Ian Season | The Daily Peel | 10/3/22

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Market Snapshot

While investors suffered continued market destruction to close out September, those on the East Coast grappled with damage from Hurricane Ian.

Prayers up that most of the casualties are things rather than people and pets.

Despite drops across major indices, a slight bump in household spending in August showed how resilient the U.S. consumer is in the face of eye-watering inflation.

At the close, the Dow sank 1.71%, the Nasdaq dropped 1.51%, and the S&P fell 1.51%.

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What's Ripe

Coinbase ($COIN) — Wells Fargo dipped its toes into the crypto universe after initiating coverage of $COIN. It kicked it off with an underweight rating and price target of $57.

Coinbase rose Friday anyway, powered by gains in BTC and ETH.

It has lost 3/4 of its value since the start of the year, so if you’re a true believer, now’s probably the time to get in.

At the end of the session, $COIN gained 4.12%.

Asana ($ASAN) — Asana is one of the few companies that had an incredible September, rising over 23% in the month.

The workflow solutions company had a blowout Q2, and news of CEO Dustin Moskovitz loading up on stock reinforced investor optimism.

$ASAN hasn’t hit profitability yet, but consistent revenue growth has alleviated cash burn concerns for now.

$ASAN is up 8.70% in the last week.

What's Rotten

Carnival ($CCL) — You thought a 1-year low was bad? How ‘bout a three-decade low?

That’s what $CCL is looking at right now. Its earnings report this week was horrendous, and cash flow continues to be an issue.

Other cruise lines sank on the news as the industry continues its long recovery post-C-19.

$CCL was down 23.25% by the end of the session.

Nike ($NKE) — Nike has way too much stuff right now.

After scrambling to keep up with demand in the last few years, it now has a huge glut of inventory that it can’t get rid of.

The only way to unload all those shoes and apparel is to mark it down, which will squeeze margins, and that means unhappy investors.

By the end of the day, $NKE was down 12.81%.

Thought Banana

Global Food Market Woes — Just a few decades ago, economists were sure that if the population kept growing at its current levels, the world would run out of food sometime in the 21st century.

Somewhat miraculously, that hasn’t happened.

• Thanks to improved technologies, and better distribution of those technologies, food yields have skyrocketed
• Hunger rates have been plummeting as a result, despite a continuously growing world population
• Managing food waste has arguably been a bigger problem than producing more food

Ukraine and its surrounding areas act as the breadbasket for the world. Russia and Ukraine together account for “30% of globally traded wheat, 20% of corn, and 75% of sunflower oil.”

The food miracle could now be in jeopardy as the conflict has hampered production and harvests.

As usual, poorer countries will be hit the hardest, and hundreds of millions could become food insecure in the near future.

The big question: is the world ok with market forces determining global food supplies?

Depending on how bad this crisis gets, how much will the IMF and World Bank be willing to spend to stabilize wheat and fertilizer prices?

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