As every Sunday, the most important news from the past week, as well as the most important dates for the coming week.

Also as a video:

https://youtube.com/shorts/sE7jANUi8eM?si=4EI7ZTjZvFiGjBAj

Wednesday:

Consumer credit, the worst form of debt, is becoming increasingly popular. With fewer barriers to online purchases, more and more people are turning to services from $KLAR (-6,7 %) Klarna & Co.

https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/konjunktur/konsum-verbraucher-nehmen-mehr-kredite-fuer-konsum-auf/100155932.html

The EU is coordinating with the USA and wants to adopt the next sanctions package. According to von der Leyen, the package is aimed at cryptocurrencies, the energy sector and banks. In particular, oil refineries in India and China that process Russian oil are to be affected. The crypto sector is also likely to be included, as it has been easy to circumvent sanctions with cryptocurrencies up to now. Russian banks are also to be denied access to the European financial system.

https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/russland-eu-will-sanktionen-nach-telefonat-mit-trump-verschaerfen/100155787.html

For the first time this year, the Fed lowers

year by 0.25 percentage points. This is in line with expectations, even if some had hoped for 0.5 percentage points. According to the Fed 'to avoid a recession'.

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/fed-notenbank-leitzines-senkung-100.html

Thursday:

🚀 $NVDA (-6,14 %)
NVIDIA relies on $INTC (-5,15 %)
Intel! 💥

With an investment of USD 5 billion, NVIDIA secures a 4% stake in Intel - and with a clear goal: to revolutionize the future of AI chips for data centers! 💡🔌

This partnership could redefine competition in the field of high-performance processors and pave the way for powerful AI applications. 🧠💻

https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/it/nvidia-aktie-nvidia-investiert-milliarden-in-intel-und-veraendert-damit-die-branche/100156296.html

Friday:

Surprisingly large drop in producer prices in Germany. Prices fell by 2.2% in August compared to the same month last year. Energy prices are primarily responsible for the fall.

https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/inflation-deutsche-erzeugerpreise-mit-groesstem-rueckgang-seit-ueber-einem-jahr/100156438.html

These are the most important dates for the coming week:

Tuesday: 10:00 Economic data (EU)

Tuesday: 15:45 Economic data (USA)

Friday: 01:30 Inflation data (Japan)

Can you think of any other dates?

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#industrie
#inflation
#japan
#wirtschaft

What do you think about the $KLAR (-6,7 %) share?

They are currently making losses. Personally, I often use Klarna to pay when it's offered online. Of course, there is a lot of competition like $PYPL (-9,04 %) .

The IPO has been postponed again and again. Now the shares are also available from my broker.

Should I wait and see which way the price moves, or should I go in with a small tranche?

Klarna's $KLAR (-6,7 %) stock market debut is complete.

Klarna's shares rose sharply on Wednesday at its eagerly awaited IPO in New York.

The shares opened at 52 dollars and thus 30 percent above the issue price of 40 dollars. They were last 24 percent higher at 49.46 dollars. This gives the Swedish "buy now, pay later" provider a valuation of around 19.5 billion dollars.

Turnover rose by almost a quarter to 2.8 billion US dollars in 2024. For the first time in a long time, Klarna posted a profit of 21 million US dollars (around 18 billion euros) last year.

Summarized once again 💡

• 93 million active customers in 26 countries
• Cooperation with over 675,000 retailers
• Turnover: 2.81 billion US dollars
• Profit margin - approx. 0.11%
• Free cash flow margin - 19.3%
• Revenue growth (YoY) - 23.51%

Sources

investing.com

the shareholder