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15 Mar 2024

It took 4 years for MicroStrategy to buy 205,000 Bitcoin.

It took just a few months for BlackRock to buy 223,645 BTC for its spot Bitcoin ETF.

15 Mar 2024

Is the semiconductors trade getting overcrowded?

VanEck Semiconductor ETF $SMH had the largest inflows in the history of the ETF yesterday, according to Goldman. Source: Markets & Mayhem

15 Mar 2024

Active managers had less than 25% exposure to equities in late October when the S&P 500 was at 4,100.

Today their equity exposure has jumped to 104% (leveraged long) with the S&P 500 above 5,100. This is their highest exposure since November 2021. Source: Charlie Bilello

15 Mar 2024

Money-market fund assets rose to a fresh record high on expectations short-term rates will remain elevated for longer.

Total assets rose to $6.108tn from $6.077tn the week prior. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

15 Mar 2024

Believe it or not oil is outperforming the NASDAQ this year

Source: Bloomberg

14 Mar 2024

It took the iShares Bitcoin ETF, $IBIT, 8 weeks to hit $15 billion in assets under management.

By comparison, it took the Gold ETF, $GLD, 3 years to hit $15 billion in assets under management, per Zerohedge. At this pace, $IBIT could overtake $GLD in a matter of days...

14 Mar 2024

European Stocks are on track for their 8th consecutive green week which would be their longest winning streak since 2022

source : barchart

14 Mar 2024

Where Inflation Is... and Isn't ...

source : yahoofinance, acemaxx

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