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31 Oct 2024

The Swiss National Bank made a solid nine-month profit on rising equities, bonds and gold prices, increasing the chances for a restart of profit distributions after a two-year break.

Switzerland’s central bank notched up a gain of 62.5 billion francs ($72 billion) for the first nine months of the year, it said on Thursday. Although the strong franc ate into the results, the SNB extended its profit during the July-September period. Source: Bloomberg

31 Oct 2024

Central bank of India moves another 102 tonnes from London to its own vaults. It’s a trend.

Source: Times of India

31 Oct 2024

NY POST COVER

Source: Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson on X

31 Oct 2024

It seems the stock markets haven’t yet recognized that equity risk premiums have turned negative.

The yield on the 10y US bond is now higher than the earnings yield of the S&P 500... Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

31 Oct 2024

JUST IN: US Bitcoin ETFs now hold over 1 million BTC

Source: Bitcoin magazine on X

31 Oct 2024

UNEMPLOYMENT IN GERMANY SPIKED TO THE 2ND-HIGHEST IN 10 YEARS

The number of unemployed people in the world's 3rd largest economy has risen for 22 STRAIGHT MONTH. There are now 2.86 MILLION unemployed people in Germany, the most since the COVID CRISIS. Chart: Global Markets Investor, @AugurInfinity on X

30 Oct 2024

An agreement would mark the most significant de-escalation of the war since Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022.

Source: FT

30 Oct 2024

⌛ S&P 500 EARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTING⌛

75% of companies beat Wall Street analysts' Q3 earnings expectations, the lowest share since Q4 2022. This is despite huge earnings estimates downgrades that took place in Sep This week will be extremely crucial as 42% firms report. Source. Global Markets Investor, Bloomberg

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