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12 Dec 2023

Record Options Volume !

Average daily stock options volume this year is 44 million contracts, on track to be the highest in history and more than double what it was 5 years ago. Source: barchart

12 Dec 2023

Each time inflation in China turned negative the global economy was in a recession: 2001, 2008-09, 2020... Is this time different?

Source: Jeffrey Kleintop, Bloomberg

12 Dec 2023

How to not lose money in the stock market? Answer: keep a long-term time horizon

Source: BofA

11 Dec 2023

The bitcoin whales

Source: Tommy Boy

11 Dec 2023

Gold rallying to 2k$ despite investors selling gold is remarkable. Is it all driven by central banks demand?

Source: Michel A.Arouet, Bloomberg

11 Dec 2023

Russia replaced oil exports to the EU with exports to India and China

Source: FT

11 Dec 2023

Breaking down the AI semiconductor ecosystem:

While $NVDA gets most of the attention, AI is additive to most of the semiconductor industry. Source: Eric AITechInvesting

11 Dec 2023

The number of Americans with a second job is again at all-time highs

Source: Fred, Win Smart

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