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11 Oct 2023

European gas price jumped to 6mth high as security threats to region’s infrastructure added to rising tensions in Middle East

Q3 Revenue +9% Y/Y to €20.0B (in cc). 🍷 Wines & Spirits -14% to €1.5B. 👜 Fashion & Leather goods +9% to €9.8B. 💅 Perfumes & Cosmetics +9% to €2.0B. 💍 Watches & Jewelry +3% to €2.5B. 🛍️ Selective retailers +26% to €4.1B. Source: Quartr, App Economy Insights

11 Oct 2023

LVMH Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy. Q3 results in one image

Q3 Revenue +9% Y/Y to €20.0B (in cc). 🍷 Wines & Spirits -14% to €1.5B. 👜 Fashion & Leather goods +9% to €9.8B. 💅 Perfumes & Cosmetics +9% to €2.0B. 💍 Watches & Jewelry +3% to €2.5B. 🛍️ Selective retailers +26% to €4.1B. Source: Quartr, App Economy Insights

11 Oct 2023

US average interest rate on credit cards is now close to 23% ⚠ (hitting a new record high since data are recorded)

Source: C.Barraud

11 Oct 2023

WIth the Vix <17, Brent oil<$90/bbl and S&P 500>4350, do you feel that risk is currently mispriced?

Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

11 Oct 2023

This is by far the longest bond bear market in history, at 38 months and counting...

Source: Charlie Bilello

11 Oct 2023

Average interest rate on a US 30-year mortgage rises to 7.95%, its highest since July 2000

Mortgage demand also just fell to its lowest level since 1995. 8% mortgages are the new normal. Source: The Kobeissi Letter

11 Oct 2023

Fighting the Fed has transformed bond ETFs into cash incinerators..

$TLT has come out of nowhere to hit #3 on the Top 20 Cash Burning ETFs list (lifetime flows minus aum today) with over $10b lost. Top of list used to be -2x/-3x, VIX, commodity ETFs. Now its vanilla bond ETFs... Great table from psarofagis thru Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg

11 Oct 2023

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