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Extra Space Storage is a fully integrated real estate investment trust that owns, operates, and manages almost 3,800 self-storage properties in 42 states, with over 285 million net rentable square feet of storage space. Of these properties, approximately one half is wholly owned, while some facilities are owned through joint ventures and others are owned by third parties and managed by Extra Space Storage in exchange for a management fee.

Public Storage is the largest owner of self-storage facilities in the US with more than 3,000 self-storage facilities in 40 states and approximately 219 million square feet of rentable space. Through equity interests, it also has exposure to the European self-storage market through Shurgard Self Storage. The company also has a merchandise business, a third-party property management business, and an insurance business that offers products to cover losses for the goods in self-storage facilities.

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Stocks climbed again last week -- and if it weren't for Thursday's wipeout, we would have had a really good week. You gotta' love those one-day wonders. The S&P 500 (SPX) is within 33 points of its all-time closing high (ATH) from July 16, the S&P 100 (OEX) is 44 points below its July 10 ATH, the S&P MidCap 400 (MDY) is only three points under its July 16 high, and the NYSE cruised to a new high last week. The Nasdaq and the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) are still 4%-5% below their July 10 highs. Friday saw nice gains in the indices (from 1.2% to 3.2%), with the largest gains coming from the Russell 2000 and the S&P Small Cap 600. The S&P MidCap 400 was next, gaining 2.2%. With all that strength underneath the mega-cap indices, market breadth was very good. NYSE advances/declines came in at a robust +2,187, the best day since December 2023. NYSE advances/total issues was 87% and the NYSE advancing volume/total volume was very strong at 91%, with both measures also the strongest since last December. This is the week AI fans have been waiting for, with Nvidia reporting after the close on Wednesday. The stock has surged since falling below $91 on August 5 and is not far from its ATH of $135.58 on June 18. NVDA looks like it is tracing out a "V" bottom -- and a break over $136 would complete the pattern and open the door for a possible measured move to $165-$180 based on the size of the current base. NVDA makes up 8% of the QQQ and 6.5% of the SPX, while Information Technology weightings in the QQQ are over 50% and are 31% in the SPX. We don't think we need to say any more about how critical this earnings report will be for investors. (Mark Arbeter, CMT)