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The producer of high-performance servers went public at $8 on March 29, 2007, and it now trades at about $423. From its fiscal 2007 through its fiscal 2021 (which ended in June 2021), Supermicro's revenue grew at a compound annual rate of 16%. A $20,000 investment in Supermicro stock at the time of its IPO would be worth $1.06

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JANUARY 27, 2024

In 2007, there was a similarly short period from a new all-time high to the next peak, as the bull market that came out of the dot-com bust ran into the global financial crisis. In 2007, that was the financial crisis. In 1980, it was the Volcker recession. And in 1973, it was the oil crisis.

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These happened in July of 2021, September of 2007, and April of 2006. After the 2007 split, though, Nvidia shares declined from their post-split high and spent some time trending lower. In the two earlier periods, the stock fell right after the split, but then went on to gain in the following months.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

As an example, arguably the worst time to put money into the stock market in the last two decades is in late 2007, just before the financial crisis sent the S&P 500 plunging by 50% over the next year and a half. 9, 2007), you would be sitting on a total return of 433% today.

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Supermicro went public at $8 per share with a valuation of $229 million in March 2007, but it now trades at about $750 a share with a market cap of $44 billion. From fiscal 2007 to fiscal 2020 (which ended in June 2020), Supermicro's annual revenue grew at a CAGR of 17%. Image source: Getty Images.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Prior to that, rate cuts happened during the Great Recession and a crash in the housing market over the 2007 and 2008 period. The first rate cut then happened in September of 2007, and this time it took a lot longer for the S&P 500 to climb back to previous levels. Those rate cuts were on March 3, 2020 and Aug. SPX data by YCharts.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

Moreover, the stock price did not stay sustainably above $48 per share until 2007. However, 2007 was the year that Booking stock finally began to take off. Rather than perform due diligence , I simply took this as a sign that selling was the right decision.

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Between October 2007 and March 2009, the height of the Great Recession, stock values declined by about 50%. So let's imagine you put $10,000 into a brokerage account in September 2007. But there were plenty of years during those five decades when the market did really poorly.

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AUGUST 10, 2024

However, the housing market crash in the second half of 2007 caused the Fed to shift into gear. It lowered rates in September 2007 and then continued to cut rates another six times through April 2008. However, the uptrend soon resumed. SPX data by YCharts. Four years went by with no changes to interest rates.

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JUNE 11, 2024

The previous three were in 2006, 2007, and 2021. And in 2007, the general market was heading into bear territory. So, a stock won't rise or fall just because the company completed this sort of operation. But it is interesting to look back at how Nvidia shares performed following past stock splits.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2024

First Rate Cut S&P 500 Return (12 Months) July 1995 19% September 1998 21% January 2001 (14%) September 2007 (21%) July 2019 10% Median 10% Source: The Federal Reserve, YCharts. The chart below examines how the S&P 500 performed during the 12-month period following the first rate reduction in each cutting cycle.

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JUNE 5, 2024

Bear Market Start Date S&P 500 Maximum Decline Berkshire Hathaway Maximum Decline March 2000 (49%) (24%) October 2007 (57%) (54%) February 2020 (34%) (30%) January 2022 (25%) (27%) Average (41%) (34%) Data source: Yardeni Research, Ycharts. Going forward, Warren Buffett believes Berkshire can outperform the average U.S.

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JUNE 15, 2024

Stock Split Date 6-Month Return 12-Month Return 24-Month Return June 2000 (50%) 28% (52%) September 2001 44% (72%) (49%) April 2006 63% 1% (6%) September 2007 (45%) (70%) (53%) July 2021 30% (4%) 145% Average 8% (23%) (3%) Data source: YCharts. Four of the last five stock splits occurred in close proximity to severe bear markets.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

He oversaw the launch of several smash-hit products, starting with the iPod digital music player in 2001 and the first iPhone in 2007. As the chart below shows, the start of the iPhone era in 2007 kicked off an incredible run of value creation. Jobs's return was certainly a turning point.

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However, the innovation that truly transformed Apple was the iPhone, which it launched in 2007. The company gained additional traction by launching the iPod music player in 2001, and opening Apple Stores and the iTunes Store soon after. It pioneered the modern smartphone industry, and eventually eliminated many people's need to own a PC.

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JULY 30, 2024

Recession Start Date Peak S&P 500 Decline December 1969 (36%) November 1973 (48%) January 1980 (17%) July 1981 (27%) July 1990 (20%) March 2001 (37%) December 2007 (57%) February 2020 (34%) Median (35%) Data source: Truist Advisory Services. The chart above shows the correlation between U.S. recessions and yield curve inversions.

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JUNE 24, 2024

Stock Split Date 6-Month Return 1-Year Return 2-Year Return June 2000 (50%) 28% (52%) September 2001 44% (72%) (49%) April 2006 63% 1% (6%) September 2007 (45%) (70%) (53%) July 2021 30% (4%) 145% Average 8% (23%) (3%) Data source: YCharts. Generally speaking, Nvidia has performed poorly following stock splits.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

The 5- and 10-year notes, along with 30-year bonds , are at the highest levels since August 2007. Instead, it has been a story of interest rates. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield jumped this week. The result was a stampede out of stocks of renewable energy companies like Plug Power.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

The alarming stat marks the largest single-year jump since the government started tracking comparable numbers in 2007. The homelessness rate has jumped by roughly 11% this year from a year ago, according to an analysis of data from 300 local and regional organizations published Monday by the Wall Street Journal.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

As recently as 2007, this figure was above 2. fertility rate had dropped more than 20% from where it stood in 2007. The "fertility rate" describes the number of births a woman would be expected to have over her lifetime. By 2021, the U.S The reasons behind fewer U.S. the Great Recession and COVID-19 pandemic).

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JUNE 6, 2024

Executives were convinced that the internet would radically shift how consumers viewed video content. And boy, were they right. Netflix first launched its streaming service in the U.S. Today, it has 270 million subscribers scattered in 190 countries across the globe.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

MSFT data by YCharts That said, Microsoft subsequently lost a lot of those gains and did nothing from 2000 until 2007. However, Microsoft's stock ride was rather bumpy, as its stock turned $1,000 into nearly $600,0000 by the turn of the century.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

Sales of Apple's signature product -- the iPhone -- grew every year between 2007 and 2015, but they've been flat since then. That's because Nvidia's core business -- making the graphics processing units (GPUs) that will power cutting-edge AI systems for the next decade -- is on a long-term growth trajectory that Apple simply can't match.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

Private preferred shareholders invested over $32 billion, of which $20 billion was at the behest of government regulators during the housing crisis years of 2007 and 2008," lead attorney for the shareholders, Hamish Hume with Boies Schiller Flexner, said, reported National Mortgage Professional. That was not the deal made in September 2008.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

18, 2007: With the financial crisis taking shape, the Fed began cutting rates on Sept. Unfortunately, equities didn't find a bottom during the dot-com bubble until Oct. 9, 2002, some 645 calendar days later.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

First Rate Cut S&P 500 Return (12 Months Later) October 1984 13% March 1985 32% December 1985 18% July 1986 27% November 1987 11% June 1989 14% July 1995 19% September 1998 21% January 2001 (14%) September 2007 (21%) July 2019 10% Median 14% Data source: Trading Economics.

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The collective net worth of American households reached roughly $66 trillion by the end of 2007. The unemployment rate hit double-digits. It was the worst economic period most of us have ever lived through. The 2008 crash wiped out $11 trillion in wealth,

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MARCH 17, 2024

The following table shows the maximum earnings thresholds by year since 1973: Year Earnings Year Earnings 1973 $10,800 1999 $72,600 1974 $13,200 2000 $76,200 1975 $14,100 2001 $80,400 1976 $15,300 2002 $84,900 1977 $16,500 2003 $87,000 1978 $17,700 2004 $87,900 1979 $22,900 2005 $90,000 1980 $25,900 2006 $94,200 1981 $29,700 2007 $97,500 1982 $32,400 (..)

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Year Earnings Year Earnings 1975 $14,100 2000 $76,200 1976 $15,300 2001 $80,400 1977 $16,500 2002 $84,900 1978 $17,700 2003 $87,000 1979 $22,900 2004 $87,900 1980 $25,900 2005 $90,000 1981 $29,700 2006 $94,200 1982 $32,400 2007 $97,500 1983 $35,700 2008 $102,000 1984 $37,800 2009 $106,800 1985 $39,600 2010 $106,800 1986 $42,000 2011 $106,800 1987 $43,800 (..)

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As the table below shows, a four-year run of benefits increases topping 2% is something that has not happened since 2008. Year COLA Year COLA Year COLA 2003 2.1% 2015 0% 2023 3.2% 2024 2.6% (projected) 2009 0% 2017 2% 2010 0% 2018 2.8%

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Depending on a single product Despite being launched as far back as 2007 and having more than a dozen different iterations over the years, Apple still depends heavily on the iPhone for its financial success. As we look out over the next three years, where will Apple stock be? In the most recent quarter (Q1 2024 ended Dec.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

The company generated double-digit-percentage returns on invested capital (ROIC) and solid cash flow per unit even during the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 and the COVID-19 pandemic period. Although the energy sector can experience significant volatility, Enterprise Products Partners has been a textbook example of resiliency.

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That's even lower than they were during the trough in the housing market crash during the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. As a result, existing home sales slipped to their lowest level last year, falling 19% to 4.09 Here are four reasons why. Image source: Getty Images.

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This period included the financial crisis that began in 2007, the oil price collapse from 2014 through 2017, and the COVID-19 pandemic. That's especially noteworthy because of the inherent volatility in the energy sector. For example, Enterprise delivered a double-digit return on invested capital (ROIC) in every year since 2005.

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MARCH 14, 2024

Before that, Nvidia last split its stock in 2007, when it would have traded at a split-adjusted price of just over $50. The latest was in 2021, when it did a 4-for-1 split. The stock traded for around a pre-split price of $744 -- cheaper than it is today.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

2007-June 2009 (56.8%) Feb. Take a look at how the S&P 500 performed during the last 10 U.S. recessions: Recession Period Maximum S&P 500 Decline Aug. 1957-April 1958 (21.6%) April 1960-Feb. 1961 (5.2%) Dec. 1970 (36.1%) Nov. 1973-March 1975 (48.2%) Jan. 1980-July 1980 (17.1%) July 1981-Nov. 2001 (49.1%) Dec.

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Many people who are in their 30s today watched their parents lose a fortune in both the dot-com meltdown of the early 2000s and the financial crisis of 2007-2008. And it's not a surprise.

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