and lost over 95% off their peak prices. dYdX is an advanced decentralised exchange, where clients can exchange cryptocurrencies and derivatives with marginal collateral. There are no KYC procedures to be followed within the exchange, as well as no need to disclose your personal data.
dYdX is runs on the Ethereum blockchain, known for its expensive transaction fees. However, StarkWare solution allows for lower fees as only commissions for trading are charged. The platform now runs on Layer 2 protocol which is incorporated into Ethereum’s main network. This solution allows for transactions to be conducted instantly, while traders do not have to pay miners for validating transactions.
Market players are closely monitoring the dYdX V4 vehicle, which is a standalone Cosmos blockchain, featuring a fully decentralised, off-chain, orderbook and matching engine. In other words, developers are going to create the entire trading infrastructure to scale up processes without involving any third-party applications. The service cancelled two stimulus programs in order to lessen the effects of inflation within the dYdX platform and to support token prices.
Costco
Wholesale Corporation has presented quite disappointing earnings report for the
Fiscal Q1 2023. Revenues were reported up 8.1% year-on-year to $54.44 billion
missing expectations of $54.65 billion. This is obviously not the reason for
long-term investors to remove COST stocks from their portfolios as the company
is set to maintain strong financial discipline and cost structure, not to
stimulate high growth in the short term at any cost.
The operational
margin in financial Q1 2022 was at 3.4%, and in Q1 2023 it was 3.2%. Costco is
aiming to provide the most reasonable prices on their products to keep their
clients loyal. That is why the operational margin is suffering. Meanwhile, EPS
was up by 4.4% to $3.1, and membership fees rose by 6% year-on-year. So, the
strategy seems to be buying itself.
Inflation
in the United States is expected to return under control over the next year.
So, there will be no need to deliver various marketing activities like coupon
sales and others while loyal clients will be grateful for the support during
the period of uncertainty. Costco is planning to open 24 new stores in 2023,
increasing its potential to generate revenues.