Apple is holding up much better than other FAANGs ExxonMobile posts best earnings since the invention of the lightbulb, while Meta leads the pack of poor performing mega-caps. Each week, the Syz investment team takes you through the last seven days in seven charts.

CHART OF THE WEEK: APPLE HITS A NEW HIGH vs. NASDAQ 100 The only tech behemoth to emerge relatively unscathed from this week is Apple which, despite reporting slower than expected iPhone 14 sales, otherwise held up very well comparatively. Apple stock finished up 7.6% on Friday, its best day since 2020. The stock hits an all-time-high relative to the Nasdaq 100 index.

Japan intervenes in the foreign exchange market Japanese forex intervention boosts the yen, US equities had their best week in 4 months due to massive call options buying by the shorts and UK Gilts soared amid political uncertainty. Each week, the Syz investment team takes you through the last seven days in seven charts.

Markets rebound can be self-fulfilling. There are too many shorts who are now panic-buying call options on the S&P 500 to hedge themselves. As such, S&P 500 volatility skew is at extreme levels (i.e calls buying is extreme vs. puts buying).

Will the strength of the dollar continue to cause collateral damage? FANGS still in bear market and 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds break the 4% threshold, as US inflation surprised once more. Each week, the Syz investment team takes you through the last seven days in seven charts.

Uncorrelated strategies make hedge funds this year’s winning play, equities continue to drop and OPEC+ fights falling oil prices. Each week, the Syz investment team takes you through the last seven days in seven charts.

Balanced portfolios down for a third consecutive quarter $57.8 trillion skimmed off the US equity and bond markets since last year, while GBP/BTC trading volume skyrockets. Each week, the Syz investment team takes you through the last seven days in seven charts.

Stocks were down for a 3rd week in a row on the back of turmoil in UK financial markets and signs that the Fed still has much more to tighten.

The pound sterling reached its lowest price A flurry of rate hikes by global central banks, no end in sight for bond market turmoil, while oil stocks tumble. Each week, the Syz investment team takes you through the last seven days in seven charts.

Global equities recorded a second week of heavy losses after the Fed revealed that they expected official short-term interest rates to continue going sharply higher over the next several months.