🔴 Donald Trump calls on Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to resign ‼️
The demand comes hours after Bill Pulte, a staunch ally of the US president, published a letter claiming the central bank official had ‘falsified bank documents and property records to acquire more favorable loan terms. Source: FT
‼️US freight shipments are sliding fast
The Cass Freight Index, a key measure of freight volumes in the US, has fallen to its lowest since the Great Financial Crisis, when excluding 2020. This signals weakening demand for shipping and goods movement, and a slower economy. Source: Global Markets Investor
Speculators have built the largest short small cap stock futures position in at least the last decade
Source: Barchart, Bloomberg
Direction is more important than speed
Source: Reads with Ravi on X
Periods of acute monetary policy uncertainty are Buy Signals.
October 1987, the Iraq-Kuwait recession, September 11th, the 2003 "jobless recovery," Covid lockdowns. These are times to buy the US stock market, not sell it. At 358, the MPU index is about as high as ever. Bullish. Source: Jeff Weniger @JeffWeniger
People who bought Palantir last week
(Palantir has officially entered bear market territory). Source: Not Jerome Powell
Another day of rotation out of tech
Source: Daily sp500 heat map by Finwiz
US housing market activity is rapidly slowing down
In July, the typical home sat on the market for 43 days, the slowest July pace in 10 years. By comparison, it was just 16 days in July 2021. Additionally, pending home sales fell -1.1% MoM, to their lowest since November 2023. Despite this, prices are still rising, with the median home sales price up +1.4% YoY, to a record July high of $443,867. Many homeowners are choosing to rent or delay selling rather than accept lower offers, further limiting supply. The housing market is stalling. Source: The Kobeissi Letter
