$Disney(DIS.US)$ BoFA Reiterates Buy PT $191
We estimate 7mn DIS net adds in FY1Q driven by new titles such as The Beatles; Get Back and Hawkeye.
DIS will once again be forced to re-evaluate their film release strategy in 2022 as a result of the surging Omicron variant.

The hottest investment theme today is not cryptocurrency trading, but the "Metaverse".
I am not a big fan of buying crypto as an investment but I said the investment opportunities will emerge from the ecosystem surrounding cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. And I believe Metaverse is one of them.
I think Metaverse is moving our digital life to a new level by integrating many latest technologies. The metaverse will be right at the new frontier of human digital evolution, because it puts together all the latest innovations such as blockchain technologies, cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), etc.
What is the Metaverse?
The metaverse is a combination of two words: “meta” and “verse”. Meta means “beyond”, Verse means universe.
The word “Metaverse” was first coined by author Neal Stephenson in his 1992 science fiction novel "Snow Crash". In the book, the Metaverse is a collective virtual shared space, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space.
If it is hard to imagine, take a look at the trailer of the 2018 movie“Ready Player One”, then you will have some ideas.
In today's context, the Metaverse is a digital reality that combines aspects of social media, online gaming, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and cryptocurrencies to allow users to interact virtually. It is a “universe” where people interact with each other not in real person, but virtually.
Today, I think to many people, the metaverse may still sound like science fiction, but human advancement always starts with dreams. The 1980s “Back to the Future" series was one of my favourite movies, and most of the things that appeared in the movie have become reality today.
Why the Metaverse will be a secular trend
Recently, I published this article to discuss this topic:
* What is the metaverse?
* Why the Metaverse will be a secular trend
* Why you don't want to miss it?
* What are the investment opportunities surrounding this theme?
Click this link to read the entire article.
The stocks below are mentioned in the article.
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Asian share markets fell and oil prices slid on Monday as surging Omicron COVID-19 cases triggered tighter curbs in Europe and threatened to swamp the global economy into the New Year.
Chinese blue chips still dipped 0.4%, while MSCI's index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.8%. Japan's Nikkei dropped 1.7% and South Korean stocks 1.2%.
S&P 500 futures shed 0.8% and Nasdaq futures almost 1%. EUROSTOXX 50 futures lost 1.1% and FTSE futures 1.0%.
The spread of Omicron saw the Netherlands go into lockdown on Sunday and put pressure on others to follow, though the United States seemed set to remain open.
"Omicron is set to be the Grinch who stole Europe's Christmas," said Tapas Strickland, a director of economics at NAB. "With Omicron cases doubling every 1.5-3 days, the potential for hospital systems to be overwhelmed even with effective vaccines remains."
While coronavirus restrictions cloud the outlook for economic growth, they also risk keeping inflation elevated and turning central banks yet more hawkish.
It was notable that Federal Reserve officials were openly talking of hiking rates as soon as March and of starting to run down the central bank's balance sheet in mid-2022.
That is even more drastic than implied by futures, which had been well ahead of Fed intentions until now. The market has only priced in a 40% chance of a hike in March, with June still the favoured month for lift off.
Such hawkish chatter from the Fed is a major reason why long-dated Treasury yields fell last week as the short-end rose. That left the two-10 year curve near its flattest since late 2020, reflecting the risk that tighter policy will lead to recession.
BofA economists see this risk as reason to be bearish on equities, though their latest survey of fund managers found just 6% expected recession next year and only 13% were underweight on stocks. Most remain overweight on technology, with "long tech" still viewed as the single most crowded trade.
They also noted that for 2021, the winners had been oil with a gain of 48%, REITs at 42%, Nasdaq at 25% and banks with a 21% gain. Losers included biotech with a drop of 22%, while China also lost 22%, silver 19% and JGBs 10%.
It was the best year for commodities since 1996, and the worst for global government bonds since 1949.
Early Monday, yields on U.S. 10-year notes were down at 1.38% and well below their 2021 top of 1.776%.
The Fed's hawkish turn, combined with safe-haven flows, underpinned the U.S. dollar index near its best for the year at 96.674, following a 0.7% jump on Friday.
The euro was languishing at $1.1237, having shed 0.8% on Friday to threaten its low for the year at $1.1184. The Japanese yen has safe haven status of its own and held steady at 113.49 per dollar.
Sterling was down at $1.3224 as Omicron worries erased all the gains made following the Bank of England's surprise rate rise last week.
Gold was looking firmer at $1,801 an ounce, having broken a five-week losing streak last week as equities slipped.
Oil prices swung lower amid concerns the spread of the Omicron variant would crimp demand for fuel and signs of improving supply.
Brent fell $1.66 to $71.86 a barrel, while U.S. crude lost $1.44 to $69.42 per barrel.
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