How it started... the first 16 months of existence of bitcoin
Source: zerohedge
🚨China export bans Gallium & Germanium🚨
Why it matters: Gallium is central to countless downstream industries: semiconductors, aerospace, telecommunications, & more. This image shows how interconnected it is👇 Source: DeepBlueCrypto
Rare earth element production by country
Source: Visual Capitalist
GLOBAL DEBT HIT A NEW RECORD
Global debt rose by over $12 trillion in Q1-Q3 and hit a MASSIVE $322.9 trillion, a new all-time high. Over the last 2 decades, world's debt has TRIPLED. Debt-to-GDP fell to 326%, ~30 percentage points below 2021 record but remains above 2019. Source: Global Markets Investor @GlobalMktObserv
Only small caps are trading at multiples below their 10-year average.
Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT 🍖 @MikeZaccardi, The Daily Shot
US shale oil production crossed 1 mil b/d in 2011.
Since then, Saudi's market share has been on slow but steady decline, punctuated only briefly by steep price drops in 2015-6 and 2020. How can Saudi regain market share? Either they maintain a $60+ price and see their market share continue to erode, or they increase production to reclaim market share, and see prices plummet. Either way, it's lower revenue in the short term. Should they pump more to decrease prices and regain market shares? Taking the market to <$40 again will be painful for them in the near-term, but they have the financial wherewithal to survive. Source: John Arnold on X
S&P 500 futures positioning is very extended. Nearing record long levels, according to Citi.
Source: Barchart, Bloomberg
GS: Chart of the Week
Global MAP (economic) Surprise Index Has Fallen Sharply, Driven by Weak Euro Area PMIs and a Plummet in US New Home Sales Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @MikeZaccardi, GS
