Gold is just relentless: another day, another record high (4th in row) yesterday, up 30% on the year to $2662.
This is gold's best YTD performance this century! Source: www.zerohedge.com
Lyn Alden commissioned a research report, written by @samcallah, to quantify Bitcoin's correlation to measures of global money creation relative to other asset classes.
Result: Bitcoin moves in the directional of global M2 83% of the time; more than other assets. Source: Lyn Alden on X
Market pricing for another 50 bps rate cut at the Fed's next meeting two days after the election is now up to 60%.
@CMEGroup
Top Donor Contributions to Donald Trump & Kamala Harris as of September 2024.
Google & Microsoft very disproportionately donate to the Democratic Party. Between them, they control close to 100% of web browsers and search. Any bias? Source: @TheRabbitHole84
US CREDIT CARD INTEREST RATES ARE AT ALL-TIME HIGHS
US credit card rates remain at record highs of ~22%. US credit card debt is now ~$1.14 trillion, also at an all-time high. This means Americans pay ~$250 billion in average interest payments on credit cards a year. Source: Global Markets Investor
A visualisation of why the fees you pay, matter:
Source: Koyfin
The outcomes of reshoring are already becoming apparent.
Thanks to chipact, the US can benefit from Taiwan Semiconductors $TSMC knowhow in Mobile processors on their home turf. TSMC Arizona is shipping wafers now. Source: 🌿 litho @lithos_graphein on X
Anthropic, OpenAI’s largest startup competitor, has started talking to investors about raising capital in a deal that could value the startup at $30 billion to $40 billion
roughly doubling its valuation from a funding that closed early this year, according to an existing investor who spoke to company leaders. Source: www.theinformation.com https://lnkd.in/eQ9ZKAFC
