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22 May 2025

Mutual funds are 723bps underweight the Mag7

Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, MBA

22 May 2025

In case you wonder why stocks when down yesterday

BOND AUCTION FOR THE US 20-YEAR TREASURIES WAS UGLY Because of the lack of bidders…it caused the 20-year bond yield to surge to 5.1%. Stock markets didn't like it Source: amit @amitisinvesting

22 May 2025

Are rising bond yields the elephant in the room for equities?

Source: Trend Spider

22 May 2025

Bitcoin $BTC on track for its first Golden Cross since October.

Source: Barchart

22 May 2025

The rise in Japanese 30-year yields is getting some attention but one should not forget the sharp move higher across the entire US Treasury curve, which is probably the real elephant in the room.

I tend to agree with Tavi Costa that the US will need at some point to implement yield curve control. We should thus see Fed assets as a percentage of GD starts rising again. Maybe Bitcoin and Gold are starting to price something like this Source: Tavi Costa, Bloomberg

22 May 2025

Bitcoin just surpassed Taiwan Dollar to become the 8th largest currency in the world

Source: Vivek

22 May 2025

Trump posted this

Source: Not Jerome Powell on X

21 May 2025

What a wild chart...

Alibaba Revenue v. Stock Price Revenue: +1,521% Stock Price: +20% $BABA Source: FinChat @finchat_ioRevenue v. Stock Price Revenue: +1,521% Stock Price: +20% $BABA Source: FinChat @finchat_io

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