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28 Sep 2023

“Soft Landing” is still the consensus. But consensus doesn’t have a good track record...

Source: Game of Tardes

28 Sep 2023

Sentiment among consumers in Germany keeps deteriorating as persistently high inflation encourages people to save & blots out chances of a recovery before year-end

GfK German Consumer Sentiment Index drops to -26.5 in Oct from -25.6 in Sep. An indicator BELOW 0 signals YoY contraction in private consumption. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

26 Sep 2023

Zero Day Options (0DTE) now account for half of total SP500 options volume

Source: Barchart

25 Sep 2023

First time in 2023 that ElectionBettingOdds has had Trump in the lead

Source: Bespoke

25 Sep 2023

Flows are still not coming into publicly-listed bitcoin funds (including etfs)

Source: JPM, TME

21 Sep 2023

This chart tells the story:

The rate priced in for the Fed’s December 2024 meeting hit a new high for this cycle at 4.7%, meaning investors have sharply trimmed their hopes of interest rate cuts in 2024. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

20 Sep 2023

Humility

Source: Strati Georgopoulos

18 Sep 2023

0DTE trading in $SPX options accounts for a record 49% of total trading volume

Source: Markets & Mayhem

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