25% of U.S. Consumers are now using "Buy Now, Pay Later" to finance their groceries 🚨🚨
Probably Fine? Source: Barchart
Market-implied US recession chance: 23% (within the next year)
Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, Goldman Sachs
Trump’s first 100 days: the biggest stock winners and losers.
🚀 Winners: $PLTR | Palantir +57% $PM | Philip Morris +39% $DG | Dollar General +36% $VRSN | Verisign +31% $NEM | Newmont +30% $NFLX | Netflix +29% 😨 Losers: $DECK | Deckers Outdoor -48% $TER | Teradyne -44% $ZBRA | Zebra -40% $ALB | Albemarle -40% $DAL | Delta Airlines -36% $UAL | United Airlines -36% Source: The Future Investors
It remains unclear what caused the power outage in Spain and Portugal but this Bloomberg article published on Energy connects from the 11th of April is worth reading.
https://lnkd.in/e3rivJrV Here's an extract >>> Bloomberg) -- Spain is ignoring calls to reconsider its nuclear decommissioning plans, betting renewables and battery storage will make up for the upcoming energy shortfall. The country is plowing ahead with plans to shut down its seven nuclear reactors, which currently contribute 20% of its power mix, over the next decade. It’s also set to close its last coal plant this year. While it’s already only second to Germany in terms of renewable capacity in Europe, Spain is looking to fill the energy gap with more wind turbines, solar panels and giant batteries. The strategy isn’t completely fossil fuel free — as it would rely on natural gas plants as a backup for the foreseeable future. Yet it is a substantial wager on clean power: It depends on a still nascent energy storage industry in Spain to rapidly expand from just 3 gigawatts of capacity today to a target of 20 gigawatts by 2030. It also requires an unprecedented roll-out of wind and solar over the next five years. Spain is targeting 81% power generation from renewables by the end of this decade — from just above 50% in the past two years.“
China’s Huawei Technologies is preparing to test its newest and most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) processor
it hopes to replace some higher-end products of US chip giant Nvidia, the Wall Street Journal has reported. Huawei has approached some Chinese tech companies about testing the technical feasibility of the new chip, called the Ascend 910D, the United States newspaper reported Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. This was part of our "10 surprises 2025": SURPRISE #6 FROM MAG7 TO LAG7 https://lnkd.in/eKXRsc58
Are big Tech's earnings estimates too high ???
Source: Bloomberg
Correlations among US stocks, bonds, dollar are at the highest level since at least 2019 - Piper Sandler
Source: Gunjan Banerji @GunjanJS
S&P 500 Index Size of Intraday Swings Since 1985
Source: Michael McDonough @M_McDonough, Bloomberg
