Overall Thoughts on the Market?

Understand that this is an ambiguous question but would love to hear from some more senior monkeys on this forum. As a student I’m still learning to find patterns and trends with the overall market, especially for any paradigms that could be concerning.

What are your overall thoughts with the market and the finance industry as a whole? Especially with what we’re seeing with Blueowl, the PE and PC industry as a whole, MF’s down in stock price and the software scare. Thanks in advance!

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Netflix backing out of the WB deal was interesting. Using phrasing from their post: “this transaction was always a ‘nice to have’ at the right price, not a ‘must have’ at any price”. I am curious to see if WB will go with Netflix anyway due to the long-term benefits they’d have with them as a marquee streaming platform compared to Paramount.

 

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