List: World's richest 2023 - Musk back on top
2023 was a "comeback year" for the world's 500 richest people, writes Bloomberg. Their combined wealth grew by $1.5 trillion, making up for the entire loss of $1.4 trillion the year before.
According to the news agency, the development can largely be explained by the rally in technology stocks. The tech billionaires on the list saw their fortunes grow by 48 percent, fueled by the hype surrounding artificial intelligence.
No one had a better year than Elon Musk, who reclaimed the title of world's richest person from French luxury mogul Bernard Arnault. The appreciation of Tesla and Space X helped increase Musk's fortune by 95 billion to 232 billion dollars.
It was tougher for Carl Icahn and Gautam Adani, who were both attacked by the white-collar firm Hindenburg during the year. Icahn lost $18 billion and Adani $37 billion.
The world's ten richest people
Elon Musk – $232 billion
Bernard Arnault – $179 billion
Jeff Bezos – $178 billion
Bill Gates – $141 billion
Steve Ballmer – $131 billion
Mark Zuckerberg – $130 billion
Larry Page – $127 billion
Larry Ellison – $124 billion
Sergey Brin – $120 billion
Warren Buffett – $120 billion
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The coming year
"2024 is set for a rollercoaster on the stock market"
2024 is set for a real rollercoaster ride on the stock market and investors should fasten their seat belts. That's what equity strategist Ann Grevelius tells SvD.
- After the strong end to this year, the risk of profit taking is obvious, she says.
Grevelius also warns that the interest rate effects have not yet taken full effect, and that the market's expectations of rapid reductions may lead to disappointment.
Unga aktiesparare's CEO Henrik Johansson believes that the stock market "may shake a little" in connection with the super election year. He is supported by SEB's strategist Esbjörn Lundevall, who singles out the US election day as "an important moment".
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The good news: Next year the wallets will swell again
After the cost shocks in 2023, next year looks significantly brighter for households' private finances. That's what several experts told TT.
Inflation is expected to fall back, which paves the way for lower mortgage rates and a more aggressive fiscal policy with tax cuts. The Riksbank's expected interest rate cuts can also be a positive injection for the stock market and the housing market, says SEB's private economist Américo Fernández.
Another positive factor is that the krona's recovery increases Swedes' purchasing power.
Even the electricity bills look like they will be somewhat cheerier reading in the future.
- This winter we will get significantly lower electricity prices, but not as low as they were in the early 20s, says electricity analyst Christian Holtz.
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Amazon will produce its own hydrogen
Amazon has started converting the trucks in its warehouses to hydrogen, but now they are taking it a step further and are starting to produce the hydrogen themselves at the facilities. This is what the fuel cell company Plug Power, which supplies the equipment, writes in a press release.
The first installation has taken place at a logistics center in Coloradeo and will be able to handle up to 400 forklifts.
In the past, Amazon has bought the gas elsewhere, which was then transported by truck to the facilities. But by producing on site, you avoid the emissions that occur when the gas is converted to liquid for transport.
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