IBM is having its worst day in 40 years 🤯

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The video taps into a significant market event (IBM's historic stock drop) and provides immediate context and analysis, making it timely and informative for investors.

Summary

The video discusses IBM's stock plummeting 25% in a single day, its worst performance since the 1980s. The speaker explains this was due to the CEO releasing early quarterly figures that revealed poor performance, particularly in AI hardware sales, spooking the market.

Structure

1Announce IBM's worst day in 40 years
2Moment of silence for IBM holders
3Explain the context: early earnings release
4Quote the CEO's statement about faltering performance
5Discuss the impact on AI hardware sales
6Question if it's an overreaction and a buying opportunity

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Shares of IBM suffered a historic selloff today, plunging roughly 25% and erasing over $50 billion in market value. The crash put the stock on track for its worst single-day decline since the 1980s #stocks #stockmarket #investing #PersonalFinance

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IBM is having its worst day in 40 years 🤯 $218.60 -71.63 (24.68%) to IBM IBM I'M GONNA WE OF SILENCE FOR ALL IBM INSANE. DOWN 25% IN ONE DAY. IT'S WORST DAY SINCE THE 1980S. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE CONTEXT DOWN SO IBM WAS SUPPOSED TO ANNOUNCE EARNINGS NEXT WEEK. JULY JULY THE 22ND. BUT IN QUITE FRANKLY, AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, THE CEO ACTUALLY RELEASED QUARTERLY FIGURES EARLY, AND YEAH, WEREN'T PRETTY. REVENUE AND EARNINGS PER SHARE DOWN. BUT I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THE CEO CHOSE RELEASE IBM'S FIGURES EARLY, THE MARKET WAS SPOOKED. "These conditions require our teams to execute perfectly, and this quarter we faltered. We did not adapt and move quickly enough, and numerous large deals failed to close on the timelines we expected..." Quartz CHECK THIS OUT FOR THESE CONDITIONS REQUIRED TEAMS TO EXECUTE PERFECTLY. IN THIS QUARTER, WE WE DID NOT ADAPT TO MOVE AND NUMEROUS LARGE DEALS FAILED TIMELINES TIMELINES WE EXPECTED. AND HE WAS BASICALLY SAYING THEY'VE OF SALES TO KIND OF AI AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT SEMICONDUCTORS HAVE BEEN AMAZING STILL, STILL, CRAZY DAY FOR IBM HOLDERS. IS IT AN OVERREACTION? THIS COULD BE A BUYING OPPORTUNITY. BUT YEAH, LET ME KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS IN THE COMMENTS.

Transcript

I'm gonna stop you right there. We need a moment of silence for all IBM holders. Insane. Down 25% in one day. It's worst day since the 1980s. I'm gonna give you the context down so IBM was supposed to announce earnings next week. July the 22nd. But in quite frankly, an unprecedented move, the CEO actually released quarterly figures early. And yeah, obviously they weren't pretty. Revenue and earnings per share down. But I think it's because the CEO chose to release IBM's figures early, the market was spooked. Check this out for a quote. These conditions require our teams to execute perfectly, and this quarter we faltered. We did not adapt and move quickly enough, and numerous large deals failed to close on the timelines we expected. And he was basically saying they've of sales to kind of AI hardware and you can kind of see that semiconductors have been amazing recently. Still, crazy day for IBM holders. Is it an overreaction? This could be a buying opportunity. But yeah, let me know your thoughts in the comments.