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8 Apr 2025

Has a new secular BEAR MARKET begun in the US?

The US share in the global stock market has fallen 3-4 percentage points since its November 2024 peak of 67%. This comes as the US has significantly underperformed other markets this year. Many investors are not ready for this.. Source: BofA, Global Markets Investor

8 Apr 2025

Well said by Peter Mallouk >>>

"It’s been a rough year so far for US equity markets, but we’ve been through much worse in the past and gotten through it. We’ll get through this as well. As Abraham Lincoln once said: This, too, shall pass.”

7 Apr 2025

A sea of red in crypto markets ahead of Asian opening. Doesn't smell good...

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7 Apr 2025

We need to monitor corporate spreads very closely

Source: Apollo

7 Apr 2025

Black Monday is in everyone's mind...

because it gapped lower after the week-end that followed an aggressive sell-off Source: Jesse Cohen

7 Apr 2025

⚠️No major CAPITULATION from retail investors YET:

Net retail buying of the S&P 500 ETF, $SPY, hit over $200 BILLION on Friday, the most in 13 months. Mom-and-pop investors were also the net buyers of NVIDIA, $NVDA, Tesla, $TSLA, and Amazon, $AMZN, among others. Source: Global Markets Investor

7 Apr 2025

Types of analyst one should be

The Investing for Beginners Podcast @IFB_podcast

7 Apr 2025

Will global sovereign bond yields soon catch-up with UST yields?

As highlighted by Mohamed El Erian >>> "The markets' initial reaction has been to focus on the likely US growth slowdown, thereby narrowing the yield differential of the US relative to other advanced economies and weakening the dollar. It is only a matter of time until markets realize that the "beta" of the rest of the world to lower US growth is much closer to 1, if not above 1. You know, it's the old saying: When the US catches a cold, the rest of the world risks something much worse". Source: FT

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