AI is the new buzz
“Artificial Intelligence” as a percentage of Total Bloomberg news is skyrocketing and nears “Internet” news during the 2000 bubble. Source: Michael A.Gayed
US CPI continues to cool down
Overall US CPI moved down to 4.0% in May, the 11th consecutive decline in the YoY rate of inflation and the lowest level since March 2021. US Core CPI (ex-Food/Energy) moved down to 5.3% YoY, the lowest reading since November 2021. Source: Charlie Bilello
JAPAN'S NIKKEI CLOSES ABOVE 33,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1990
Source: www.investing,.com
A new all-time-high for Apple
« Apple closes at record high in latest sign of Big Tech’s dominance. The stock rose 1.6% to $183.79 yesterday, bringing its year-to-date gain to 41%. This is Apple’s first closing high since January 2022. Stock nears a $3tn valuation following 2023’s surge” – source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ
Lumber futures are at their lowest levels since May 2020, down 81% from the peak in May 2021
Source: Charlie Bilello
The global asset landscape
The global asset landscape (as of 1/1/2023) by JESSE MYERS
US MAY EMPIRE STATE FACTORY INDEX FALLS TO -31.8 (lowest since Jan.2023), EST. -3.9
The orders index also slid by the most since April 2020, hitting the lowest level since the start of the year. The shipments gauge plummeted more than 40 points. Source: Bloomberg
Is the next Commodity Super-Cycle right around the corner?
In recent years, commodity prices have reached a 50-year low relative to overall equity markets (S&P 500). Historically, lows in the ratio of commodities to equities have corresponded with the beginning of new commodity supercycles. As Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti shows in the infographic, using data from Incrementum AG and Crescat Capital LLC, the relationship between commodities and U.S. equities has varied greatly over the last five decades.
